St. Lawrence Valley Primitive Snowshoe Biathlon
March 2-3, 2013
Final Standings Youth Primitive Class (Flintlock & Caplock) 1 Ben Gardner, Brasher, NY 20:00 2 Lucas Hanss, Hannawa Falls, NY 42:12 Men's Primitive Class (Flintlock & Caplock) 1. Tim Wildey, New Haven, VT - 11:59 2. David Bresette, Swanton, VT - 19:07 3. John Curler, Middlebury, VT - -3:20 Men's Smoothbore Class 1. John Miller, III, DeKalb Jct., NY 32:05 2. Charles Shene, Canton, NY 32.30 Men's In-Line Class 1. Mark Kelly, Heuvelton, NY -14:23 2. Sgt. Michael Trask, Cadyville, NY 5:10 3. Eric Hanss, Hannawa Falls, NY 16:30
Woman's Primitive Class (Flintlock & Caplock) 1. Danielle Rougeau, Orwell, VT. - 10:45 2. Lisa Wildey, New Haven, VT. - 1:50 Elder Woman's Class (Flintlock & Caplock) 1. Janice Opal, Morrisonville, NY - 22:35
Elder Men's Class (Flintlock & Caplock) 1. Harley Grice, Middlebury, VT. - 25:40 Fastest Time Harley Grice, Middlebury, VT. - 25:40 U.S. Sponsors Traditional Arts in Upstate New York loaned the Jack Gray, North Country Heritage Award Plaque for the event. Gray's Gunshop, Lisbon, NY Massena Rod & Gun Club, Louisville, NY Forsyth's Rifles, Ogdensburg, NY St. Lawrence Longrifles, Norfolk, NY Heuvelton Lions Club, Heuvelton, NY Ogdensburg Kiwanis Club, Ogdensburg, NY St. Lawrence County Trapper's Association, Lisbon, NY The Country Store, Hannawa Falls, NY The River Forge, Ogdensburg, NY The Hough Family, Ogdensburg, NY The Hanss Family, Hannawa Falls, NY Ken Arie, Philadelphia, NY The Log Cabin Shop, Lodi, Ohio Canadian Sponsors Prescott, Ontario Business Improvement Area St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival The Morris Group/St. Lawrence Printing; Beth Morris Lighthouse Publishing; Jerry Brown, Suzanne Dodge Fort Wellington National Historic Site of Canada; Anne-Marie Johnson, Emily Sine Canadian Friends of Fort de La Présentation; Michael Whittaker
The second annual St. Lawrence Valley Primitive Snowshoe Biathlon, organized by the Fort La Présentation Association and Forsyth’s Rifles, will be hosted by the Massena Rod and Gun Club Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3, 2013 from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM each day.
Early registration is $15.00. The mail-in registration form can be downloaded from the Fort La Présentation Association Web Site www.fort1749.org. The completed form with check enclosed must be received before February 27. Registration the day of the event is $18.00. Pre-registration is encouraged. Click here for downloadable registration form.
The primitive snowshoe biathlon, a fundraiser for the Fort La Présentation Association, is dedicated this year to the memory of the late Jack Gray who passed away in 2012.
We are honoring Jack because he was our very first sponsor when we began the biathlon last year. He was a long-time supporter of the Fort Association, a master gunsmith and co-owner of Grays Guns in Lisbon, New York.
Biathlon Setup
The biathlon has classes for Youth (12-18), Men (18 and over), Ladies (18 and over) and a Men and Ladies Elder Class (60 and over). Participants have two-entry options for one-and-a-half mile wooded course, the non-competitive “woods walk” or a competitive, timed event for which prizes will be awarded.
The three divisions are Primitive Rifle, Primitive Smoothbore and Modern In-Line. Competitors in the primitive divisions must run the course on traditional, wooden snowshoes, while in-line shooters have the option of using wooden or modern snowshoes. Snowshoes must be carried if there is light snow cover.
Participants fire their muzzleloader twice at each of the five firing stations. At the sixth and final station, participants throw a tomahawk. Runs are timed and for each target hit five minutes are deducted from the running time.
Event sponsors include: Forsyth’s Rifles; The Canadian Friends of Fort La Présentation; Massena Rod and Gun Club; the St. Lawrence Long Rifles; the St. Lawrence Trapper’s Association; the Log Cabin Shop; the Business Improvement Area Association of Prescott, Ontario; and Fort Wellington, a Canadian national historic site.