Eric Prestie, member of the Preeceville 606 Harvard Air Cadets participated and did well at the Saskadet biathlon held February 8 and 9 at Camp Saskadet on Round Lake. He skied and shot at targets to an eighth- place finish out of 50 other competitors from across Saskatchewan.
The Saskatchewan biathlon championship featured two races that Prestie participated in, an individual race and a two-person relay race.
On Saturday, Prestie participated in the individual race as he skied a total of six kilometers that was divided into three legs. Between each leg he had to shoot five bullets at a target and with every missed target received a penalty lap of an additional 200 meters of skiing. "I only missed three out of the ten shots so I think I did pretty well,": said Prestie.
On Sunday he participated in the relay race that featured shooting ten pellets and skiing five kilometers. Prestie only missed one out of the ten shots. 鈥淚 think I would have done better had I not had some gun problems," he said.
"It was a great experience that was a lot of fun. The trails were different and the socializing with new friends was great.鈥�
Almina Kovcic and Janhia Irlandez, also members of the Preeceville Air Cadets, were volunteer staff members at the biathlon.
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