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1996
Mc[W[N CAPTUR[S
~T~CUP
ith stunning triumph, Tim McEwen from Eldorado had done it again .... beaten his old rivals, Ian Mackenzie (Bruce Mines, Ont.), Paul Boudreau, (Quebec) , Andre Nadeau (Quebec) and AI Moorcroft (Stirling) . For Tim and fourteen other entrants there lay ahead a night of extreme temperatures and an unexpected precarious water crossing at Otter Creek, eight miles north of Twin Sisters and rwo miles from the Glanmire checkpoint. The resulting polar plunge forced the withdrawal of seven teams. One such team was driven by Marcelle Fressineau from Switzerland, who, finding herself tied up with McEwen in the water, assisted in freeing his team. For that, she received the Grant Airhart Memorial Sport"woman"ship award. Back in Eldorado, a major trail change led mushers past the Madoc Township Building, opened by the council for use by mushers & spectators. While the heat and water were a welcomed new addition to the checkpoint, the hospitality in Eldorado was nothing new. Since 1979 the residents of Eldorado, along with the Madoc Township Fire Department have played a major part in the Marmora Cup races, and proven every year, they know how to have a good time! Ninety-four mushers arrived in Marmora that year, from Ontario, Quebec, all of the northern United States, Switzerland, Australia and even Florida. Twenty-two of the racers were here in Marmora for the first time, five having never raced before! The oldest musher was 58 and the youngest 5! Of the 16 women racing, rwo won in their class. It was an exciting year.
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CHAIRPERSON,
ANNE PHILPOT
"The pleasure for me is the compliment
paid to us all when
mushers and spectators drive from such distant towns just to visit our fair village. "
Five time Marmora
Cup winner,
TimMcEwen
1996was also the year of the new street hann.rs with th. htlp oUhe lions' adopt-a-mile program. for which the Lioness (Juh donated $500.00, the tor<hliCjhtparade, fret skatinCj show and Slttmans httr tent.
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PURSE: $12,000
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The big attraction for the spectators this year was the one dog Little Nippers Race, held right after the Arctic Wolf Madcap 7 Race. The Marmora Legion Bingo Fund contributed the prize money of $250.00. Twenty-three children (Ages 5 to 13) raced the half mile track in times ranging berween 2:05 minutes and 5:01. ...and the winner, Kathleen Cook, had come all the way from New Hampshire. But she was not the only long distance traveler. Emilia Iglesias was visiting from Puerto Rico, and Bradon Therrieault was from Oxford, Maine.
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