Winter 1999 Newsletter

• New pellet targets are in place at Snow Mountain Ranch. These were funded from the Summer race proceeds, personal donation by Bill Hay, and the CBC treasury.

• CBC treasury funds were also used to purchase replacement paddles for targets at Snow Mountain Ranch and Eldora. We also received plastic replacement paddles for the Finnish targets.

• Board Meetings by email: In the Fall the Board spontaneously tested the effectiveness of using email to discuss Board issues. Having physical meetings seems to be difficult for everyone to do, and since each of the Officers has email, we'll try to use it to our advantage for more timely decision-making.

• To date, the Board has not received a proposal for using the extra CBC target available for Junior Development. In order to put this target into use, it will be set up at SMR until another use can be found.

• Options for calculating Class Champions for this season: By points a la USBA? Since determining Champions with the pursuit race format was problematic, maybe just have fun pursuits instead? Let the Board know your preference by March 6, in case the March 14 race is the last one due to weather conditions.

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Lanny Barnes, Tracy Barnes and Dave Cleveland attended the World Team Trials. In the first race, Tracy placed 7th and Lanny placed 10th. Lanny improved her time in the second race, coming in 4th place, while Tracy earned 7th place honors. In the final race, Tracy finished in 4th, while Lanny came in 8th place. Tracy was named to the International Youth Team for women 17 and under. She will compete in three biathlon races to be held in Norway and Sweden from February 20 - March 1, 1999. Tracy placed 5th overall in points, with the top 6 point-getters being selected for the International Youth Team. Lanny, who placed 7th overall, missed making the International Youth Team by 78/100 of a point.

Dave's first sprint event ended up with disqualification for skiing the course wrong. Fortunately the scoring used the best two of three races. In the second sprint (10K), he posted a 21st place finish with 70% shooting. He also got to experience frostbite on nose and chin. In race #3 (individual start 7.5K relay format), he finished strong with a 25th place result and 90% shooting (wow!). These results are about 10 places higher than last year at Olympic Trials, so it was a good race series despite the horrible weather.

Congratulations to all three on putting together some great racing!

Snow Mountain Biathlon Series Race II, Jan 10, 1999

Snow at last!

JR/SR/MASTER MEN 10 KM
Place	Bib	Name		Ski Time	Pr	St
1	40	ANDY HAY	JR	00:36:16	0	3
2	44	DAVE CLEVELAND		00:39:44	2*	4
3	43	JEFF MAY		00:40:33	1	4
4	41	MIKE LOHMAN		00:42:58	3	4
5	45	FRED CALL		00:43:14	1	4
6	42	JEREMY RANDLE	JR	00:43:58	3	3
7	38	NICK WALDOW	JR	00:44:05	4	5
8	46	JOSH WALTON		00:45:38	5	2
9	33	HANK STONE		00:47:32	3	5
10	39	CHIP SCHRADER		00:47:36	2	3
11	37	BILL HAY		00:49:24	4	3
12	36	DAVID MARTINEZ		00:50:14	0	2
13	47	BOB HUNNES		00:59:13	2	2
14	35	DAVID WELLS		01:01:18	1*	1
15	34	SCOTT COPELAND		01:04:28	4	4
16	32	DAVID SHOULDERS		01:07:53	1	0
17	31	BEN HARDING		01:11:13	2	4

SR/MASTER WOMEN 7.5 KM
Place	Bib	Name	Ski Time	Pr	St
1	5	RAMONA MAY	00:30:01	0	3
2	3	WEATHERLY STROH	00:36:52	3	5
3	1	HOLLY COPELAND	00:37:35	2	4
4	4	JENNIFER DOWNEY	00:40:19	4	4
	2	FIONA LOHMAN	DNS

JR 1.8 KM PELLET - 15 SECOND PENALTIES
Place	Bib	Name	Ski Time	Pr	St	Penalty Time	Total Time
1	11	SETH KIENZLE	00:19:16	2	0	00:00:30	00:19:46
2	10	CLAY HARDING	00:27:53	0	0	00:00:00	00:27:53
3	12	LUKE HARDING	00:28:10	1	3	00:01:00	00:29:10

*These are corrected shooting scores. Changes don't affect placing or USBA points, but will be used in calculating year-end CBC shooting results.

Snow Mountain Kids Biathlon Day, Sunday, Jan 17, 1999

Thanks go out to Dave Martinez and the Snow Mountain Ranch staff for hosting a youth biathlon day on January 17. This was a day of education for the pellet-gun crowd, and included a short race.

Results of the pellet gun 1.8 km event (15 second penalty per miss, 2 shooting stations, 5 shots each prone only):

Name	Age	Sex	Ski Time	Shooting	Total
SETH KIENZLE	9	M	17.09	2	17.39
SAM HOIDAL	7	M	18.25	1	18.40
ANDRREW SCOTT	12	M	19.20	4	20.20
PATRICK COLEMAN	12	M	22.10	1	22.25
DAVID KRIMSTOCK	8	M	25.30	5	26.45
CAITLAN DEE	10	F	31.30	8	33.30
BRENNA DEE	6	F	33.00	7	34.45

Snow Mountain Biathlon Series Race III, Jan 24, 1999

JR 1.8 KM PELLET - 15 SEC PENALTIES
Place	Bib	Name	Club/ School	Ski Time	Pr	St	Penalty Time	Total Time
1	10	BRADLEY READY	CBC	00.19.26	2	2	00.01.00	00.20.26
2	11	LUKE HARDING		00.19.45	2	3	00.01.15	00.20.59
3	12	SAM HOIDAL		00.31.40	5	2	00.01.45	00.33.25

JR/SR/MASTER MEN 10 KM
Place	Bib	Name	Club/ School	Ski Time	Pr	St
1	53	DAVE CLEVELAND	SM	00.36.38	2	3
2	52	ANDREW HAY	SM	00.38.10	3	3	JR
3	51	ARA HOWARD		00.40.47	5	5
4	56	JOSHUA WALTON	SM	00.40.48	2	3
5	55	NICK WALDOW	SM	00.41.28	4	4	JR
6	54	FRED CALL	SR	00.43.12	5	3
7	57	CHIP SCHRADER	CBC	00.44.47	2	2
8	58	BILL HAY	SM	00.44.55	2	0	M
9	62	JEREMY RANDLE	SM	00.45.14	4	5	JR
10	59	IAN CLARK	GSO	00.46.54	3	3
11	61	BEN HARDING		01.05.29	1	2
12	60	DAVID SHOULDERS	CBC	01.05.52	2	1	M

JR/SR/MASTER WOMEN 7.5 KM
Place	Bib	Name	Club/ School	Ski Time	Pr	St
1	17	TRACY BARNES	CBC	00.28.15	0	1	JR
2	16	LANNY BARNES	CBC	00.30.02	1	2	JR
3	20	ELIZABETH PIKE	CBC	00.35.01	1	3
4	18	JENNIFER SHERRY		00.36.47	5	3
5	19	JULIA COLLINS	CBC	00.37.42	0	3	M
6	15	JENNIFER DOWNEY	CBC	00.37.46	2	4
7	14	WEATHERLY STROH		00.38.41	5	5

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Editor's note: Check out the archived winter 1998-1999 race results for an idea of our past race schedule.

These races are part of the 1998-1999 Rocky Mountain RCE Race Series

For more information on the Race Series, please contact Joan Guetschow at 435-615-8583, or e-mail joang@ditell.com.

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• You can book team rooms at the Canmore Nordic Centre by contacting Shannon Yacyshyn at (403) 678-2400 or via e-mail at syacyshy@env.gov.ab.ca.

• Joan Guetschow has arranged a discount at the Holiday Inn Express in Heber for the LL Bean Race Feb. 20 and 21. Refer to the reservation under "LL Bean Biathlon Race." The phone number there is 435-654-9990, Web page is www.holidayinnheber.com and e-mail address is hbcut@shadowlink.net. Two types of rooms are available for $62.10 (normally $69.90). The Holiday Inn has a pool and jacuzzi. It is only one year old and approximately 5 km from the venue.
  1. Two queen beds, a pull out couch, sitting area, pantry, microwave, fridge, and continental breakfast.
  2. King bed, pull-out couch, sitting room, pantry, microwave, fridge, and continental breakfast.

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Nordic center and range etiquette:

• We're all responsible for cleaning up after ourselves at the respective ranges. This includes removing any paper used for zeroing/training, picking up used rounds, rolling up cords, and picking up carpet. All of our ranges are on public display every time someone passes by, and if properly maintained can help foster positive publicity for the sport and our club.

• Occasionally people are taking loaded magazines into the various nordic centers. Get in the habit of clearing magazines completely before leaving the range. Loaded magazines should only exist on the range. This prevents dry-firing disasters, too! (See IBU Rule 8.5.2.1, Safety Check After Shooting below.)

• Remember: Rifles aren't allowed in the nordic centers at both Frisco and Eldora. Keep the rifle covered when you're not around to avoid any curiosity seekers.

• Nordic center sign-in at Frisco and Eldora: Because these two Nordic Centers don't have the familiarity of the Biathlon group that Snow Mountain does, we should make an effort to keep an ongoing sign-in/sign-out sheet of everyone practicing at Frisco or Eldora. At Frisco, the sign-in/out form is at the Nordic Center desk. We'll try to keep an updated list of Safety Certified members on hand to safeguard against unauthorized use and hazards. It's a good idea to keep your Red Book and USBA card with your rifle so that you can verify your status. Signing out is important so that the Nordic Center can be sure no one is left out on the range at sundown.

  At Eldora, Chip Schrader (Club VP for Eldora) has suggested trying a mailbox-type location for the sign-in/out at the range itself. This is basically a safety issue and it's up to us to keep track of who's using the range, and is our part of the bargain with getting USBA insurance coverage.

Race organization:

Following up on the last newsletter's suggestion to appoint a formal jury, the following approach has been proposed: For the immediate future, Competition Juries should be comprised of at least three club members who are either Board Officers, Certified Officials or National level competitors dependent on who participates in the race on a given date.

Rules:

There are still a few rules that come back to haunt many of us in the heat of competition. Here are the rules as they appear in the newest (6/98) IBU Handbook, for your review...

• IBU Rule 7.1.3, Wrong Trail: If a competitor takes the wrong trail, he must return back to the point where he made the wrong turn, along the part of the trail he skied in error. In order to do so, the competitor may have to ski against the correct ski direction and is totally responsible for ensuring that he does not obstruct or endanger other competitors. There is no penalty for having committed an error as long as no time advantage has been gained and there is no interference with other competitors.

• A recent memo from the USBA Safety Committee Chairman clarified the "Open Bolt Rule" to include removal of the inserted magazine. In other words, any time you take the rifle off your back, open the bolt and take out the clip. Quoting the memo: "The greatest potential danger in Biathlon is leaving cartridges in your magazine after you finish shooting." Here is the related IBU rule:

  IBU Rule 8.5.2.1, Safety Check After Shooting: After each shooting bout the rifle must be unloaded - that is - no round may be left in the chamber or [remain] in the inserted magazine. However, it is permitted to leave a [spent] cartridge case in the chamber and the empty magazine in the rifle after the last bout [in a race].

  In Training and Zeroing: the competitor must perform a Safety Check on the shooting range after his last shooting by opening the bolt and removing the inserted magazine, with the barrel pointed toward the target.

  For those competitors who are not carrying the rifle, but are relying on a coach/official/parent to bring the rifle to the lane, the procedure is as follows:
  1. The competitor enters the shooting lane, drops poles, and assumes their prone/standing shooting position.
  2. The rifle with barrel pointed up/down range is carried to the shooting lane and handed to the competitor.
  3. The loaded magazine is then handed to the competitor, who inserts the magazine into the rifle and shoots five rounds at the targets.
  4. The competitor then removes the magazine and returns the rifle with the bolt open to the official/coach/parent.
  5. The official/coach/parent then checks to make sure the rifle is clear before leaving the shooting ramp.

• The dreaded cross-fire: Here we need to find a balance between helping newcomers to the sport and conducting events to the highest standards. For those of us that should know better, here are the rules to follow:

  IBU Rule 8.7.3, Cross-firing and Target Hit by Another Competitor: If a target on which a competitor is shooting is fired on by another shooter, the incorrect shooter must be stopped immediately. If no target plates have fallen, the correct competitor may continue shooting. If a target plate has been hit, the target must be reset immediately and the competitor continues shooting.

  8.7.3.1 Before such a target is reset, the hits and their positions must be recorded. In such a case in the Sprint, Pursuit, Mass Start, Relay or Team competition, the competitor must be told by the Range Official how many penalty loops must be done.

  8.7.3.2 If a competitor cross-fires onto a target not in his shooting lane, and no other competitor is shooting on that target, he shall be allowed to continue without disturbance. The competitor's hits will be only those which are on the correct target.

  8.7.4, Time Adjustments and Responsibility: In those cases where a competitor loses time due to target error which is not his fault or a target malfunction, the Competition Jury shall make an appropriate time adjustment.

  8.7.4.1, Own Error: If a competitor makes an error such as cross-firing or selecting a target which has been used and not reset, he is responsible and no time adjustment will be made.

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Rifle Maintenance Tip: Keeping rounds stored in a magazine when not shooting is not only against the rule, it also has a negative effect on the clip spring inside. Being compressed for long periods over time begins to fatigue the spring metal, causing potential loading jams while bolting. This is especially true with the firing pin spring - leaving the bolt cocked in storage compresses the free length of the spring making the pin strike less effectively on the cartridge, potentially causing misfires. A weak spring makes a weak strike.

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David Wells has produced and printed a 'CBC Snowflake' sticker to enhance your rifle, gun case, car, dog bowl, etc. (see example at left). The actual product measures 2 3/4" high and is IBU size compliant, so there's no problem having one on your rifle no matter where you compete. It's available for $3 and can be ordered through David directly - 303-985-4481, davidwells@earthlink.net.

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• For Sale: Alpina skate boots, size 37. Require NNN bindings. $25. Click photos below for larger image:
  
  Contact Julia at 303.946.5298 or collinsj@colorado.edu (February 15, 2008)


• For Sale: Anschutz 1827L left-handed bolt-action (non Fortner) rifle in excellent condition with ICC 14"x52"x4.5" case. Sling, harness, five magazines, aperture set, factory test target and manual. Rifle is in Grand Junction, CO. $1,750 or best offer. Contact Mike Everett at 970.623.3434 or me-nh@q.com. (January 21, 2008)


• For Sale: Left handed Lakefield model 90B Biathlon rifle. Lyman peep sight, four magazines, no sling. Very good condition. Just gone over by a qualified gunsmith. Price negotiable. Rifle is in Boulder, Colorado. Contact Kimm Singer at 303.443.3031 or kimmsinger@qwest.net. (November 21, 2007)


• For Sale: Anschutz 1827L left-handed bolt-action (non Fortner) biathlon rifle in very good condition. Complete with sights, K.G. Larsen harness, four magazines (storage in stock), manual, etc. $1650 or best offer. Rifle is in Pleasant Hill, California. Email kerriganbennett@comcast.net. (February 19, 2007)


• For Sale: Swix Team poles (one level down from top-of -the-line Stars)
  • 134 cm, 2002?, good used condition, $50
  • 145 cm, 2002?, good used condition, $50
  Alpina skate boots (all top of the line models for given year, current retail is $349!!!)
  • size 36.5, 2005, almost new, $150
  • size 37, 2004, used, $50
  • size 37, 2005, brand new, $175
  • size 37, 2006, almost new, $200
  • size 38, 2006, almost new, $200
  Contact Sarah Konrad at skonrad1@gmail.com. (January 3, 2006)


• For sale: Brand new 2005 Salomon Racing 'Skate 9' boots (size 7.5 US, 40 2/3 Euro) and Salomon Pilot bindings (still in box -- won from Salomon Series last year and just received). Most Nordic stores should be able to exchange the boots for a different size if needed. Price: $175 for boots (retail for $280), $50 for bindings (retail for $90), or both boots and bindings for $200 total. Contact Michael Brothers at 719.487.2912, brothersmichael@hotmail.com


• David Wells has produced and printed a 'CBC Snowflake' sticker to enhance your rifle, gun case, car, dog bowl, etc. (see example at right). The actual product measures 2 3/4" high and is IBU size compliant, so there's no problem having one on your rifle no matter where you compete. It's available for $3 and can be ordered through David directly: 303.985.4481, davidwells@earthlink.net.


• For sale: all things biathlon. Altius Handcrafted Firearms is the only biathlon specialty shop in the U.S. We offer Anschutz products at reasonable prices, plus our own line of accessories and custom stocks. Ammunition from Eley, Federal, RWS, Lapua, and others is available. Biathlon targets, skis, wax, and all accessories complete our product line. Gunsmithing and stock repair by factory-trained service technician also available. Contact Marc Sheppard at Altius Handcrafted Firearms at 406.646.9222 or altiusguns@earthlink.net.

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Office	Name	Phone	E-mail
President	Walter Warwick		prez@coloradobiathlon.org
Executive Vice-President	Elizabeth Pike	303.449.9303	execvp@coloradobiathlon.org
Board Chairman	David Wells	303.985.4481	chair@coloradobiathlon.org
Vice Pres./Snow Mtn.	Ethan McGraw	303.359.2478	vpsmr@coloradobiathlon.org
Vice Pres./Eldora	Jan Ingebrigtsen	303.582.0142	vpeldora@coloradobiathlon.org
Secretary	Julia Collins	303.946.5298	secretary@coloradobiathlon.org
Treasurer	Bill Quinlan	303.444.5082	treasurer@coloradobiathlon.org

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