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Cross country skiing and roller skiing

Join our community of cross country skiing enthusiasts based in and around the Capital and in the Cambridge area.  Find out about the benefits of joining LRNSC and more about this Club

Join and learn to roller ski - it's great for fitness and fun, plus it's the best way to prepare for cross country skiing.  There are sessions for children as well as tasters, courses, coaching and general training/practice sessions for adults. We also organise roller ski races. And you can cross country ski with us.  Plus you can discover cross country ski racing.

Scroll down to read our latest news.

 

Tuesday
Oct082024

Race results - GB Series 24/12/6km classic matched roller ski race + Series final standings

We hosted the final race in the GB Series on Sunday and you can see the full results here.  Congratulations go to:

  • the top 3 racers overall, Martin Watkins [Wessex], Gerard Evans [LRNSC] and Arne Husby [who came from Oslo for the event]. 
  • Lucas Evans [LRNSC] and Michael Jarratt [BNDS] - first in the 12 and 6km distances,
  • Dagmar Junghanns and Beatrix Evans who ensured female racers were represented andwon their respective categories.
Well done to everyone who raced, with a special mention for Cesar Baena who hails from Venezuela via Stockholm, and thanks to those who supported the event.
You can also see the final standings in this year's GB Series of races where it's great to find LRNSC racers in the top 3:
  • in 3/8 junior categories [Beatrix Evans, Michael Jarratt, Lucas Evans and Karenza Corpez,
  • in 5/7 of the senior and veteran categories [Marketa Hamilton, Mary Wray, Dagmar Junghanns, Marek Pasterny, Adam Pinney, Anders Soderback]
Can we beat this in 2025?  Join in racing and help us!
Friday
Sep132024

Congratulations to Paddy Field & follow in his footsteps!

Paddy Field, one of our founder members and a legend in the cross country skiing world is turning 90 this month, and we send our very best wishes to him. 

You can read more about him in this interview with the Worldloppet organisation.

Let's see more members racing and following in his footsteps!  Our next roller ski race is in classic technique on 6 October [find out more and enter here] - it's the last in the British Roller Ski Series this year.

Roller skiing is the best way to practice for snow skiing - you can learn on our beginners' course that starts on 15/9.  Find out more and book your place now.

If you want to race on snow, check out our cross country skiing trip to Dobbiaco and the Gsiesertallauf that coach Dagmar Junghanns is organising.  It's ideal for first timers and more seasoned racers.

Friday
Sep062024

Last call to register for our AGM & roller skiing on 15/9

The Club's AGM takes place from 1400-1600 on Sunday 15/9 at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit

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Friday
Aug092024

Opportunity for VO2 max testing

Here's an opportunity to participate in an exclusive research study that offers the chance to get a free, comprehensive assessment of your VO2 max and SpO2 max

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Friday
Aug092024

Autumn roller ski tasters and coaching - book your place now

Learn to roller ski or improve your skills ready for the next snow season.  There are tasters on 1/9 and 27/10, new beginners courses starting on 15/9 and 3/11, and coaching for improvers and intermediates in classic and skate techniques through the autumn.  There's also roller skiing for children starting 1/9.

Booking is now open and places must be booked in advance.

Monday
Aug052024

Find out about our upcoming events

We're having a short break in August but booking is opening up for our autumn activities:

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Monday
Jun242024

Race results - GB Series 12/6/3km classic matched roller ski race

You can see the results here. Congratulations go to Jordan Andrews [London Hyde Park] and Beata Nowok [Cairngorm] the male and female winners.

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Saturday
Jun012024

Enter now - GB Series classic matched roller ski race 23/6

Entry is now open for the 12/6/3km classic matched roller ski race that we're running at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit on Sunday morning 23 June.  Enter here.

Everyone will race on Swenor Alutech roller skis sourced from the Rollerski Co.  For junior racers the ski hire charge is reduced by 50% as LRNSC will subsidise this cost.

Tuesday
May282024

26/5 2hr fun roller ski challenge and other race results

You can see the results here. Well done to everyone who took up the challenge with longest distances being skied by Grzegorz Stasik [40.5km] and Marketa Hamilton [37.5km].

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Saturday
May182024

Club cross country ski trips 2024-25

Have you started to think about cross country skiing next winter?  We have!  You can see an overview of the Club's cross country ski programme and book your place on our proposed trips to Sjusjoen in Norway, Ramsau in Austria, Pontresina in Switzerland, and register your interest in a race trip to Italy and possible late season visit to Finland.

You can also see information about Snowsport England's On-snow skills week in Obertilliach.