Ski Championship


Between 15th and 18th January, the 17th “Dragos Voda” Mountain Troops Battalion in Vatra Dornei hosted the finals of the Military Skiing Championship, organized for the military educational institutions, the first sporting event to open the competition season of 2020.

At the beginning of the competition, sports teams were registered from the following military institutions: “Nicolae Balcescu” Land Forces Academy of Sibiu, “Ferdinand I” Military Technical Academy of Bucharest, “Henri Coanda” Air Forces Academy of Brasov, “Basarab I” Military School of Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of the Land Forces from Pitesti, and “Traian Vuia” Military School of Warrant Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of Air Forces from Boboc.

The competition test was a demanding one, which involved skiing on a 10-kilometer long route for boys and a five-kilometer one for girls, during which the competitors fired using the equipment provided, threw precision exercise grenades and crossed, with the mask on their faces an area of the contaminated land.

Following the competition, the male patrol of the academy composed of Cadet CPL Catalin Lodroman, Cadet CPL Lucian Lupascu, Cadet CPL Alexandru Balos, Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Matei Vasile Mihai, Cadet CPL Vasile Buduroi, Cadet CPL Cristian Zagrean and led by Cadet SG. Tudor Ilade, as well as the female one, composed of Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Petruta Dumitru, Cadet Chief Master Sergeant Nicoleta Gaman, Cadet SG. Oana Tutunaru, Cadet CPL Daniela Axinte, led by Cadet Bianca Suhareanu were awarded the first place. In the general rankings, the Land Forces Academy occupied the highest stage of the podium.

In order to achieve these successful results, our cadets had started their training two weeks before the competition, in Paltinis, under the guidance of the instructors Francisc and Iosif Sarosi.

Congratulations on your results and the team spirit you have shown!

SEMPER UNA!


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