The ABSA Wareham rally fell over the New Year Celebrations for 2011/12 and despite a lower entry, mushers managed to forgo the usually over-indulgent festivities to tackle the tough trails Wareham has to offer. This season’s race saw a return to the same venue as last year, meaning a 3.75 mile trail that featured long [...]
ABSA Sled Dog Rally – Wareham Forest results
January 4th, 2012BSHRA Rally Kings East – SnowPaw results
December 20th, 2011This weekend saw Vikki, Ranger and Ria, from the Snowpaw team head off to the BSHRA Kings East Rally, whilst Sammy, Lucien and Selene competed at the weight pull event in Yorkshire. The BSHRA rally saw a huge entry across all the classes, with well over 100 competitors in attendance. At long last, a properly [...]
Round 4 of Weight Pull Championship – new record set!
December 19th, 2011This weekend, the Luponooshka pack were a dog down as Mina had to stay home. James stayed home with her whilst I took Lucien and Slink to the 4th round of the Allerton Park Weight Pull Championship. I arrived early, the car park was like sheet ice and I nearly slipped just getting out of the [...]
ABSA Sled Dog Rally – Ringwood Forest 2011
December 12th, 2011After the cold at Sherwood, came the rain at Ringwood. Some the Snowpaw team braved the wind and rain to tackle what is, for many, the toughest trail on the ABSA Championship calendar. The start looks promising enough with a long downhill into a tight left hander, but what goes down must come up and [...]
ABSA Sled Dog Rally – Sherwood Forest 2011
December 5th, 2011At long last, a decent spell of cold weather arrived in time for the Sherwood Rally and at last it started to feel like winter is finally here and the racing season is underway. The Snowpaw team had two entries that made it to the Sherwood, both entered in the EF 1-2 dog Freight Class (sadly [...]