Selection Made for 2010 Nordic Training Camp in Scandinavia

Monticello, Minnesota USA – The International Federation of Sleddog Sports (IFSS) has made its selection of people to participate in a Nordic Training Camp in Sweden in February, 2010. There were an impressive thirty-three applicants, all of  “very high caliber,” according to Darren Watson, IFSS Vice President of Development, who was on the selection committee. “The selection criteria was based on a combination of skiing ability and experience, any previous skijoring experience, previous history of the applicants’ willingness to promote and develop the sport within their own country, recommendation and support of the National Federation, and, of course, consultation and recommendations of the Norwegian and Swedish Federations as the providers of training and facilities.” Owing to the large number and excellent quality of the applicants, the selection process took longer than anticipated.

The primary goals of the camp are to improve the abilities and performance of those wishing to compete in the Nordic disciplines at the IFSS World Championships in Norway in 2011 and to give the training camp participants the skills and tools to enable them to go back to their own countries and educate others, further helping to develop skijoring and pulka.

 Participating in the Training Camp will be:

 • Jim Benson (USA)

• Trevor Braun (Canada)

• Matias Escobar (Chile)

• Susannah Kelly (Canada)

• Olafs Kludzins (Latvia)

• Stefan Leicht (Germany)

• Cari-Lynn McSorley (Canada)

• Dave Meisenheimer (Canada)

• Larry Nichvolodov (New Zealand)

• Daria Panyukhina (Russia)

• Jaroslaw Poplonski (Poland)

Training Camp & Trial World Championship Race

IFSS Application for Enrolment for Nordic/Sled Training Camp & Trial World Championship Race,Sweden/Norway
26th February – 7th March 2010

IFSS invites one application from each membership federation to attend a Nordic/Sled Training Camp in Mora, Sweden from 26 February to 7 March 2010.

- The intention of the camp is to

- help improve the abilities of international competitors who wish to compete in the IFSS World Championships 2011 in Norway.

- educate and train people who can teach others in their home country or region.

- The main focus of the camp is Nordic style, but there will also be training in Nome style/Sled.

- The trial world championship race in Norway will be attended during the training camp.

The Swedish Federation has kindly agreed to offer accommodation and meals for all participants and transport to and from Norway to compete in the trial world championship race. While in Norway accommodation and meals will be attended to by the Norwegian Federation.



Preliminary program for training camp 2010.pdf

Application for Training Camp.pdf