On the 21st, 22nd and 23rd of September the 23rd International Sleddog Weekend was organized.

Sabine from Denmark and the lake Balaton

For 22 years the camping in Dunaharaszti was the home of this event, but unfortunately a gated community will be built on this place, so our sportclub had to find a new venue. It was not an easy task to find a location where they let in loads of dogs, there is accomodation, good trail, big free space, they even allow tents and it’s easy to approach for the participants from many different countries. After almost 30 considered, but rejected possibilities we ended up at Szántódpuszta, between Zamárdi and Szántód. The place is beautiful, the venue is idyllic, it’s easy to get there as the highway is only 2 kilometers away, and the trail of the race is exciting with a nice view to the Balaton. The organization was not easy, it required many meetings, arrangements and agreements, we had to fix plenty of things to make this event possible at the new location. We cannot complain about the number of participants though, lots of people joined us from 10 different countries at the new venue. Thursday was about transforming the venue to fit our needs and about prepating for the programmes. Friday there was a national dogshow for sleddogs and japanese aktias, where we had 96 entered dogs. Later on, early evening the spectators could listen to Zsófi Béres’s mantrailing presentation. Saturday morning the international cart, scooter, bikejöring and canicross race had started, which was followed by the exciting triatlon relay, on the inner part of Szántódpuszta, around the small chapel. 11 team’s 33 four- and 33 two-legged member was participating in this competition. Late afternoon there was another fun event, the tradtional sausage eating contest for dogs. In the evening the musher party took place with beer/sausage/chilli pepper contest. Sunday the second heat of the race was held. Following the prize ceremony the participants, tired and filled with the experiences of the weekend’s programmes, left early evening.
We hope everybody enjoyed the weekend.
We would like to thank every racer, participant, helper, sponsor for making this event possible.
We hope we can continue next year as well.

International cart race eredménylista / cart race result list

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