Snowlife, the national campaign to promote skiing and snowboarding in the UK, has just given away the first of three Volvo V50 sportswagons, worth more than £26,000 each, in the national prize draw currently running in over 150 specialist snowsports retailers throughout the UK.

Steve Jamieson from Penzance in Cornwall was picked out as the lucky winner from over 7,000 entries to the prize draw, which took place yesterday afternoon. He will collect his new Volvo V50 T5 AWD SE Sportswagon at a presentation at the Boardwise store in Chiswick High Road, London, where he made his winning entry.

Three further runner up prizes were also awarded to Ruth Parkinson from Leyland (holiday in Morzine courtesy of Alpine Tracks), Robert Grogan from Whilborough (£350 hardware voucher from Flow) and Miss S Banks from Norwood (£350 snowsport clothing voucher from Surfanic).

The free prize draw has been running as part of the Snowlife ‘Everyone’s a Winner’ 04/05 promotion.Anyone who visits their local snowsport SIGB-member retailer this winter can enter a prize draw to win one of three Volvo V50 Sportswagons. Not only that, but any customer spending £50 or more instore will receive a book of money saving vouchers giving fantastic discounts off days out, ski slopes, holidays and much more.

The remaining two Snowlife national prize draws will take place on 13th December and 17th January. The first prize in these two draws will again be a Volvo V50 Sportswagon. There are also further runner up prizes to be won from Neilson, Ski France, K2, Volkl, Protest, Trespass and Zepla.

So get moving and get into your local specialist snowsport store now! A full listing of participating stores and further details of the promotion are available at http://www.snowlife.org.uk

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