Unofficial Nordic championships in Furudal 8-13/2-13

Arrived home on Wedesday night after a nice week in Furudal. Madde and Gustaf, the owners of Bielkersmils Frej of Nallo, joined us Thursday-Sunday and we had a very nice time. 

On Friday there was a show and Frej was Best in breed junior and was awarded excellent. Congrats to Madde, Gustaf and Frej!

Bielkersmils Frej of Nallo

Lars Jämtsved also came with Bielkersmils Hero of Ergo and participated in the show. Hero was Best in breed puppy and awarded excellent. 

Bielkersmils Hero of Ergo

Our Bielkersmils Deimos of Ilya and Bielkersmils Etna of Pepper also participated in the show. Both dogs were excellent, Deimos was third best working male.

Bielkersmils Deimos of Ilya

On Saturday and Sunday there was a two-day competition. Gustaf Hammarkrantz participated in the six-team sledge 10km with Frej, Bielkersmils Birk of Kartman, Bielkersmils Ergo of Pepper, Bielkersmils Bielka of Kartman, Bielkersmils Avatara of Kartman and Bielkersmils Corall of Allsvinn. They finished as number three and Frej had his first award as a working dog. Well done Gustaf and all six dogs! 

Gustaf and the six team

Bielkersmils Birk of Kartman and Bielkersmils Avatara of Kartman both had their last award to become S(polar) Champions during the weekend.

Bielkersmils Birk of Kartman

I participated in the four-team sledge with Bielkersmils Corona of Allsvinn, Bielkersmils Artemisia of Kartman, Bielkersmils Deimos of Ilya and Bielkersmils Etna of Pepper  and ended up as number two.

Christina and the four team, photo:Ole Jensen

On Tuesday and Wednesday there was a two day competition 2x30km with sledge in which Håkan participated with:Bielkersmils Corona of Allsvinn, Bielkersmils Artemisia of Kartman, Bielkersmils Deimos of Ilya, Bielkersmils Etna of Pepper, Bielkersmils Birk of Kartman, Bielkersmils Ergo of Pepper, Bielkersmils Bielka of Kartman, and Bielkersmils Corall of Allsvinn. The team ended up as winners.

Håkan and the eight team

Bielkersmils Corona of Allsvinn was awarded the Samoyed dog of year 2012 for her results in racing and shows and Bielkersmils Ergo of Pepper was number two. 

Bielkersmils Corona of Allsvinn Samoyed of year 2012

Bielkersmils Ergo of Pepper

Bielkersmils Artemisia of Kartman was awarded the Working samoyed dog of 2013 for her results in racing and the following five dogs all were dogs from Bielkersmils kennel.  

Bielkersmils Artemisia of Kartman Working samoyed of year 2012

We were especially happy that Bielkersmils Artemisia of Kartman was awarded Working Samoyed of 2012 since we believe she is the most successful working Samoyed in long distance. She went mostly alone in the lead as Håkan participated and completed Femundrace 400km(248,6miles) in year 2010 and in the lead a couple of weeks later as Håkan won the Polardistance 300km(186,4miles) Nordic style against Alaskan Malamutes, Greenland dogs and Siberian Huskies. She was in the lead for about 1800km ( 1118miles) as Håkan and I went for our expedition from Särna to Treriksröset and as Håkan and a sledge team finished a 32km (18,64miles) race in less than 2 hours (which is probably the shortest time for a Samoyed team ever in this distance).  

Samoyed dog of 2012 (for best results in show and racing):

Placement 1: Bielkersmils Corona of Allsvinn

Placement 2: Bielkersmils Ergo of Pepper

Working Samoyed of 2012 (for best racing results):

Placement 1: Bielkersmils Artemisia of Kartman

Placement 2: Bielkersmils Deimos of Ilya

Placement 3: Bielkersmils Corona of Allsvinn

Placement 4: Bielkersmils Delta of Ilya

Placement 5: Bielkersmils Ergo of Pepper

Placement 6. Bielkersmils Corall of Allsvinn

Håkan with Bielkersmils Chinook of Allsvinn test 10km –approved.

Håkan with Bielkersmils Birk of Kartman test 10km – approved. (this was the last test for Birk to be a S(Polar)Champion).