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| 07/24/10 | JULY ANNOUNCEMENTS ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Races Whitetail held the second race of the 2010 season today and had a great turnout despite some rather hot weather. Smiles were seen on every competitors face, and fun was had by everyone. Novice competitors outnumbered the vetrans! Results and pictures will be posted shortly. Altoona held a race on July 11 and also had a great turnout. Results have been posted and pictures will be up soon. *****October 10-11 is the date for this year's PA-NY-NJ tri-state championships. The event will be held at Osceola Tug Hill XC ski center near syraucse, NY. To compete, you must have completed at least one biathlon race prior to the event and have your own equipment. PLEASE.....come out and represent PA, the more athletes we have, the better shot we have at winning! It tons of fun, and you won't want to miss out on the special rock-rabbit race...you'll have to come to the event to find out what that is!!!
Remaining Summer 2010 Schedule A complete list of events can be seen on the EVENTS page, a few events of note are listed below. August 14th - Oil Creek State Park Biathlon August 17-21 - US Biathlon Nationals October 10-11 - PA-NY-NJ Tri-state champs (come represent!!) November ? - Whitetail Preserve
Nationals 2010 US Biathlon National Championships will be held in Tukwila, Washinton, August 17-21. Full event info and registration is avaliable on the NATIONALS page. If you have completed at least one race, and have your own equipment you are eligible to participate! Nationals is always a fun event so you won't want to miss out on anything!
Help Support Whitetail Preserve Whitetail Preserve will host a run and relay for Autism Awareness on thursday evening, June 24th at 6pm. There will be a 5k run (3 hilly loops), and a three person 6k relay with each person doing a 2k loop. If you can come and support this race we'd be glad to have you.
Ideas, Suggestions, News, or Info for PA Biathlon Club--Contact Hilary Saucy (website administrator) at superpurplebutterfly at hotmail.com, or Frank and Barb Gaval (club presidents) at barb123 at ptd.net. (@ has been omitted to prevent scammers)
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| 07/09/10 | >>>>>>>>US Summer Biathlon Nationals offical info packet, schedule and registration forms have been released. Visit the Nationals page for more details. |
| 06/26/10 | ATTENTION: July 11 Syracuse Biathlon Race has been CANCELLED! Possible race in August, stay tuned for more details. **Saratoga Biathlon club has added 2 races on August 28-29. ***The first winter race has been scheduled for December 19th at Osceola Tug Hill XC ski center ****Youth/Junior Biathlon World Team trials are scheduled for December 28-31 in Jericho, VT. These races are a qualifer for theYouth/Junior Biathlon World Championships held in Czech Republic the end of January. The top 4 male and female athletes in both the Youth (17-18) and Junior (19-20) categories who make the % cut-off qualify to represent the USA at world champs. |
| 06/01/10 | Summer 2010 PA Biathlon Bulletin ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Update for Club Members Our first event of the 2010 season was a success with great weather a fair turnout. The support of our range officials is crucial to conducting our events so be sure to express your appreciation to them at our upcoming races. The Club is in good shape financially with event insurance and ammo cost covered for the rest of your events this year. Club dues of $12 are due on July 1st. If the newsletter you received in the mail (members only) has an X on it you need to send in your 2010 dues or pay at the next competition. If you would like to join the club, now would be be a good time to do that, just send your $12 to 369 Turkey Path rd, Sugarlaof Pa 18249. Although the PA Biathlon club is a very active organization, we always need new members and folks willing to help at events. We have the only regulation Biathlon venue in PA so spread the word and bring people to see our facilities.
Biathlon Fever is Spreading! The York, PA, area has expressed an interest in hosting a Biathlon race. We are supporting them in their effort, but things are still in the planning stages. If you can assist in that area of PA please let us know. It would be nice to expand the schedule of biathlons into new locations but we need assistance. If you are interested in having a race in your area the club will conduct it, just let us know.
Summer 2010 Schedule You can view a complete schedule of upcoming biathlon races on the events page but here is a brief list of PA races to come in the following weeks June 17th - Scholastic Biathlon July 11th - Altoona Biathlon July 24th Whitetail Preserve August 14th Oil Creek State Park Nov ? Whitetail Preservee Tri-state champs will be held this year in Osceola, NY at the Osceola Tug Hill XC ski center October 10-11. Your support as a competitor or event helper would be appreciated--PA has won the last two years and with your help we can have a threepete!
Help Support Whitetail Preserve Whitetail Preserve will host a run and relay for Autism Awareness on thursday evening, June 24th at 6pm. There will be a 5k run (3 hilly loops), and a three person 6k relay with each person doing a 2k loop. If you can come and support this race we'd be glad to have you.
Whitetail Preserve has a Tradition of Excellance We have been at the Whitetail Range since 2007. During that time we have had summer biathlons and several snowshoe biathlon races as well. Victories have gone to many competitors from several states incluing, PA, NJ, OH, MD, Wash DC, and NY. The most victories so far have been claimed by Ann Sick (5), Doug Hoover (4), and Hannah Sick (3). For those of you not familiar with the club history, we start at the Nescopeck Gun Club in 1995. At that venue Doug Hoover had 14 victories followed by Ann Sick and Lucie Bergeyova with 10 wins each. With your help and participation we can continue the tradition of excellance.
Ideas, Suggestions, News, or Info for PA Biathlon Club--Contact Hilary Saucy (website administrator) at superpurplebutterfly at hotmail.com, or Frank and Barb Gaval (club presidents) at barb123 at ptd.net. (@ has been omitted to prevent scammers)
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| 5/11/10 | 2010 Summer Season is off and going! _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
First race of the 2010 Season a Success The 2010 Summer race season got off to a fine start on April 24th in PA. There was a total of 29 competitors with 17 in the sport category. Pictures and complete results can be found on the results and pictures page.
Plenty of races Scheduled for the Summer Whether you are new to biathlon or a seasoned vetran there are plenty of opportunities to hone your skills this summer. There are many races throughout NewYork, PA, VT and NH. Go to the Events page for a complete list of upcoming races. Please keep checking back for updates as some races are still tenative and the schedule is subject to change. |
| 04/22/10 | SPRING NEWS UPDATE _______________________________________________________________________________________ Are you ready for Summer? The 2010-2011 Summer Biathlon season is set to kick-off April 24th at Whitetail Preserve. So far we have 4 PA races scheduled, a scholastic race, many other races throughout the northeast, and a date for Nationals. Go dust off your rifle, grab your shoes, and join us on the 24th for the first race of the season. Come start your season off right with the PA Biathlon Club!
Winter 09-10 Update This past winter several club members and freinds of PA Biathlon Club competed in various biathlon races. In the winter, running is replaced with cross-country skiing, and the competitor must carry his rifle life a backpack. This adds something different to the sport and gives it its own special style. In the winter, things get a little more technical and difficult since you are performing every action as in summer biathlon except while on skis. In addition, there are so many more things to think about in the winter such as, skis, wax (for skis), keeping warm, range approach/procedure, technique and speed of skiing, and of course trying to shoot when your fingers are frozen solid! Though the sport is relativly the same, it brings a whole new atmosphere to the world of biathlon. If you are looking for something new to try, then grab your skis and join the rest of the biathlon world next winter. Since PA always lacks snow, you will have to travel up to NY for most of the winter races. Pictures from this winter's season are avaliable for view or download at brightstarphoto.smugmug.com--thanks to club member Dan Saucy for his excellant photography!
Ever Wonder What Fellow Biathletes Are Up To? Whether you are new to biathlon or are an expereinced competitor, you probably wonder what other biathletes are up to. Below, I have listed a few of my favorite sites of Olympic and US team Biathletes. The athletes update their site periodically giving updates about what they are doing. If you are interested in other athletes just google them or check usbiathlon.org, you may find something! Tim Burke, 2010 Olympian timburke.us Lowell Bailey, 2010 Olympian lowellbailey.com Haley Johnson, 2010 Olympian comeskiwithme.blogspot.com Sara Studebaker, 2010 Olympian sarastudebaker.blogpspot.com Susan Dunklee, US Team member susandunklee.wordpress.com
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Fall 2009 PA Biathlon Bulletin ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Summer Season Overview The summer biathlon season had great success this 14th year. from April's race through nationals at Lake Placid and Oil Creek State Park our club has kept the sport of Summer biathlon moving forward. Our membership continues to grow and we generated lots of interest. Our events were all well attended and profitable. We also had many members competing in biathlons in New York. The largest group of PA biathletes participated in nationals in Lake Placid and took away many medals.
Money Matters We purchased new pullcords for targets as well as covers and cards to protect them this winter. We’ve had some problem getting ammo, we have the cash but there seems to be a shortage everywhere. The only need I see for the club may be shooting mats and a left handed rifle. If you see any material that the club would need to enhance our event, let us know.
Future Stuff We will continue to host events and hopefully add more, and expand programs and formats. We have the capability of doing shooting clinics, mountain bike biathlons, and XC ski biathlons. However; the responsibility of directing the trail run for red cross, snowshoe races, and having Insta-Results conducting about 60 events a year, I get a little burnt out so it would be nice if one or two members could step forward and direct and event or two. If you have a race idea let us know, I can see relays and even a celebrity shoot as a possibility.
Upcoming Events Tri-State championships have been postponed or possibly combined with our November 8th biathlon at Whitetail. Right now a 4 stop 5K is planned for match (4K with two stops for sport). Details and an entry form will be ready soon. A snowshoe biathlon is planned on January 9 or 10, 4K with 25M targets Just a note to let you know you are all welcome to the PA State snowshoe championship, February 13 at Nescopeck State Park. Distances are 5K for juniors and 10K for all others. Snowshoes will be available for rental. You can qualify for nationals, taking place March 5-7 at Highland Forest Park, near Syracuse, NY.
Summer Biathlon World Championships Good Luck US Summer Biathlon Team Doug Hoover, Stephanie Blackstone, both from PA, and Dan Fink, from West VA, will travel to Germany to take part in the World Championships of Summer Biathlon. Good luck to the US Team. Anthony Rizzo also made the team, but will be running for Bucknell University this fall. Ann Sick who also qualified, will be coaching field hockey, and both are unable to attend. |