Six of the NWTSA国际影视传媒檚 best marksmen arrived home last week after spending the last month training for, and competing in, a high-profile shooting competition put on by the Canadian military.

None medalled, but they did better than last year and plan to put on an even stronger show next year.

A team of eight Canadian Rangers, and one spare, were sent down south to represent the NWT and Nunavut in the Canadian Armed Forces Small Arms Concentration, among hundreds of their peers from the armed forces around Canada.

The competition, known as CAFSAC, took place in Ottawa over 12 days in early and mid-September. The Rangers participated in seven competitions, shooting targets at distances of between 25 metres and 500 metres.

The Rangers were sent down on August 18 and spent the first two weeks training and CFB Petawawa and then the second two weeks competing.

When News/North reached Ranger Ella Archie at home in TK on Sept. 20, sheSA国际影视传媒檇 only been home a day.

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The training was nothing like what she expected, she said, but was very constructive. Particularly helpful was training on what to do before pulling the trigger.

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She said the Rangers worked together really well as a team during the intense month of training and competing. Capt. Stephen Watton wasnSA国际影视传媒檛 surprised at how well the team gelled.

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The members of the team were selected at a gun camp held in Whitehorse this past May, among Rangers from across the North.

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