Dear All,


BRISTOL-BATH ROLLERSKI THIS WEEKEND!

This goes ahead this Saturday, and looks set to be a popular trip. The plan is
to meet at Bristol Temple Meads station at 11.00 (or Bath Spa at 10.15 if you
need to drop off a car or pick up rollerskis).

If you have any questions, please let me know. If you want to hire rollerskis,
there are still plenty available. See
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/events.html#b2b



DORNEY 1-DAY COURSE

The next Dorney 1-day course takes place on Sunday 29th April. This will be the
last opportunity to do a higher skills course with Alan Eason before he returns
to Australia for the summer.

To book, go to http://www.rollerski.co.uk/events3.html

If you haven't already seen it, there is a good article about Alan's struggles
to compete internationally at http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nr041.html


KVITAVATN COURSE

The Snowsport England Nordic On-Snow course was more popular than ever this
year. Four coaches – Patrick Winterton, Mike Dixon, Alan Eason and myself –
provided the cross-country skiing instruction, and the week featured coaching,
ski and ski orienteering races and evening activities. It was great to see such
depth of skiing talent, and improvements made by skiers returning from last
year.


EVENING ROLLERSKI SESSIONS

This week sees the start of our first 4-week evening rollerski courses in Hyde
Park. We will be running further courses here and in Dulwich Park.

See http://www.rollerski.co.uk/events.html for course listing.

We will also be having a weekly evening class on Wednesdays for anyone who
cannot commit to a 4-week course.

See http://www.rollerski.co.uk/class.html for classes.


BIATHLON

Rupert Butcher of the Wessex BNSC has asked me to remind you of his club's
excellent programme of biathlon development taking place this summer. This club
is making great efforts to promote and develop the sport of biathlon – currently
a popular `armchair' sport, thanks to the good Eurosport commentary. Mike Dixon
(one of the commentators) was telling me last week that they have between
100,000 and 300,000 British viewers for biathlon, making it Eurosport's most
popular winter sport in the UK.

WBNSC Biathlon Training Weekends 2007
Venue: Budleigh Farm, Moretonhampstead, Devon.

May 26th - 27th (Improvers), book by 20th of April.
(Chagford 2 Hills Running Race on the 28th May)

June 23rd - 24th (Beginners), book by 11th of May.

July 21st - 22nd (Beginners 2 / Improvers), book by 26th of May.

September 15th - 16th (Improvers / Advanced), book by 21st of July.

October 27th - 28th (Advanced Training & Club Summer Biathlon Competition), book
by 15th of September.

More information and booking forms etc. are available by emailing
rupert@...

To learn more about the club visit http://www.wessexbiathlon.org


LONDON ROLLERSKI RACE SERIES

The London rollerski race series commenced this weekend, with a similar field to
last year. The race was won by race organiser Chris Richards on a pair of
Swenor Fibreglass classic rollerskis.

Check out the events calendar for further information on these and other races –
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/ns024.html


CALLING ALL YOUTH SKIERS FOR GB DEVELOPMENT SQUAD

I've been contacted by Roy Young of the GB Nordic Development Squad, who is
hoping to recruit youth cross-country skiers / rollerskiers for the squad. He
writes the following - http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nx026.html



Iain Ballentine

iain@...
http://www.rollerski.co.uk

07968 286129