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Bill Berry was an inaugural member of the Aberdeen Sporting Hall of Fame Bill Berry grew up on a farm in Blairdaff by Monymusk. He was educated at Kemnay where his school report and certificate reported him an excellent scholar in most subjects. He left school aged 15 and was first employed by Cluny Estates as a Kennel boy and trainee Gamekeeper. He then moved to Findrack Estate near Lumphanan, with another Gamekeeper to become an Under Keeper. Whilst there, in 1953 the Laird actually arranged ...

Obituary: Bill Berry, former chairman of JudoScotland and 7th Dan player Mark Campanile William (Bill) Berry, UK judo official. Born: 22 January, 1936 in Aberdeen. Died: 15 February, 2021 in Monymusk, Aberdeenshire, aged 85 © Bill Berry was an inaugural member of the Aberdeen Sporting Hall of Fame Bill Berry grew up on a farm in Blairdaff by Monymusk. He was educated at Kemnay where his school report and certificate reported him an excellent scholar in most subjects. He left s...

Edwards’ Mikaela Shiffrin with four Worlds medals (Getty Images). Austria’s Katharina Liensberger dominated the women’s slalom at the World Alpine Ski Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, on Saturday, beating Slovakia’s Petra Vlhova by a full second and Edwards’ Mikaela Shiffrin by nearly two seconds. Shiffrin was trying to extend her record of four straight World Championship slalom gold medals, including her win in 2015 at the Worlds in Beaver Creek, but will settle for the ...

Vicki and Tryg Myhren For more than 30 years, students and programs across the University of Denver have felt the impact of Trygve (Tryg) and Vicki Myhren’s leadership and philanthropy. From women’s and men’s athletic teams, to the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, to the Vicki Myhren Gallery at the School of Art & Art History and more, their giving has touched virtually every area of campus. The Myhrens’ most recent gift carries forward that legacy, investing $1 million in ...

2021 World Junior Championships alpine team announced February 16, 2021 U.S. Ski & Snowboard has named eight athletes to the 2021 FIS Alpine Junior World Ski Championships Team to represent the U.S. Alpine Ski Team in Bansko, Bulgaria, in six events, from March 3-10. The 2021 squad is derived from the U.S. B, C, D teams, and the U.S. Ski & Snowboard National Development Group, as well as top U.S. Ski & Snowboard club program athletes from across the nation. Headlining this year’s team are 2...

With canceled events and limited training, athletes continue to train for 2022 Winter Olympics Future of the Summer Olympics still in question and last updated 2021-01-29 18:56:07-05 The future of the Summer Olympics is still up in the air, and could indicate the future of the 2022 Games in Beijing. Even with all the restrictions and obstacles, athletes are pushing forward and finding ways to train. “I started skiing on the World Cup Tour when I was 15 years old, and made the Olympics when...

2020-21 Land Rover U.S. Alpine Ski TeamPhoto: Max Hall/U.S. Ski Team Squaw Valley’s Travis Ganong led the U.S. Alpine Ski Team in Kitzbuhel, Austria, posting a pair of top-12 finished in downhill and a 27th in super-G at a trio of World Cup events. Ganong, 32, led the U.S. during last Friday’s downhill race, finishing with a time of 1 minute, 55.52 seconds to claim 11th. Switzerland’s Beat Feuz, 33, took the win with a time of 1:53.77. The race at the notorious Hahnenkamm typically brings...

Shiffrin fourth in final GS before Worlds January 26, 2021, 10:56 am Mikaela Shiffrin of Edwards finished just off the podium in fourth Tuesday in Kronplatz, Italy, in the final giant slalom before the World Championships in Cortina next month. Here’s the press release from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team: In the final FIS Ski World Cup giant slalom before the 2021 FIS World Championships, two-time Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin snagged fourth place in Kronplatz, Italy....

Obituary: Walter R. Belden WINTHROP - Walter R. Belden, a devoted husband, loving father, and a friend to many, died on Jan. 7, 2021 surrounded ... Share Walter R. Belden WINTHROP – Walter R. Belden, a devoted husband, loving father, and a friend to many, died on Jan. 7, 2021 surrounded by his family at his home in Winthrop where he lived for over 50 years. He was born to Stephen and Phyllis Belden in Winthrop on June 13, 1941. Walter was the youngest of seven children – born eight years ...

Shiffrin third in Semmering Mikaela Shiffrin of Edwards, right, celebrates with Michelle Gisin (Getty Images). Mikaela Shiffrin of Edwards was third in a night slalom in Semmering, Austria on Tuesday. Here’s the press release from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team: It was a banner day to finish out 2020 with Mikaela Shiffrin taking third place in the FIS Alpine World Cup slalom in Semmering, Austria, and Nina O’Brien finishing in ninth—her first top-10 result in her career. ...