JCG student, Olive, spent 4 weeks living independently in the Aosta Valley in Italy based with the British Ski Academy, with a busy schedule of ski racing and training, academic lessons and fitness training, and participated in the Welsh Alpine Ski Championships 2019 in Switzerland at the end of January. She came 14th in the U14 girls Giant Slalom event and 19th in the Slalom the next day; a promising performance for her first national competition and this sets her up well for next year when she can ski in the U14 category again.