Speed Skating in Great Britain
 
Items of interest concerning speed skating that come to the attention of
the British Roller Sports Federation will be posted to this page.

The discipline of speed skating is administered within Great Britain by
the Federation of Inline Speed Skating (FISS)
url : www.inlinespeed.co.uk

WORKSHOP FOR INTERNATIONAL ROLLER SPEED COACHES Acqua Acetosa, Rome 16, 17 & 18, February 2007

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Dear Sirs,

I have pleasure in communicating you that the Italian Roller Skating Federation will organise an

INTERNATIONAL EVENT FOR ROLLER SPEED SKATING COACHES

"PREPARAZIONE E GESTIONE DELL'ATLETA DI ALTO LIVELLO"
"Preparation and training of elite speed skaters" 

in Rome (Italy) on February 16, 17 and 18, 2007.

The event is scheduled at the Centro di Preparazione Olimpica "G.Onesti"- Acqua Acetosa, Rome.

It will begin on February 16 at 10h00 and it will end on Feb.18 at 12h00.

Admittance fee: €50 (Euro).

There will be the simultaneous translation in English and Spanish.

Possibility to lodge at the Olympic Centre "G.Onesti"
at the price of €53 (Euro) per person per day in twin room, full board.
Please take note that number of rooms is limited.

This International event has F.I.R.S. patronage and it will be run with the collaboration of
C.E.C. (European Speed Skating Committee) and of
C.I.C. (International Speed Skating Committee).

Brochure about the event and more information will be available after January 20, 2007.

Interested coaches are kindly requested to confirm their attendance to: internazionale@fihp.org

Tuesday, 19 December 2006

IFK Inlinere, Naestved, Denmark, cordially invites you to
The 5th International Indoor Speed skating Meeting in Naestved,
with an added attraction of a B-series for advanced skaters and
a C-series for first time skaters (beginners).

IFK Inlinere, Naestved are pleased to invite foreign clubs to 
participate in this event.

IFK Inlinere, Naestved will therefore pay entry fee for up to 4 skaters.
Participants exceeding 4 will have to pay normal entry fee.

To download an information booklet including a booking form click here

Updated ~ Sunday, 20 August 2006

British Roller Speed Skaters are competing in the 39th International ~ Flanders Grand Prix 2006 Zandvoorde Stadium, Ostend, Belgium Friday 11 ~ Sunday 13 August

The Zandvoorde Roller Club
~ one of the oldest speed roller skating clubs in Belgium ~
is organising the 39^th Flanders Grand Prix, a three day event,
which being held at the Zandvoorde Municipal Stadium.

A number of British Roller Speed Club are sending teams to this event:
South Woodham Ferrers RSC, Team Belotti, Powerslide Racing, Team YMCA.

To read more about the event from the dedicated event website click here
To download the event program click here
 
To see a library of pictures of the 2004 event click here
To see a map of the area click here
 

 
British Roller Speed Skaters competing in the
2006 European Senior Roller Speed Championships
24 ~ 30 July Cassano D'Adda, Italy

Three British roller speed skaters chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2006 Senior Roller Speed European Championships have arrived in Cassano D'Adda, Italy, (map). These three skaters plus one other will, later in the year, be representing Great Britain at the International Federation of Roller Sports 2006 World Speed Skating Championships, being held in Korea.

This year, for the first time the Confederation of European Roller Skating has combined the European Artistic Skating Championships, the European Rink Hockey Championships and the European Speed Skating Championships into a single festival called the EURO Roller Games 2006, being held in a number of nearby venues in Italy.

The three speed skaters are: Chris Stafford, Vincent Henry, Gavin Pollock

To read more about these British Speed skaters on the Federation of Inline Speed Skating website. click here
To read more about the EURO Roller Games 2006 click here
To read more about the International Federation of Roller Sports 2006 World Speed Skating Championships click here
 

British Roller Speed Skaters competing in the 
2006 European Cadets Speed Championships & 
2006 European Junior Speed Championships
12 ~ 19 July 2006 - Martinsicuro, Italy