Lots of information this time, not only on the world of rollerskiing, but also
cross-country skiing:


LONDON 4-HOUR ENDURANCE CHALLENGE

This is one of the highlights of the rollerski racing calendar – attracting some
of the best rollerskiers in the country - and further afield. It's also an
excellent chance for beginners to see how many laps they can do - and whether
you do 2 laps or 100, there is a prize for everyone afterwards.

The event is run by the London Region Nordic Ski Club, and more information is
on the website – http://www.rollerski.co.uk/ns022.html


SKI MARATHON AND WINTER TRIATHLON CALENDARS

I've trawled through the internet to try to find all the ski marathons going on
in the 2006-7 season (or as many as I can). There are literally hundreds of
them, and in many countries you can find a marathon each weekend from January to
March. Races in Italy, Austria and Germany have extremely good websites, and
many of the big races have shorter subsidiary races, and kids' races.

The full list can be found at http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nf003.html

I've done something similar for Winter Triathlon at
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nf004.html

(Thanks to the manager of the British Winter Triathlon team for letting me know
that!)


OUR COURSES

Reminder of our advanced courses coming up. Also, the Dorney sessions have
proven really popular – this Sunday's is now fully booked, but 15th November
(skating) still has places left, and new dates have been released for 2007.

Full details of these and others on - http://www.rollerski.co.uk/events.html


GB ROLLERSKI SERIES

The GB Rollerski Series came to a conclusion on 1st October, and with 117
competitors this year, it was more popular than ever before. Overall series
winners were Mike Dixon from the Cairngorm Biathlon club and Fiona Crossley from
the Yorkshire Dales.

I've posted full results on http://www.rollerski.co.uk/results.html


ROLLERSKIING TO LAUNCH NATIONAL SKI & SNOWBOARDING WEEK

I've been asked to come up with a few rollerskiing volunteers to help out with
the press launch of the National Ski & Snowboard Week 2007. This will take
place on 12th November at about lunchtime – somewhere in Central London - and it
would be great to put on a show of rollerskiing strength and expertise. If you
are interested, please contact me on iain@...


TOUR DE SKI

Based loosely on the Tour de France, the FIS this year launch the Tour de Ski
cross-country ski series. For more information on this visit –
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nx021.html


WAYMARK HOLIDAYS – BEST SKI COMPANY

At the recent Guardian Travel Awards, cross-country ski holiday company Waymark
Holidays were presented with the award for `Best Ski Company'. It's a tribute
to the small team running Waymark, that such a niche company has won such a
prestigious award.

We work closely with Waymark to help prepare their clients for on-snow trips and
details of our own holidays (organised in collaboration with Waymark) can be
found on http://www.rollerski.co.uk/cross.html


VASALOPPET TIMING ARTICLE

For the technologically inclined, I came across the following article how the
timing systems of the Vasaloppet work. Find out how competitors can keep track
of their own split times – and those of their friends – on:

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/4f9c89cc-a221-11da-9096-0000779e2340.html


ROLLERSKI CLUB

Numbers are growing well, and training is building up! Full information is
given on a separate emailing – let me know if you'd like to join the club
mailing list.

http://www.rollerski.co.uk/club.html

Best regards
Iain

iain@...
www.rollerski.co.uk