FL: 500 Many prizes

Premiebordet ville ingen ende ta da Finnmarksløpets kjørere i 500 km-klassen skulle påskjønnes. Mange hadde møtt frem i Altas gågate og målområdet for å få med seg begivenheten.

There was no end to the prizes when the mushers who had finished FL500 were given their rewards. Many had turned up in Alta in order to see the musher get their prizes.  

Nice setting

Many spectators had found the way to Alta to see the mushers get their prizes. Friendly elf and girls in traditional Sami costume created a nice setting together with rough-looking mushers. There were flags representing all the nations present and beautifully performed national hymns by Alta Kammerkor. Deputy mayor Hilde Søraa handed out the gifts together with the representative from the Norwegian Musher Association.

Her er noen av kjørerne som fikk del i gavebordet i 500 km-klassen. (Foto: Sten Tony Hansen)

Since FL500 has been given status as Norwegian Championship, there are two prizes given out. Firstly the three medals for FL500.

1: Ole Wingren, Nykarleby, Finland
2: Arnt Ola Skjerve, Rennebu, Norway
3: Jørn Sødahl Kvam, Åndalsnes, Norway

For his first prize Wingren was given a brand new ATV from Polaris worth 80,000 NKR. On his trailer he can take one cubic meter PROVIT dried maw and 27,000 NKR cash. That is on top of eating well at Rica Hotel’s restaurant and sleeping in its suite.  

Arnt Ola Skjerve was given 18,000 NKR, half a cubic meter dried maw from PROVIT and a cooker worth 2,100 NKR. Jørn Sødahl Kvam got an envelope with 13,500 NKR and 250 socks for the dogs, worth 2,000 NKR. Everyone on the pallet receives a bottle numbered wine from Finnmarksløpet named after the checkpoint Levajok, ice crystal and a diploma as well as a slate plate from Alta County.  

Gives thanks to Finnmarksløpet and family.

From the pallet the mushers thanked Finnmarksløpet for a nice race. Wingren thanked his son who had been his handler during the race, and Sødahl Kvam thanked his brother Svein, who was handler for him.

The twenty first mushers were rewarded with money and gift voucher from Labb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(PHOTO: Sten Tony Hansen)