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2005 was another great year of racing. I would like to thank Steve Blanch and Roseanne Shailer for all of their hard work and support. The new track that Steve and Roseanne found at Kurth Kiln was a lot of fun. The hilly terrain, with mud added, made it challenging and tough going. As we shortened the one dog track, the teams had some experience at head-on passing that we hadn’t anticipated. All mushers coped well with the slip-up.

Special thanks to Marty Karow for being our race marshal for most of the year. His knowledge and experience was most valuable, to our experienced and novice mushers alike, in the post-race workshops. Even us experienced mushers need a refresher from time to time.

It was great to see so many novice mushers, their families and dogs at both Club and Open races. Many of the novices made the drive to Wild Dog for their tenth anniversary as well as attending the Victorian Open races.

Thanks to Cheryl Taylor for making sure everyone was well fed at the Cup Race at Gumbya Park. And last, but not least, Jennie Lamond for entertaining us all at the Cup Race with the premier of her 2005 video footage. She managed to capture only my second crash in thirteen years, at Goldseekers. Will try not to do it in front of the video again!

Thanks to Erin and Susanne for helping look after my dogs. Many times they were left looking after thirteen dogs while I was off changing markers.

Special thanks to everyone who attended the Club races – without you there is no race! Hope you all had as much fun as I did. Thank you for your good sportsmanship in 2005 and looking forward to seeing you again in 2006.

David Hodgson

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Cup Weekend competitors for 2005
David Hodgson (2nd Victoria Cup), Trevor Taylor (1st Victoria Cup), Simon Clarke (3rd Victoria Cup),
Jason Jaski (1st Charters Cup), David Pettifer (2nd Mikulov Cup), Shaun Butcher (1st Mikulov Cup),
Rohan Blanch (2nd Charters Cup), Ian Dobson (3rd Charters Cup)

Race 1, Bannockburn, 14th/15th May 2005

4 Dog Class (6.0km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points - O Owen Robertson Coco; Hahn; Star; Foster 16:05 16:44 32:49 N/H 1 SH David Pettifer Willy; Nash; Axel; Pepa 18:07 19:28 37:35 3 - O Lawrie Coutts Dude; Lilo; Stitch; Sonny 21:38 14:30 36:08 N/H 2 SH Simone Budd Bullet; Tango; Piper 22:49 22:35 45:24 2 3 SH Susanne Ware Buz; Angel; Flopsy 27:14 22:24 49:38 1 2 Dog Class (4.0km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Jason Jaski Blade; Merlin 10:24 10:25 20:49 7 2 SH Steven Blanch Cougar; Tuche 12:00 9:43 21:43 6 3 SH Rohan Blanch Denni; Koy 11:48 10:00 21:48 5 4 SH Erin O'Shea (Rookie) Scar; Libby 11:47 10:11 21:58 4 5 (eq) SH Merv Turner Sadie; Hunter 11:41 10:45 22:26 N/M 5 (eq) SH David Hodgson Nash; Ruby 11:46 10:40 22:26 3 - O Owen Robertson Miller; Bella 12:33 11:30 24:03 N/H - O Lawrie Coutts Spider; Smokey 14:23 10:42 25:05 N/H - O Roseanne Shailer Cindy; Cherski 14:23 14:10 28:33 N/H 7 SH Danielle Godden Kaisha; Inga 17:30 16:16 33:46 2 8 SH Jennie Whitehouse Rolf; Willie 31:53 22:59 54:52 1 - O Sophia Dalidakis Trip; Guiness 29:32 DNF DNF -

1 Dog Class (1.9km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Trevor Taylor TP 4:50 4:47 9:37 9 2 SH Ian Dobson Cody 5:11 4:52 10:03 8 - O Kylie Venardos (Rookie) Oskar 5:40 5:15 10:55 N/H - O Linda Hewat (Rookie) Maple 5:43 8:02 13:45 N/H 3 SH Rohan Blanch Storm 6:15 5:59 12:14 7 Jnr SH Rachel Robinson Laska 5:49 6:30 12:19 Jnr 4 (eq) SH Cheryl Smart (Rookie) Zed 6:17 6:04 12:21 5.5 4 (eq) SH Ashley Carter Mykayla 6:17 6:04 12:21 5.5 6 SH Michelle King (Rookie) Dusty 6:38 6:23 13:01 4 - O Paul Evans Zebue 6:39 7:15 13:54 N/H 7 SH Peter McCann Tyson 6:54 7:51 14:45 3 - O Jamie Whitehouse Storm 8:59 Time Error N/H 8 SH Danny Miller Cruiser 10:17 Time Error 2 9 SH Jacqueline Cleary (Rookie) Nikita 13:13 Time Error 1 - SH Simon Clarke (Rookie) Aurora 5:45 DNF DNF - - O Rob Lumley Steve 7:09 SCR SCR -

Race 2, Kurth Kiln, 4th/5th June 2005

4 Dog Class (4.5km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points - O Owen Robertson Dude; Lilo; Stitch; Harry 15:23 9:51 25:14 N/H 1 SH Shaun Butcher Blaze;Gemma;Harry;Bobby 14:24 12:25 26:49 4 2 SH Barry Burden Denver;Ally;Wally;Ceder 15:46 14:07 29:53 3 3 SH Simone Budd Bullet; Tango; Piper 17:25 13:50 31:15 2 4 SH Susanne Ware Buz; Angel; Flopsy 17:01 20:16 37:17 1 2 Dog Class (3.0km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Rohan Blanch Denni;Koy 9:07 8:54 18:01 6 2 SH Steven Blanch Cougar;Tuche 10:18 8:56 19:14 5 3 SH David Hodgson Nash;Ruby 10:12 9:08 19:20 4 4 SH Erin O'Shea (Rookie) Merlin;Liby 10:51 9:37 20:28 3 5 SH Sophia Dalidakis Trip;Kita 21:02 14:35 35:37 2 6 SH Jennie Whitehouse Rolf;Willie 21:05 17:05 38:10 1 - SH Gabi Piper Kita;Ziska DNF 13:39 DNF -

1 Dog Class (1.5km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Trevor Taylor TP 3:45 3:47 7:32 11 2 SH Ian Dobson Cody 3:59 4:14 8:13 10 3 (eq) SH Owen Piper Choppa 4:03 4:23 8:26 8.5 3 (eq) SH Simon Clarke (Rookie) Aurora 4:14 4:12 8:26 8.5 5 SH Kylie Venardos (Rookie) Cherski 4:28 4:23 8:51 7 6 SH Cheryl Smart (Rookie) Zed 4:49 4:29 9:18 6 Jnr SH Rachel Robinson Gus 4:46 4:52 9:38 Jnr 7 SH Peter McCann Tyson 4:58 4:45 9:43 5 8 SH Danny Miller Sara 5:20 4:34 9:54 4 9 SH Sophia Dalidakis Laska 4:54 5:19 10:13 3 - SH Jason Young Misty 4:55 5:36 10:31 N/M 10 SH Rohan Blanch Lakota 5:58 4:37 10:35 2 11 SH Alf Tetzlaff Cleo 5:28 5:11 10:39 1 - O Roseanne Shailer Cindy 5:40 5:07 10:47 N/H - SH Jenny Foram Cruiser 5:55 6:36 12:31 N/M DNF SH Nikki Venardos Kimba 7:45 8:04 DNF -

Race 3, You Yangs, 18th/19th June 2005

4 Dog Class (4.6km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH David Pettifer Willy;Nash;Axel;Pepa 13:04 12:19 25:23 3 2 SH Susanne Ware Buz;Angel;Flopsy 16:16 15:18 31:34 2 3 SH Jamie Thomas Tonky;Dusty;Selqua 22:26 20:10 42:36 1 - SH Simone Budd Bullet;Tango;Piper 15:06 SCR SCR - 2 Dog Class (3.6km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Steven Blanch Denni;Koy 8:21 8:36 16:57 7 2 SH Rohan Blanch Cougar;Tuche 8:29 8:31 17:00 6 3 SH Erin O'Shea (Rookie) Scar;Liby 8:54 8:49 17:43 5 4 SH David Hodgson Nash;Ruby 8:49 9:21 18:10 4 - O Roseanne Shailer Cindy;Cherski 10:12 10:58 21:10 N/H 5 SH Gabi Piper Kita;Ziska 11:22 11:44 23:06 3 - SH Danielle Godden Kaisha;Steve 11:37 11:48 23:25 N/H 6 SH Sophia Dalidakis Trip;Kita 11:34 12:07 23:41 2 7 SH Jennie Whitehouse Rolf;Willie 16:20 17:06 33:26 1

1 Dog Class (2.2km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Trevor Taylor TP 5:22 5:19 10:41 10 2 SH David Hodgson Merlin 5:11 5:39 10:50 9 3 SH Rohan Blanch Lakota 5:44 6:04 11:48 8 4 SH Ian Dobson Cody 6:01 6:13 12:14 7 - O Kylie Venardos (Rookie) Oskar 6:17 6:17 12:34 N/H 5 SH Simon Clarke (Rookie) Aurora 6:21 6:21 12:42 6 6 SH Gabi Piper Choppa 5:59 6:46 12:45 5 7 SH Steven Blanch Laska 6:21 6:46 13:07 4 8 SH Peter McCann Tyson 6:36 7:18 13:54 3 9 SH Cheryl Smart (Rookie) Zed 7:08 7:47 14:55 2 10 SH Alf Tetzlaff Cleo 7:29 7:54 15:23 1 Jnr SH Rachel Robinson Gus 7:07 8:25 15:32 Jnr - O Jason Prochazka Cullen 8:29 7:26 15:55 N/H - AM Jamie Whitehouse Storm 10:12 9:35 19:47 N/H - SH Jenny Foran Cruiser 9:50 10:21 20:11 N/M SCR O Robert France Yakone 8:42 SCR SCR -

Race 4, Bannockburn, 23rd/24th July 2005 (Note reverse order starts for Heat 2)

4 Dog Class (5.5km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH David Pettifer Willy;Nash;Axel;Pepa 15:49 16:31 32:20 5 2 SH Barry Burden Denver;Ally;Wally;Ceder 17:36 16:24 34:00 4 3 SH Dugald Baird Coco;Sandy;Polar;Ivy 17:53 16:43 34:36 3 4 SH Susanne Ware Buz;Angel;Flopsy 18:56 18:40 37:00 2 3 SH Jamie Thomas Tonky;Dusty;Selqua 30:14 28:10 58:24 1 DQ SH Simone Budd Bullet;Tango;Piper 22:10 19:40 DQ - DNF SH Shaun Butcher Blaze;Gema;Harry;OB DNF 15:20 DNF - 2 Dog Class (3.8km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Jason Jaski Blade;Merlin 8:47 8:56 17:03 7 2 SH Erin O'Shea (Rookie) Scar;Liby 9:17 8:52 18:09 6 3 SH Rohan Blanch Denni;Koy 9:12 9:01 18:13 5 4 SH David Hodgson Nash;Ruby 9:25 9:21 18:46 4 5 SH Trevor Taylor Cougar;Tuche 9:46 9:58 19:04 3 6 SH Ian Dobson Cody;Sammy 11:07 10:36 21:43 2 - AM Stewart Cumming Baldo;Maple 12:02 11:29 23:31 N/H - AM Daniel Hamann Coaltar;Matuka 14:02 16:38 30:40 N/H 7 SH Daniel Miller Willie;Rolf 14:22 17:12 31:34 1 DNF AM Paul Evans Zebue;Scotch 12:26 DNF DNF N/H SCR AM Vaughan Winther Boof;Kiara 12:36 SCR SCR N/H

1 Dog Class (1.9km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Trevor Taylor TP 4:15 4:12 8:27 11 - AM Stewart Cumming Timber 4:32 4:21 8:53 N/H 2 SH Rohan Blanch Lakota 4:41 4:39 9:20 10 3 SH Simon Clarke (Rookie) Aurora 4:44 4:42 9:26 9 - O Kylie Venardos (Rookie) Oskar 5:09 4:43 9:52 N/H - AM Paul Evans Whisky 5:34 5:19 10:53 N/H 4 SH Michelle King Dusty 5:59 5:21 11:20 8 5 SH Erin O'Shea (Rookie) Chippie 5:44 5:41 11:25 7 Jnr SH Rachel Robinson Gus 6:20 5:50 12:10 Jnr 6 SH Peter McCann Tyson 5:54 6:33 12:27 6 7 SH Cheryl Smart (Rookie) Zed 5:55 7:02 12:57 5 8 SH Jason Young Kita 7:33 8:40 16:13 4 - SH Jennifer Foran Cruiser 8:44 7:42 16:26 N/M - AM Jamie Whitehouse Storm 9:31 7:27 16:58 N/H 9 SH Roseanne Shailer Cherski 9:47 7:52 17:39 3 10 SH Roy/Jennie Whitehouse Mowzart 9:51 9:11 19:02 2 11 SH Jacqueline Cleary (Rookie) Nikita 15:27 14:09 29:36 1 SCR SH Ashley Carter Mykayla 5:45 SCR SCR - SCR AM Vaughan Winther Tiara 7:27 SCR SCR -

Race 5, Kurth Kiln, 30th/31st July 2005

4 Dog Class (4.6km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Shaun Butcher Blaze;Gema;Harry;OB 13:51 12:56 26:47 6 2 SH David Hodgson Buz;Angel;Flopsy 14:54 13:39 28:33 5 3 SH David Pettifer Nash;Willy;Pepa;Axel 14:50 13:47 28:37 4 4 SH Barry Burden Denver;Ally;Wally;Willow 16:03 14:22 30:25 3 5 SH Dugald Baird Coco;Polar;Sandy;Ivy 18:10 13:22 31:32 2 6 SH Jamie Thomas Silqua;Dusty;Tonky;Ash 24:05 20:30 44:35 1 2 Dog Class (3.3km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Rohan Blanch Denni;Koy 8:46 - 8:46 9 2 SH Jason Jaski Blade;Merlin 8:55 - 8:55 8 3 SH David Hodgson Nash;Ruby 9:45 - 9:45 7 4 SH Steven Blanch Cougar;Tuche 10:04 - 10:04 6 5 SH Owen Piper Choppa;Kita 11:28 - 11:28 5 6 SH Erin O'Shea Scar;Liby 11:43 - 11:43 4 7 SH Ian Dobson Cody;Sammy 12:09 - 12:09 3 8 SH Sophia Dalidakis Trip;Kita 14:20 - 14:20 2 9 SH Jennie Whitehouse Rolf;Willie 26:44 - 26:44 1 SCR SH Christine Reynolds Amie;Sara 16:42 - SCR -

1 Dog Class (2.4km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Simon Clarke (Rookie) Aurora 9:15 9:14 18:29 8 2 SH Rohan Blanch Lakota 8:59 9:54 18:53 7 - O Arianne Peers Zack 10:08 10:16 20:24 N/H - O Kylie Venardos (Rookie) Oskar 11:26 9:56 21:22 N/H 3 SH Peter McCann Tyson 11:05 10:39 21:44 6 - O Jason Prochazka Cullen 11:37 10:18 21:55 N/H 4 SH Michelle King Dusty 11:15 10:53 22:08 5 - O Jason Young Cherski 11:35 10:45 22:20 N/H 5 SH Owen Piper Ziska 11:10 11:35 22:45 4 - O Roseanne Shailer Cindy 11:25 11:51 23:16 N/H 6 SH Jacqueline Cleary (Rookie) Kodiak 12:08 12:56 25:04 3 - SH Jennifer Foran Zed Man 12:53 12:15 25:08 N/M 7 SH Danny Miller Cruiser 13:43 12:42 26:25 2 Jnr SH Rachel Robinson Gus 14:40 13:06 27:46 Jnr 8 SH Jennie Whitehouse Mowzart 18;44 20:04 38:48 1

Race 6 (Cup Weekend), Gumbuya Park, 27th/28th August 2005

Mikulov Cup - 4 Dog Class (4.8 km Sat; 6.2km Sun) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points - O Lawrie Coutts Dude;Lilo;Stitch;Sonny 13:52 14:26 28:18 N/H 1 SH Shaun Butcher Blaze;Gema;Harry;OB 15:25 15:00 30:25 6 - O Owen Robertson Bela;Star;Foster 15:09 15:40 30:49 N/H 2 SH David Pettifer Nasa;Willy;Pepa;Axel 13:57 17:09 31:06 5 3 SH Dugald Baird Coco;Sandy;Polar;Ivy 14:55 16:12 31:07 4 4 SH Barry Burden Denver;Ally;Wally;Ceder 16:11 19:12 35:23 3 5 SH Susanne Ware Buz;Angel;Flopsy;Nash 18:51 21:42 40:33 2 6 SH Jamie Thomas Tonky;Dusty;Selqua;Ash 20:11 27:08 47:19 1 Photo: Shaun Butcher with the Mikulov Cup team.
Charters Cup - 2 Dog Class (4.8 km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Jason Jaski Blade; Merlin 9:26 9:15 18:41 8 2 SH Rohan Blanch Denni; Koy 10:19 9:31 19:50 7 3 SH Ian Dobson Cody; Sammy 10:58 10:21 21:19 6 4 SH Erin O'Shea (Rookie) Ruby; Libby 11:21 10:26 21:47 5 5 SH Steven Blanch Cougar; Tuche 11:38 10:45 22:23 4 6 SH Christine Reynolds Amie; Sara 11:46 12:37 24:23 3 7 SH Owen Piper Choppa; Kita 12:32 12:07 24:39 2 8 SH Sophia Dalidakis Trip; Kita 13:02 13:13 26:15 1 - SH Jason Young Rolf; Willie 18:02 17:06 35:08 N/M Photo: Jason Jaski with the Charters Cup team.
Victoria Cup - 1 Dog Class (3.0 km) Place Breed Driver Dog/s Heat 1 Heat 2 Total Points 1 SH Trevor Taylor TP 7:24 6:51 14:15 12 2 SH David Hodgson Scar 7:14 7:16 14:30 11 3 SH Simon Clarke (Rookie) Aurora 7:55 8:01 15:56 10 - O Kylie Venardos (Rookie) Oskar 8:42 7:31 16:13 N/H 4 SH Peter McCann Tyson 8:55 8:49 17:44 9 5 SH Michelle King (Rookie) Dusty 9:02 8:59 18:01 8 6 SH Rohan Blanch Lakota 9:22 9:11 18:33 7 - O Roseanne Shailer Cindy 9:34 9:30 19:04 - - O Jason Prochazka Cullen 9:54 10:31 20:25 - 7 SH Owen Piper Ziska 10:23 10:03 20:26 6 - SH Jason Young Cherski 11:00 9:53 20:53 N/M 8 SH Danny Miller Zed Man 10:37 10:20 20:57 5 Jnr SH Rachel Robinson Gus 11:23 10:26 21:49 Jnr 9 SH Steven Blanch Laska 12:14 9:56 22:10 4 10 SH Renee Prochazka (Rookie) Skyy 13:26 12:42 26:08 3 - SH Jenny Foran Cruiser 13:49 13:00 26:49 N/M 11 SH Roy Whitehouse Mozart 15:57 14:56 30:53 2 12 SH Jacqueline Cleary (Rookie) Nikita 17:46 18:18 36:04 1 Photo: Trevor Taylor with T.P., the Victoria Cup winners.

Driver Point Score Totals

4 Dog Class Driver Points David Pettifer 20 Shaun Butcher 16 Barry Burden 13 Dugald Baird 9 Susanne Ware 8 David Hodgson 5 Simone Budd 4 Jamie Thomas 4 2 Dog Class Driver Points Rohan Blanch 38 Jason Jaski 30 Steven Blanch 28 Erin O'Shea (Rookie) 27 David Hodgson 22 Ian Dobson 11 Sophia Dalidakis 7 Owen Piper 7 Jennie Whitehouse 4 Gabi Piper 3 Christine Reynolds 3 Trevor Taylor 3 Danielle Godden 2 Daniel Miller 1

1 Dog Class Driver Points Trevor Taylor 52 Simon Clarke (Rookie) 40.5 Rohan Blanch 40 Peter McCann 31 Ian Dobson 25 Michelle King (Rookie) 24 David Hodgson 20 Owen Piper 18.5 Cheryl Smart (Rookie) 17.5 Daniel Miller 13 Steven Blanch 8 Kylie Venardos (Rookie) 7 Jacqueline Cleary (Rookie) 6 Erin O'Shea (Rookie) 6 Ashley Carter 5.5 Gabi Piper 5 Roy Whitehouse 4 Sophia Dalidakis 3 Renee Prochazka (Rookie) 3 Roseanne Shailer 3 Alf Tetzlaff 2 Jennie Whitehouse 1

Dog Point Score Totals