It seems a suitably wintry day to be sending a mail about skiing. The
ski preparation season is getting into full swing, and there is now plenty of snow in
large parts of Scandinavia.
At the weekend, the British Nordic Ski Team recorded some very good
times on snow in Bruksvallarna, Sweden, and are an inspiration to all
snow-bound British skiers (see below for report).
We have a number of courses coming up, with our full range of
instructors, and are all looking forward to a good season of skiing
and rollerskiing - we hope you can join us.
COMING UP
We have 2 courses starting this Saturday in Hyde Park @ 11.30:
These are the last 4-week courses of the year, and offer a good chance
to improve technique or get to grips with classic.
Alan Eason is also confirmed for the Level 2 group at Dorney Lake on
7th December - see
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/events3.html.
His group is now
full for the Dorney course this Sunday, but there are a few places
still left (we have over 30 people coming).
MIKE DIXON MASTERCLASS
6-times GB Olympic biathlete Mike Dixon will be in town on Saturday
6th December for a masterclass in Hyde Park. This is always a great
highlight of our year, and Mike has a wealth of information and
insights. Biathlon fans will recognise Mike as the voice of biathlon
on Eurosport, and he will be giving a talk after the class in the
Mitre Pub.
For more information and to book, go to
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nr017.html
AUSTRIA TRIP - JOIN US ON SNOW
In February we're running a cross-country ski holiday on snow, which
I've mentioned before in previous emails. I can now confirm that our
lineup of instructors will include Alan Eason, and the aim is to have
24 skiers and 4 instructors, who are as follows:
- Alan Eason - one of GB's top cross-country skiers, and ski instructors
- Mary Wray - one of Exodus's leading instructors, and head coach of the
London Region Nordic Ski Club
- Andrew Klimacki - ex-army biathlete and general motivational guru
- Me
Half of the places have now been booked, to a mix of regular and not
so regular rollerskiers. Having more people enables us to offer more
diversity in teaching, and better streaming of groups - so everyone
can be stretched. We'll have instruction in classic and skating
technique, we'll do plenty of long tours, and there is a chance to do
the Ganghofer ski marathon at the end of the week.
You can find more information at
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/cross.html
or get in touch with me if you have any questions.
ROLLERSKI INSTRUCTORS' SUCCESS
Congratulations are in order to the newest graduates of Snowsport
England's Rollerski Instructor's course. The following successfully
met the high skiing and coaching standards required of all rollerski
instructors: Glennis Dore, Yvonne Jacobs, Rob Dorward, Ivan Gorbenko
and Yevgeniy Gorbenko. It is great to see the numbers of qualified
instructors growing, and this particular intake will bring a great
deal of enthusiasm and insight to the sport.
RACING PICTURE 2008
Over the rollerski racing year there have been a great many decent
pictures taken. Here's a gallery of some of the best, with thanks to
Alistair Brown, Martin Watkins and Ivan Gorbenko -
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/gallery20.html
GB NORDIC SKI TEAM WEEKEND SUCCESS
The GB Junior Nordic team have been training hard over the summer, as
some astonishing performances at the weekend in Sweden show. The
following is a report -
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nx031.html
NEW WEBSITE FOR BRITISH NORDIC SKI TEAM
The GB Nordic Ski Team now have a new website, see
http://www.britnordicteam.co.uk - they are selling some Hoodies and
Kit to raise funds for the team, and if you would like to support them
you can see how to do so on the website.
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Iain Ballentine
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Join us on snow - Seefeld 2009 -
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/cross.html
Rollerski courses coming up -
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/events.html
Save on rollerski packages -
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/buypackages.html
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The Rollerski Co & Rollerski Instruction 2008
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