Cpl Carrier - Review of events

The team have now relocated back to Germany in preparation for the National Championships which start on Saturday 21st Jan. We have been competing over the last 2 weeks in Austria and France at which the team has laid down a solid mark to take forward and hopefully build on at the Nationals, highlights of the results follow;

RAC, RA & AAC Open Nordic Ski Champs 2012 - Austria

Men's 10 km Cross Country (Classic) - 125 Athletes in 24 teams

	Winning times	Category
	Team - 1.42.57 Individual - 30.45	Overall	Senior Novice	Senior	Veteran
Team	1.44.55	2nd
Cpl Carrier	33.33	7th			1st
SAC Bailey	38.11	25th	2nd
SAC Sinclair	33.55	8th		5th
SAC Tyler	37.26	22nd	1st
SAC Pointer	37.29	23rd		15th

Men's 4 x 6 km Cross - Country Relay (Skating) - 29 teams

Team	Winning time	Place
	1.27.24
RAF Regiment SAC Bailey SAC Tyler SAC Pointer SAC Sinclair	1.28.32	2nd
	22.51
	21.44
	22.04
	21.51
Honington Biathlon Club Cpl Carrier Fg Off Webster Cpl Carrier Fg Off Webster	1.41.04	11th
	21.47
	27.20
	20.46
	31.10

1 Divisional Nordic & Biathlon Championships 2012 - France

Men's 15 km Cross - Country (Classic) - 116 athletes in 22 teams

	Winning times	Category
	Team - 2.18.30 Individual - 44.49	Overall	Senior Novice	Senior	Veteran
Team	2.21.05	4th
Cpl Carrier	50.50	11th			4th
SAC Bailey	56.05	25th	2nd
SAC Sinclair	51.42	13th		9th
SAC Tyler	54.10	19th	1st
SAC Pointer	53.26	18th		13th

Men's 4 x 10 km Cross - Country Relay (2 x Classic, 2 x Skate) - 26 teams

Team	Winning time	Team Place
	1.46.28
RAF Regiment SAC Sinclair (Classic) SAC Tyler (Classic) SAC Bailey (Skate) Cpl Carrier (Skate)	1.54.51	2nd
	30.05
	31.13
	28.13
	25.19

Men's 10 km Biathlon Sprint - 22 teams

Team	Winning time	Shooting		Team Place
	1.31.13	Prone	Stand
RAF Regiment Cpl Carrier SAC Sinclair SAC Pointer SAC Tyler	1.40.33	4	10	3rd
	32.14	2	2
	32.58	0	1
	35.20	0	3
	36.03	2	4
Individual places yet to be published but SAC Bailey (time 34.54, shoot 1-1) was 1st Senior Novice SAC Tyler 2nd Senior Novice

Men's 4 x 7.5km Biathlon Relay - 26 teams

Team	Winning time	Shooting		Team Place
	1.41.31	Prone	Stand
RAF Regiment SAC Tyler SAC Pointer SAC Sinclair Cpl Carrier	1.46.31	1	4	2nd
	27.41	0	2
	29.27	1	2
	25.52	0	0
	23.31	0	0

The team left the competition early so we can better prepare for the National Champs but we left the event lying in equal 2nd place and being the team best shots missing only 19 targets from 80.

When all the results find their way on line I will provide links for those who want a better look at the facts and figures.