Biathlon News (information updated January 2003)

Many Club "firsts" follow Battlefords Trip  The biathlon group has continued to train weekly despite the lack of snow.  New comers Penny, Ross, Logan and Lyle have made great progress and with a little time on skis will be ready for a competition before the season is done.  We travelled all the way to North Battleford, Saskatchewan for Alberta Cup #3 on January 18th and 19th.  A number of “FIRST'S" were the result:

-first time in Saskatchewan
-first race in 2003
-first ice cream with oats for breakfast
-first medal in an Alberta Cup competition
-first change of motels half-way through a weekend competition
-first getting sick in Saskatchewan
-first stopping in Fox Creek on the way home because of too much snow
 
John and Jeremy won SILVER medals for the Saturday Individual event and Peter a BRONZE. Unofficially Jeremy also won a SILVER for Sunday's Sprint and Peter a BRONZE.  A great job was done by everyone in getting up for a competition without any time on the snow. We are all looking forward to some on-the-snow training in preparation for the next Alberta Cup in Camrose, February 1st and 2nd 

Thanks to the 13 people who gave up a Saturday in December to attend the Biathlon Officials clinic and to those who began to make the preparations for the race that we had hoped to host in early January.  Thanks to Greg for helping out when Rick and I were on the road to North Battleford.  

We might still get a chance to host an Alberta Cup this season depending on the conditions in other venues..