SPORTS
Cadets rush into biathlon training
with its own international federation and competitions, including the Winter Olym- pics. In Canada there are all levels of com- petition, including a regional event at the end of January at the Connaught Range near Ottawa. The 57 SD&G Highlander Army Cadet Corps has fielded biathlon teams to the Connaught Range event for several years in the past. Lack of a trainer put the unit’s biathlon training on hold for the last couple of years but now, James Devine of Lachute QC has come on board as the unit’s new biathlon instructor, and the Dec. 16 trai- ning session had cadets outside on skis or snowshoes, or even just their winter boots, racing a circuit around a packed trail circling the VCI soccer field, then running indoors to practice their marksmanship with pellet rifles against paper targets in a simulated shooting range. The Highlanders will have at least a 10-member teamnext month at Connaught Range. After the last training session, there may be evenmore cadets willing to take up biathlon,. “At the end of the day, I noticed there were five or six kids hanging around the coach,” said Capt. Campbell.
Le cadet Jenrené Perrault (à gauche) soulève un peu de neige en faisant un autre tour de la piste d’entraînement de biathlon, installée sur le terrain de soccer enneigé à l’extérieur du Vankleek Hill Collegiate. Lesmembres du 57 SD&GHighlander Army Cadet Corps mettent sur pied une équipe pour le biathlon régional au champ de tir Connaught à Ottawa, à la fin de janvier. —photo Gregg Chamberlain
Bears beat the Hawks before Christmas break
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Correction The Dec. 20 article in the Tribune Express on the Cougars junior B hockey team had an error in the headline. The Cougars are in seventh- place overall in the NCJHL standings at the mid-season point, not third as the headline reads. The correct placement in the standings is given in the first paragraph of the article. We regret the error. – Gregg Chamberlain Since then “ski-shooting”, as it was called in Norway, has become biathlon, a popular winter sport in many northern countries, On a frosty cold Saturdaymorning, a week before Christmas, a dozen or more boys and girls spent their time at Vankleek Hill Collegiate, running around the snow-co- vered soccer field in snowshoes or cross- country skis. It’s biathlon training time for the 57 SD&GHighlander Army Cadet Corps and the cadets are loving it. “It was a great success,” said Capt. Steve Campbell, the cadet unit’s commanding officer. “The kids had a good time.” The biathlon is an international and Olympic-level winter sport that combines Nordic skiing, or in some cases snowshoeing, withmarksmanship skill with a rifle. It deve- loped out of the traditional winter hunting skills of Scandinavian countries like Norway and Denmark. During the 18th century, Norway’s mili- tary developed skiing competitions for its units with four different events: shooting at a target while skiing downhill at top speed, downhill racing among trees, downhill ra- cing over hilly terrain without falling, and a cross-country race over flat terrain with the skier loaded with a full military pack and rifle. Over the past couple centuries, similar training and practice programs were developed for the civilian population. All of this proved worthwhile during the guerrilla actions against the Nazi forces occupying Norway during World War Two.
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN Gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
TheHawkesburyHawks outshot the Smith Falls Bears, but they couldn’t outscore the opposing teamduring their Dec. 19 game. The Bears beat the Hawks 6-2. The Hawks fired 34 shots on goal inclu- ding six power-play efforts which did not work out for them. The Bears made 23 shots on goal, including five power plays which did earn them two of their six points during the game. Alex DiCarlo started the scoring run for Smith Falls with the first goal for the Bears going into the Hawks net during the first two minutes of first period. Michael Larose assisted. DiCarlo scored again within 30 seconds of the start of period two on a power play, with assists from Larose and Mitchell Larabie. Alec Taillon put the Hawks on the scoreboard about six minutes later with help from Alec Beaudin-Tougas and Tanner Tarbell. Larose pushed the Bears’ lead back up to two points two minutes later on another power play for the team, with DiCarlo and Bruce Coltart providing assists. Hunter Garlasco added onemore point to the Bears’ lead during the final twomi- nutes of the period with Marc Shannon providing assistance. Garlasco punched in a solo goal during the first minute of third period. David Jankowski scored the Hawks’ second goal about six minutes into the period, with help fromMaxim Fortin and Zachary Fournier.The Bears’ Brian Bygrave popped in the last goal of the game near the mid-period mark with an assist from Kyle Dowdall. The Hawks are in Kanata Jan. 4 against the Lazers then host the Lazers Jan. 5.
Les Hawks de Hawkesbury ont dominé les Smith Falls Bears, mais ils n’ont pas réussi à déjouer l’équipe adverse lors de leur match du 19 décembre. Les Bears ont battu les Hawks 6-2. —photo d’archives
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