About the Labrador Winter Games
We are now in preparation for the Labrador Winter Games of 2006.These will be the 9th “Olympics of the North”.This sporting and cultural event takes place every 3 years and is hosted in the central Labrador town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay.
Some 400 athletes and community Co-ordinators from as many as 30 communities will come together from March 12th – 18th of 2006, along with almost 650 volunteers to celebrate the sporting and cultural heritage of Labrador.
Contests will be held in “traditional” skill testing events such as Target Shooting, Dog Sled Racing, Snowmobile Racing, Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoe Races, Northern Triathalon, Snowshoe Biathlon and the Labrathon (a test of the skill a trapper would need to survive on The Big Land).
As well, more commonly known events such as Ball Hockey, Volleyball, Darts, Badminton and Table Tennis will take place.
Possibly the marquee event of the Labrador Winter Games would be the Northern Games.This is a four part competition held over two nights to a packed house at the E.J. Broomfield Arena.This event is made up of the Labrador Hurdles, a test of endurance.The Over the Rope portion is a grueling test of both strength and endurance as the Athletes see who can pass over a taut rope the most times.The Seal Race requires competitors to pull themselves along the course using only their hands in a race format.
The final event being the One Foot High Kick in which Athletes kick at a hanging target of 7 feet in the air at the outset of the event and increasing in height until only one successful competitor is ultimately proclaimed the winner.
This meeting of the various peoples for Labrador competing for Community pride and in the fellowship that these Games inspire is an event second to none of its kind in our region of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Some 400 athletes and community Co-ordinators from as many as 30 communities will come together from March 12th – 18th of 2006, along with almost 650 volunteers to celebrate the sporting and cultural heritage of Labrador.
Contests will be held in “traditional” skill testing events such as Target Shooting, Dog Sled Racing, Snowmobile Racing, Cross Country Skiing, Snowshoe Races, Northern Triathalon, Snowshoe Biathlon and the Labrathon (a test of the skill a trapper would need to survive on The Big Land).
As well, more commonly known events such as Ball Hockey, Volleyball, Darts, Badminton and Table Tennis will take place.
Possibly the marquee event of the Labrador Winter Games would be the Northern Games.This is a four part competition held over two nights to a packed house at the E.J. Broomfield Arena.This event is made up of the Labrador Hurdles, a test of endurance.The Over the Rope portion is a grueling test of both strength and endurance as the Athletes see who can pass over a taut rope the most times.The Seal Race requires competitors to pull themselves along the course using only their hands in a race format.
The final event being the One Foot High Kick in which Athletes kick at a hanging target of 7 feet in the air at the outset of the event and increasing in height until only one successful competitor is ultimately proclaimed the winner.
This meeting of the various peoples for Labrador competing for Community pride and in the fellowship that these Games inspire is an event second to none of its kind in our region of the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.