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Format For Hayes Races 8th August 2009

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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More World Cup Starts

Following the last post about Alex Standen getting into the World Cup rankings we have more good news – Callum Smith has broken that barrier at a race in Pello, Finland.

Congratulations to Simon Platt of Lakeland Club who is also joining this group.

These Finnish races also saw PJ Barron & William Newman score their best ever FIS points & Sarah Young continue with her challenge of obtaining World Cup qualification

Should The Club Have A Code of Conduct?

By Alan Telford

I recently attended a course on child protection run by Aberdeenshire Council. One of the subjects which came up was codes of conduct for club members.

This was raised at a recent comittee meeting and proved to be a very conterversial subject. Some people thought it was a good idea, others saw it as part of the onslaught of bureaucracy that is engulfing society.

I’d be interested to hear comments from club members, should we have a code of conduct and if so what should it contain? Please use this posting to share your views….

Dates For Your Diary

Our Secretary, Peter Thorn as been beavering away during his last stint offshore. He’s produced the latest newsletter (available March Newsletter (PDF)) and also produced theĀ  2009 GB Rollerski Series Calendar. So keep the weekends of 30/31 May and 12th September free to race at Huntly.

If you want more activity over the summer why not enter Ming’s Challenge Ming Event Details Saturday June 6th 2009.

Want to be a race official?

Huntly Nordic Ski Club in collaboration with Snowsport Scotland will beĀ hosting a Cross Country Ski Officials Training course on May 2-3 2009. The course take place at Huntly Nordic Ski Centre and the Clashindarroch forest and will be run by one of the two UK FIS accredited race officials, Jim Davidson.
For More Information please download the SNSC Nordic Ski Officials Course document.