News - 1/1/16
Highlights of rollerskiing in 2015

 

As we get ready for 2016, here's a look back at what we got up to in 2015. We had lots of beginners, and plenty of challenges for regular skiers. We thought up fun new ways of training, added extra sessions at our regular venues and occasional 'Meetup' sessions elsewhere, welcomed new instructors and club members. Many skiers took part in ski marathons and excting on-snow adventures. Hopefully 2016 will be just as much fun -

 

JANUARY
New Year courses begin - lots of beginners welcomed to rollerskiing
Victoria Park rollerski club in East London begins - regular Sunday AM training
Andrew Musgrave special rollerski course for his sponsors at Dorney Lake - pictures
British Cross-Country Ski & Biathlon Champs take place in Ruhpolding, Germany - Jordan finishes in top 15 (out of 65) in 7.5k skate skiing race
Rollerskiing featured in Waitrose Weekend newsletter

 

FEBRUARY
GB Olympic downhill skier Chemmy Alcott gets a Guinness World Record for rollerskiing in a group - pics | story
Rollerskiing featured in 'Call to Adventure' website - link
GB achieves best ever results at the FIS Cross-Country Ski World Champs in Falun, SWE - 12th place for Andrew Musgrave in the skiathlon - results

 

MARCH
158 British skiers finish the Engadin Skimarathon - results
Birkebeiner skimarathons take place in Norway - video
New Alpina ESK 2.0 and ECL 2.0 rollerski boots introduced - details
Skike V8 Tour combi rollerskis launched - details

 

APRIL
Royal Parks issues us a license for rollerskiing in Hyde Park - instructors get armbands!
Leaseplan women employees cross Baffin Island in Canada - website
FIS Rollerski World Champion Eugenio Bianchi runs class (below) at Redbridge, E. London
GB's best ever female cross-country skier, Posy Musgrave, retires from international racing

 

MAY
Iceland's Fossavatn skimarathon takes place - great London contingent
First ever rollerski race at the Stratford Olympic Park in East London, below
Army Medical Services does first of its rollerski training days with our instructors Felicity, Peter and Mantas
East London training - pics
Huntly hillclimb takes place in Aberdeenshire

 

JUNE
Cairngorm hillclimb in Aviemore
Meetup group established - link
Sonning Common Primary School's first year of rollerskiing finishes
Special end-of-term rollerski day at Stowe School, Buckinghamshire
French FIS Rollerski World Cup winner, Baptiste Noel, joins the team - profile

 

JULY
Guardian features rollerskiing, Summer activity - link
Record field for the London 1-hour rollerski race - results

 

AUGUST
Rollerski van gets its annual refresh - equipment all replaced, van shelving re-painted
Andrew Musgrave profiled on Swix Ski Classics website - report
Snowsport England launches YouTube video for rollerskiing - video, left
Huntly-trained Peter Thomson joins the coaching team - profile

 

SEPTEMBER
Monthly rollerski training sessions in Richmond Park begin - pics
Young GB biathlete, Sam Cairns, runs rollerski session in Hyde Park
Jordan featured in the Maidenhead Advertiser - link
Former elite US cross-country skier Barbara Grogan joins the team - profile
Iain is mens' British Rollerski Champion, Fiona Hughes becomes ladies' Champ - results
Fiona Crossley becomes GB Series Champion for unprecedented 12th consecutive year; GB biathlete Robert Sircus is mens' Series Champion and Amanda Richards ladies' veteran Champion - full results

 

OCTOBER
Rollerski rugby in Hyde Park (picture top left)
'Team Dorney' resumes with bigger team then ever
Swedish rollerski visitor reviews rollerskiing in Hyde Park - review

 

NOVEMBER
Guide 2 Surrey Journalist, Tayler Willson, reviews rollerskiing in Weybridge - link
Rollerski basketball hits Hyde Park (video, left)
Royal Bank of Scotland and CMS skiers join us in Hyde Park to prepare for ski challenges

DECEMBER
Igo Adventures launched by trans-Atlantic rower, Bobby Melville - website | Bobby
Andrew Young wins GB's first ever podium in a World Cup cross-country ski race - report
Three skiers from our Hyde Park, Weybridge and Dorney / Oxfordshire groups selected for BNDS training camp in Norway - website
British Biathlon Union launches new website and identity - website

 

Good roller skiing & skiing in 2016!

 

 

 

 

Review of 2014