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Rollerski Newsletter, December 2010 The snow is here, not just in the UK, but across Europe - looking very good.
In November we ve had lots of people - new and old - rollerskiing in Hyde Park, and our full team of instructors in action. If you can brave the weather, you will have a good session. In the months ahead we have plenty of sessions - in Hyde Park, Dorney, Richmond and Dulwich - and we're focusing on getting good rollerski technique to take onto snow. It's been great to see so many beginners get involved lately, and if you have any questions, please get in touch. This newsletter has lots of XC ski news, details of sessions coming up and a special focus on the biathlon season, which has just begun. .
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(RE)DISCOVER DORNEY Dorney comes into its own at this time of the year if you're preparing for skiing and want to work on technique and balance. Its smooth, flat tracks alone make it worth a trip. Dates for January - April are also now up - Sessions are on Sunday 5th December, 9th & 23rd January, 6th and 27th January and 13th March. To book, see - http://rollerski.co.uk/events3.html |
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NEW YEAR, NEW SKI-LEGS We have our New Year beginners' courses and classes taking off on 8th January, in Hyde Park. As usual, there's a big build-up from January through to the end of March, with people coming to get ready for holidays and ski marathons. You can book onto a refresher class - http://rollerski.co.uk/class.html We also have a beginners' course on Sundays in Dulwich Park scheduled - please come or spread the word among anyone in South London who might be interested. We reckon it would be good to establish a regular base for rollerskiing south of the river. See - http://rollerski.co.uk/events15.html |
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LTU OLYMPIAN IN LONDON
For our regular club skiers, we welcome to London the Lithuanian Olympic skier, Mantas Strolia. Mantas competed in the Vancover Winter Games this year and put in some very good performances. You can see him in action in the video below (start at 33.15, number 9 in yellow) - Mantas will be along to Hyde Park shortly, and we hope to get him involved with coaching. |
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GOLF COURSE SKIING
If there's only a couple of inches of snow, and you want to ski (classic or skate technique), try your local golf course. It is amazing how good the skiing can be on golf courses, and your skis do not damage the grass, as your weight is spread over such a long surface (it's probably better than walking). You're never far from a golf course in the UK, and most don't specifically prohibit cross-country skiing... |
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BIATHLON SEASON BEGINNING
If you're looking forward to the biathlon, the World Cup kicks off on today (Wednesday) with the 15k ladies' race in Oestersund, SWE. The IBU cup (the 'Formula 2' of biathlon) has already begun, with some good performance from the Brits. Kevin Kane was 29th / 101 and just over 5% behind the winner on the 10k sprint on Sunday. Mike Dixon of the Cairngorm Biathlon & Nordic Ski Club in Scotland brings news that two of his athletes, Callum Irvine and Scott Dixon, have been selected to compete in the European Youth Olympics in biathlon in February. This is good news for the future of GB biathlon. You can find out more about this at www.cbnsc.co.uk Some good news also from our London Hyde Park team - Paul Gorbold made it onto the GB IBU cup team and has raced at the two IBU Cup races so far, getting off to a good start with his new international career. Sadly Rob Dorward didn't make it onto the team, but he is possibly in a better situation, as he's now able to focus more on his on training in just his second season on snow. |
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SKIS & SHOP We now have a full range of Salomon Equipe 9 Skate Skis, as well as ski bags and waxes. We don't have all the classic skis at the moment, due to excessive demand / insufficient supply, but we're working on this, and hope to get more classic skis shortly. We are, however, fully stocked with boots and rollerskis. We have new rollerski / cross-country ski gloves and pole bags. For Christmas ideas, we also do Gift Vouchers (for lessons or equipment) as well as a good technique DVD and an high-visiblity jacket. For our shop, see http://rollerski.co.uk/buy.html and for Gift Vouchers see http://rollerski.co.uk/giftvouchers.html |
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CLUB SOCIAL & RACING MEMBERSHIP 2011 To bring together all the skiers who'd like to be involved with the social / racing bits of our Hyde Park or Richmond Park club, but can't make the regular training, we've added a category of Social / Racing membership. You can find out more at - http://rollerski.co.uk/coachingfee.html#srmembership |
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SKI TRIPS, ON-SNOW We have one place left on our trip to Obertilliach in January, and plenty of space on our second Hochfilzen trip in February. For more information, see http://rollerski.co.uk/cross.html |
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Rollerski / XC ski balance YouTube videos - In the news - |
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AND FINALLY...ROLLERSKIING 1920s STYLE
If you want to see how rollerskiing has moved on over the years, this video is well worth a look (start at 19.20) - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vnfgr/Time_to_Remember_Nations_at_Play/ |
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Please get in touch if you have any comments / questions. Best regards, Iain E: iain@rollerski.co.uk |
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