{"id":620,"date":"2014-12-06T18:47:22","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T16:47:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/80.69.171.23\/poro\/?page_id=620"},"modified":"2020-12-23T09:56:55","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T07:56:55","slug":"reindeer-championships","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/reindeer-races\/reindeer-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Reindeer Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Reindeer Championships \u2013 the Crown of the Season<\/h2>\n<p>The Reindeer Herders\u2019 Association was responsible for organising the Reindeer Championships until 2015. Since 2016 the competitions have been organised by the Finnish Reindeer Competitors\u2019 Association \/ Suomen Porokilpalijat ry (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/porokilpailijat\/\" class=\"external\" rel=\"nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>).\u00a0To access the Championship competition, reindeer have to be amongst the 24 best reindeer after the Reindeer CUP-preliminary contests.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/inari_2014b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2667\" src=\"https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/inari_2014b.jpg\" alt=\"Image. Tarja Konstig.\" width=\"460\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/inari_2014b.jpg 960w, https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/inari_2014b-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Reindeer Championship \u2013competition, there are also three other series: General, Hot and Sprint. There is also a Sprint competition for young participants, and finally competitions on lasso throwing and a playful challenge for groups of drivers \u2013 all part of the Championships weekend.<\/p>\n<h3>The Champion Reindeer<\/h3>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-620 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ote_2015_31.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ote_2015_31-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Champion Ote 2015. Image. Anne Ollila.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ote_2015_2.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ote_2015_2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Champion Ote 2015. Image. Anne Ollila.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ote_2015_1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/ote_2015_1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Champion Ote 2015. Image. Anne Ollila.\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2020 Reindeer Championship cancelled due to Covid-19<\/p>\n<p>2019 Annin Suivakko \/ Paistunturi herding cooperative, owners Vuolab Juha ja Portimo Anni, driver Marko Tervaniemi<\/p>\n<p>2018 Tulimus \/ Sallivaara reindeer herding cooperative, owner Rauni N\u00e4kk\u00e4l\u00e4j\u00e4rvi, driver Seija Matero<\/p>\n<p>2017 Pikalaaki \/ Pintamo reindeer herding cooperative, owner Taneli Paso, driver Hanna Mikkola.<\/p>\n<p>2016 Pikalaaki \/ Pintamo reindeer herding cooperative, owner Taneli Paso, driver Hanna Mikkola.<\/p>\n<p>2015 Ote \/ Kiiminki-Kollaja reindeer herding cooperative, owner\u00a0 Jouni Kyr\u00f6nniemi, drivers Janne Alatalo and Eero P\u00e4kkil\u00e4.<\/p>\n<p>2014 Urmas \/ Sattasniemi reindeer herding cooperative, owner Jorma Kuukasj\u00e4rvi, driver Hanna Mikkola.<\/p>\n<p>2013 Annint\u00e4hti \/ Kaldoaivi reindeer herding cooperative, owner Anni L\u00e4nsman, driver Uula Petteri Somby.<\/p>\n<p>2012 Annint\u00e4hti \/ Kaldoaivi reindeer herding cooperative, owner Anni L\u00e4nsman, driver Uula Petteri Somby.<\/p>\n<p>2011 Dat lea \/ Paistunturi reindeer herding cooperative, owner Ari Niittyvuopio, driver Uula Petteri Somby.<\/p>\n<p>2010 Dat lea \/ Paistunturi reindeer herding cooperative, owner\u00a0Ari Niittyvuopio, driver Uula Petteri Somby.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reindeer Championships \u2013 the Crown of the Season The Reindeer Herders\u2019 Association was responsible for organising the Reindeer Championships until 2015. Since 2016 the competitions have been organised by the Finnish Reindeer Competitors\u2019 Association \/ Suomen Porokilpalijat ry (Facebook).\u00a0To access the Championship competition, reindeer have to be amongst the 24 best reindeer after the Reindeer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":455,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-620","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reindeer Championships - Reindeer Herders&#039; Association - Reindeer<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/paliskunnat.fi\/reindeer\/reindeer-races\/reindeer-championships\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reindeer Championships - Reindeer Herders&#039; Association - Reindeer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Reindeer Championships \u2013 the Crown of the Season The Reindeer Herders\u2019 Association was responsible for organising the Reindeer Championships until 2015. 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