SLEDDOG EUROPIAN CHAMPIONSHIP FISTC

17. - 19. Februar 2006

Photos provided by CORRADI Philippe, corradi.philippe@skynet.be

& Henychova Jana, FISTC

PRICE GIVING CEREMONY- St.Ulrich 19.2.2006: The FINAL result list
Skj	Skj junior	Pulka	O
A	B1	C1	C2
D1	D1 junior	D2
Organisation: Mushing Holland, Eddy Nutz, St. Ulrich, FISTC
			19.2.2006

INFORMATION from St.Ulrich 19.2.2006: The FINAL result list
			19.2.2006

After a cold night, today there was the third and last day of the FISTC European Championship in St. Ulrich am Pillersee/ Austria. The SJ-category started at 9.00p.m.. Again there were exciting runs under a wonderful blue sky and sunny weather. Due to the nice but warm weather, the trail for caterories B, C and D was shortened. The starts and finishs where well reported and the visitors were well informed on the ongoing of the competition. All teams enjoyed this race that took place in one of the most beautiful mountain sites in Europe with fantastic trails for the dogs very much appreciated by mushers.

According to the shedule, the final ceremonie will take place at 17.00a.m. FINAL RESULTS

INFORMATION from St.Ulrich 18.2.2006: The result list from 2 nd day
			18.2.2006

The second heat started at 9:00 am, Saturday the 18th. After a cold night everything was frost and the trail was very hard and fast at least for the first categories Skj, Pulka and O category. During the day the weather changed and the sun showed up again. It has been a beatuful day, but the trail became a little bit soft when the C2 and D classes started. Tomorrow, the races promises to be extremely competed as for example in the C1 class there are only six seconds between the first and the third team after two days of competition.

INFORMATION from St.Ulrich 17.2.2006: The result list from 1st day
			17.2.2006

The first heat started at 9:30 am, Friday the 17th. Thanks to the organizers everything was well prepared. We can say that we have been lucky with the weather. Since morning a beautiful sun shine follows all competitors on the trail. The race had to take a break at noon because of the high temperature and animal welfeare supervisor together with FISTC veterinary advised to delay the race for three hours sothat the temperature became lower and the conditions got better. After the break the race continued on a perfect trail witch was prepared by the local snow specialists. In each category of the race the competion is very strong as in many categorie there are only a few seconds between the first teams. According to weather conditions, the second heat that will start tomorrow morning at 9:00 is very promising.

The result list from 1st day

INFORMATION from St.Ulrich 16.2.2006: The start list for 1st day
			16.2.2006

Today the mushers arrived at St. Ulrich in a rainy weather. A total of 158 will be on the start tomorrow, and today all the dogs were checked by the vetteam. There were no problems with the dogs found, so all the dogs can enter the competition tomorrow.

There was also a lot of work on the trail, because the rain damaged the trail a lot. But the trailboss and his team did a very good job and they did succeed in optimalizing the trail. The traillenghts are as follows Skj: 15 km, D class: 7km, C class: 10 km, B class: 15 km, A class: 18 km and O class: 22 km.

This evening the opening ceremony will be tonight at 19:30 hour, because of the weather the program had to be changed, but still it will be a night with lots of entertainment.