Alpine Training Centre Scio

Building kind, confident and resilient young people is the goal; the unique sport of ski racing is the transport system that takes them there. When Sean and Lara Langmuir started organising ski camps more than a decade ago, it was largely to create a race-training environment for family and friends. With their own three kids excluded from the Scottish and Alpine ski camps that were being organised – because they were under 12 or hadn’t reached a specific standard – Sean and Lara saw a gap in the development opportunities open to aspiring young ski racers. So, in 2010, the Alpine Training Centre (ATC) was born. Sean was perfectly positioned to take this step. He was coaching the British Children’s Team at the time and had years of experience running ski camps overseas, in Wanaka, New Zealand and in Canada. The guiding principle for those first ATC camps was inclusivity – and ATC’s ongoing aim is to give motivated young ski racers the chance to pursue their passion for skiing within a supportive community, one based on core values such as trust, hard work, responsibility and a sense of fun. ATC is now one of the most successful ski-racing organisations in the UK, and the fact that the Scottish and British Ski Teams are filled with ATC alumni speaks for itself. Indeed, more than half of today’s selected Scottish Team athletes have trained with ATC – an enviable track record. In 2021, ATC became a registered children’s charity, with one key objective being the opportunity to access funding and resources. Not only will this additional investment improve the breadth of training ATC offers, but it will also provide more kids with access to the sport, as well as enabling the team to build on the support it provides to ski racers and ski clubs.