On April 22, 2012, 11 wonderful participants from Lake Placid, Central and PA and the Capital Region braved 39 degrees, wind and cold to take part in CRNA’s Summer Biathlon. shooting distances of 30 & 50M were used with a suddenly changed course to include more runs through the “dip”
A BIG thank you to the participants, Castelton Fish & Game & our volunteers-they were SUPER
Results are attached- we hope to see you at our next event at Castleton Fish & Game on June 24, 2012
Biathlon event application form
CRNA will celebrate its first summer biathlon season with at least 4 dates at Castleton Fish & Game Protective Assoc in Schodack, NY. Sprint, Individual Relay, Pursuit events will be attempted with the cooperation of great CRNA volunteers and Castleton Club members
Our dates are: April 22, June 24, July 29, August 25.
See the application for details and contact inforomation…see you there!!!
We’ve gotten a lot of support, and promise. so…Grand Opening – May 20 Ribbon cutting will include pig roast BBQ, band, and airplane rides for Warriors and kids with special needs – fly-over’s
Contact Russ at 315-396-9967 or Mary Ellen Whitney at 518-598-1279 for details
CRNA and Stride will collaborate to have events both at Stride’s SCORE camp in Chatham as well as in the Capital Region. To get everything ready for spring and summer events, there will be clean up days at SCORE inChatham on March 28 and May 5, 2012. The camp’s grand opening is May 19, 2012 with a rain date May 20, 2012
Let’s support Stride and its wonderful members by helping in the clean up and grand opening
Any questions, please contact Russ Myer at 315-396-9967 or Mary Ellen Whitney at 518-598-1279
Stephen Wilson (range personnel ) and Russ Myer (grandmaster competitor) represented CRNA well at the 2012 NY Biathlon Championships and NorAm#5 held in Lake Placid March 3-4. Stephen played a crucial role in keeping the range and range mats in working order….particularly sweeping mats that accrued wet and heavy snow as well as sleet during events on both days. Having slippery mats can be dangerous for someone shooting in the standing position…Thank you Stephen
Russ competed in the sprint (7.5K) on Saturday coming in 3rd by 1 second…shooting 1-3. On Sunday Russ took first place with consistent skiing and 2nd best shooting. 0-0-2-1. With cpombined times, Russ was overall grandmasters champion for the wk end.
A BIG thank you to Pete Indick and the crew of volunteers who put on great events on little notice….Despite a thin winter, biathlon ended on a solid note. We look forward to a wonderful summer biathlon program encompassing NY, PA and NJ.
Attached are the results for the 2 days
Afternoon all
Well no snow and a closed venue means the biathlon on Sunday , February 26, 2012 is cancelled….a wonderful foot O was run last week at Pneridge XC Ski area. Please go to our alliance member, Empire Orienteering’s website for results…check for our spring -fall events on CRNA events calendar in March. CRNA plans on implementing events for the disabled as well as attempting events at Garnet Hill, Lapland lake and other Capital Region sites.
On January 23-26, 2012, Russ Myer attended the International Paralympic Nordic World Cup in Cable, WI, to participate in a classifier conference. Russ and James Wallace, DPT from Sitrin Rehabilitation Center in New Hartford, NY, will serve as technical and medical classifiers for US Paralympic Nordic. Classifiers evaluate the medical and performance components of XC and Biathlon to more accurately group visually impaired, standing disabled and spnal cord injured athletes into ability similar categories.
Russ and James hope to attend an international classifier conference next year in either Finland or Norway.
Due to the lack of snow, CRNA biathlon clinics and its XC event were cancelled. The region continues to struggle with a significant shortfall of snow.
With the possibility of snow for this wk end and the upcoming week, we are holding out for our biathlon event at Pineridge on 2-26-12
Stay tuned for our Nordic events coming this Spring and Summer
In its first year, CRNA has been casting a net to work with a variety of venues and organizations from which it will launch its various year round Nordic sports for the disabled and able bodied communities. The BoD is proud to announce that in addition to Pineridge XC Ski Area and state, county, and town parks in the Capital Region…. CRNA looks to partner with STRIDE Adaptive Sports at its Center for Outdoor Reacreation and Education in Chatham, NY as well as Garnet Hill Lodge and XC Ski Center in North Creek, NY. To build its list of venues and affiliated organizations, CRNA will have the ability to run its events with minimal disruptions or cancellations as localized weather can play a significant role in the success of events. Stay tuned for additional partnerships.
The CRNA/Pineridge biathlon clinic for 1-29-12 has been cancelled due to no snow. A number of people have asked if there is no snow for our 2-11-12 clinic ….could it be dry land with a reduced cost. We will look into that and let you all know…this is truly the winter of 2012 that wasn’t…let’s keep in touch
