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News Headlines - January 2008 - June 2008

From: Federation Inline Speed Skating Thursday, 12 June 2008
Federation Inline Speed Skating

CLIFFORD ROY STAFFORD


CLIFFORD ROY STAFFORD
1922 - 2008

Cliff Stafford was born on 26th January 1922. By the time he had reached his 17th birthday he had become a member of the National Skating Association of Great Britain. His interest and dedication to the sport of roller speed skating would last another 70 years.

It is fair to say that his competitive skating career was not considered “illustrious”, although he was part of the Leicester Roller Speed Club that won the 1939 Inter-Club Relay Championship. In fact, it was his younger brother, Dennis, who shone in the early days when the Stafford’s took to the rink and he was duly rewarded with an international call-up in 1958. However, it was Cliff who always seized opportunities and made the most of his organisational skills to make his mark on the skating world.

To read the full obituary of Cliff's life click here

 


Funeral Arrangements 

Monday, 16th June, 2008; 315p. m.

St Phillips & St James Church, Groby, Leicester.
 





From: BRSF President Thursday, 28 May 2008
Click this image to access the Skate Magazine UK website. Skate Magazine UK

The latest issue of Skate Magazine UK
carries a number of lead stories on Roller Hockey

There are additionally news items on many other disciplines of Roller Skating

For the first time the magazine has increased to A4 size and has 48 pages.

Skate Magazine UK is available from a number of Skate Shops and Skate Venues.
Skate Magazine UK is also available from a number of Skate Clubs and Associations.
click here for a list of sources
Scroll down the page to see the list.

Back Issues as well as the current issue and forward subscriptions to the magazine
can be arranged via this link.
Scroll down the page to make your selection

From: CIRILH Chief Referee

Tuesday, 20 May 2008
Fédération International de Roller Sports FIRS 2008 INTERNATIONAL REFEREE SEMINAR

For Inline Hockey Referees

Friday, 4 July 2008 & Saturday, 5 July 2008
Dusseldorf, Germany		 A FIRS Technical Committee

The Comité International de Roller In-Line Hockey will be holding an International Referee Seminar
prior to the FIRS 2008 Inline Hockey World Championships in Dusseldorf, Germany.

The course will be run on site at the World Championships, the venue will be advised to participants.

The two-day seminar will be ideal for National Federations wishing to send candidates to obtain
international accreditation. There will be a charge of 50 US Dollars (or equivalent) per candidate.

Potential candidates must apply through their respective National Federation.

Day 2 of this seminar is also the annual mandatory re-fresher course
for all referees invited to officiate at the 2008 Roller In-Line Hockey World Championships.
There will be no course fee charged to pre-existing Internationally accredited referees.

To read the full information package click here

From: Sport Essex

Monday, 19, May 2008

To read the small print click this image FOR CLUBS IN THE AREAS OF:

HARLOW, EPPING & UTTLESFORD

Sport Essex are holding a Clubs Convention
on Saturday 21 June at the Harlow Study Centre
Waterhouse Moor, Harlow, CM18 6BW.

This event is specifically targeted at clubs in the above area
for which there will be no charge.

To read more about this event please click here

From: George Pickard - Retiring President FIRS, CIRILH

Friday,16 May 2008
RETIREMENT ADDRESS
BY OUTGOING CIRILH PRESIDENT
GEORGE PICKARD

 

I have been associated with the FIRS Inline Hockey Committee since 1994 when I petitioned the FIRS Congress in Portugal to install this sport as the newest of our four roller sports disciplines within this International Federation.

For the past 8 years I have served two terms as the CIRILH President. With your able assistance, we have together achieved remarkable progress for inline hockey development around the world.

During the period from 1995 through 2007, there have been 31 different national federations that participated with inline hockey teams at the FIRS World Championships or at Pan American Games. Among the FIRS member nations, there are now 43 countries which organize inline hockey national championships and/ or compete in FIRS Continental Championships.

At age 77 I have decided not to again stand for election as CIRILH President. It has been 8 years since I retired from a 40 year career as Executive Director of USA Roller Sports and took up this position as your CIRILH President.

To read the full address click here

 

From Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports Tuesday, 13 May 2008

Sports Medicine		 Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports
SPORTS MEDICINE POLICY STATEMENT

 

On 4 May 2008 the Fédération Internationale de Roller Sports issued a policy statement to all National Federations.

Can you please convey this information regarding administration
of intravenous fluids and medications, to all athletes, medical and support staff.

The statement is available in the following formats:

.pdf format in English language & in Spanish language
.doc format in English language & in Spanish language

Connect to the BRSF Sports Medicine Page

 

From: Lille Metropolis Roller Club

Friday, 25 April 2008
click here for the club website International Inline Hockey Tournament

 Lille Metropolis Roller Club

LILLE METROPOLIS ROLLER CLUB
is pleased to invite you to
International tournament PUCMANIA 2008

This competition was last held in the town of Carvin, in 2001.

It was one of the major tournaments of inline hockey at which the best European teams attended and on several occasions the Team France "Probables" also attended.

This tournament will take place on Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 June, 2008 and will gather, 8 male seniors teams.

The participating teams must be affiliated with a federation recognised by the FIRS ~ The International Federation of Roller Sports

The matches will take place at:
Halle de Glisse, 343 Rue de Marquillies, 59000 Lille, FRANCE (Map) (Aerial Photo)

Download the full invitation, click here (Word, 80kb)
To visit the club website click here

From: Rollbackskating

Sunday, 20 April 2008
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Recreational Skaters within reach of Harlow, Essex

Roller Disco Friday 25 April 2008

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Event organised by
Rollbackskating.com

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From: Alumwell Artistic Roller Skating Club

Sunday, 06 April 2008
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Alumwell Open Roller Skating Gala

Alumwell Enterprise & Business College
Walsall, West Midlands

Saturday, 10 May 2008

Alumwell Artistic Roller Skating Club are pleased to announce
the Alumwell Open Roller Skating Gala 2008
Under permit from FARS
To be held at the Alumwell Enterprise & Business College
Primley Avenue, Walsall ~ near M6, J10
Saturday, 10 May 2008
the start time will be announced when the number of competitors is known

Spectators & Supporters are welcome

The Closing Date for competitor entries is Monday 7th April 2008

This event is now well established in the yearly calendar of artistic roller skating events
and has built up a reputation as an event for both novice and competent skaters
with competitors attending from clubs across Great Britain.

To read more about this event click here


From: Three Towns Publishing, Plymouth.

Wednesday, 2 April 2008

Get Your Skates On!
a history of Plymouth's Roller Skating Rinks 1874-1989
by Diana Lawer

This lavishly illustrated 218-page softback examines in words and pictures how the new roller skating craze ‘rinkomania' caught on in the three towns Plymouth, Devonport and Stonehouse in the early 1870s and remained a popular pastime through to the 20th Century.

The book contains over 85 rinking postcards, including colour, and rare views of Plymouth rinks and skaters, along with 115 other illustrations and maps providing a valuable pictorial record of how The Three Towns embraced the roller skating boom with great enthusiasm.

To read more about this book and obtain
ordering details click here

From: Federation of Inline Speed Skating

Monday, 31 March 2008
click this image to access the FISS website Federation of Inline Speed Skating

 Officials Training Day
Sunday, 13 April 2008

The Federation of Inline Speed Skating (FISS) are currently organising
a training course for FISS Officials
- to be run by Brian Wood -

The course is planned for 13th April 2008. (The London Skaters’ race meeting at Tatem Park has been rescheduled for 20th April – subject to approval from Enfield Council).

The venue is still be confirmed but is expected to be somewhere in Midlands/ Birmingham area.

Course fees are to be funded by FISS.

To read more about this story click here

From: Federation of Inline Speed Skating

Wednesday, 26 March 2008
click here to access the FISS website British Indoor Inline Speed Skating Championships

 Skate Central, Queens Road, Sheffield
Sunday, 30 March 2008

Inline speed skaters will be competing in the British Indoor Championships
this weekend at Sheffield’s Skate Central.

The Federation of Inline Speed Skaters (FISS) will be holding this annual event on Sunday 30th March. Races start at 12 noon with under 12s girls and boys and progress through the day with Juniors (16/17), Seniors and Veterans for both men and women. Spectators are welcome and there will be a chance for potential speed skaters to try for themselves during a break in the races from 2:00 to 3:00pm. The day will finish with inter club relay races and presentations. This event marks the end of the winter, indoor, season.

Inline speed skating is a fast and exhilarating sport where the skaters compete over various distances (laps) around an oval track with juniors and seniors achieving speeds of over 30mph. The latest speed skate technology gives the inline speed skater the ability to skate at very much the same pace as ice speed skaters, and their tight fitting lycra skin suits, in club colours, make every fraction of a second count in close exciting races.

To read the rest of this story click here

From: Knight, Kavanagh and Page

Sunday, 16 March 2008
Click to access the Sport England website SPORT ENGLAND & CLUBMARK are looking to make contact with
Sports clubs in the Luton & Bedfordshire area		 Click to access the Clubmark website

Sport England has commissioned management consultants Knight, Kavanagh & Page (KKP) to pilot an interactive project in the Bedfordshire and Luton area, prior to its roll-out across the rest of England.

The project is designed to provide a better understanding of the ability of local clubs
to cater for children and young adults.

The purpose of the exercise is to develop an interactive system that will provide ‘team BEDS&LUTON’ with a  friendly route to data. It will cover club location and status, age range of members, number of junior members and when the club meets. The system, accessed via a web browser with a detailed search facility, will display data as a series of maps, tables and summary reports for individual clubs.

A questionnaire is currently being distributed to clubs, to collect the key data and also asks about actions or support that would help clubs to sustain or increase participation in sport.

The survey has intentionally been designed to be relatively short and easy to complete and should take no longer than ten minutes. It has been produced in paper and electronic formats and can be completed in a variety of ways, as shown below:

■ On-line - and returned automatically to KKP via a submit button
■ Electronically - completing details on a Word version and e-mailing it back to KKP
■ On paper - completing the questionnaire and returning it via Freepost to KKP
■ By telephone - providing details to KKP staff.

If your club is located in Luton or Bedfordshire you are requested to contact either Peter Owens or  Charlie MacLeod of Knight, Kavanagh & Page by telephone on 0161 764 7040, or

via the Knight, Kavanagh & Page website, questionnaire, (this link opens a new page) or

by email Peter Owens or Charlie MacLeod


From: University of Glamorgan

Thursday, 14 February 2008

CENTRE FOR SPORT, HEALTH & EXERCISE

Coach Education Week
Friday 14 March ~ Thursday 20 March 2008

SPORTS COACH UK WORKSHOPS

to read more about this coaching opportunity click here

From: Swindon Flames Skater Hockey Club Monday, 21 January 2008
Job Vacancy
 
Swindon Flames Skater Hockey Club
 
Club Coach


Swindon Skater Hockey Club is a developing inline skater hockey club, with members ranging from 5
years to adults. Owing to its continued success, we are looking to recruit a Head Coach, to ensure
that the club continues to develop each of its member's skills and abilities to their greatest potential.

The post holder will be energetic, motivated and above all flexible in tasks undertaken. You will take
full responsibility for all the clubs training sessions (Tuesdays 2100hrs - 2200hrs, Fridays 1800hrs - 
2000hrs and Saturdays 1200hrs - 1600hrs - 7hrs per week) at locations in Swindon.

You will have high ethical standards in coaching, and be responsible for the development of all club
members, including team coaches. You will have had experience of coaching, preferably in the sport
of Skater Hockey, and already have, or be prepared to undertake a nationally recognised coaching
qualification. You will have excellent communication skills.

To read more about this Job Vacancy including application details (removed, time expired) .

From: Southport YMCA Friday, 11 January 2008

SOUTHPORT

 British Roller Sports Federation
in co-operation with
Southport YMCA & Sports Coach UK
are running a
BRSF Level 2 Coaching Course for
Roller Skating & Basic Skateboarding
at Southport during February 2008
 

For details of the
BRSF Level 2 Coaching Course
for
Generic Roller Skating
click here
For details of the
BRSF Level 2 Coaching Course
for
Basic Skateboarding
click here

 

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