Casco Bay and York District Klondike Derby

February 1, 2025

Time: Registration will open at 8am 
Where: Saco Recreation Field (Foss Rd Saco ME)
Cost: $8.00 per person.

Frozen Few: This year we will not be offering an overnight opportunity.

Be Prepared: This year’s theme is Battle of the Districts. You will be scored as patrols, but there’s an extra trophy for the winning District. Also brush up on trivia/history about both Districts, that knowledge might be worth its weight in gold.

Please read the attached patrol letter and information document for more details. 

Questions? Contact Joan Dollarhite (joandollarhite@gmail.com) or Jed Cobb (jed@eaglemanagementme.com).

Memorial Field
71 Sullivan St, Berwick

Cost: $8.00 per person

Be Prepared: This year’s theme is Artic Expedition Klondike; our location is very large wide-open field. Scouts are encouraged to embrace that idea with both their sled and brushing up on artic history and facts can always help.

Sled Divisions: Sled will be divided in to two groups Junior and Senior divisions based on age and rank. Any patrol with a scout 15 years of age or older, and or star scout or higher will be senior division.

Sled Judging: there will be sled judging, sled will be judged on the trail worthiness, Patrol spirt, scout built/maintained. There will be extra points for sleds that embrace the artic theme.

Arrival: 8am, upon arrival one scout leader will go to the HQ to check in with registration. We ask the remainder of the troop to stay together.

Departure: once your patrol has finished the Klondike cities the patrol leader will check out with HQ. after checking out the patrol goes to sled judging, once judged the patrol is done and we are asking that once complete patrols go home. Sites will close at 230pm so regardless scouts should be leaving at the latest 3pm.

Other information:
• Each site will be prepared to take between 2 and 3 sleds at a time. If you arrive at a site and the site is full check in with the mayor and you will given a place to wait off the trail, please wait at this location untill the site calls for you come to the site. If you chose not to wait you may go to the next site.
• Sled will still be going out in heats, this year it will be 3 sleds to a heat. Heats will be asigned by the order of check in the day of the event.
• You will still be given a first site that must go to first. After that you may hit the sites in whatever order your patrol might chose.
• There is NO bribing mayors.
• Each scout should bring a foil dinner to heat up at the cooking site,
• Awards will be given to the top 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each division as well as for best sleds in each division.
• We are currenlty looking for mayors to host cities and other volenteers, if you are interested in help please Contact Jed Cobb at Jed@eaglemanagementme.com or call 207-432-4741

Contact: If you have questions please contact Klondike Pete himself (AKA Jed Cobb) 207-432-4741 or e-mail Jed@eaglemanagementme.com