Edmonton Biathlon Race Needs Volunteers - January 25/26, 2014

[Ray Cislo]

Hi everyone:

On January 25th and 26th Edmonton Nordic Ski Club is hosting a Biathlon race in Edmonton, Alberta. Biathlon is the sport that combines cross country skiing with rifle marksmanship. Not sure what it looks like? Take a look at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ppOAqvuqhBc

This is great chance to experience Biathlon firsthand. We need 70-80 volunteers to make the race happen. We need people to

o help inspect rifles (trigger pull weight)
o pull targets on the firing line
o record hits/misses at the firing line
o help in the penalty lap area

Biathletes generally use two types of rifles:

(1) Anschutz (German) .22 LR Biathlon rifle with Fortner action, approximately $4,000 CAD race ready

(2) Izhmash (Russian) .22 LR Biathlon rifle, approximately $2,000 CAD race ready

Interested? Check out the event poster and contact our volunteer coordinator. You can find the poster at http://edmontonnordic.ca/documents/Call%20for%20Volunteers2014.pdf

Thanks!

Ray Cislo
Assistant Biathlon Coordinator
Edmonton Nordic Ski Club
Edmonton, Alberta
CANADA

(This is my first posting ever. Sorry if I've placed it in the wrong spot.)

 

[Stevebot-7]

I sent an email to the address in the pdf.

 

[TRaTSeRiF]

Welcome aboard and best of luck with the event!

 

[Stevebot-7]

Bumpity bump? Anyone else interested in this?

Is it going to be me and Ray sharing body heat to stay warm? Forecast says high of 4, low of -5, so we probably won't need Tauntaun guts.

 

[EggMcMuffown]

I will be there for Sunday.

 

[Rebel Rouser]

I haven't competed in Biathlon since high school...

 

[Stevebot-7]

I haven't competed in Biathlon since high school...

Well, this is just for volunteers to help out, not for actual contestants.


At least I hope not, because I don't have any skis or spandex.

 

[Stevebot-7]

Well that was pretty interesting. I was a range recorder on the first day, and on the second day I was one of the guys putting the tracking bands on people's legs at the starting line. Apparently it's "creepy" that I happen to carry kneepads around in my backpack. You never know when you're going to have to put put trackers on the spandex posse. I kind of forgot I had them in there, but they came in handy for kneeling on the ice.

I've never seen so much spandex in one place. A little less than 131 contestants on the second day, not sure how many on the first.

 

[EggMcMuffown]

I froze my ass off but had fun. Now I can say I was a "pre caller" at a biathlon.