We are sorry to hear of the passing of Cliff Stafford - he will be sorely missed by many in the sport and our thoughts are with his family at this difficult time. The funeral will be held on Monday, 16th June at 3.15 p.m. at St Phillip and St James Church, Groby, Leicester. You can read more here                                                                       

The Indoor British Championships results are now online, on the results page. Thank you to everyone who took part.
                                                                                                                                                                                            

FISS are currently arranging a training course for Officials on 13th April 2008. The course will be run by Brian Wood, venue TBC (Midlands/Birmingham area). If you are interested in attending please contact Head Office to put your name down. The course will be funded by FISS. Further details to follow a.s.a.p.
                                                                                                                                                                                            

Please find below some important points to be aware of for the Indoor Champs in Sheffield next week end:

1) Registration opens at 11am - please be prompt.

2) The clocks go forward 1 hour to BST on the Saturday night.

3) The venue is an old ice rink and there is no heating. It will be very cold, so bring warm clothing! (There is a nice warm Cafe....)

4) Spectators will be charged £1 each on entry to the rink but anyone showing a valid 2008 FISS Membership card will be allowed to enter for free.

5) You cannot enter the races on the day but you can pay online up to 48 hours before the event.

6) Unfortunately there is no disabled access as the rink is on the first floor, up a couple of flight of stairs.

7) There are road works on the M1 with a 50mph speed limit (with average speed cameras) between Jct 25 and 28.

Please make sure you pass on the info. to anyone who is not on email or the internet -

Thank you.

The 2008 FISS Sport Regulations are now available for download in pdf format from the Information page on this website. You can also download an additional pdf file explaining some of the reasons for the changes that have been made.
                                                                                                                                                                                            

President's speech

Dear Friends of rollersports,

The time has come for rollersports to change skin and achieve a brand new identity. I used the term “identity” and not “new image” because the planning and communication project activated by FIRS is a wider and more comprehensive strategy, created with a professional approach towards media and public.
Thinking professionally is the only possible path driving us safely to the IOC Session Copenhagen 2009, a date where the Olympic Programme shall be revised and where the fate of our sports can be changing forever, much depending on our common efforts.

We want Roller sports in the Olympic Games, so here is the project “ROLLER FOR OLYMPICS by FIRS”: a new professional project, with a new unique logo and an increased staff in the FIRS Headquarters in Rome, with distinguished roles and responsibilities working on different activities according to planned deadlines. Key man of this Olympic project is Mr Luciano Barra, former member of the Italian Olympic Committee and Vice General Director of the Winter Olympics Turin 2006, a man whom I can easily call “the right man at the right place”. Mr Barra shall supervise the FIRS contacts with the Olympic Commission and the IOC Members, as the official spokesman for roller sports.... more...

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The 2008 Prohibited drugs list - International Standard, is now online and can be viewed by Clicking Here                                                                                                                                                                                                    

The FISS Annual General Meeting 2007 will take place at the Holiday Inn, Luton Hemel (follow signs for A5, Dunstable Junction 9, next to the Harvester) on Sunday the 21st October at 1pm. Any FISS member who has not received details either by email or letter please contact the FISS secretary via the Contact Us page.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

The British Outdoor Track Championships 2007 will take place on the 15th/16th of September at the Birmingham Wheels Adventure Park .

This year we are incorporating 2 handicap events - a 1500m for Senior Men / JuniorBoys (the Jesson Cup) and a 1000m handicap for the Senior Ladies / Junior Girls (trophy to be designated), which should prove to be very interesting!

The entry form for Elite Skaters is now available here - closing date 31st August.

Download the free Adobe Reader to open and print this file  here

For further details of the event see here

Individual, Club and Age Group Rankings for Club Races are available here.                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

The GB inline speed skating team have arrived in Cali, Colombia for the World Championships 2007.

The five man team consists of Christopher Stafford, Vincent Henry and Gavin Pollock who will skate both

the track and road events and Hans Brown and Simon Davis who will be added to the team for the marathon.

The World Championships runs from the 17th August through to the 25th August.

More information on the World Championships and all results can be found on the

official website
www.cali2007rollersport.com  

Gavin Pollock's Blog can be found on

www.gravityresearch.co.uk/blogs.aspx                                                                                                                                                   

The London Inline Marathon on Sunday 2nd September will be the final stage of the British Inline Cup Marathon Series. For more details see the event website www.londoninlinemarathon.com

For current  BIC rankings see  here

Download Microsoft Excel Viewer to read these files here                                                                                                              

The Goodwood Roller Marathon on Sunday 29th July will be the second event of the British Inline Cup Marathon Series. For more details see the event website www.goodwoodmarathon.co.uk

The North Region Marathon will be the British Inline Marathon Championship of 2007 on the 3rd of June at the Preston Sports Arena, and will also be the very first event of the British Inline Cup Marathon Series. For more details see the event website  www.northregionmarathon.com                                                                                                               

2007 is the inaugral year of the British Inline Cup, a marathon series comprising of three events this year. More details of this exciting new development are available here                                                                                                      

The Chairman's Report for 2006, as presented at the AGM, is online for reading.                                                                

This week has been as sad week for roller speed skating in Great Britain. One of it's greatest unsung heroes passed away peacefully at his home in Birmingham after a long fought battle with illness.
Read the full testimonial to Leon.

Funeral Details: Funeral at Yardley Crematorium, Birmingham at 10 a.m. on Friday, 19th January.
No flowers by request but anyone wishing to make donations please send them direct to UNICEF.                              

Please read the important information regarding the AGM, specifically concerning procedures for registering proposals and voters unable to attend. Click here.

A list of the records broken in 2006 can now be found on the Results page.

Individual, Club and Age Group Rankings for club races are available here.

The team chosen to represent Great Britain for the Senior European & World Championships is preparing to leave for European Championships.

More details here.

Three speed skaters, James Ashby (Cadet, Team Belotti), Robert McDonald (Cadet, Team Belotti), and Matthew Price (Junior, PowerSlide Racing Team) are currently representing their country at the 2006 European Cadet & Junior Speed Skating Championships, being held at Martinsicuro, Italy.

For a link to the European Cadets & Junior Speed Championships web site, click here

Membership & Race Entry forms are now available in the Information section. Please send in your 2006 Membership forms as soon as possible.