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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 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.

 

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.  Well done to all racers and thanks to everyone who supported the event including the Rollerski Co who supplied the Swenor Alutechs.

The next British Series race we're holding is the 24/12/6km FT race on 21 July - you can enter here.

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]. 

Meanwhile Club members travelled to the GB Series races organised by Huntly Nordic Ski Club in Scotland where Marek Pasterney came 1st in the Hill Climb Veteran class, and Adam Pinney took 3rd place in the Super Veteran class.

Our next roller ski race is the Classic 12/6/3km British Series on matched Swenor Alutechs on 23 June - enter here.

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.

Saturday
May182024

Learn to skate ski - new roller ski course starts 26/5

Book your place on our new learn to skate roller ski course starting on Sunday afternoon 26/5.  This course focuses exclusively on skating technique. 

You'll learn how to skate roller ski with an emphasis on balance and co-ordination using the different skating 'gears' - skate 1, skate 2 and skate 3 to enable you tackle ups and downs, as well as moving efficiently on the flat. We'll also cover turns and free skate.  Find out more here.

 

Saturday
May182024

How far can you ski in 2 hours? Take the challenge!

Ski as far as you can in 2 hours, in any technique, on any roller skis!  Take our fun roller ski challenge on Sunday morning 26/5 in west London at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit. Shorter time challenges for juniors. Enter now


Wednesday
Apr172024

May Club walk date change

The Club walk in the Surrey hills will now take place on Sunday 19 May instead of Saturday 11 May due to M25 junction closures which may affect members' journeys.  Find out more about this event here.

Wednesday
Apr172024

Results - 14/4 British Series 12/6/3km FT time trial

You find the results here.  Congratulations to the different category winners and well done to all the participants, particularly all the junior racers who put in great efforts.

Tuesday
Mar262024

Enter the 1st roller ski race of the season now

We're running the first race of the British Roller Ski Series -12/6/3km FT time trial - on Sunday 14 April at 11:00 at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit in west London. 

Find out more an enter here - advance entry only by 6pm on Friday 12 April.  No race entry on the day. 

Want to know more about the British Roller Ski Series or check the Rules - go to the BMCCSA website.

Sunday
Feb252024

Learn to roller ski courses starting soon - book now

Make 2024 the year you take up roller skiing.  Our Spring courses start in west London on 3rd March and in the Cambridge area on 23rd March.  Both follow the same format which means that you’ll learn classic technique at the first three sessions and then get an introduction to skate technique at the last two.  See more

You can choose between signing up for:

  • the course with equipment included, this is good if you can commit to all the course dates and want to progress faster, or
  • any five sessions of tuition only then add equipment hire to match the technique – you select the dates when you want to attend.  This is best if you can’t make all the course dates [sessions are repeated later in the year], or you prefer to focus on a specific technique. 
  • You can also book single sessions.

Book your place now - before 1st March for west London & before 21 March for the Cambridge area.