The boys from CBNSC have raced into the record books again on Sunday with another 1st and 2nd British places in the Junior (Under 21) 12.5km Biathlon Mass Start Race. On this occasion it was Calum coming home ahead of Scott. In the Senior Men's race Mike continued his return to form with 15th place. Today Mike again joined the boys to race in the 4 x 7.5km Relay, finishing in 15th GB Place out of of 32 competing British teams. At the final handover Scott was actually handing over in an incredible 5th Place but Craig, taking part in spite of being severely knocked back by a heavy cold throughout the Championships, was unable to deliver the ski that we know he is normally capable of and the final 15th Place under these circumstances was a highly creditable result and far above that we had dared to hope for before the Championships began. The full GB Biathlon Championship results can all be seen on the Results Page.
Calum now heads off to join the GB Nordic Squad at the Austrian Nordic Ski Championships whilst the others return home after starting to relax with a fancy dress party tonight. The boys achievements over the past couple of weeks have been outstanding and something of which they should all be rightly proud. They have given us all a wonderful week or so and set new standards that must surely inspire and motivate our other younger Biathletes as they too continue to develop their skiing and shooting skills over the coming season and future years. There is much to be proud of and much to look forward to.
Next training session is at 6.30pm on Wednesday evening. We have more snow falling now with more forecast again tomorrow so we plan to meet at the Hayfield Car Park and head out for a ski on the track above Loch Morlich that was pisted for the sled dog races which was in great condition on Sunday when we had 20 skiers out to enjoy it, even with quite a number of regulars absent abroad or unable to be with us for other reasons. Remember to charge up your headtorches or check those batteries and do have some light refreshment (eg: Mars Bar or suchlike) to sustain you if needed.
