Below is revised report replacing deleted report posted earlier today.

British Rollerski Championships 2007
Huntly Nordic & Outdoor Centre
Saturday 15th Sept 2007

The weekend of the 15/16th Sept saw the two largest British rollerski
races of the 2007 British Rollerski Series. On Saturday the Huntly
Nordic Ski Club hosted the British Rollerski Championships 2007 at
the Huntly Nordic & Outdoor Centre. Despite the heavy rain 69 skiers
from all parts of the UK and of all standards and ages competed over
1.8 to 7.1km courses. The senior men's and ladies 7.1km races were
both won by 17 year old skiers racing up an age category: Andrew
Musgrave (Huntly Nordic SC) and Fiona Hughes (Yorkshire Dales CCSC).
Both skiers set new course records of 18min 55sec and 23mins 05secs,
these times were even more remarkable considering the wet conditions
which saw the majority of skiers skiing far slower than usual. The
Bob Lacy Memorial Trophy for first male veteran (and second overall)
was awarded to Peter Kuznetzov, a Russian skiing for London Region
Nordic SC. The U18 5.1km mens race was won by Cammy Dudgeon
(Cairngorm Biathlon & Nordic SC) who just beat Calum Smith of Huntly
NSC by 1 second. While in the U18 ladies race Deborah May of Huntly
won by just 2 seconds from Marsha Dixon of Cairngorm. The U14 2.1km
boys race was won by Ruaridh Newman (Huntly) and the girls U14 by
Katy Homyer of Cairngorm. A competitive Novice race over a 1.8km flat
course had a field ten skiers from the age of eight up to adult. The
first boy was eight year old Oliver Newman who came 4th overall and
first girl was nine year old Lynne Gray, who came 8th overall; both
Huntly NSC.

At prize giving Evgeny Gorbenko, on behalf of the Russian contingent
of skiers praised the standard of competition and warm welcome they
had received in Huntly. He presented a certificate and calendar of
Russian cross country skiers as a momento to the Huntly club.

Scottish Rollerski Championships
Cairngorm Hill Climb
Sunday 16th Sept 2007

On the Sunday skiers moved over to an equally wet Cairngorm for the
Scottish Championships hosted by Cairngorm Biathlon & Nordic Ski
Club. These races took the form of a hill climb up the Ski Road with
seniors skiing 5.4km and gaining 287m of height, the U18 3.1km and
224m of height and the U14 2.25km and 147m of height. Once again
Andrew Musgrave and Fiona Hughes won the senior races in new course
records of 18min 39secs and 23min 47secs. In the U18 men's race Calum
Smith reversed the previous days race order coming in ahead of Cammy
Dudgeon. Alison Duncan of Cairngorm won the U18 ladies hill climb.
The U14 boys & girls races were won once again by Ruaridh Newman and
Katy Homyer.

These two races formed races 6 and 7 of the British Rollerski Series.
The final race of the series is at Lancaster on the 29th September.

Report by Peter Thorn (Huntly Nordic Ski Club)
www.nordicski.org.uk