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Omineca Owls News Brief Dec 7, 2010  

We have certainly grown. We have gone from 5 members to a whopping 10 kids.

Introducing the members of the 2010-2011 Biathlon Squad extraordinaire;

Black Bears squad - Elias Beach, Cole Bender, Angus Brochez, Ben Brochez, Ava Nealis, Kyle Nealis

Junior  Girls - Brianna Brochez, Emily Dickson

Junior Boys - Patrick Harraway

Senior Boys - Nick Brochez
BC TEAM - Alexandra Dickson
COACHES 

Coaching the junior, senior teams will be Bryan Dickson (gold Certification); with assistance from Pat Brochez (Gold Certification) and Matthew Harraway (Siver Certification).

Coaching the Black Bears will be Donna  (Gold Certification)and Pat Brochez with assistance from  Bryan Dickson, Wes Bender  (Silver Certification) and  Matt Nealis (Silver Certification).

Incidentally all these folks are parents of these awesome kids and we could not run this team without the assistance of all parents on and off the course!

REGIONAL RACE
We will be hosting a Regional Race March 20-21, 2011. This will be a great event for all to come out and cheer our team on. We are hoping to host a BC Cup in the near future with help from our friends in Smithers and Vanderhoof!

Pat and Donna Brochez successfully prepared an application for funding for a new biathlon range for the Omineca Ski Club.  Nechako Kitimaat Development Fund awarded more than $40,000 in grant funds for a new biathlon area, rifles and coaching development and training. 

 
What is Biathlon?
 
Biathlon is an Olympic winter sport which combines competitive, skate-style cross-country skiing  technique and small-bore rifle marksmanship.  It is a challenging sport because it combines two very different activities—shooting and skiing.  Shooting demands very strong control and stability and cross country skiing requires intense physical exercise.  It is very difficult to arrive at the shooting range and shoot at a very small target (for prone shooting you need to shoot a 45mm target—for standing a 115mm target) with your chest heaving from exertion! 
 
On Monday nights the Rod & Gun club opens their indoor facility for shooting practice at 7PM.  The cross-country skiing portion of the training is done at the Omineca Ski Club with the racing team and on Saturdays and Sundays at specified times—the athletes train at the Omineca Ski Club with their rifles.

 

If you are interested in participating in biathlon—please call Bryan Dickson at 695-6684.