Roller Ski Series

WELCOME TO OUR ROLLER SKI SERIES HOMEPAGE!

Here you will find information on upcoming roller ski races and the Scottish roller ski venues, recent and archived results and race reports.

Snowsport Scotland Roller Ski Series

The Snowsport Scotland Roller Ski Series typically aspires to 6 annual roller ski races held across Scotland between May and October. Competitor’s 3 best results are used to determine the winners by series category. All roller ski races are open to all age groups, from under 10s right through to Master’s categories. There is a novice competition for those new to roller ski racing, featuring shorter and confidence-building courses.

In addition to the roller ski series, there is an annual Scottish Roller Ski Championships, which is held at a different venue each year and crowns the age group Scottish Roller Ski Champions!

2022 Series Info

Due to covid the series didn’t run in 2020, but all going to plan there’s hope to run an abbreviated programme this year! In addition to the events on the calendar, Huntly Nordic Ski Club are also running a virtual race.

Next Race(s)

The races are finished for the 2022 season, well done to all the competitors. The 2023 season will kick off in the Spring. Details coming over the winter.

Race Venues

Race Venues and Formats

The six races of the roller ski series take place at five venues. Click through the tabs to find out more info about the race venues and formats.

Race 1: Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre
Race 2: Clash Road (A941)
Race 3: Fife Cycle Park
Race 4: Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre
Race 5: Cairngorm Lift Road
Race 6: Glenmore Lodge

Huntly Nordic and Outdoor Centre

The 600m purpose built track in Huntly, Aberdeenshire is the venue of races 1: The Huntly Sprints and 4: Huntly Championships of the Snowsport Scotland Roller Ski Series.

Race 1: Huntly Sprints

Flat loop time trial (600 m – outer loop)

Hill time trial (1.1 km – kidney + inner loop)

Knock-out heats (750 m – inner and middle loop)

Organiser: HNSC

Race 4: Huntly Championships

Format: Time trial

Distances: Sen + vets 7.1 km, U18 + U16 5.1 km, U14 +U12 3.7 km, Novice 1.2 km, Open 2 km

Main race circuit: Kidney, undulating 700 m

Novice race circuit: Outer, flat 600 m

Open race circuit: middle / cut loop, undulating 400m

Organiser: HNSC

Roller Skis

Matched Marwe 610 rollerskis will be issued to skiers before the start of each race. Marwe barrel-wheeled rollerskis will be available for those who prefer to use them. Skiers should use their own rollerskis for practice & warm up.

The Clash Road

The Clash Road Climb

The second race of the series, the Clash Road Climb is along the A941 from Rhynie to the car park of the Clashandarroch Forest.

Race 2: Clash Hill Climb

Format: Time Trial

Technique: Classic

Terrain: Gradually climbing road with some shorter steep sections. Some downhill with gradual bends and good visibility.

Distances: 4 km and 7.75 km

Elevation Gain: 95 m, 178 m

Organiser: Huntly Nordic Ski Club

Fife Cycle Park

Located between Lochgelly and Loch Ore, Fife, this purpose built cycle park has a traffic free 1.6 km track. The third race, held at the Fife Cycle Park, is the newest addition to the roller ski race series.

Track Length: 1.6 km

Terrain: undulating with some well banked downhill corners.

Climb on course: 15 m

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FifeCyclePark

Race 3: Fife Roller Ski Races

Race Format: Mass Start

Race Distances: 1km Novice; 3.2 km U14/U12; 6.4km Open + U16F; 9.6km Senior + U16M

Race Organiser: SSS + Fife Roller Ski Club

Cairngorm Lift Road

The iconic ski road for accessing the Cairngorms has a long tradition of challenging athletes on bikes as well as roller skis and is a traditional training location for Scottish cross-country skiers and biathletes. This is the 5th annual race of the Scottish Roller Ski circuit.

Race 5: Cairngorm Lift Road

Format: Time Trial

Technique: Skate

Terrain: Continually climbing road with reasonable visibility. Two visible turns on the 5.4km race.

Distances: Novice 1.3km, U12 and U14 2.25km, U16 & U18 3.1km, and Super Vet, Vet and Senior 5.4km.

Elevation Gain: 50 m, 150 m, 205 m, 295 m by respective race distance above.

Organiser: Cairngorm Biathlon and Nordic Ski Club

The Novice category is open to newer skiers, HOWEVER as the race is held on an open road, skiers must be able to fully control their direction and stay to the left side of the road. If in doubt speak to your club coach or the race organiser before entering.

Glenmore Lodge

Race 5: Glenmore TT

Archived Results

2021

SRS01 Scottish Roller Ski Champs Fife (07/08/21) – Results

SRS02 Huntly Champs (11/09/21) – Results

SRS03 Cairngorm Hill Climb (12/09/21) – Results

2019

GB02 Huntly Sprints (25/05/19) – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I55CYPqYeXMXjYsqKMj7RNxaxXB9u2SL/view?usp=sharing

GB03 Clash Hill Climb (26/05/19) – https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IGruOOnGoP71-t0BuiN-ZC-XsQBS4s7e/view

Scottish Championships 2019

1 km: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1kEsojHXQnk5xKSYjiiZWePrH8LnzgdVs/view?usp=sharing

3.2 km: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1B0jZVMyq-IZ0WFLPbPrlV2QDje9qeN6a/view?usp=sharing

6.4 km: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UyYzUlfEZ4WFU4md4xM1rhMCic7y1yVl/view?usp=sharing

9.6 km: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pmEFgtJB-i8Fs-8T5Eu08i3MOdqiqSJb/view?usp=sharing

Prior to 2019

Events organised by Huntly Nordic Ski Club: https://www.nordicski.co.uk/wordpress/category/racing/club-race-results/

Events organised by Cairngorm Biathlon and Nordic Ski Club: https://www.cbnsc.co.uk/results

Series Rules

The 2022 Scottish Roller ski series race rules can be found – Here

Scottish Roller Ski Workgroup

The Scottish Roller Ski Workgroup is a sub-group of our Nordic Committee. It is responsible for setting the calendar, updating the series rules and reviewing changes and updates to the series.

The current members of the workgroup for the 22/23 Series are:

Alex Standen
Peter Thorn
Steve Perry
Al Dargie

Roller Ski Race Series Coordinator: Peter Thomson.

Race Reports

GB Roller Ski Series

If 6 races isn’t enough – there’s also a GB Roller Ski Series. Select races from the Snowsport Scotland Roller Ski Series and roller ski races held in England can earn competitors points towards winning the GB Roller Ski Series.

There is also an annual GB Roller Ski Championship, which is held at a different venue each year.

A provisional annual calendar for all Scottish and English roller ski races is available here. This will be updated once the GB races are selected and agreed.