Rollerski courses & club
Hochfilzen Ski Marathon trip
Review of 2010
Shop news
Rollerski Wales
Cross-country skiing is sick
Andrew Musgrave, skier of the year
LRNSC 2011
Tour de Ski
British Biathlon Team good news

Rollerski Newsletter, January 2011

ROLLERSKI COURSES COMING UP & CLUB

Everything kicks off this weekend - we have the start of 4-week courses in Hyde Park and Dulwich Park, and our first Dorney Lake session of the year.  Also, our club restarts this Saturday at 09.15 in Hyde Park, see -

-  Club - http://rollerski.co.uk/club.html
-  Hyde Park classes, Saturday - http://rollerski.co.uk/class.html
-  Dulwich, begins Sunday, then February 5th Feb - http://rollerski.co.uk/events15.html
-  Dorney, Sunday 9th & 23rd January, 6th Feb- http://rollerski.co.uk/events3.html

You can also sign up for courses starting in February and the Spring.

Alan Eason has added several more spaces to the Hochfilzen Ski Marathon trip in February.  He has put together an excellent team, including former World Cup biathlete Peter Moysey, and two of his best Australian instructors.  The week includes skiing and instruction on classic and skating skis, with the chance to take part in the Koasalauf ski marathon at the end of the week.

Alan is also running a week specialising in classic technique later in February.  You can find out more about both these trips here - http://rollerski.co.uk/cross.html

Roller skiing could be just about to take off in Wales.  Outdoor activity company, Capital Adventure Wales, led by skier Roger Heslop, is in the final stages of putting together all the equipment needed to provide lessons.  You can find out more about them here - http://rollerski.co.uk/nr088.html

ANDREW MUSGRAVE, BOA SKIER OF THE YEAR 2011

Just before Christmas, Andrew Musgrave was announced as British Olympic Association Skier of the Year.  19-year old Andrew, who was among the first group of British cross-country skiers at the Olympics since 1994, recorded the best ever British cross-country skiing performance (measured as percentage behind the winner).  See - http://www.bnds.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=303:first-cross-country-skier-to-receive-boa-award&catid=2:news&Itemid=4

LRNSC 2011

If you live in the London region, it's worth keeping an eye on the London Region Nordic Ski Club's programme in 2011.  The club is under new management with chairman Chris Richards, the club's former racing director, taking the helm.  The LRNSC has more members than any other cross-country ski club in the UK, and has a particularly strong summer rollerski racing programme, which is suitable for all. 

You can find out more about Chris and the club here - http://www.londonnordic.org.uk/christopher-richards/

The FIS Tour de Ski is taking place this week - this is a great event to watch, and finishes with an epic up-hill cross-country ski race on Sunday 9th Jan.  Here's one of the events so far -

Here's our review of rollerskiing in 2010; People, Places, Pics - http://rollerski.co.uk/nr087.html

We're pretty well stocked at the moment.  Skis have been selling very well, and we have a good stock of Salomon Equipe 9 Skating and Classic skis and rollerskis at the moment.  We also have a lot of combi, skating and RC Carbon Classic boots in stock.  You can see what we've got at - http://rollerski.co.uk/buy.html

The British Biathlon team are doing very well at the moment - currently there are 7 men and 2 ladies qualified to take part in the World Cup, see - http://www.britishbiathlon.com for more information on the team.

If you fancy racing against some of these guys, you can find out about the British Cross-Country Ski Championships on the BBU website.  They take place in Ruhpolding, Germany, at the end of this month.

Please get in touch if you have any comments / questions. Best regards, Iain

E: iain@rollerski.co.uk
T: +44 (0)20 8348 2540
M: +44 (0)7968 286129