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SportsRecreationSkiing27TuesdayApril232013SponsoredbyTheMtisNationP867872-2643YourhardworkhaspaidoffAlltheBestandCongratulationstothe2013ThebachaCampusGraduatesF867872-5225ByRENEFRANCOEURTheNWTSkiDivisionandNWTBiathloncametogethertohelppoolresourcesforthenewSahtuSkifestwhichsaw35skierscomeoutforaskill-buildingfarewell-to-winterweekendinColvilleLakeonApr.13-14.Thegeneralconsensusfromallparticipantsisthatitwouldbefantasticifitcouldhappeneveryyear.ItwouldreallybuildthesportandbuildconnectionamongststudentsandteachingstafffromthefiveSahtucom-munitiesKarenJohnsonSkiNorthcoordinatorsaidinanemail.TheSahtuSkifestlargelyaskilldevelopmentcampinvolvedskiingshootingandsnowshoeing.OnthemorningofApr.13theskiersrangingfromage8to15rotatedthroughthreestationstoimprovetheirbiath-lontechniquesJohnsonsaid.Thatafternoonthegroupcom-pletedamassstartrelaytwice.Firsteachskiershotoneclip.ThenthecoachesSahtuSkifestchallengesstudentswithskiingandshootinguppedtheanteandthestudentswerechallengedtoshootuntiltheyhitallvetargetsJohnsonsaid.Manyofthemwereexcel-lentshooters.AchallengeskiandshootwasheldApr.14whereeachparticipantskieduptotherangefromtheschoolshottheirclipcollectedachocolateeastereggskiedalooponthetrailthenshotagain.Thestudentswerechal-lengedtoskiasmanyloopsastheycouldinagivenpe-riodoftimeJohnsonnoted.Thesestudentswereverydetermined.Oneskierwentaroundfourtimesandthecoachesweresurprisedthatsomeskierswentaroundasec-ondtimeafterachalleng-ingfirsttour.Thereweretwochallenginguphillsontheskicourse.Otherkidswerenotespeciallykeenontheskiingbuttheykeptgoingsotheycouldhavetheirturnintheshootingrangeshesaid.PhotosCourtesyofKarenJohnsonArianneEtchinelleofTulitatakesabreatherduringacrosscountryskiexercise.AlineofyoungwintersportenthusiastscoastdownhillduringtheSahtuSkifest.InstructorKatyPollockwatchesshooterLoriGaudetfromDelinehoneinonhertargetfromatopacaribouhideduringthebiathlonevent.