Registration opens for the 2014 Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous Community Challenge

February 3, 2014

WHITEHORSE – Whitehorse City Council has been challenged. The senior management team at Yukon College has thrown the gauntlet down to the capital’s elected officials as preparations for the 2014 Community Challenge get underway.

“I think we have a strong team that brings experience from last year’s competition,” said Brian Bonia, team coach and Yukon College Director of Human Resources. “Mayor and Council may be able to out-talk us, but they certainly won’t out-wit or out-play us.”

However, Bonia’s bravado may be for nought, as Challenge veterans and reigning champions, Shay-Per Esthetics’ Beaver Cleavers, plan on a robust defence of their crown.

“We have a slight change in our team line-up, but I don’t think that will stop us from taking the win,” said Chantelle Morcombe, the Beaver Cleavers team captain. Morcombe believes it is their team’s advanced smoosh-boarding skills that have given them the edge two years in a row.

The event is well-known for how seriously teams engage in the competition. Last year, a disappointed team from CBC North stormed off the field before results could be announced.

The Community Challenge, once again sponsored by Yukon College, takes place on Saturday, February 22nd, as part of the 50th Yukon Sourdough Rendezvous. The fun and games will get underway at 1 p.m. in front of the gazebo in Shipyards Park.

Popular returning events include tug-o-war, smoosh-boarding, tricycle racing, 3-legged racing, bed racing, leg wrestling and a trivia contest. Teams of six players will be judged not only for their fortitude and enthusiasm but also for having the most fun. As always, challenge judges may be persuaded using objectionable means.

There is a registration fee of $40 per team and a maximum of 14 teams can take part. To enter your team of six into the Community Challenge, please register online at  www.yukonrendezvous.com/#!community-challenge-registration-form/c1uar/ or download a registration form at www.yukoncollege.yk.ca/hub/pages/community_challenge/.

Whitehorse City Council could not be reached for comment.