British Nordic Ski Team

We all know the benefits of sport and keeping active for young people in keeping healthy and maintaining good mental health but there is much more to be gained from being a part of an organisation like BNDS. Travelling, training & competing also promotes social interaction & the building of friendships.

These 2 young athletes, Aiden (Scotland) & Basti (Germany) met in December 2022 on a winter training camp in Sjusjøen, Norway. They kept in touch & were able to meet up again this Aug/Sept when Basti came to Scotland, staying with Aiden, training with his local club & going to his school.

Many of the athletes from clubs all over the country & beyond have formed great friendships helping them develop not just as athletes but as individuals.

Congratulations to all the BNDS Athletes & Coaches who raced in this year’s Rollerski series.
Some great racing and results all round.

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Join the Cross Country team for their Coaching Symposium on the 26th October at Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre.

A full schedule is coming soon. We’ll be covering topics that were requested previously including video analysis and technique workshop, as well as training plan writing, and delivering adaptive coaching.

The Symposium is open to both current SSS and other home nation members and to non-members.

Members: £10
Non Members: £30

As we are currently changing databse provider, registration will be through a payable google form: https://forms.gle/rnxG6q9nNHwNbAfa8.

Any questions please email [email protected]

There is plenty of rollerski race action coming up in September across the UK. There is the classic mass start on matched rollerskis in London on September 29th and before then there will be the Huntly and Cairngorm races on September 14th and 15th, respectively.

Find out more and enter here:
🔗 https://club.spond.com/landing/courses/huntlynordicski/19CA4B67351A41C8A42A542986DBC03F/main_products

🔗 http://www.rollerski.co.uk/race.html

GB ROLLERSKI SERIES 9 will be being held on Sunday September 29 at Redbridge Cycling Centre.

15km / 7.5km Classic Mass Start on ❗️MATCHED ROLLERSKIS❗️

12:30 Start with track opening at 10:00!

Enter Here: 🔗 http://rollerski.co.uk/race.html

🌍 All racers welcome!

ℹ️ Message Iain or Jordan for more information. [email protected] / [email protected]

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📸- Andrew Kenyon

Another solid session from our development squad athletes last week in beautiful Aberdeenshire 💪🏻

Our T2 Camp in Huntly is going well and is still not over yet. A photo from Thursday morning training - after a 10km uphill on classic rollerskis, athletes and coaches then ran a further 9km uphill before descending through bogs and marshland. There were some very wet and muddy legs after that 😎

The second Project NextGen event by London Cross-Country Ski Club / Rollerski Co to get more children into the sport will be taking place in Hyde Park, London on Saturday June 22. Find out more and book by clicking on the link: 🔗 http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nextgen.html.

It was a great week at Glenmore, Scotland for our first BNDS training camp of the season. Here are a few more shots to sum up the week 💪🏻🇬🇧

Aberdeen Kiltwalk 2024!

Thank you to everyone who donated. We raised an incredible £1290 which is just fantastic and between our team we completed a total of 210km.

If you haven’t already but would like to donate, you can still do so by using the following link 🔗 https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/britishnordicdevelopmentsquad

Thank You! 💪🏻

Happy Sunday everyone! We are almost ready for the Aberdeen Kiltwalk where athletes and coaches are now heading to the start line for their 28km 💪🏻

There is still time to donate, so do so NOW:

https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/britishnordicdevelopmentsquad

KILTWALK THIS SUNDAY - DONATE NOW❗️

Our first BNDS training camp of the new season is in full swing at Glenmore Lodge, with athletes being put through their paces everyday. After the camp, a few of our athletes will be taking part in the Aberdeen Kiltwalk to raise funds for the squad.

If you’d like to sponsor an athlete to do the walk, you can do so by using the following link:

🔗 https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/britishnordicdevelopmentsquad

Our first BNDS training camp of the year kicked off this week with a delightful day of testing. Athletes were put through a 3km run followed by a strength test in the gym. Well done everyone! 💪🏻

With our first training camp of the year just around the corner in Scotland, that means it’s not too long until the Kiltwalk in Aberdeen. A reminder that some of our athletes along with Jordan will be taking part in the ‘Mighty Stride’ to raise funds for the squad. We are not too far off of our target so if you would like, please donate by using the JustGiving link here:

🔗 https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/britishnordicdevelopmentsquad.

Any funds raised on behalf of the British Nordic Development Squad should be sent to the just giving link above.

A reminder that this Saturday in Hyde Park is the NextGen event run by Rollerski Co and Pathway Coach, Jordan Andrews.

If you are aged 11-15 and wanting to get involved in cross country skiing and are based in the London/South East area then sign up to this session now. All details can be found by clicking the link http://www.rollerski.co.uk/nextgen.html

Introducing Project Nextgen, our programme for developing junior cross-country skiers in our region.

See - http://rollerski.co.uk/nextgen.html

For skiers aged 11-15.
Intro session Saturday 11th May 11.30 in Hyde Park.
£1 for the session.

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This June, after our first training camp of the new season, some of our athletes along with Jordan will be taking part in the Aberdeen Kiltwalk ‘Mighty Stride’ to raise funds for the squad. BNDS receives no funding and is entirely reliant on fundraising as well as the membership and camp fees paid by members to fund our activities. If you would like, you can donate by using the JustGiving link here:

🔗 https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/britishnordicdevelopmentsquad.

You can also find out more about the Kiltwalk and even register to take part yourself by following this link:

🔗 https://thekiltwalk.co.uk/events/aberdeen.

Any funds raised on behalf of the British Nordic Development Squad should be sent to the just giving link above.

If you are aged 11-15 and wanting to get involved in cross country skiing and are based in the London/South East area then sign up to this NextGen event run by Rollerski Co and our pathway coach Jordan Andrews. All details can be found by clicking the link.

Introducing Project Nextgen, our programme for developing junior cross-country skiers in our region.

See - http://rollerski.co.uk/nextgen.html

For skiers aged 11-15.
Intro session Saturday 11th May 11.30 in Hyde Park.
£1 for the session.

British Nordic Ski Team Racer Ready Ski-Magazine Kandahar Ski Club Ski Club of Great Britain LSERSA (London & South East Regional Snowsports Association)

Here in Bruksvallarna, Sweden our younger development athletes are out on snow preparing for competitions this weekend against their Swedish peers. The first race will be a 6.2km and 4.5km on Saturday followed by a downhill race on cross country skis on Sunday. So far this week we have been doing a variety of different training sessions from skate and classic technique to downhill agility and team games. Tomorrow (Friday) we plan to to activation on the race track 🇸🇪

TABITHA WILLIAMS!
Equalling her 21st from Canada last year she continues to be the best British junior female to date! Starting in p.39 she skied though the pack and crossed the finish line in p.21.

It was a hot day in Planica, making snow conditions tricky, but this didn’t slow down Tabby.

She completed the 20km 2 minutes behind race winner Maria Gismondi from Italy.

Well done Tabitha, ski strong into your future ⚡️🇬🇧 #21 📸

Race 2 report - 7.5km Classic - another fine showing from our newest Olympians with every athlete in the top 50 and almost achieving a top half of the field result. With just one track cut, there was a lot of jostling for position with the spread of athletes here but our athletes coped well and find their own ways of solving the tuff but fair course set here.

Once the Games are finished we plan to share some video of the athletes competing so for now a few pictures should wet your appetite.

PLUS - BREAKING NEWS

Our athletes get to race again tomorrow in a Team Sprint. The OC have decided to run an unofficial race for the nations, like ours, without enough athletes to field a mixed relay and to allow those nations here with surplus athletes to get a 3rd race on the Olympic tracks here.

We will be entering 2 teams:

Women's Team - Elspeth Cruikshank & Sophie Forth
Men's (mixed nation) Team GBR/MDA - Thomas Duncan & Mihail Carpov

Race 1 report - 1.5km Skate Sprint - 3 athletes earnt the right to refer to themselves as Olympians today in the best of ways. Sprint PB for Thomas Duncan and within 1 second of Sprint PBs for Elspeth Cruishank and Sophie Forth. They all finished in the mid 40s in fields of 80 odd and put together an excellent race.

Back to back racing here with a 7.5km Classic race tomorrow.

LET'S GO GB, LET'S GO!!!! 🇬🇧

Quick update from the Youth Olympics in South Korea - unfortunately due to strict Olympic TV rights we are able to do any live broadcasts or post video content from any of the Olympic venues so we will post some photos and use the video content to hopefully put together a half decent little movie after the closing ceremony.

We have had 3 training days here now and have one more official training day tomorrow before the first race on Monday which is a 1.4km Skate Sprint. The weather has been cold overnight (-15) but getting pretty roasty in the afternoon (+6) but the snow is holding up really well and the courses are fair but tough as you would expect and all the athletes are loving the downhills.

Life in the athlete's village is hectic but as the week 1 athletes start to leave it will quieten down a little this week. 51 nations are being represented in cross-country with us sharing and waxing with Thailand.

We are all learning a lot about other winter sports and making lots of new friends. YOG is literally a once in a lifetime opportunity and the guys are making the most of it, and so they should 🇬🇧

LET'S GO GB; LET'S GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!