Member of Cairngorm Biathlon & Nordic Ski Club, based here at Glenmore Lodge have been completing the British Biathlon & Nordic Ski Championships in Ruhpolding, Germany over the past two week.
Calum Irvine (15), Scott Dixon (15) and Craig Thomson (17) competed in up to 8 races over 11 days.

At the Nordic championship, Calum Irvine and Scott Dixon took first and second places in the boys’ 15km Classic, followed by another one two in the Boys’ 4.5 km pursuit race.
Craig Thomson took eighth places in the Youth Men’s 15km Classic and seventh in the Youth Men’s 7.5km pursuit race.

The boys were then joined by Mike Dixon in the Men’s 4 x 10km team relay, coming 16th out of 35 starts.
Later the same day the boys competed in a 1 km Sprint taking the top three spots.

The focus then moved onto the Biathlon Competition. The conditions for the first race were challenging with deep snow on the tracks and slight wind with the shooing range.
The boys raced in the Junior & Youth Mens 12.5 Individual Biathlon, their first every Biathlon in which they were racing against full time servicemen, the majority of whom were two or more years older then them.

There were 44 starters and results as follows:
Scott Dixon 1st - shooing 16/22
Calum Irvine 2nd - shooing 15/20
Craig Thomson 21st - shooing 14/20

Men’s 10km Sprint event, Overall result with 142 starters.
Scott Dixon 30th shooting 9/10
Calum Irvine 34th shooting 6/10

Junior &Youth Mens 10km Mass Start
Calum Irvine 2nd shooting 12/20
Scott Dixon 3rd shooting 12/20

The last day of racing was the 4 x 7.5km Relay, with 34 teams started and the team of Mike Dixon, Calum Irvine, Scott Dixon and Craig Thomson, finished 17th shooting 32/40.

Commenting on the results, six-times Olympian and former British Champion, Mike Dixon, who founded the club and is head coach said: “the boys are truly amazing. I felt that there was a lot of talent in our club but this has blown all my expectations. “

The club would like to thank Badenoch and Strathspey Sports Council, the principle and staff at Glenmore Lodge and Snowsport Scotland for their support.


A full list of competition results are available at http://www.britishbiathlon.com/pages/BritChamps2010.htm
Information on the Cairngorm Biathlon & Nordic Ski Club www.cbnsc.co.uk

posted by glenmore @ 5:47 pm