Here’s the final schedule for this summer’s rollerski racing
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Category Archives: Club
New Club Nordic Instructors
The Snowsport Scotland Nordic Development Committee ran a two day rollerski based course for level 1 Nordic Instructors this weekend at Huntly. The tutors were Roger Homyer and Roy Young. The course focussed on improving the individual skiing skills of the trainees and their coaching skills. This should provide a boost to the teaching Huntly Junior Development Squad next winter as well as club nights.
In the end all 9 trainees passed the course assessment with one deferred pass. The course was challenging and great fun. Thanks to Roger and Roy for running it and the club for the sponsorship.
Congratulations to Malcolm and Kay Cooper, Will Strohm, Paul Gray, Claudia Zeiske, Deborah May, Ruaridh Newman & Alex Standen on passing the course.
Hopefully a level 2 course will be run in the summer for the more technically gifted.
Provisional Rollerski Calendar
Here are Secretary Thorn’s thoughts on the upcoming rollerski season
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Photos From Last JDS
This weekend (20-March-2011) was the last full JDS day. We were fortunate to have fine weather and a dump of snow the previous week so the last meet of the year could be held on snow. Thanks to the Swarbriggs for the photos
Club Members To Compete at EYO
Ruaridh Newman and Michael May have been selected to compete at the European Youth Olympic Winter Festival at Liberec, Czech Republic 12-19th February 2011.
Highland Nordic’s Katy Homyer is a competing in the women’s competition and Calumn Irvine is competing both Biathlon and Cross Country. Scott Dixon appears to be following family tradition and has been selected for biathlon.
http://www.olympics.org.uk/news.aspx?GT=Invariant&NE=4607&AT=&GA=&SP=
Contgratulations to all those selected and best wishes for a successful campaign.
Clash Dash and Ski-O Results
I have been remiss in failing to post the results from a couple club of events that happened when we had snow.
Here they are
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Lost a ski in the Clash
Collin Miller reported finding a single ski in the Clash, it wasn’t a hire one. If you have lost one and want to discover its location please get in touch.
Malcolm Cooper Takes the Golden Boot
The Golden Boot has been claimed today by Malcolm Cooper for the second year running. By dint of cunning & guile he has beaten Colin Miller & Dave Horsley who we know were planning forays into the forest.
The A941 will will closed for roadworks around the Milton of Lesmore section. However access to the car park should be possible from the north either via Dufftown or the B9001.
Currently the road closed signs have been removed while the bad (?) weather is here but the contractor may return at anytime.
Huntly Ski Centre Changes
HNSC have been made aware that Aberdeenshire Council are seeking an alternative to the direct management of the Ski Centres in Aberdeenshire. The Club are concerned about this direction of travel as the current arrangement is beneficial to both parties in providing a cost effective service for the schools and the community. The Centre used to be managed by volunteers before but this was to the detriment of the sport and the club did not develop. Considerable success has been achieved since that time particularly in the development of young international skiers of whom 3 from Huntly competed in the Vancouver 2010 Olympics. The Club currently provide significant in-kind coaching and maintenance services to assist keep activity at an affordable level and a pathway into the club for adults and children.
In looking forward, the Club are supportive of any initiative which will keep this National Centre of Excellence open and share a concern for current staff employed at the Centre in these uncertain times. We welcome any discussions with the Council and third parties in the Community which may facilitiate a broad based approach to the management of this facility, in partnership with others. The Centre is too important to Huntly to be lost for the sake of relatively small budget savings
Hilary’s Trip to Finland -In Search of a Ski Coach
By Hilary Musgrave
View From The Bedroom
Last month I was chosen by the Ski Club to go with a group from Huntly to Juankoski in eastern Finland with the aim of exploring the possibility of setting up joint projects through an EU funded trans-national arrangement. I should say that by “chosen” I really mean that I was the only person who was available to go – so thank you very much to all those who were better qualified than me but busier! The liaison with Finland had been initiated by Juankoski after a group from the town visited Huntly last winter and instantly thought “this is the place we want to work with” – which was very flattering!