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FISTC Cart European Championship 2017 - Selvazzano Dentro (I)


Final results

Cart EC - Selvazzano - Trails

 

After the last check, the Organization have decided the final trails of the Championships:

• Canicross + Sooter + Bike + D + C = 5.109 meters
• B = 9.122 meters
• A + O = 12.078 meters
• MD = 18.219 meters

 

You can see the trail maps on the Facebook site of the event.

FISTC Cart European Championship - Selvazzano Dentro - Italy


FISTC Cart European Championship - Selvazzano Dentro - Italy. 16-19 Novembre 2017.

The official facebook site of FISTC Cart European Championship 2017 has been started and reachable here: https://www.facebook.com/fistc2017cart

The official website: http://www.fistc2017cart.eu

Trail map:

cart 2017_trail

The distances are corresponding to the FISTC rules, average elevation almost 0.

A short video about stake out area is available HERE.

 
The organizers have added the "BOOKING NOW" button, where all the structures declaring to accept dogs will be automatically listed.
The offer is very wide, from private homes to 5 star hotels.

FISTC Sprint European Championship


The FISTC Sprint European Championship will take place 8th-11th February in Zuberec in Slovakia.

 

Have a nice summer!

 

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MILLEGROBBE – ALPE CIMBRA


MILLEGROBBE – ALPE CIMBRA

17-18-19 February 2017

FISTC World Championship Sprint and European Championships Middle and Long Distance


PHOTOS from Florian Astelbauer


FINAL RESULTS - SPRINT

FINAL RESULTS - MD/LT


MilleGrobbe Day 3, Sunday 19th February 2017


After the very nice but animated musher evening in Luserna on Saturday evening, offered to all mushers and handlers, on sunday morning we started early with the third and last day of race of these superb World Championship Sprint and European Championships Middle and long distance.

In order to be able to organize the pricing ceremony early enough to help mushers to leave on their way back home, the race jury decided that the race would start at 7:30 in the morning with the longtrailers, followed by Mid distance mushers and as from 11:00 the Sprint race would start.

Despite the very high number of spectators who came to enjoy the superb races, several thousand according to local authorities, everything went perfectly well.

Trails were once again prepared at night really in a perfect way and FISTC wants to thank all the men who have done the fantastic job that allowed us to have a perfect race, and I wish to thank particularly the Majors of Lavarone and Luserna, young and dynamic and also more particularly Mr. Massimo Osele, the owner of Malga Millegrobbe and his team for the very hard and efficient work he did with his whole team on the trails as well as in his restaurant.

A very big Thank you also to Massimo Bassan and the FIMSS for the outstanding work and organization in conditions that were not always easy, they did a very great job ! The FISTC team has also done a great job as usual !

This being said, as we had a very beautiful race with excellent trails quite hard in some parts for big teams, our Champions are real Champions and i also want to congratulate them as well as their real pure breed dogs. The Vets team was also very well prepared and equipped but had almost nothing to do during the three days of the race, however many thanks to Roberto Guadagnini the Chief Vet and to all his team.

One of the main objectives was animal welfare and that race was also a great success from that point of view.

Finally I want to thank all mushers, particularly those who ran in both Championships, as they all have shown they are great mushers with some of them being really very impressive, and I want to thank all the dogs that have been participating as they also are great champions !

See you next year !

 

And now, the list of FISTC Champions 2017:

SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONS 2017

SkiJoring 2 dogs Men : Sebastian ASTELBAUER (AUT)

SkiJoring 2 dogs Women : Nathalie ROLAND (FRA)

SkiJoring 1 dog / 1 Men : Jan NEGER (SLK)

SkiJoring 1 dog / 1 Women Carla REISTETTEROVA (SLK)

SkiJoring 1 dog / 1 Women Junior : Carla REISTETTEROVA (SLK)

SkiJoring 1 dog / 2 Men : Jean-Michel HOOG (FRA) (Gr)

SkiJoring 1 dog /2 Women : Manon DUBOIS (FRA) (Sam)

SkiJoring 1 dog /2 Women Junior : Emma HOOG (FRA) (AM)

SLED Class O : Jean COMBAZARD (FRA)

Class A1 : Karl RACHBAUER (AUT)

Class A2 : Bernd SAUERHÖFER (GER) (Gr)

Class B : Attila KISS (HUN)

Class C1 : Pierre CHAPPE (FRA)

Class C1 Junior : Helena GUADAGNINI (ITA)

Class C2 : Alain DIFFORT (FRA) (Gr)

Class D1 : Valentina DURIO (ITA)

Class D1 Junior : Melissa DE FERRARI (ITA)

Class D2 : Marc BROCARD (FRA) (Gr)

Class D2 Junior : Théo KENTZINGER (FRA) (Gr)


 

WINNER OF THE NATIONS CUP 2017: FRANCE

 

 

MIDDLE DISTANCE AND LONG TRAIL 2017 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONS

Long Trail PULKA : Ludovic GOGUILLY (FRA) (Gr)

Long Trail Class O : Jörg POHMER (GER)

Middle Distance : SkiJoring 2 dogs : Dany FAIVRE (FRA)

SkiJoring 1 dog : Barbara ISENHARDT (CH) (Gr)

Pulka : Michel DECOUTEIX (FRA)

Sled Class A1: Claudio De FERRARI (ITA)

A2 : Thierry NARCY (FRA) (Gr)

B2 : Vojtech NEMEC (CZR) (Sam)

C1 : Jean COMBAZARD (FRA)

C2 : Nathalie MANNATO (FRA) (Gr)

D1 : Knud SCHMOLZ (DEN)




2nd day

Another very beautiful day in Millegrobbe (TN) where we have had beautiful races, quite a few changes in sprint SKI-Jöring. The leaders of the various classes are now;

SJ 2 dogs men, Sebastian Astelbauer (AUT), Women Nathalie Roland (FRA), 1 dog men, Jan Neger (SLK), Women Lourane Beaud. SJ 1 dog men; Jean-Michel Hoog (FRA), Women Manon Dubios (FRA). A1 Karl Rachbauer (AUT), A2 Bernd Sauerhöfer (GER). B Attila Kiss (HUN). C1 Pierre Chappe (FRA). C2 Alain Diffort (FRA). D1 Akos Köffer (HUN). D2 March Broccard (FRA).

In LT, after the night at the biwak, long trailers had the splendid view at the nature with the raising sun. Ludovic Goguilly (FRA) is doing it in Pulka with Jörg Pohme (GER) in LTO goes perfectly well with a Siberian team of 12 black and white Siberians very fast and really beautiful. The leaders of the many classes are from France, Switzerland, Italy, Czech Republic and Denmark.


All mushers really enjoyed the race as did their dogs.


Now we all will enjoy the musher dinner offered to all mushers and handlers



1st day

After having postposed this World Championship by one week, because of the lack of snow in past days, and for the safety of the dogs, and mushers. Now the races are started.

I must say that this location is one of the most beautiful Nordic ski resort in Italy. Wild nature and very beautiful trails.


The race started with the various ski-jöring classes. In SKJ 2 dogs, the fastest is the French lady Nathalie Roland, faster than man, Igor Stefan, Sebastian and Erich Astelbauer. In SKJ 1/1 the first four are Slovak athletes, with the fastest being Jan Neger – Almost the same solution for women where Carla Reistetterova (SLK) is also leading. In SKJ 2 1 dog men, French Jean-Michel Hoog leads, follow by Sepp Brugger (AUT) and Aleksander Nesterov (RUS). The French ladies lead the SKJ 2 1 dog women with Samojedes and Malamutes.


Sled classes see some interesting fights, but not in O-class, where French Jean Combazard is outstanding as usual. In A, Knud Schmølz (DK) is first as is Bernd Sauerhöfer (GER) in A2. Attila Kiss (HUN) leads B-class, French Pierre Chappe is first in C1 and Alain Diffort in C2 with 4 Greenland dogs. Young Italian Valentina Durio leads D1-class and French March Brocard leads D2.


In long trail, tonight the competitors are very happy to eat and sleep with their dogs at the biwak.


The MD race was almost perfect in all classes.


Tomorrow will be another exciting racing day.

Millegrobbe is confirmed!


It is snowing again in Millegrobbe and they expect snow the whole night and some more on Monday,

SO TRAILS ARE PREPARED AND THE RACE IS CONFIRMED!



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Important News - Millegrobbe 2017


In Millegrobbe we have about 35 cm of fresh snow, but after days of heavy rain and warm ground, it is not possible to make a good trail for the World Championship, 10-12 February 2017.

As the weather forecasts give more snowfall by the end of the week, with a mush colder weather, we will make the Sprint and MD/LD on the same weekend 17-19 February 2017.

I need you to send us new entry sheet with participants to the WC Sprint and the EC MD/LD 17-19 February 2017.

We are looking for solutions to help the mushers who have enough dogs and still want to participant in both championship, to do so in the best possible way.

We hope we can confirm the races on Friday.


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F.I.S.T.C. World Championships Sprint and European Championships MD/LT


Dear Delegated

F.I.S.T.C. World Championships Sprint and European Championships MD/LT

MILLEGROBBE (Italy).

 

As many of you may have noticed, until now the snow situation in Northern Italy is quite dramatic with no snow.

In front of this problem, the FISTC Board started looking for possible backup locations a few weeks ago in almost all our Member countries.

Unfortunately, several countries expressed their will to organize our FISTC Championships... either next year or in 2019, but not with such a short notice.

Some of our best friends agreed to organize our Championships in this month of February, but... their snow situation and the weather forecast are such that it is not possible to organize any more.

As a conclusion, right now the situation is :

1. If enough snow comes in Millegrobbe before Monday 6th February, the races may be confirmed at the normal dates (9-12 February) on 6th by lunch time;
2. If enough snow arrives during that week, 6 - 11 February, then the three championships will be organized on the same week-end of 17-19 February in Millegrobbe.

It is also possible that in the meantime we may find another better solution.   

 

We will try to inform you as soon as we know something new, so please look at your mail and at the homepage the next days

 

Best regards

 

Your Board

Entering to the Sprint and MD/LT Championships


IMPORTANT!

It is not possible to enter to the Championships individually. Those mushers who are going to take part on these events have to contact their Delegated person(s).

FISTC Championships in Italy


Federazione Italiana Musher e Sleddog Sport – F.I.M.S.S.

Trento, 04/01/2017

Dear FISTC delegates,

we would like to invite you to the FISTC World Sprint Championship and the FISTC European MD-LT Championships held in the Millegrobbe-Lavarone, in Trentino, Italy, in the world famous Alpe Cimbra territory on 10-12 February 2017 for the Sprint races anche on 17-19 February 2017 for the MD-LT.
The responsibility of organising this prestigious international events is a great honour for us, for the local club and for the local administrations strongly involved in the events.
We are expecting participants from 16 different countries to compete.

Entry deadline: 19 January 2017

Best regards,

Massimo Bassan
Presidente FIMSS

You can read the original letter in pdf form HERE


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