The NYSSRA Nordic Biathlon Junior Development Committee is pleased to announce that we will continue to provide clinic, training, and racing opportunities throughout the year to experienced Nordic skiers who are interested in getting involved with biathlon as their schedules permit. The goal is to get them involved early and give them opportunities to learn the sport now since the learning curve is a fairly long one. We hope to do this while keeping costs to parents as low as possible. The target audience is strong Nordic skiers between the ages 14-20, but exceptions will be considered on case by case basis.
We will again be holding two shooting clinics this spring. We also hope to do a fall clinic and an early winter on-snow clinic if the weather cooperates. We will continue to support skiers at local races over the winter and encourage them to participate at the World Junior Team trials over the holiday break.
The first clinic this year will be a FREE one day program dedicated to biathlon shooting at the Saratoga Biathlon Club on Saturday May 25th. We will go over proper rifle fit, position, technique & skills training with some light combination training & fun competitions. We are pleased to announce that we will again have Algis Shalna as a special guest instructor! Algis is a USBA developmental coach and an Olympic Biathlon gold medal winner!
The second FREE shooting clinic will be held in Old Forge NY on Saturday June 8th. An added bonus for this clinic is that the Polar Bear Biathlon Club will be hosting a summer biathlon (running & shooting) race the following day on 6/9/13 so the kids can put what they learned to the test right away!
**Space at the clinics will be limited so please call or send an email to Sean Halligan ASAP if you are interested. When doing so, please provide your:
- Name & email address & phone number.
- Experience levels with Nordic skiing and biathlon.
- If you have a biathlon rifle &/or have access to one you can borrow.
**Biathlon newcomers should reply ASAP as loner rifles will be limited! If you need a rifle, make sure you tell us if you are left or right handed!
Please note that we will only be sending the firm details for each program to those people who express an interest in coming, so if you are interested you have to let us know! Tell us sooner than later, even if it is a “maybe” so we can properly plan and keep you in the loop.
518-583-6132 (Sean Halligan) Sean@halliganci.com
845-255-5636 (Art Stegen) AStegen@att.net
315-369-3624 (Carl Klossner) C_klossner@hotmail.com
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