Three members of the Yukon shooting team recently travelled to Cranbrook, B.C. for the Canadian Silhouette Rifle Championships.

Sixteen-year old Nicholas Rittel and Kara Lepine, 14, both of Whitehorse, as well as Danielle Marcotte, 14, of Pelly Crossing, joined head coach Ken Speiss and Corky Repka at the championships.

All three athletes posted impressive results, with Rittel taking three national titles Small Bore Silhouette Aggregate AA, Small Bore Silhouette Top Junior and Small Bore Hunter Top Junior. Rittel went to the competition as a B shooter in silhouette, but over the three days shot such high scores he was moved up two categories, taking top place in the AA.

Marcotte claimed Small Bore Silhouette Aggregate A, Small Bore Hunter Aggregate AA, plus Top Female in both categories. Lepine won the Small Bore Silhouette Aggregate B category.

In total, Rittel and Marcotte each collected three gold medals, two silver and one bronze over the three days, while Lepine picked up one gold and one bronze.

Coach Speiss was fourth in the AA Hunter Class while Repka grabbed a silver medal in A Silhouette. There were 60 some shooters at the competition, from all over Canada.

Silhouette shooting is a series of 10 cast iron targets placed on two rails. There are four different targets chickens at 40 yards, pigs at 60 yards, turkeys at 77 yards, and rams at 100 yards.

The shooters get 10 shots at each set of targets for a total of 40 shots. They are scored on what they knock down from the rail.