SSC Racing Coaching Team
Calum Shepherd
Head Coach
Qualifications:
BASI Alpine L2 Instructor
BASI L3 Mountain Safety
BASI Coach – Ski
I’ve been skiing since I was 4, racing since I was 11, coaching since 16, and now SSC Head Coach since 2021. I grew up spending most weekends of the winter training at Glenshee, based out of the SSC hut on the Sunnyside, and have grown to love all things Scottish skiing.
I competed internationally for four years at FIS level whilst studying at Heriot-Watt University. I wasn’t a hugely ‘successful’ ski racer in terms of podiums and impressive results, but I loved the whole process: ski training, fitness training, ski prep, travelling around Europe and being with my teammates. I gained so much from those experiences and I want to pass those opportunities on to the younger generations and keep them engaged in snow skiing!
Nowadays I’m also still involved in student snowsports, running competitions at all levels including for British University and College Sport (BUCS).
Kirsty Crawford
Head Coach, Bearsden Racing
Qualifications:
BASI Alpine L2 Instructor
UKSS Alpine L1 Performance Coach
British Alpine Technical Delegate
Starting on skis from the age of 2, I have been coaching for over ten years, both in Scotland and across the Alps with experience gained from working with race clubs such as Sandown Park, Team Evolution and CDC. I am a UKCP qualified coach with my ISIA BASI L3 Teach and over 5 seasons in France improving and training towards gaining higher qualifications. I am now Head Coach at Bearsden Racing and most recently I qualified as a Technical Delegate (TD) to support the BASS races held in Scotland.
Craig Lamont
Adult Race Training Coach
Qualifications:
UKSS Alpine L3 Head Coach
I have been involved in coaching racers for 35 years and started racing & training myself when I was about 11. I competed full time on the FIS circuit as part of the British Citadin Squad all over Europe, travelling and living in a campervan.
When I retired from racing I started coaching at club level and quickly became the Head Coach at Cairngorm Ski Club. After spending a season away from coaching as a race organiser I was head hunted by SSC to be the Head Coach, with many of my trainees gaining selection onto British and Scottish Teams.
In 2023 I was selected to coach the Scottish Team for the ISF World Schools Games. I now enjoy coaching young adults, Masters racers and bringing on aspiring coaches and am qualified to mentor Level 1 & Level 2 Trainee coaches through their qualifications to become fully licenced coaches. Outside of skiing I raced XC mountainbikes and road bikes internationally, and I love many watersports. I am also a MIAS Level 2 mountainbike leader and a PADI diving instructor.
Jemma Clarke
Coach
Qualifications:
BASI Alpine L1 Instructor
UKSS Alpine L1 Performance Coach
UKSS Mountain Induction
From first skiing aged 3, I fell in love with the sport and have had over 15 years of racing experience. I started out at Hillend, before progressing to training and racing in the Scottish mountains and across Europe. After three years of FIS racing, I made the move to coaching. I gained so many great friendships, skills and life experiences from growing up ski racing, and it has been great to contribute to younger athletes having a similar experience!
Duncan Shepherd
Coach
Qualifications:
BASI Alpine L2 Instructor
BASI L3 Mountain Safety
UKSS Alpine L2 Performance Coach
Duncan has been coaching in Scotland for many years and has a great deal of experience. He has coached regularly on the slopes of Aberdeen for both ASC and GSnow, spent many a weekend at Glenshee and occasionally Cairngorm, and on camps in the Alps with both ATC and CDC clubs. Duncan is also an accomplished golfer and masters ski racer.
Mark Blyth
Coach
Club President, Olympian, consultant surgeon and most importantly a stable and consistent coaching force as part of the SSC coaching program for many years. Mark was also once an SSC trainee, and has been giving back to Scottish ski racing for many years. There is no weather that can stop his group from skiing all day, and smiling all day too. He and Rachael have three kids who are all successful full-time ski racers.
