Beth Whatford
I grew up in a ski crazy family, beginning my skiing journey at the grand old age of 16 months, with my “home” slope being split between the Lecht and Courchevel. I joined Gordon’s skiers over 10 years ago as one of the Bairns, when my love for ski racing took off!
My ski racing career includes many successes, including top spot in many of the home races (Scottish Children’s Champs, Scottish Bairns Champs etc). This has been alongside racing on the UK alpine circuit over many years, achieving results in the Scottish, English and British Alpine Championships in France and Italy, which led me to achieving entry to the Scottish Development Squad.
I continue to race on the FIS circuit, combining this with progressing through my coaching qualifications. This resulted in gaining my BASI L1 (Alpine) in the summer of 2017, when I began coaching for Gordon’s skiers, along with teaching at Alford Ski Centre. My BASI L2 (Alpine) followed during the autumn of 2018, and I am now working towards my BASI L3 ISIA (Alpine).
I am fortunate to have been coached, have shadowed and worked with many high performance coaches and instructors over the years, allowing me to develop a wide and deep knowledge and understanding of performance skiing.