Whilst World Snow Day provides Organisers and families a huge platform to connect, its January date is not ideal for everyone. For many Organisers in the Southern Hemisphere, the third Sunday in January is the middle of summer. Organisers in the south have still joined World Snow Day with fun activities, some on artificial surface slopes. But an increasing number of events are now using the SnowKidz platform to maximize the Southern Hemisphere’s ski season – mostly from June to September. Amongst these are resorts in South Africa and Lesotho.
Tiffindell in South Africa, which aims to open for its 2015 season in a few weeks, will be hosting the first ever SnowKidz event held in Africa on 27th June 2015. The resort will offer half-price skiing for kids under 12 and is also offering a four day “SnowKidz Special Package” where children under 12 will qualify for a 50% discount on the normal price.
In addition Tiffindell will be organising a series of ski racing for children throughout the season culminating in the SA Children’s Champs (up to 16 years) on the weekend of 25th and 26th July.
Over the border in Lesotho, the Afriski Ski Centre also has new plans for children this 2015 ski season. Afriski’s annual The Kings Cup competition has been re-invented for the 2015 winter season. This year the event is aimed at promoting and developing Alpine Skiing to the many youngsters that live in the surrounding areas of Afriski but have never experienced the wonder of snow and skiing for themselves.
TheKings Cup event will be dedicated to growing both the awareness of direct experience of skiing to the youth of Lesotho. The 2015 Kings Cup will be one day, mid-week event aimed at inviting both local dignitaries and sports enthusiasts to get first-hand experience of the new winter sports that Afriski is able to offer to the children of the Mountain Kingdom.
Source: fis-ski.com
