WSA Dryland World Championship 2025

Dear Members,

Please find below the details for the 2025 WSA Dryland World Championship in Maserada sul Piave (Italy). The Championship will take place from 29 - 30 November 2025.

Program (provisional):

• Stake out opens: 27 November @ 12:00 hrs
• Vet check: 27 November (12:00 – 20:00 hrs) & 28 November (09:00 – 17:00 hrs)
• Trail inspection: 28 November from 13:00 hrs - 16:00 hrs on foot, bike or scooter. NO DOGS!
• First team leader meeting: 28 November  @ 16:00 hrs
• Opening ceremony: 28 November @ 18:00 hrs (assembly 17:45 hrs)
• Further team leader meetings: 29 and 30 November @ 07:30 hrs
• First start first heat: 29 November @ 8:30 hrs
• Mushers' dinner & party: 29 November @ 19:00 hrs
• First start second heat: 30 November @ 8:30 hrs
• Start relay: 30 November @ 15:00 hrs
• Prize giving ceremony: 30 November @ 16:00 hrs 

Race Marshal: Arno Steichler

Fees:

• Fee to secure starting places: €20 per place. This is a non-refundable fee that will be deducted from the starting fee. Should the Championship need to be cancelled, this fee will remain with the organisers to cover the costs they incurred.
• First start: €120 (this includes 1 voucher for the mushers' dinner. Additional vouchers for the mushers' dinner cost €26).
• Second start: €60
• Juniors: Free (includes 1 voucher for the mushers' dinner)
• Late payment fees for entries/payments received after the first payment deadline: €20 (applies also to juniors)

Please note:

• To be able to compete at the 2025 WSA Dryland World Championship, mushers need to have paid for their WDL for the 2025/26 season. Please list in the attached Excel spread sheet the WDLs of the mushers for which you are paying. Please send the completed form to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.
  
• All payments (starting fees and WDL fees) must be made by our national members. Payments by individual mushers will be returned.

Deadlines:

• 24 October: Final deadline for WSA members to request starting places and pay fees to secure starting places
  
• 14 November: First payment deadline
  
• 21 November: Second (final) payment deadline
• Changes to classes entered can be made by the team leader until the first team leader meeting (28 November @ 16:00 hrs).

Registration:

• National WSA members must request the number of starting places they require no later than 24 October by email to Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein.
  
• Mushers will be able to register for the WSA Dryland World Championship by going to https://racedata.wsa-sleddog.com from 15 September
• All competitors must be confirmed by their national WSA member. Members will receive a list of their competitors for approval no later than 14 November.

Further information:

• Event website: https://maserada2025.it/ 
• Event Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61574925202237 

WSA bank account:
World Sleddog Association, Volksbank Franken, D-74722 Buchen
IBAN: DE03674614240012043503; BIC: GENODE61BUC

Preparations for the Championship are well underway, and we are looking forward to seeing many of you in Maserada sul Piave in November!

The WSA Board