The property industry showed its resilience by over coming difficult wintery conditions in Courmayeur, Italy in its 25th year of the event. Over 300 attended the Ski Challenge - the longest running event in the property industry’s calendar.
The weekend started with an exclusive CPD accredited two-hour Business Forum for over 65 clients where leaders of the industry discussed key issues affecting commercial property. Panellists included:
• Mark Pears, CEO, William Pears Group
• Andrew Altman, CEO, Olympic Park Legacy Committee
• Damian Wild, Editor, Estates Gazette
• Mike Sales, Head of Global Property Investment, Henderson Global Investors
Click here to view video footage of Andrew Altman discussing the Olympic Park and Ezra Nahome’s view on the year ahead for Lambert Smith Hampton.
On Friday 20 January Courmayeur experienced heavy snow fall, but in true Ski Challenge style the next day, race day, was clear and sunny. Over 80 people took part in the races, including a dual parallel slalom, fastest male and female and overall fastest team. The results were as follows:
LSH Cup (fastest firm)
Winning team: Hampton International 1
Participants: Bianca Van Den Berg, Justin Camm, James Wardle
Dual Parallel Slalom in aid of LandAid and sponsored by Wedlake Bell (knock-out team race)
Winning team: Knight Frank 1
Participants: Alistair Graham-Campbell, Andrew McGarvey, Christopher Kirkland
Newcomers Award (fastest team of newcomers)
Winning team: Jones Lang LaSalle
Participants: Giles Walker, Tom Kilmister, Andrew Craig
Commercial Property Masters Cup (fastest team whose members are all over 45)
Winning team: The Young Ones
Participants: Dougie Lawson, Nick Smith, Dale Strachan
Henderson UK Property Unit Trust Cup (fastest team from a property company and/or fund)
Winning team: Lawson & Partners
Participants: James Lawson, James Whidborne, Bruce Clark
Snowboard Race – in memory of Andy Tudor (fastest individual)
1st: Oliver Durham-Winch, Argus Software
2nd: Tom Corby, AGL
3rd: Philip Davis, Howden Insurance Brokers
Sequence Cup (fastest mixed gender team)
Winning team: The Northeners
Participants: Patrick Matheson, Sally Lindsay, Chris Weare
Estates Gazette Cup (fastest male)
1st: Campbell Beaton
2nd: Giles Walker
3rd: Eric Mounier
Estates Gazette Cup (fastest female)
1st: Marie-Laure Duvivier
2nd: Sally Lindsay
3rd: Kathryn Ferrar
Overall fastest team (open team category)
Winning team: Individual 2
Participants: Campbell Beaton, Tetyana Smirnova, James Veasey
Click here to view video footage of the race day and Ezra Nahome’s summing up the event.
Click here for a full list of race results
The event was supported by Estates Gazette, with sponsorship from Wedlake Bell, Henderson Global Investors and Sequence.
