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The Finish LineAll events finish at the Waskehegan Staging Area “Stadium”.There is a common Finish Line for all events. Give your timingchip to a Chip Timing Official at the Finish Line. Please clear theFinish Area quickly for other skiers!Blankets, refreshments and medical aid will be available at theFinish, as well as clothing transported from the Start. Heatedchange trailers are on-site, but no showers.There is a Pre-call Monitor, involving a computer and TVmonitor, in the Festival Tent. The monitor will show the name andbib number of skiers on all four timed events while they are stillabout 200 meters from the Finish Line. If it's cold out or you gettired standing outside waiting for your favourite skier(s) to comein, you can sit in the Festival Tent and watch the monitor around thetime you expect your skier(s) and be outside in time to clang yourcowbell and click your camera.Finish Line Festival TentAfter an enjoyable day skiing your Birkie, come and relax in theheated Festival Tent. Sit and enjoy a bowl of soup, hot dog, hot orcold drink, fruit and snacks. It's a great place to meet up withfriends, old and new, and swap tales from the trail.In addition, you can view your results, pick up your year pin,celebrate age group award winners, and buy your Birkie souvenirs.www.kristian.caBest of luck to all participants!!18www.canadianbirkie.com
ResultsYour unofficial result will be availablewithin 5 seconds of you crossing the lineand results will be finalized by 6 pm. Thereare several ways to see your resultsincluding:·Four Results Monitors will be providedin the Festival Tent, continuously scrollingunofficial results (one dedicated monitorfor each of the four timed events)·A Dedicated Computer will be providedat the Vikings’ Feast and Gala allowing youto check your official result·Results will be posted on our website atwww.canadianbirkie.com. See them onyour own Smartphone or computer.If you don't see your result up within anhour of your finish or you see a problemwith the results posted, speak to the ResultsOfficial at the Timing Trailer immediately.Official Results will be posted on theBirkie website by 6 pm.AwardsAge Group Awards:All age group awards will be presented onsite in the Festival Tent, so we can allcelebrate age group winners. When youcheck the results monitors, if you are in thetop three in your age category, pleasepresent yourself to the person at the Awardstable. Age Group Awards Ceremonieswill be held (pending receipt of officialresults) hourly: 1:00, 2:00 and 3:00 pm.Awards presented will include: male andfemale age group awards in the 55 km BKand BL and 31 km events.Medallions for 55 km event first timefinishers will be at the Finish Line, and 55km year pins will be available in theFestival Tent for those who havepreviously skied a 55 km event.Major Awards:Major awards will be given out at theVikings’ Feast and 25th Birkie GalaAwards presented here will include:- the top three winners in the BK 55, BL55, JT 31, and MB 13; male and female- Haakon Haakonson, Ole Hovind andJohn Toonen Awards- a special Canadian BirkebeinerFounders’ AwardSkier PhotosMost Birkie skiers (can't promise all) willbe photographed on the course and/or asthey cross the Finish Line. These photoswill be subsequently catalogued and postedon www.janstudios.com Beginning March1st, skiers can go to the News Page on thatwebsite for info re: the 2013 Birkie photoservice. The Birkie office is not involved inthe processing of orders. A portion of theprice of any digital or print photo purchasedwill go to the Birkie's Kids With Cancercampaign.As in previous years, the Birkie will havevolunteer photographers taking pictures ofthe events and participants for Birkiepromotional use.www.canadianbirkie.com19
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