This time the HUMAN pulls the sled!
Released by the South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club
South Portland Winter Festival 2012
Human Dogsled Competition
Sponsored by: South Portland/Cape Elizabeth Rotary Club
LOCATION: Thomas Knight
Park
DATE: Saturday, February 4, 2012
TIME: 1:00 - 4:00 PM
PRIZES: Prize winners will be
announced at the Mill Creek Bandstand after completion of all races. Winners need not attend to receive their prizes.
1st Place: DiMillo’s On the Water Restaurant, Lobster Dinner for Four
2nd Place: $75.00 Gift Certificate Package
3rd Place: $50.00 Gift Certificate Package
SUGGESTED DONATION: $20/team
(Checks payable to “SPCE Rotary Charitable Fund”)
COURSE: The total course length
of the Thomas Knight Park raceway is 150 feet +/-, straight-away. Races will be
run in elimination heats, first South to North, and then a second team racing
North to South. Winners of heats will advance, until all winners are
determined.
TEAMS:
• A complete team will consist of
four (4) or more participants. Two persons shall pull the sled. There shall be
no more than two (2) riders without special permission from the event chair.
Riders may be either human or canine, or any combination, but must be related
to a team member, or kept by a team member if canine. Riders cannot exceed an aggregate
of 150 lb. There must be one (1)"musher” to ride on back of sled.
• All team members must have
submitted a signed waiver/release document to be eligible to race.
EQUIPMENT: Sleds and adjustable
shoulder harness will be provided. Personal sleds or harness are not permitted
in the competition. Any footwear is allowed, except for metal spikes.
RULES:
• The entire team must remain
behind the starting line until the race is started.
• The “Musher” may push-start the
sled up to the start line. Once the sled has crossed the start line, the
“Musher’s” feet must remain on the sled (in order not to aid the sled toward the
finish line), and all riders must remain in the sled until the entire sled
crosses the finish line.
• The winning team in each race
(the first team to completely cross the finish line) will receive a ticket to
the next round. When all heats are completed, the next round will be run until
all winners are declared. Any infraction of the above rules may result in team disqualification.
Decisions of the event chair shall be final.
• Special challenge teams (not
competing for the above prizes) may race by prior arrangement, or at the
discretion of the event chair, under such conditions as may be agreed upon.
