NORTHERN MANITOBA TRAPPERS’ FESTIVAL, Inc.
PO Box 475
THE PAS, MB   R9A 1K6
Telephone (204)623-2912     Facsimilie (204)623-1974
website:  http://www.trappersfestival.com                 e-mail NMTF@mts.net 

General Chair: Sonny Lavallee	Vice Chair: Marcie Chambers, Jenn Cook
Finance Chair: Sue Lambert	Secretary: Jodie Kuhl

February 15 -19/12The Pas Centennial 1912-2012!

December 2011

Dear Mushers and Friends,

The 2012 Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival Board of Directors and the Kinsmen Club of The Pas are well into the process of planning the 2012 World Championship Sled Dog Races, to be held in The Pas February 15 through 19.  Our plans may include a change to the trail.  Tagging will take place at Gordy’s Tire & Lube, #10 Hwy. S, The Pas on Wednesday from 11:00 AM through 4:00 PM.

The World Championship and the Manitoba Sled Dog Races, which run in conjunction, will be held over three days starting at 10:00 AM with accumulative daily laps of 35 miles.  Electronic tagging of dogs is mandatory and costs approximately $20.00 per dog.  A Vet is present for the examination of the dogs and does the tagging.  The World Championship Race and the 6 Dog Race are accredited and registered for accumulation of World Cup points, and our registration is $200.00 per team.  As always we continue to attempt to attract sponsorship in order to maintain our prize structure and keep low costs for the mushers, so if you are aware of any corporation or business that might be interested, please let Sonny Lavallee know.  You can leave a message at (204)623-2912.  There is an increase in our World Championship purse for this year, the centennial of our community.  The venues and times for the Musher's Briefing and the Musher's Awards Banquets will be advised when you register.  Extra tickets will be available at Headquarters at the Uptown Mall.  Each World Championship musher will receive one ticket to each of the banquets, and the winners of each race will also receive one ticket.  We will make every effort to meet the ticket requirements of the dog mushers.  There will be a two-tier ticket for the Musher’s Wind-Up with tickets for prize presentation only available for $5 each.  Banquets will be at 7:00 PM.

The Jack McPhail Six Dog Race, a two day accumulative race, starts at 10:30 AM on Thursday and Friday.  Tagging of dogs for this race will take place at the time of registration.  Registration for this race will end one hour prior to race time and will registration for the Joe LeClerc Memorial 4 Dog Race on Saturday.  More information is available on our web site www.trappersfestival.com .

We look forward to hearing from you and hope to see you at the 2012 Northern Manitoba Trappers' Festival from February 15th through 19th.  For more information please contact the festival Headquarters at the above address or Armand Lambert, Registrar, PO Box 2391, The Pas, MB, Canada, R9A 1M2 (204) 623-3824.

Sincerely,

Ryley Wlasichuk,
2012 Dog Race Chairman
Kinsmen Representative.
				
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