COURSE INTERNATIONALE DE BISCHWILLER 2025

The traditional Bischwiller international race will take place this year on November 15 and 16, 2025.

The race will support the FFST Grand-Est regional championship (LALCAST league) for the 2025-2026 season.

The ranking will be based on the best of the 2 times you have achieved, which means that if you run both rounds (obligatorily with the same dog) , the best of the 2 will count for the ranking and if you only run one round, this will count for the ranking.

To participate in the race, you must register online on Canicompet,

On Canicompet, it is possible to register the dog(s) in Nordic breed (RNB1, RNB2 and RNB3), the documents attesting to this must be in the possession of the competitor on the day of the race.

Your registration will only be taken into account if payment for your registration has been made and if the valid documents below have been provided:
- for unlicensed minors: sworn statement from the person with parental authority over a minor, that all questions gave rise to negative answers on the minor sport QS - decree 2021-564 of May 7, 2021 or medical certificate (specifying "in competition") less than 6 months old
- for non-licensed adults: medical certificate (specifying "in competition") less than 1 year old,
- sled sports license (mandatory for the categories Mountain Bike 2 dogs, Roller 1 and 2 dogs and Kart)
- vaccines (dog health record strongly recommended to simplify checks).

Course :
3.6 km technical course
Recognition possible on Saturday 15/11/2025 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. without dog and with bib

Opening of the stake-out:
Friday 11/14/2025 at 3 p.m.

Possibility to take a shower at the sports complex:
Friday 11/14/2025 and Saturday 11/15/2025 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Sunday 11/26/2025 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Distribution of bibs:
Saturday 11/15/2025 from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Sunday 11/16/2025 from 7:30 a.m. to 8:30 a.m.

Provisional program:
This program may change on the same day depending on the number of participants.

Saturday, November 15, 2025:
12:30 p.m.: musher meeting
1:30 p.m.: children's canicross departures (DCBaby)
1:40 p.m.: children's canicross departures (DCBenjamin)
1:50 p.m.: children's canicross departures (DCMinime+DCCadet)
2:05 p.m.: women's and men's canicross starts (DCW+DCWJ+DCM+DCMJ)
2:45 p.m.: mountain bike departures (DBWJ+DBW+DBMJ+DBM)+mountain bike 2 dogs (DB2W+DB2M)
3:30 p.m.: roller departures for 1 and 2 dogs (DS1J, DS1, DS2)
4:00 p.m.: departures of teams (DR2J, DR2, DR4J, DR4, DR6, DR8)

Sunday, November 16, 2025:
9:00 a.m.: departures of teams (DR2J DR2, DR4J, DR4, DR6, DR8)
9:30 a.m.: roller departures for 1 and 2 dogs (DS1J, DS1, DS2)
10:00 a.m.: mountain bike departures DBWJ+DBW+DBMJ+DBM) + mountain bike 2 dogs (DB2W+DB2M)
11:15 a.m.: women's and men's canicross starts (DCW+DCWJ+DCM+DCMJ)
1:30 p.m.: children's canicross departures (DCBaby)
1:40 p.m.: children's canicross departures (DCBenjamin)
1:50 p.m.: children's canicross departures (DCMinime+DCCadet)
2:00 p.m.: “4X4 canicross” relay
3:00 p.m.: awards ceremony

Departures will be given in pairs for adult canicross and individually for the other categories.

Children competing in the "baby", "benjamin" and "minime" categories must be accompanied by a licensed adult.

Each dog participating in the race or stationed in the stake-out must be vaccinated against:
Rage
distemper
Rubarth's hepatitis
leptospirosis
parvovirus
kennel cough (PI and Bordetella bronchiseptica).

People present on the race site must respect the rules in force (health regulations, FFST regulations, etc.)

The competitor acknowledges having been warned by the organizers regarding his responsibilities regarding physical harm and the actions of the dog in his care.

For Cani-VTT and sled disciplines, wearing a helmet and gloves is compulsory.

Double departure of the musher possible only in 2 different main categories: (list of the 4 main categories: 1-CANICROSS / 2-CANIVTT 1 dog / 3-CANIVTT 2 dogs / 4-TEAMING (DS1, DS2, DR4-6-8))
Triple start not allowed.

Possibility of reimbursement in the event of cancellation of registration by the participant after the registration deadline: at the request of the participant and only upon presentation of a medical certificate.

By registering, the competitor (or the person with parental authorization for a minor) accepts, de facto, that photographs of him/her may be taken by a club volunteer or a photographer during the race and published on social networks and on the websites of the Nanook club or its partners. If the competitor (or the person with parental authorization for a minor) does not wish to accept the preceding clause, he/she must make this known by sending an email to the address: presidentnanook@gmail.com.