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Courses
Team Dorney + Redbridge Training: 2022-23
This programme is aimed at cross-country and roller skiers from outside London who would like to train and improve together. Team Dorney started back in 2012-13 and has prepared a generation of skiers for challenges on snow, big and small.
You choose 8 sessions, which is the equivalent of 4 full days of coaching. Sessions include skating and classic technique, ski bounding and strength, mainly at Dorney Lake. But we recommend you make sessions at Burford and Redbridge for hill work if you can.
The programme is led by Ekaterina Dudorova and Jordan Andrews and it has reverted to its original format for 2022-23, with some updating.
Team Dorney skiers also join the Zoom exercise sessions run for our London club group, which take place during the GMT period (ie when the clocks go back).
Entry includes a team t-shirt.
The programme is open to all reasonably competent roller skiers. It is not suitable for complete beginners, but you don't have to be a great expert to take part, you just need to be enthuaiastic and keen to improve. An interest in roller ski or cross-country ski racing (at any level) would also be good.
Many Team Dorney skiers have competed in cross-country ski marathons such as the Engadin Ski Marathon and the Vasaloppet. Younger skiers have included Tristan Marshall and Titus Clark, respectively among the brightest rising stars in Brtiish cross-country skiing and biathlon.
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| Dates : |
Roller Skiing:
Dorney: Sunday 9th Oct
Redbridge: Sunday 30th Oct
Dorney: Sunday 13th Nov
Dorney: Sunday 11th Dec
Dorney: Sunday 8th Jan
Dorney: Sunday 22nd Jan
Dorney: Sunday 5th Feb
Dorney: Sunday 19th Feb
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| Price: |
Adults: £290
Juniors / Students Pass: £195
(This covers all sessions)
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Thursdays, 18.00-19.00
Weekly from when the clocks go back |
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| Booking |
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You can change any of your dates after booking, just let us know.
Youth / Student pass, £195, see here.
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Directions: |
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Redbridge |
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We meet in the main carpark, on the left before you get to the boathouse.
Information -
Postcode - SL4 6QP, directions here
Parking - free if on course (ignore machines)
Toilets in main boathouse building
Snacks available at Dorney Court garden centre at end of driveway
Nearest Train: Windsor / Taplow. If coming from Windsor, cross over to Eton and cycle or get a taxi from there, it is much closer. |
We meet by the van, between the car park and the the main building, 09.50.
Information -
Postcode - IG6 3HP, directions here
Parking - free
Facilities - we have exclusive use of the whole track. Also, a meeting room in the main centre building, toilets, lockers, changing rooms and showers. Snacks as well as tea and coffee may be purchased on site.
Nearest Tube / Train: Fairlop on the Central Line 15 minute walk. You can also cycle from Dagenham Heathway (District Line, cycles allowed on Sundays) or Goodmayes (National Rail / Elizabeth Line). |
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Background
The programme is designed to be a great way to sharpen up your skiing tecchique and improve fitness before going on snow. You will meet and ski with like-minded people, who share the same passion for the sport of XC skiing, or want to get into it.
It is for anyone from intermidiate to advanced level, keen to train progressively, build up fitness & improve skiing technique. Past members have included people of all ages and abilities. Most have goals aming from doing a first cross-country ski holiday, ski marathon or international competition.
The main requirements are enthusiasm and a basic level of roller skiing ability. If you are uncertain, please get in touch. We can certainly arrange a lesson or two before you start, if you feel that you would like some extra practise.
The Coaches
Katya grew up in Russia where she was a regional champion at a junior age, with a father who was a senior cross-country ski coach. She has been a roller ski instructor in the UK for 15 years and has taken part in numerous races, including the Vasaloppet and Engadin Skimarathon.
Jordan has been Head Coach of our London club since 2016. He also works for the British Nordic Ski Team, British Biathlon Union and various Army regiments, providing roller ski instruction and development. He has taken part in FIS Races and is a former GB Rollerski Champion.
We also hope to have along former international cross-country skier and biathlete, Alan Eason and Holly Rees Lay. Both have been British champions in their respective sports.
The Venues
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Dorney Lake is a 2000m international rowing venue, surrounded by 15km of beautifully smooth, mainly flat tarmac tracks. It hosted the rowing and flat water canoeing events at the 2012 Olympics. It is situated off J7 of the M4. You can find out more about Dorney Lake here.
Redbridge Cycle Circuit is situated on the outskirts of London, near the bottom of the M11. It has 3k of excellent tarmac, with both flat and hilly sections, and is our favourite rollerski venue. We will have access to a meeting room (covid allowing), and there are changing facilities. There's more about the circuit here.
The Programme in Detail
- Dorney and Redbridge Days begin at 10.00 and finish at 16.00.
- Timings for other sessions as stated below.
- NB almost all sessions begin with skating in the morning and classic after lunch, but this is reversed for the sessions on 8th January and 5th February - |
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