With 46 entries, which was nearly twice as many as had entered the Mud Bog competition last year, and with an estimated 600 people cheering from the sidelines, members of the Kamsack Mud Slingers are pleased with their Canada Day showing.
“We’ve been doubling our numbers every year,” Dustin Stenhouse, president of the Mud Slingers, said last week, adding that the group had already had its first planning meeting for next year’s event.
A total of $4,000 in prizes was won by the competitors of the timed event which determined which operators of which ATVs and trucks were able to traverse the muddy course the fastest.
In the small ATV category, for those vehicles which are 699 cc or less, Tristan Chernoff placed first, and Jeff Airriess, second.
In the ATV category of 700 cc and up, Clayton Whitehawk was first; Shawn Lawless, second, and Greg Airriess, third.
In the trucks, stock class, Makenzie Chernoff placed first; Mike Cote, second, and Jade Holland, third.
In the trucks, modified class, Clinton Key was first; Brad Gouge, second, and Bart Hunter, third.
In the trucks, open class, Chris Sykes of Pilot Butte was first; Wayne Wallis of Regina, second, and Chad Jones of Regina, third.
Winning the bounty pit event, in which trucks got to speed through the water pit that had been used to keep the two courses muddy, was Cameron Rozema.
All winners were of the Kamsack district except where noted.
The competitor who came from the farthest distance travelled from Oak Lake, Man., Stenhouse said.
The Mud Bog event, which began at 1 p.m. and ended at about 5:30 p.m., included a 50/50 game and a raffle.
“At our meeting, we discussed any hiccups we had experienced and members confirmed that we want to keep growing by possibly having a better announcer’s booth next year and maybe some bleachers for the spectators,” he said.
