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30 Aug
10 -
BBU OFFICE
CLOSURE
The
BBU office will be closed from 16:00 Tue 31 Aug - 10:00 Thu 09
Sep. We should be able to collect
Emails, but the
phone will be intermittent!
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30 Aug
10 -
WESSEX
ROLLER SKI SPRINTS
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The popular Milsys Wessex Roller Ski Sprints (cross
country)
will be held on
Sun 24 Oct 10
at Castle Coombe, Chippenham, Wilts. There are individual and relay races from 3 km to 9 km
for all categories, male & female.
Click here
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10 Aug
10 - ADDITIONAL RACE CALENDAR
Within
a couple of days of our big update we have been asked questions
such as "When are the Divs?"; Where are the RLCs?" etc.
Additions to the original Diary Dates, that we are aware of,
are listed in purple:
02 -
05 Sep IBU Congress - St Petersburg RUS
11 - 12 Sep German Summer Biathlon Champs -
Oberhof GER
16 Sep Ex SPARTAN HIKE Team Capts'
Briefing - Larkhill ENG *
16 Sep BANSC Meeting - Larkhill ENG *
17 Sep BBU Board Meeting - Southampton ENG
21 Sep Ex PIPEDOWN Team Capts' Briefing -
Herford GER
24 Sep Ex PIPEDOWN Team Capts' Briefing -
Edinburgh SCO
24 Oct Wessex Roller Ski Sprints - Castle
Coombe ENG
27 Oct AWSA AGM & Cocktail Party - London
ENG
18 - 21 Nov
GBR Selection
Races - Beitostölen
NOR
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- 17 Dec (tbc) RE Champs, Norway
01 - 07 Jan RAC / RA / AAC Champs, Hochfilzen AUT
08 - 17 Jan Ex PIPEDOWN (1 & 2 Div Champs), Les Contamines
FRA
09 - 18 Jan Ex SPARTAN HIKE (4 & 5 Div, Lon Dist & TA
Champs), Serre Chevalier / Monetier FRA
19 Jan
- 04 Feb Ex RUCKSACK (Army, Inter Service & British Champs),
Ruhpolding GER
12 - 24 Feb RLC Champs, Ruhpolding GER (Nordic & Alpine - no
Biathlon)
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The Ex SPARTAN HIKE Team Capts' Briefing and BANSC are on 16 Sep
at Larkhill. But the 2010 AWSA Nordic Symposium (as notified in
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10 Aug
10 -
BEV'S BIG DAY BECKONS
Many Congratulations to Beverley (Bev) Robinson and Stephen
(Macca) McHugh who tie the knot on Friday 13 August at Sunderland
FC's Stadium of Light. Only Bev could have picked the date, but at
least it will be the record home gate of the season!
Bev
has been skiing since 1997 and for some 3 years from approx 1999
was in the GBR women's European Cup team. We say "approx" because
there are no electronic records of that period; only hard copy at
the IBU Salzburg office. One day we will copy them! Bar a couple
of seasons she has been a member of the RLC Ladies Team ever
since, and is also a stalwart with 29 Regt RLC Ladies team. She
has also been a great supporter of younger and novice skiers,
cheering them on in all weathers, as well as being the life and
soul of many a long evening of aprés biathlon! Macca has competed
at Regimental level for many years starting with 1 GS Regt RLC,
and is now at 25 Trg Regt / HQ DRLC in Deepcut.
We
shall raise a glass (OK Bev, more than one) to the happy couple,
and hope they and all the guests, especially Bev's biggest fan,
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10 Aug
10 - BMW JOINS THE ALLIANZ
Two
Munich based global companies have made a significant move into
winter sports sponsorship. BMW which was already a sponsor of the
Munich 2018 Olympic Winter Games bid has been joined as a partner
in that bid by financial services provider Allianz.
Of
greater significance for Biathlon, in the short term, is the news
that BMW has signed up with the IBU as the Official Car Partner.
More details will be announced at the IBU Congress, but it sadly
does not mean that Team GB will be racing round in Beemers! |
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10 Aug
10 - WELL SPOTTED - THANK YOU!
A couple of our eagle-eyed readers deserve a special word of
thanks for spotting errors on this site!
Last
month we were hacked into and several completely unconnected sites
became linked to us. Paul Wood of
Wood Communications
alerted us, and advised on where to find and how to remove the bad
command. We have no hesitation in recommending Paul for Website
Assistance and Development.
Biathlon fan Jeffrey Tindle pointed out a couple of date errors in
our listings for WC 2 & 4 next season. We then found a couple more
inconsistencies; even your Sec Gen can make errors in a simple cut
& paste!
Thank
you both, and if any other reader spots a mistake please let us
know; alas there are no rewards of BMWs! |
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08 Aug
10 -
WORLD
& IBU CUP PROGRAMME 2010 - 11
The
provisional programmes and timings for the 2010 - 11 World & IBU
Cups have been published. The World Cup opens in its now
traditional Swedish venue of
Östersund
on Wednesday 1st December.
Five
days earlier
Beitostölen
NOR hosts the opening IBU Cup. With two World Cups in the USA and
the World Championships in Russia, the athletes will be clocking
up their fare share of Air Miles.
There
will be only four World Cup Relays this season with the
Ruhpolding race being replaced by the 20 / 15 km Individual as a
test of the new 2012 World Championships track.
Unfortunately, due to our finshing positions in last season's
Nations
Cup, GBR has only 2 men (4 last season) starting in each World
Cup whilst the women will either stay at two or be reduced to one;
the final quota will be confirmed at the IBU Congress early next
month.
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08 Aug
10 - BRITISH & ARMY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2011
The
Army, Inter Service & British Championships (Ex Rucksack) return
to Ruhpolding in 2011 and the brand new € 20m Stadium. Cross
Country is scheduled for 22 - 25 Jan and Biathlon 27 Jan - 01 Feb
with the Military Patrol Race on Thu 03 Feb.
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08 Aug
10 -
ATHLETE OF
THE YEAR, AGAIN!
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Many congratulations to Lee-Steve JACKSON upon winning the
coveted BOA / BBU Athlete of the Year award for the second
year running. Not only was "Jacko" our only Winter Olympian
but he was beaten only once by a GBR athlete in nine WC races
all season. Together, with all other recipients of this annual
BOA award, Jacko will be invited to the live BBC Sports
Personality of the Year evening in Birmingham on Sun 19 Dec.
Previous winners of the BBU award have been:
2009 LCpl Lee-Steve JACKSON 2 Yorks (Green Howards)
2008 Cpl Adele WALKER 29 Regt RLC
2007 LBdr Kevin KANE 40 Regt RA
2006 Sgt Tom CLEMENS DDLI & APTC
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08 Aug
10 -
SUMMER
SQUADS WHITTLED DOWN TOWARDS WINTER
The final phase of summer training, before athletes move onto snow
in November is about to commence. There are two squads of "Senior"
athletes training in Ruhpolding, whilst the best NDS athletes have
moved on to the Biathlon Academy. Many of the military athletes
are taking time out this summer to attend career courses, so the
Selection Races (in
Beitostölen
NOR,
18 - 21 Nov) may
throw
up a few surprises.
After
retirements and rejections the Squads look like this:
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Training in Ruhpolding GER |
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Coach: Walter Pichler |
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Coach: SSgt Marc Walker
RLC |
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LCpl Pete BEYER |
1 LSR RLC |
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Bdr Simon ALLANSON |
40 Regt RA |
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Cpl Paul BIRMINGHAM + |
1 RTR |
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LCpl Carl GIBSON |
2 CS Bn REME |
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Bdr Kevin KANE |
40 Regt RA |
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Bdr Steve HILL |
3 RHA |
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LCpl Ben WOOLLEY |
1 LSR RLC |
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Pte Carl KELLY |
1 LSR RLC |
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LCpl Marcel LAPONDER |
35 Engr Regt |
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Cpl Amanda LIGHTFOOT |
AGC |
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Cpl Nerys JONES |
AGC |
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Spr Ben COTTOM * |
131 Indep Cdo Sqn RE |
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Flt Lt Fay POTTON |
RAF |
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Pte John DUNNETT * |
8 Regt RLC |
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Sgt Adele WALKER |
29 Regt RLC |
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Tpr Dan FULLER * |
2 RTR |
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LCpl Becky HOARE * |
REME |
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Pte Roxey MASTERS * |
RLC |
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LCpl Jamielee McCREADIE * |
RLC |
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Capt Mel VAGGERS * |
AGC |
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Private Training: LCpl Lee-Steve
JACKSON 2 YORKS (Norway), Paul GORBOLD (USA), Olwen THORN
(Scotland) |
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National Development Squad (NDS) now at Biathlon Academy, East
Grange BC - Summer 2010 |
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Coaches: SSgt Jason
Sklenar RE, Cpl Dave Lamb 17 P&M Regt RLC, Pte Scott Banes 4
SCOTS |
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Pte Jack ADAMS |
17 P&M Regt RLC |
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LCpl David SCOTT |
1 RTR |
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Spr Rob DORWOOD |
131 Indep Cdo Sqn RE |
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Spr Joel SMITH |
28 Engr Regt |
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Cfn Alex GLEAVE |
3 RHA |
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Gnr Ryan SOLON (Nat Squad) |
1 RHA |
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LCpl Jonathan GOULDSMITH |
4 CS Bn REME |
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Gnr Peter THOMAS |
26 Regt RA |
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Spr Christian LEWIS |
33 Engr Regt (EOD) |
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Cfn Warren MELIA |
7 Regt RLC |
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Spr Charlotte HARRIS |
RE |
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08 Aug
10 -
RETIREMENTS
"RELAY" MATTER
Three GBR athletes have retired from international biathlon and
for the women this may "relay" (sorry really!) matter as in Sgt
Emma FOWLER 1 LSR RLC and Capt Alanda SCOTT 35 Engr Regt we have
lost half our our 2009 World Championships Relay team. LBdr Rob
CHUDLEY 3 RHA has retired from the Men's squad. We thank them for
their endeavours and support and hope they may still appear for
their Regimental teams.
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Emma FOWLER made a sparkling World Cup debut as long ago as
2000, in Ruhpolding, shooting 0-1 in the Sprint and thereafter
has been an almost ever present in the GBR team. She missed
the entire 2002 - 03 season as she was on operations in Iraq
during the Gulf War, but on return picked up where she left
off and it was no surprise that in 2006 she became the first
ever British woman to compete in Biathlon in the Olympic
Winter Games (Turin). Her performances during the next Olympic
cycle were less than consistent and although she was always in
the GBR top two she failed in her bid for back to back
Olympics. Emma will be on the Army race circuit next winter
and with five World Championships in her CV and with the best
overall record of any British female biathlete, she goes down
in RLC, Army & British sporting history as our first (and so
far only) female Olympic biathlete.
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Alanda
SCOTT has had a whistle stop Biathlon career, only making her
debut in IBU Cup in February 2008 and in World Cup only 9 months
later. A tour in Afghanistan was her reward for missing out on
Olympic selection last winter! Although she may race for the RE
Ladies, she is now concentrating on her military and Triathlon
career.
Rob
CHUDLEY's first International race was in the 2006 European Junior
Championships and after missing the following season has been an
ever present in the IBU Cup team since. Last winter he made his
World Cup debut at Antholz and, in what turned out to be his final
IBU Cup race in Pokljuka recorded his first ever International
0-0. He is now back with his Regiment and polishing up his skills
as a PTI.
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08 Aug
10 -
RUHPOLDING
GETS READY FOR THE WORLD IN 2012
The dates for the 2012 World Championships to be held in
our "home" venue of Ruhpolding, Germany have been confirmed as 29
Feb - 11 Mar 12. This promises to be a sell out, both for tickets
and accommodation. We advise you to "move now" to secure either,
although be prepared to live outside the village! For more
information go to the
Ruhpolding website. As always, the BBU is more than happy to
give advice etc, but can NOT make any bookings
for travel, tickets or accommodation.
Photos
and news of the Stadium rebuild are on the
Chiemgau Arena
website and on the
LIVE Webcam.
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08 Aug
10 -
END OF
SEASON ROUND UP
If you did not catch the final results from 2009 - 10 on the IBU
website, they are now available here:
World Cup 2009 - 10
(includes OWG)
IBU Cup 2009 - 10
(includes European U26 Champs)
British Champs 2010 (Ex
Rucksack)
Amongst the highlights of the final Trimester were:
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"Lightning LIGHTFOOT" when Amanda (AGC Ladies) came 19th in the
European Champs 15 km Indiv, shooting 0-1-0-1. The following day
she was in an Estonian Hospital, but that's another story!
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"Tremendous THORN" when Olwen (Huntly NSC) was 21st in the same
race (1-1-0-0) and made her 4th WC qualifier of the season.
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"Unfazed Fay" when Fay POTTON (RAF) recorded her first ever WC
qualifier in the final IBU Cup race of the season.
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"Great GIBSON" when Carl (2 CS Bn REME) had a WC qualifier in
only his second ever GBR race
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"Rob's Record" when CHUDLEY (3 RHA) shot his first ever IBU Cup
0-0 to record his first under 10%, as did Pete BEYER (1 LSR RLC)
but with a 0-2 in the same race in Pokljuka.
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"Kevin in Kontiolahti" when KANE became the only GBR athlete
to beat Jacko in a WC race all season.
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08 Aug
10
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AGM 2011
The 14th AGM of the BBU will be held in Ruhpolding GER on Sun
30 Jan 11. For Minutes of the 13th AGM (31 Jan 10)
click here!
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08 Aug
10
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UKAD NEWSLETTER
UK
Anti-Doping celebrated its six-month anniversary on 14th Jun with
the launch of a new confidential hotline -
"Report Doping in Sport"
Click for
UKAD Newsletter
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22 Jul
10 - THE OLYMPIANS
The Olympians are a unique
Club of male and female athletes who have represented Great Britain in
the Olympic & Olympic Winter Games. Membership is free, but only a
handful of the Army's many Olympians ever attend any of their functions!
This year the AGM and Lunch was hosted at
the home of the Army Physical Training Corps (APTC) in Aldershot on Sat
19 Jun. The APTC celebrates its 150th Anniversary
this year, so is actually 46 years older than the Olympic movement!, and
the Olympians were given a personal tour of the APTC Museum which
displays many Olympic and other sporting memorabilia representing those
150 years.
All Army Olympians
are invited to contact
John (J.A.G.) Moore (OWG 1956, 60,
64). Even if you do not attend future events he can at least
put you on The Olympians mailing list! |
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30
Dec 09 -
WADA CODE
2010
The new
WADA Code is effective from 01 Jan
2010. There are a number of changes from 2009 - which are
highlighted in the summary.
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As
always, the
onus is
on the athlete and the punishments for failing a test are severe.
IGNORANCE IS NOT AN EXCUSE! |
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