Dog Powered Sports Association of the Yukon

And here they come, the stories of Sunday:

The Icycle Sports – Twister Race at the Takhini Hot Pools sure showed some team spirit, and is one that won’t soon be forgotten.

An icy parking lot made for a challenging start for some teams.

Thank you Robert Siefke for offering ATV- support in order to get to the start line safely.

It turned out to be an adventurous race for both, the racers and the volunteers. A team was lost at the start line and was rescued with the musher and Robert on his ATV. Martin and Alex picked up a musher each and gave them a ride across the finish line. Adam and Jackie (both skijoring) came across a lonely dog team. Adam “upgraded” from skijoring to an 8-dog team by putting his two dogs in lead of the team of Siberians to bring everyone home.

And volunteers caught the winning musher-less team.

Never a dull moment while running dogs. All mushers and their teams made it back safe and sound.

After everybody was back, the parking lot was full of laughter, smiles and confused faces as everyone shared their own point of view of what happened out on the trail. One thing is certainly clear: that is what a great community of dog mushers and volunteers DPSAY has!  People who put the safety of the dogs and their fellow mushers ahead of trying to win a race, all the while with a smile on their face. Great job everyone!

As the temperature rose a bit with the sun, the two recreational-class participants enjoyed a softer trail and a much less eventful time out on their runs.

Once the awards were handed out, everyone enjoyed a FREE soak in the hot springs.

This race was most likely our last one of the season. But who knows with all this snow now. So stay tuned for eventual short notice announcements.

Thank you to our sponsors:  Takhini Hot Pools and Icycle Sports!!!

Thank you to:

Robert Siefke for organizing and marking trail. Mike Simon for timing. And all other volunteers at the start and finish, who helped keeping the chaos under control!! 😀

Results:

10-mile Skijor
1.       Claudia Wickert            00:58:32
2.       Cynthia Corriveau          01:02:10
3.       Lisa Kozakewich             01:03:49
4.       Jackie Taylor                   01:07:22

10-mile Sled
1.       Didier Moggia                 00:52:46
2.       Fabian Schmitz                00:54:10
3.       Alexandra Rochat           00:56:46
4.       Cindy Baker                     01:02:45
5.       Martine LeLevier            01:06:10
6.       Martin Haefele               01:24:15

5-mile Recreational
Claudia Beer – skijor 1 dog         00:59:19
Tiffany McLean – sled 3 dogs     00:58:38

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