WATTIE'S GREAT RACE AUCTION

Every month Wattie will be auctioning Iditarod memorabilia and other quality limited edition items. Bids can be emailed to Wattie and the website will be updated at least weekly with the details of the current leading bid. Make sure that you check back regularly to avoid missing out on these fantastic items.

Make your bid on the Watties Great Race Auction page.

THE BOOSTER CLUB LAUNCHED

New for Wattie's 2011 Iditarod challenge - The Booster Club!

You can join the club for only £20 or $30. For this each member will receive a certificate & photo signed by Wattie plus a Wattie's Great Race keyring and limited edition 2011 patch. In addition each member will be entered into a monthly (September to February) draw to win a weekend with Wattie training the dogs - travel NOT included.
These weekends will be available in the UK from September to January or the Alaska at Dean Osmar's kennel in January & February.
Each weekend will involve overnight accomodation, meals, a small presentation on Wattie's Iditarod experiences and the chance to accompany Wattie as he trains his dogs.

To sign up please go to our How You Can Help page and the winners will be posted on the website each month.

THE KILTED MUSHER CD

To commemerate Wattie completing the 2010 Iditarod a new CD is being launched. The song was written by Dougie Stephen with vocals by Jacqui Wilson and will be available as a limited edition CD, so hurry to get yours!

You can get a copy from our How You Can Help page

WATTIE REACHES NOME

It's official, Wattie has successfully completed the Iditarod 2010 and has passed under the burled arch in Nome with all sixteen dogs still in harness.

Wearing the number 4 bib, Wattie managed the gruelling journey from Anchorage to Nome in 12 days, 2 hours, 25 minutes and 45 seconds. Arriving to the sound of bagpipes and a warm welcome from wife Wendy on 19th March at 17.25.25 (Alaska time) Wattie said that he had thoroughly enjoyed the race although he found it much tougher than originally anticipated. He was the only musher to arrive in Nome with a full team of sixteen dogs and praised their courage and tenacity, saying that they were 'a hell of a team' and that they deserved a far superior musher to him and they could then have been in the top ten!

Wattie finished in a very respectable 45th place, well in front of fellow Scotsman John Stewart, who is still on his way to Nome. The race was won by Lance Mackay (bib 49), who made history by becoming the only musher to date to win the race four times consecutively. He reached Nome in 8 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes and 9 seconds, achieving an average speed of 5.15mph throughout the race. Hans Gatt (bib 20) arrived in second place with Jeff King (bib 15) and Ken Anderson (bib 51) in third and fourth places.

Thank you to all Wattie's sponsors and supporters in the UK and the USA. You made this all possible and we are so pleased that Wattie repaid your faith in him by running a 'truly great race'!