A report about CBNSC will be included in the BBC 2 (Scotland)
programme, "The Adventure Show" on Sunday 22nd February from 6.05 to
7.05pm.  The short report will focus on the training of junior
biathletes at the Club and include interviews and film of the
youngsters in training at the purpose-built rollerski track and
Biathlon shooting range at Glenmore Lodge near Aviemore.  The track has
been home to CBNSC since our foundation in 2004 along with the
surrounding forest tracks and roads.

I saw this news item today where the Forestry Commission are warning
cross-country skiers to stay away from forests because the snow may
cause trees to fall.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/7876527.stm

The nature of our sport means we head into the forests when there is
snow. I hope they are not saying we can only go into forests when there
is no snow! Please take heed of the warnings, but really! it is bit
like saying don't drive a car because you may have an accident.

Please reply to this thread if you encounter restrictions or have any
problems accessing forests.

The World Juniors came to a close today with the relays & what
tremendously successful championships they have been for the British
Squad. Andrew Musgrave followed up his 12th place in the 20km
Pursuit with an even more impressive 9th in the 10km FT yesterday -
the best ever result by a Brit at the World Juniors.

Full results at:
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/1228.html?
event_id=25657&cal_suchsector=CC

Official team reports at:
http://www.britnordicteam.co.uk/

And finally Iain Ballentine has a very interesting write up about
the British Squad at:
http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nx034.html  (well worth a read).

Peter Thorn.
www.nordicski.org.uk

The World Junior Championships are under way at Praz de Lys Sommand.
The best result so far has been Andrew Musgrave's 12th place in the
20km Pursuit & the rest of the team are all performing strongly.

Go to www.britnordicteam.co.uk for more news & photos.

More races for them tomorrow.

Over the next few weeks British cross-country skiers will be competing
at several major championships.

European Youth Winter Olympic Festival, Szczyrk, Poland (15-20 Feb).
Andrew Young, Callum Smith, William Newman, Deborah May (all Huntly
Nordic SC). Lauren Spencer (Wessex Biathlon & Nordic SC).

World Junior Championships, Praz de Lys Sommand, France (28 Jan -6 Feb).
Andrew Young, Alex Standen (Huntly), Simon Platt (Lakeland), Simon
Spencer (Wessex), Al Duncan (Kingussie), Rhodri Buffett.
Sarah Young (Huntly), Fiona Hughes (Yorkshire Dales) & Ingrid Leask.

Universiade, Yabuli, China (18-28 Feb).
Posy Musgrave (Huntly), Simon Spencer (Wessex).

Also Andrew Musgrave, Andrew Young, Alex Standen, Simon Platt, Fiona
Hughes & Sarah Young will be competing at the World Senior
Chhampionships, Liberec, Czech Republic (18 Feb - 1 Mar).

It is a tremendous achievement to have so many cross-country skiers
skiers from all parts of the U.K. competing at such high levels. I'm
sure you will all join me in wishing at the skiers & coaches the best
of luck.

There is updated news on the team at http://www.britnordicteam.co.uk/

Peter Thorn.

Attached link takes you to an article about the British Squad on a
Norwegian ski club website. The Squad recently entered a local club
race & impressed the Norwegians by their performances.

http://idrett.speaker.no/organisation.asp?
WCI=wiKlubbKassaNews&WCU=822745&CatId=261921

Peter Thorn (Huntly Nordic SC)
www.nordicski.org.uk

The following link takes you to an article at the In The Winning Zone
web magazine about Andrew Musgrave & the British Cross-Country Ski Team.

http://www.inthewinningzone.com/wz/Magazine/December-2008/And-you-
thinks-it-s-cold-at-home-/386/

There is a proposal by the Scottish Government to lease up to 25% of
the Forestry Commission forest land in Scotland. I have been asked to
give you this link to a petition against this proposal:

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/saveourforests/

There are links at this site giving more information about the topic.

I make no comment whether this is a good or bad idea but just wish to
bring to the members of this group so you can make up your own minds.
As skiers use Forestry Commission land I think it is of legitimate
interest.

Peter Thorn.

Link to a very funny rollerskiing video. Nobody said rolleskiing was
easy.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=zRI8SuUJvOg&feature=related

There are some other interesting rollerskiing videos there worth
looking at as well.

Andrew Musgrave will be competing in his first World Cup event at
Kuusamo, Finland this weekend. On Saturday he will be in the 1.4km
classic sprint & then on Sunday he will line up in the 15km classic.

Up to date news on the British Team this winter can be found at their
website: http://www.britnordicteam.co.uk/

The British Nordic Ski Team had a great start to the season at the FIS
races at Bruksvallarna, Sweden over the weekend 15/16 Nov. The entire
team set personnel bests but the highlight was Andrew Musgrave's 10th
overall & 1st Junior in the 15km skate race. You can see his interview
at:
http://eu.navicast.net/player.php?
ch=00218&h=360&css=http://www.pointbreakmedia.com/funas/test.css&player=
flash&speed=3&lan=swe&mw=640&mh=380

And there is a report at:
http://britnordicteam.co.uk/

Peter Thorn (HNSC)
www.nordicski.org.uk

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the nordicscotland
group.

   File        : /Scottish NORDIC SKI CALENDAR 08_09.pdf
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   Description : Scottish Nordic Ski Calendar for the 2008/09 season.

You can access this file at the URL:
http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/nordicscotland/files/Scottish%20NORDIC%20SKI%20\
CALENDAR%2008_09.pdf

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
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Regards,

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For Sale - Swix Star CT1 (Silver) Poles (Lengths Suitable For Classic
& Skating)


I have two pairs of top Swix poles for sale, either sold individually
or together:

Swix Star CT1 (Silver) cross-country ski poles. Top Swix poles from
2002-5. Two lengths are available: 150cm and 162.5cm. These poles are
100% carbon fibre, and approx. 160g/m. They have cork grips with an
adjustable strap system and small snow baskets. Both sets of poles
are in excellent condition, and it would be great for someone in the
club to have them.

Will sell pairs individually or both together (£60 each, £110
together).

Bought in 2005 in Austria, these poles cost £150 each.

Please telephone Heathley on 07973 855461 for more information and to
collect/arrange delivery.

Many thanks,
Heathley Clarke
www.nordic-fitness.co.uk

With the Wessex Biathlon & Nordic SC race at Castle Coombe on 26th
Oct the 10-race GB Rollerski Series 2008 came to a close. With 84
competitors this was the best attended event of the Series.

I have posted the Final Series Standings in the files section. 194
skiers have taken part in one or more races with an average of 40
competitors for each event. The Senior Mens competition was not
decided until the final race and the U14 Boys event was particularly
competitive. In summary the Series winners were:

Senior Men: Mike Dixon (CBNSC)
Senior Ladies: Fiona Crossley (CBNSC) - for the 4th consectutive year.
U18 Men: Cameron Dudgeon (CBNSC)
U18 Ladies: Katy Homyer (Highland Nordic SC)
U14 Boys: Jamie Homyer (Highland Nordic SC). Jamie tied with Jaeger
Lamont (CBNSC) on points but wins the Series because he had 2 1st's,
3 2nd's & 1 3rd compared to Jaeger's 2 1st's, 3 2nd's & 1 4th placing.
U14 Girls: Catriona Dudgeon (CBNSC).

I welcome any suggestions/comments on the Series this year.

Regards, Peter Thorn (Huntly Nordic SC)
www.nordicski.org.uk

Photographs taken by Alan Telford of the Scottish Rollerski
Championships held at Huntly in September can be seen at:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/nordickayak/ScottishChampionships2008#

Peter Thorn (Huntly Nordic SC)
www.nordicski.org.uk

I have added information on the designated SSGB Nordic Selection
races in the Snowsport GB folder in the files section. These
selection races are for the World Senior, World Junior & under 23
Championships & European Youth Olympics in 2009.

The same information is on the Snowsport GB website at:

http://www.snowsportgb.com/Policies

Peter Thorn (Scottish Representative on SSGB Nordic Committee).


--- In nordicscotland@..., "Peter Thorn" <peter@...>
wrote:
>
> I have placed in the files section (Snowsport GB folder) the
Selection
> Criteria for the British Cross-Country Ski Squads for the 2008/09
> season. These criteria were decided at the the SSGB Nordic
Committee
> meeting in May.
>
> If anyone has about questions about these selection criteria please
> feel free to contact myself or the SSGB Nordic Director, George
Gabriel.
>
> Peter Thorn
> huntlynordicsc@...
>

I have placed in the Files section the final results of the Scottish
Rollerski Series 2008. The two Cairngorm & two Huntly races this
summer made up the series. We may include the Clashindarroch Hill
Climb as part of the series next year. The winners were:

Senior Men: 1. Dave Horsley (HNSC), 2. Ben Woolley (Army), 3. Steve
Perry (RAF).
Senior Ladies: 1. Fiona Crossley (CBNSC), 2. Fiona Hughes (YDCCSC),
3. Eilidh Paterson (CBNSC)
U18 Men: William Newman (HNSC), Ruaridh Newman (HNSC), Charles
Fletcher (CBNSC/CSC).
U18 Ladies: 1. Katy Homyer (Highland NSC), 2. Deborah May (HNSC), 3.
Fiona Dudgeon (CBNSC).
U14 Boys: Jamie Homyer (Highland NSC), George Rea (CBNSC), Jaeger
Lamont (CBNSC).

HNSC = Huntly Nordic SC
CBNSC = Cairngorm Biathlon & Nordic SC
CSC = Cairngorm Ski Club

Congratulations to all the above & thanks to Highland Nordic SC for
providing medals.

Hello

I will be going to work in Kazakhstan soon, in Atyrau on the Caspian
Sea.  I know that it gets very cold (-30 or less) and there is snow,
and that the country has some medal winning skiiers.  Does anybody know
of any cross country skiing there?

Robert Brown

AMEC intend to resubmit a plan for a windfarm in the Clashindarroch
forest. In attempt to alleviate some of the criticisms' raised at the
Public Inquiry that rejected their original proposal AMEC plan to build
22 turbines instead of the original 47. Three turbines that were to be
built near the Timberline/Haute Route area of the ski trails have been
removed.There will be no felling of trees near any of the ski trails.

AMEC will be presenting their plans at the following meeting from 4pm
to 8pm:
Mon 23rd June, Cabrach Primary School.
Tues 24th June, Stewarts Hall, Huntly.
Weds 25th June, Gordon Arms, Rhynie.

Peter Thorn (Huntly Nordic SC)
www.nordicski.org.uk

I have placed in the files section (Snowsport GB folder) the Selection
Criteria for the British Cross-Country Ski Squads for the 2008/09
season. These criteria were decided at the the SSGB Nordic Committee
meeting in May.

If anyone has about questions about these selection criteria please
feel free to contact myself or the SSGB Nordic Director, George Gabriel.

Peter Thorn
huntlynordicsc@...

I have placed in the files section a letter from George Gabriel,
Snowsport GB Nordic Director, on the current status of the British
Cross-Country Ski Squad. It has been an exciting & successful year for
our skiers.

Peter Thorn (Huntly Nordic SC)

British juniors skiers finished off their season with some excellent
results in Finland with two Scottish skiers (Andrew Musgrave (18) &
Andrew Young (16)) scoring under 100 FIS points. This is the first time
a British skier has scored under 100 points since 1994. A full report
can be found in the Snowsport GB website news section at:

http://www.snowsportgb.com/dtrack.asp?r=docs/Latest%
20News/junior_Finland_Cup.pdf

I have also put a copy in the Nordicscotland Files section.

Peter Thorn (Huntly Nordic SC)
www.nordicski.org.uk

There is indeed excellent skiing in the Clash. The trails were groomed
today & are in probably the best condition of the season. I'm hopeful
the great skiing will last into the weekend. I will update on Friday.

Peter Thorn (Huntly Nordic SC)
www.nordicski.org.uk

Dominic


The best place closest to you is GlenIsla forest but I was up there
Monday and not enough snow - otherwise I would make the trip up to
Clashindarroch near Huntly even though its further its a great place to
start !



peter


Dominic Paterson wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I have a a pair of cross country skis and I would love to try and use
> them but not really sure where would be the best place to go near me. I
> live near brechin. Does anyone have any ideas of where I can go that
> has plenty of snow at the moment?
>
> Thanks
> Dom
>
>

Hi,
I have a a pair of cross country skis and I would love to try and use
them but not really sure where would be the best place to go near me. I
live near brechin. Does anyone have any ideas of where I can go that
has plenty of snow at the moment?

Thanks
Dom

Great Report, thanks Al

Congratulations to the British Team, the Coaches and Officials and all the
families.

The Eurosport commentator reporting on the WC races at Lahti this weekend made
reference
to a winner at the Nordic World Junior Champs and Mike Dixon gave his
congratulations to
the British Team for their successes.
Mike

I noticed that some on the group had been enquiring about the progress
at world juniors, so now the dust has settled I have uploaded our
official team report to the files area. It is a 2Mb report complete
with some great images of the team in action.

Many thanks

Al Dargie - Team Manager / Junior Team Coach
British Nordic Ski Team

I would to thank Claire, Jim & Rupert for posting the links & info
on the exploits of the GB Junior Squad in Europe over the last few
weeks.

The results from the younger juniors at the Austrian Champs were
amazing. It is not often that a "no-snow" can go & take medals from
a ski nation.

Then this past week 8 British juniors have been competing at the
World Junior Championships in Malles, Italy. These athletes have had
to cope with delay & change of venue & then the unexpected problem
of coping with skiing at altitude. The standard of competition is
very high for example Theresa Johaug bronze medal winner from last
years senior World Champs was racing. We should be proud of the way
our young skiers have risen to the challenge. And most will have
have a couple more years in the junior category.

When Head Coach, Roy Young, gets home he will update his website
with a summary of results of all British skiers in international
races which save you the trouble of hunted around the internet:

http://toutxc.pbwiki.com/GB+Skiers+Result+Page

Peter Thorn (Huntly Nordic SC)
www.nordicski.org.uk

I have uploaded a file containing my report on the recent Austrian
Youth Cross Country Ski Championships at Nordic Scotland Files Austrian
Champs report 2008. An excellent performance by all
the British youth skiers was topped by a win by Andrew Young. For
results see Saalfelden ski club results page under Oesterreicher
Meisterschaften at http://schiklubsaalfelden.com/schi/results/extern