Biggest ever NSW-ACT Junior Series

The next generation of Australian mogul skiers were out in force at the weekend as Perisher played host to the biggest ever NSW-ACT Junior Series.

Photo: Perisher Media

89 young athletes competed across the two-day event, which offered both single and dual moguls competitions.

There was also a chance to watch Olympians in action as silver medallist Matt Graham and other Olympians completed a number of runs to the delight of the young crowd.

Ranging in age from 9-19, competitors battled it out in the U11, U14 or U20 classes for the $5,000 in prizemoney on offer.

It was double delight for George Murphy, a member of the Elite Talent Program, who won the U20 dual moguls and finished third in the singles.

Photo: George Murphy

“It was pretty exciting to get the win, I had put good runs down in training the day before and I was able to put down two nice runs on the day,” Murphy said of his singles victory.

“I was pretty nervous for duals, I didn’t think I had the speed to keep up with the others but I tried going fast and I was able to keep up and put down all day,” he said.

The ‘Post-box award’ is steeped in tradition and for the first time in its five-year history it was won by a female with Jaimie Mausdon declared winner.

The accolade is judged by the ground jury and is presented to the athlete who does the biggest airs and pushes themselves to send-it biggest.

Jamie’s Iron Cross Back-tucks on the bottom air were some of the biggest jumps of the day and it saw her awarded the iconic post-box trophy.

The tradition was born after event commentators began saying that an athlete had ‘taken the jump to the post box and sent-it.’ The post box has become a highly sought-after prize with past winners also including Ethan Topalovic, Ben Matsumoto, Will Martin and Will Feneley. Last year's winner, Ethan, had the honour of presenting Jaimie the perpetual post-box trohpy (below). 

To cap off a great weekend of snowsport there was also a milestone achieved off-snow as an all-female judging panel officiated the event for the first time.

The judges were:

T- Madii Himbury

T- Taylah Oneill

T- Gen Martin

A- Phoebe Tudhope

A- Kendle Richards

Head to Snowracer to view full results from the competition.

Results