[CBCmembers] format clarification

[Julia A Collins]

While I'm on a "clarification" roll...our event formats this weekend
are a Mass Start on Saturday, and a modified Super Sprint on Sunday.
It's "modified" in the sense that we're only doing a "final" round, and
instead of being eliminated if you leave any targets standing, you just
ski penalty loops. You can find descriptions of all of the formats we
try to stick to at:

   http://www.coloradobiathlon.org/forms/categories.html

A caveat: We often don't have the staff support to set separate courses
for the 13-14, 15-16, 17-18, and 19-20 (junior women) age groups. Often
the course distances will diverge from what's on this chart, because the
age groups either get combined due to the small number of competitors,
or the youth and junior racers are lumped in with the women, etc.

Our goal is to enable participation by all. If you're concerned that
your skiing abilities won't allow you to complete a longer course, you
always have the opportunity to race a shorter course, just like you can
opt to not carry the rifle, etc.. Just talk to the Competition Chief
for that day so that he or she can make sure the timers and range
scorers know what's going on. You may not end up in the "official"
results, but you'll have the satisfaction of participating. I like to
think that that's worth something!

Julia
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Julia Collins
Colorado Biathlon Club Secretary
secretary at coloradobiathlon.org
info at coloradobiathlon.org
www.coloradobiathlon.org