Hello Nordiq Alberta and Biathlon Alberta Members,

As many of you know, the Alberta Government released its Open for Summer plan on May 26^th, 2021. This timeline is dependent on hospitalizations continuing to lower and vaccination rates continuing to increase. Due to the progress of Alberta’s vaccination program, starting June 1^st, 2021 our province will enter the first stage of this three-stage plan. This means that clubs in all regions of the province will be allowed to resume in-person training with a maximum of 10 individuals, including all coaches, trainers and participants as long as these activities occur outdoors. Two weeks after Alberta reaches less than 500 hospitalizations (and the trend continues to decrease) and a first dose vaccination rate of 60%, we will enter stage two. In stage two, both youth and adult indoor and outdoor sports are permitted to resume with no restrictions. The third and final stage is set to occur 2 weeks after 70% of all eligible individuals (ages 12 and over) have received their first dose of the COVID19 vaccine. At this stage, all public health restrictions will be lifted and sport will return to operating as it had before the onset of the COVID19 pandemic. Isolation requirements for confirmed COVID19 cases and additional protective measures for continuing care homes will remain in place.
As always, additional information may be shared as official health orders are released to the public. Any changes affecting our sport will be communicated as soon as possible. Both Nordiq Alberta and Biathlon Alberta want to thank you all for what has undoubtedly been a difficult 15 months for all. The end is in sight and we could not have done it without your cooperation and support.

Biathlon Alberta is looking for 1 female and 1 male coach that will lead the biathletes of Team Alberta to the 2023 Canada Winter Games in PEI. The goal is to have the two coaches lead the programs that are starting this fall until the Games in February of 2023.

To find out more about the position, needed qualifications, expectations and timelines, please click on the download button.

If you have questions about the position, please reach out to Biathlon Alberta’s General Manager, Elmar Heger, at elmar@biathlon.ca

The application deadline is June 7, 2021!

Learn more about the speaker and the topics that will be discussed

The 2021 Biathlon Alberta Coach Development Weekend will bring on May 29 – 30, 2021, some of the best coaches and experts to you. Learn and discuss with a group of the most experienced coaches and educators in Canada.

The theme for this year is Planning for Success and includes a focus on topics specific to developing quality athlete programming between the ages of 12 to 17. The weekend will include a panel from the top coaches in the country and 7 presentations from experts in areas such as YTP Development, Coaching Effectiveness, Safe Sport, RED-S, Resilience, Growth, and Developing Athletic Abilities

To register for the 2021 Coach Development Weekend please click HERE.

Cost: $100 for the full weekend. No costs for coaches that are a 2021-22 member of Biathlon Alberta.
Timing: To be confirmed. Saturday: 8:00am to 2:30pm, Sunday: 8:00am to 1:30pm
Location: All Virtual. Registrants will be sent a zoom link before the event.

Dear Nordiq Alberta and Biathlon Alberta Member Clubs,

On May 4^th, the Government of Alberta put additional health measures in place for high case regions in an attempt to slow the transmission of COVID19. Included in these new measures is the end of all outdoor sport and recreation activities unless they are taking place as a family or, in the case of living alone, your two close contacts. This will be effective as of 11:59pm on May 9^th, and will continue for a minimum of three weeks. We understand that this news can place challenges on clubs that are in the early stages of their spring training, but ask that we all do our part to help get this virus under control and keep our communities safe. During the time of the restrictions, clubs are not to travel to low-risk zones in order to continue training and instead we ask you to modify programming to allow for athletes to train on their own until these measures are lifted.

For a full list of affected regions, please visit: https://www.alberta.ca/assets/documents/covid19-restrictions-high-case-regions.pdf

Nordiq Alberta and Biathlon Alberta would like to thank you all for your perseverance, adaptability, and willingness to work with us throughout these difficult months.

Join us on May 19, 2021, at 7pm when we talk with Biathlon Canada’s Andrew Chisholm about the changes that we will need to make with ski waxing since the fluoro waxes are banned.

Andrew is a part of the Biathlon Canada World Cup wax team and you can learn from his experience and get a better understanding of how good ski selection, stone grinding, hand structure, and careful wax application will become more important in the future!

Please register HERE for the event on May 19, 2021.

We are hopeful that we will see our athletes, coaches, volunteers, officials, parents and friends of our sport later this year when the 2021-22 Calforex Cup is scheduled to start again.

The 2021-22 Calforex Cup will kick off traditionally in Canmore before having further stops in Hinton, Camrose, Grande Prairie and Edmonton. We also added one race to the schedule so that we have 7 cup weekends between November 2021 and March 2022.

We are happy to confirm the following dates and locations:

November 20 – 21, 2021, Canmore

November 27 -28, 2021, Canmore

December 11 – 12, 2021, Hinton

January 15 – 16, 2022, Camrose

Februrary 5 – 6, 2022, Grande Prairie

February 26 – 27, 2022, Edmonton

March 12 – 13, 2022, Hinton

(All race dates and locations can change on short notice)

We can’t wait to see you all again!

Biathlon Alberta invites all biathlon coaches to join our annual Professional Development Weekend. This will be a virtual event and is free for all coaches that are a member of Biathlon Alberta.

Join Biathlon Alberta for our Professional Development Weekend 2021! On May 29th and 30th, we will host a weekend full of important topics and valuable learning for biathlon and ski coaches from across the country. 

We welcome our exciting line-up which includes:

Matthias Ahrens, Head Coach, Biathlon Alberta Training Centre

Pavel Lantsov, Head Coach, Biathlon Canada

Justin Wadsworth, Head Coach, Biathlon Canada

Jodi Hawley, Podium Pathway Advisor, OTP

Alayne Hing, Mental Performance Consultant, CSI

Jason Sjostrom, Director of Coaching, CSI

Kelly Drager, Performance Dietitian, CSI

Nicole Bewski, High-Performance Specialist/Exercise Physiologist, CSI

The theme for this year is Planning for Success and includes a focus on topics specific to developing quality athlete programming between the ages of 12 to 17. The weekend will include a panel from the top coaches in the country and 7 presentations from experts in areas such as YTP Development, Coaching Effectiveness, Safe Sport, RED-S, Resilience, Growth, and Developing Athletic Abilities. Stay tuned for a schedule coming soon!

Cost: $100 for the full weekend. Cost is subsidized for Alberta Coaches.
Timing: To be confirmed. Expected 8:00am to 2:30pm. 
Location: All Virtual. Registrants will be sent a zoom link before the event.

Registration: Via zone4 HERE (The registration opens April 28th).

The Canmore Nordic Ski Club is looking for a new Development Biathlon Coach.

If you are interested in this role that will start mid- August 2021, please download the full job description below.

The ongoing health restrictions are not allowing the Organizing Committees to host events that are safe for its participants, volunteers and officials therefore both race weekends on March 6-7, 2021, and March 13-14, 2021 are cancelled.

Stay active, healthy and safe! We hope to see you soon!