Cross country skiing and roller skiing
Join our community of cross country skiing enthusiasts based in and around the Capital and in the Cambridge area. Find out about the benefits of joining LRNSC and more about this Club.
Join and learn to roller ski - it's great for fitness and fun, plus it's the best way to prepare for cross country skiing. There are sessions for children as well as tasters, courses and general training/practice sessions for adults. We also organise roller ski races. And you can cross country ski with us. Plus you can discover cross country ski racing.
Scroll down to read our latest news.
Roller ski race results - 3 November
Many thanks to all the racers who participated in last Sunday's roller ski races - it's taking a while to manage all the data but all the results are now available on this website for The Barnaby Norman Memorial Race and our 10.5/4.5 FT matched ski race.
Visit LRNSC at the Ski & Snowboard Festival 24-27 October
Come and see us on outdoor stand EX12 at the Ski & Snowboard Festival at Battersea Evolution next week. We'll be running free tasters and promoting the Club's roller skiing and cross country skiing activities.
There'll be a big range of exhibitors including Inghams and Inntravel [both offer discounts to LRNSC members] and resorts, as well as entertainment from a host of activities including dog sledding and live bands.
If you're quick you can get 15% off ticket prices using Snowsport England's discount code SNOWSPORTENG15 [limited number of tickets available].
Changes to car parking at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit
Latest roller ski race results & Annual Dinner
You can see the results from yesterday's 15/7.5km classic time trial and some photos of the winners. Well done to everyone who took part in the damp, windy conditions!
All the information is now available about the Club's Annual Dinner at Cafe Rouge, Hays Galleria and you can book your places too.
Final results for 7/9 GB Championship/Challenge Cup races
See the final results for our roller ski races at the Olympic Park on 7 September.
Congratulations go to overall senior winners Martin Watkins [Wessex]and Barbara Grogan [Hyde Park] and a special well done to LRNSC skiers Megan Campbell, Syzmon Orlowski, Lars Wikstrom and the Bojarski and Barnes families for their placings.
See the photos from the race in the album on Flickr - thanks to LRNSC photograpers Jane Leary and Anders Soderback.
Our next race is the 15/7.5k classic time trial at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit on 22 September - enter now.
New dates for roller ski tasters, courses, Cambridge busway tour + Ski & Snowboard Show
We've made more opportunities to try roller skiing and learn or improve your skiing this autumn - see our revised programme. There are roller ski taster sessions on 3 & 24 November, & 1 December - book your taster. For adults there is the choice of beginner and intermediate courses over three sessions running on the same dates as the tasters above - book your course.
Learn to roller ski or improve your roller skiing - adults & children's autumn courses
Find out about and book our adults and children's roller ski courses this autumn. There's also a roller ski taster on 1st September if you want to give it a try before booking a course.
Roller skiing is the best preparation for cross country skiing in the winter, sign up and learn to roller ski or improve your skills.
Entry now open for our Autumn roller ski races
You can now enter the GB Roller Ski Championships on 7 September at the Olympic Park and all the other races the Club is organising this autumn at Hillingdon Cycle Circuit from our race entry page.
There's a race for everyone - classic and free technique, on matched skis and your own choice of skis, time trial and a variety of distances. They're a great training opportunity if you're entering races on snow next season whether you're an experienced or first time racer.
Places are limited and you must enter online in advance - enter now.
6/7 1hr/30min FT race results
See the results of the race and here's a short video clip of the start courtesy of Jane Leary.