The 28th annual Ptubs have come and gone, despite a lower turn out and some springtime weather, they went off without a hitch. Around 50 competitors showed up for the classic race on Saturday, and the freestyle and skate skiing on Sunday. The regular turn out is about double that. Doug Swallow, biathlon coach said [...]
Biathletes in Hay River kicked off the season this past weekend at the Polar Cup, demonstrating the strength of our local athletes. The two-day competition saw four athletes from Fort Smith working against 15 from Hay River. Coach Chuck Lirette is very pleased by the expanded numbers this year.
Six local biathletes have returned to the Territory after a week of summer of training in Alberta. Kim Ring, Andrew Lirette, Angeline Magtibay, Colton Glaicar, Joseph Lirette and Christopher Lirette were among the 46 young athletes from across Western Canada to attend the five-day Alberta Biathlon’s Summer Development Camp at Augustana University in Camrose, Alta [...]
The TV camera locked on to Brendan Green as he prepared to explode into his leg of the men’s 4 x 7.5 km race in Whistler, BC. It was a tense moment for Green, as well as for 3,600 people in a remote community 2000 km north of him. Crowds wearing green flocked into the [...]
Hard work pays off for Hay River’s Olympic athlete, Brendan Green, as he makes the cut for men’s biathlon relay team for 2010 Games in Vancouver.
