Below find the annual MN Biathlon Membership form for this training year. Please also recall that MN Biathlon has an April to April year, and US Biathlon has an Oct to Oct year. Those active in the sport should be members of each organization.
For those leasing rifles this year, I will be sending out lease forms today to those who will be on the same rifle as last year. For those who are getting onto a different rifle, I am holding off yet while we sort that out. For those who will be leasing for the first time, we need to see you at a daycamp and go through all our procedures and fit a rifle to you at that time.
If you are an athlete, please fill it out and return to me at wmeyer1041@gmail.com or mail it to me at the address on the bottom of the form. Also discuss this with your parent as they will need to agree to any lease of a rifle.
For those who are anticipating leasing a rifle again from MN Biathlon, we need to get this information in before we agree to a lease. The rifles we have are for active participants in MN Biathlon events.
If you have your own rifle, we would still like to get the information from you, but if you only would like an individualized training plan—you can just let me know. Your choice. Please do not ask for a log unless you are willing to keep it up all year.
The number of rifles we have available is limited. The factors that enter into determining who gets a lease are weighted heavily towards your planned participation as well as age, ski racing experience and past biathlon experience.
If you Google Guy Brown Biathlon, you should get a 2-3 min video taken this last Tues down at Elk River. Cheresa and Saylor did an awesome job!! And our thanks to Guy and Jack the camera guy—was not the warmest day of the week!!
ps. Please let me know if you plan to attend the Duluth Snowflake race MN Cup #8 on SATURDAY the 5th of March!!
Saturday, January 29th All U15 – 5.4km Women, all other ages – 8.25km Men, all other ages – 10.05km Two shooting stages (prone + standing) with penalty loops.
Pursuit Race
Sunday, January 30th All U15 – 9.0km All other women, U17M, YM, MM – 9.0km JM, SM – 11.85km Four shooting stages, 10s interval start, seeded from previous day’s results. Sunday-only racers will be started last.
Over the past couple of years Twin City Biathlon, a branch of MN Biathlon, has been making numerous improvements to the range facility at Woodland Trails Park. Thanks so much to Chad and Lynda Bouley, Tara and Marcus Landrum, Dave Anderson with Elk River Parks and all the others who have pitched in. Here are some of the changes:
Redesigned target boxes for easier switch from paper to metal—now use a fold down front plate- the new plates were donated
a new fabric skirt in front of the boxes to catch lead coming off the face of the metal-thanks to Lynda
new target box covers—again, thanks to Lynda
new paddles built by Marcus to replace some that were too heavy
a new Target #4- thanks to Chad for receiving that and getting it installed
New paper targets designed by Tara who also chased the printing—we are using up the old strips first
new standard shooting mats—thanks to Lou Chouinard for meeting the supplier in Southern MN!
a new wind flag system and flags
new bibs designed by Tara
a new timing program on a spreadsheet designed by Zean Baker—will try out on Saturday!!
a temporary porta potty brought in by Dave Anderson and his crew
And for the weekend event, some generators, heat, lights and computers in the range building!!
It is amazing what volunteers can do when they put their efforts together. A lot more were involved in making this all happen!! Sampsons, Hudrliks, Brodersons and more!!
A fantastic weekend of racing at Blackhawk. Many thanks to the race organizers, coaches, and volunteers. Great to see so many states represented at our race! Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Maine, and Iowa.
Coming up at Blackhawk in Middleton WI on the 15th/16th Jan weekend are the next races in our Midwest Regional series. Mark Torresani and his crew have been putting together a good manmade base and have been getting some natural snow on top! Should be great skiing!!
The plan is for a Pursuit race on Saturday and a Mass start by class waves on Sunday. Courses and final distances to be determined based on snowfall over the next 10 days.
If you plan to attend, please register online as below—and please let me know so we can provide a coaching staff to back you up!!
Open the webpages below, and under “Find Races” choose “Find registrations” and scroll way down to the 15/16th 2022 dates to find the actual registration and race information.
The volunteers at Blackhawk have been working hard to get ready for the Midwest Regional Races #3 and #4 at Blackhawk Ski club. There is plenty of manmade snow on the trails with more natural snow on the way. Conditions are expected to be very good. Registration for the events will open on January 5th at:
Please note you will need to sign up for both days if you plan to race both days.
We are in need of volunteers for the race, if you can help either prior to or after your race please let me know. Don’t forget to bring your cheering section to the race.
If you have any questions Mark Torresani can be reached at 608 334-2846
