Sunday was a proud day indeed for the Caledonia Nordic Ski Club.
Biathlon Canada announced four athletes from the Prince George-based club have earned positions on national teams for the first trimester of the 2016-17 season. The list includes World Cup team members Megan Tandy and Sarah Beaudry, who will fly Canada’s flag at World Cup events in Sweden, Solvenia and the Czech Republic.
Tandy lives with her son in Germany, while Beaudry is now a resident of Canmore, Alta., where the national team is based.
Another Prince George athlete, Matt Neumann, has been picked for Canada’s IBU Cup biathlon team. Neumann will head overseas to Italy and Austria to compete in the first IBC Cup series events of the season. Neumann also lives in Canmore.
Caledonia club member Emily Dickson, a native of Burns Lake who moved to Prince George a few years ago, made the junior women’s national squad for IBU junior biathlon events in Switzerland and Austria.
One other Caledonia club alumni, Prince George native Eric de Nys, serves as Biathlon Canada’s high-performance director for the national and development teams.
The Caledonia club will host the Canadian national and North American biathlon championships at Otway Nordic Centre, March 6-12, 2017.
Biathlon Canada first trimester national teams
BWM IBU World Cups #1 Ostersund, SWE, Nov. 25-Dec. 4; #2 Pokljuka, SLO, Dec. 6-11; #3 Nove Mesto, CZE, Dec. 13-18.
Coaches: Matthias Ahrens, Roddy Ward, Joar Himle
Service Team: Raphael Grosset, Pavel Stolba, Martin Struna
Men
1. Nathan Smith, National Eh! Squad/Foothills Nordic
2. Brendan Green, National Eh! Squad/Hay River Nordic
3. Scott Gow, National Eh! Squad/Rocky Mountain Racers
4. Christian Gow, National Eh! Squad/Rocky Mountain Racers
5. Macx Davies, National Eh! Squad/Canmore Nordic
Women
1. Rosanna Crawford, National Eh! Squad/Canmore Nordic
2. Julia Ransom, National Eh! Squad/Telemark Nordic
3. Megan Tandy, National Eh! Squad/Caledonia
Nordic
4. Sarah Beaudry, National B Squad/Caledonia Nordic
IBU Cups #2 Ridnaun, ITA, Dec. 9-12; #3 Obertilliach, AUT, Dec. 15-17
Coach: Richard Boruta
Service Team: Andrjez Lesnik
Men
1. Carsen Campbell
National ZED Squad/BATC/Biathlon PEI
2. Pearce Hanna, Edmonton Nordic
3. Matthew Neumann, Caledonia Nordic
4. Matthew Hudec, BATC/Biathlon Saskatchewan
Women
1. Megan Bankes, BATC/Foothills Nordic
2. Nadia Moser, BATC/Biathlon Yukon
3. Emma Lunder, National B Squad/Rocky Mountain Racers
4. Erin Yungblut, Rocky Mountain Racers
Jr. IBU Cups #1 Lenzerheide, SUI, Dec. 9-11, and #2 Hochfilzen, AUT, Dec. 14-17
Coach: Jacqueline Akerman
Service team: Andrew Chisholm
Junior men
1. Zachari Bolduc
La Poursuite/Biathlon Quebec
2. Adam Runnalls, Calgary Biathlon Racers
3. Trevor Kiers, BATC/Timmins Biathlon
4. Teo Sanchez, BATC/Chelsea Nordiq
Junior Women
1. Charlotte Hamel, Club plein air biathlon Estrie/Biathlon Quebec
2. Darya Sepandj, BATC/Foothills Nordic
3. Emily Dickson, BATC/Caledonia Nordic
