This Invitation has been in the hands of our newcomers for a week to allow the majority of them a first chance to sign up. We have 8 so far, and will give precedence for up to 2 more to fill in one of the two groups we are expecting. Therefore at this point we have a total remaining of 12 openings—so if you wish to attend, be sure to get your name in to Lynda Bouley asap!!
There is scheduled a followup camp at Mt Itasca two weeks after the Elk River event. More information will be forthcoming on that soon.
If you want to attend the Elk River daycamps please let Lynda know at lyndabouley@gmail.com
In addition to the daycamps for Youth and Juniors, on Saturday evening we will have a 2 hr Level One Officials class at a nearby location. This class is sanctioned by USBA and is the first level for Officials at any Regional or National events. I will be conducting that class—so please let me know if you would like to attend. wmeyer@nisswa.net
Hope to see you there!! Please contact Lynda or me if you have any questions!! Bill Meyer, Coach
We have had good news from the groomers at Woodland Trails! They managed to break up the crust and will be doing a lot more on Saturday as the weather warms up. We will have skiable conditions, with the final decision on courses to be made on Saturday. The weather forecasts look really good!!
The race will be a 7.5km Relay Format with 15-sec interval starts, hopefully on an exact 2.5 km course. Age classes <13 will do a 4.5km event.
Please jump in and join us for the last race of the winter season in the Twin Cities area—and stick around and help with the Novice event following right behind the race and get the entry fee reduced to zero!! We have 24 or 25 Novices signed up—and are looking forward to greeting some new faces, encouraging newcomers to try our great sport, and generating the continuance of our MN Biathlon growth!!
We are approaching 20 signups for the experienced race event—and with the MN State Meet completed today—we should pick up a number of new entries before tomorrow evening!
The deadline for signup is 9:00 Pm tomorrow [Friday] to allow us time to get the timing set up with start lists.
2 shooting stages, and 3 skiing laps. Individual start….but with relay rounds!
U13 – 4.8km All others – 7.5km
Schedule
9:15 am – Registration opens 10:00 am – Zero opens ~11:00 am – Race start
$15/race per U15 racer. $20/race for all others. Free entry if you stay afterward and help with a novice event, 12 pm – 2 pm! Ammunition for the novices will be provided by the club. Just provide your rifle and expertise!
Payable by cash or check to “Minnesota Biathlon” on the day of the race.
We look forward to seeing you at one of our upcoming races in Elk River! If you are able to lend a hand on one of these days, please sign up on the appropriate volunteer sheet. If you are unable to edit the document, please email me and I will make the addition for you. Thank you very much!
1/26/2023 UPDATE: The Organizing Committee has been watching the weather forecasts for Sunday and is making the following changes to the race time and format:
Zero will be at 1:00 pm on Sunday
There will be one race for all classes
The race will start at 2:00 pm around the high temps for the day
The courses will be shortened:
to 4.5 km for < age 13, to 8.1 km for all women over <13 to 9.7 km for all men over <13
Beat the crowd, sign-up early and online: Online Signup
Pursuit Format
4 shooting stages, 5 skiing laps. 10-second start interval, arbitrary seeding. Finish times will be adjusted, time-trial style.
U15, U17M, YM, MM, All Women – 9.7km JM, SM – 12.5km
Sprint Format
For U15/U13 men and women, and all air rifles. 2 shooting stages, 3 skiing laps. 5-second start interval, arbitrary seeding. 4.8km for all competitors.
U15 competitors can race either if shooting .22LR. Contact Bill at wmeyer@nisswa.net for U15s to race the pursuit.
Schedule
9:15am – Registration opens 10:00am – Zero opens for pursuit 11:00am – Race start for pursuit 12:30pm – Zero opens for sprint 1:30pm – Race start for sprint
$15/race per U15 racer. $20/race for all others. Payable by cash or check to “Minnesota Biathlon” on the day of the race.
Organizers may move additional youngest class races to the PM if the morning registrations exceed 30. In that case, there will be both a short race and longer race run together simultaneously in the PM.
Beat the crowd, sign-up early and online: Online Signup
