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Ming the Merciless is back!

The return of the maddest endurance event in Aberdeenshire?  Ming the Merciless is back and looking for you :

                                            

Ming the Merciless 

Summer Madness Endurance Event




Sat. June 1st 2013 – Huntly, Aberdeenshire




This Open Event comprises a FUN ENDURANCE RUN and CYCLE.




In addition there will be a CEILIDH Dance at Gartly Hall, Huntly in the...

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Scot wins Norwegian Championship

This was the headline on Norwegian television today when Andrew Musgrave from Aberdeenshire, along with his Norwegian club team-mate, Martin Johnsrud Sundby, took the gold medal in the team sprint at the Norwegian Championships.  The pair were the winners of the fastest semi-final heat and went on to win the final by 14 seconds.  In team sprints the two men race alternately round the course three times each.  At the end...

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Easter in Finland

altSkiers from the Development Squad and the GB Team have made what has become an annual visit to northern Finland for the Easter mini-tour in towns between Tornio and Yllas.  The following is their report on the races :

"The first of the four Hiihto Cup Races was on Friday at Tornio, a sunny day, which brightened the low landscape, but was accompanied by a cold cutting wind.  The course at Tornio runs along a ridge...

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Sprints and Hills - plus guest appearance at Bislett

altThe last British participation in World Cups for the 2012/13 season took place this month. Two weeks ago Posy Musgrave made sure of a good season finale when she took part in the freestyle sprints in Lahti.  She finished 61st in the prologue and earned British women's best ever sprint FIS points of 88.   

The following Wednesday it was the turn of Andrew's Young and Musgrave at the Drammen city sprints, classic style...

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Selection Criteria for Sochi 2014 Olympics announced

British Ski and Snowboard (BSS) in consultation with the British Olympic Association have published the criteria for cross-country skiers wishing to be selected to the British team for the Winter Olympic Games to be held in Sochi, Russia, in February 2014.

The criteria are defined in terms of skiers' FIS listings, ie the average of their best 5 race points (for a guide to FIS points see...

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