Here are the senior mens and ladies results from Saturday’s 20 km free technique race at Hetton Lyons from Adam Pinney. Congratualtions to Callum Smith, Andrew Young and Sarah Young for taking 1st & 2nd Places in the mens races and 1st Place in the Ladies race.
PDF Format With Juniors: GB08 Hetton 20km FT 05 Sep 09 Results
This year’s Huntly Championships will mark a new stage in technological development for the club. In conjunction with Aberdeenshire Council we are piloting electronic timing for the races. Racers will have a chip strapped to their ankle similar to that seen in World Cup Events. The chip will register when the competitor goes over the start and finishing line.
Coming to an ankle near you
The chip can also be used to generate split times and do lap counting – the bane of longer Huntly events over the last few years. The aim is to pilot the system in 2 or 3 races this year and hopefully have a fully automated system next year. This will probably involve permanently installing timing loops or a pipe for them in the rollerski track.
The system has already been used for cycling and triathlon events, but applying it to rollerski racing where there will be many races in one day and the layout of the Huntly track poses technical challenges for the timers.
Eileen, Sandy, Hilary and Claire can’t put their feet up as they will be responsible for the official timings this year and FIS regulations require a manual backup for any electronic timing system.
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Last Thursday, 6th August Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre. Andrew Musgrave presented a framed bib from his first world cup race in Kusaamo to the club. Andrews’ race was the first British world cup Nordic start in 14 years and definitely worth celebrating.
Close upd of Andrew Musgrave's bib
Andrew Musgrave Presents His Bib
Adam Pinney has sent out this information
The next race in the British Roller Ski Series will be at Hayes on Saturday 8th August, starting at 4:00 p.m. The format of this race will be 2 x 10 km (2 x 6 laps) pursuit. Both legs will be on Start Combis and racers must stop after the classic leg, remove the rollers, put them back on again and start the skate leg.
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Roger Homyer of Higland Nordic is running a nordic coaching course on the weekend of July 20-21st. If you’d like to develop your coaching skills in nordic skiing this could be a good place to start.
For more information click Snowsport Scotland Nordic Coaching Level 1 Course
The official results of the Huntly Sprints are now available, Andrew Musgrave took first place in the Men’s event followed by Andrew Young and Callum Smith (a clean sweep for Huntly!) and Sarah Young won the Ladies event, Fay Potton took second and U16 Katy Homyer took 3rd .
The first Nordic Ski Race officials course to be run in the UK in 17 years was held at Huntly On the 2nd and 3rd May 2009. The course was presented by Jim Davidson one of only two FIS qualified Technical Delegates in the UK and run under the banner of Snowsport Scotland.
If competing at the Huntly Sprints isn’t enough for you, here’s Adam Pinney’s invitation to the SnowSport Englang Rollerski race and training weekends for 2009
SnowSport England Rollerski Events
Hardly it seems the winter season has wound up but the Huntly sprints are upon us. This year the weekend has been extended with a hill climb from Rhynie to the Clash car park for those wanting to make a full weekend’s rollerski entertainment.
