Sled-dog Family


	The Stewart Family consists of Alan, Fiona & John . All have competed with sled dogs throughout the UK and abroad.
	Alan has worked as a Deep Saturation Diver for the past 24 years taking him all over the world. For the last 16 yrs he has been a member of a Deep Saturation Dive team working within the very extreme and hostile environment of the sea bed in The North Sea. He has competed at top class events overseas which include the 1999 World Championships in Switzerland, European MD Championships, Alpen Trail, South Americas biggest MD Sled dog race, North America, European Sled dog events & in 99 he took his entire kennel over the Cairngorm Mountain Range. Alan was privileged to be made an Honorary Member of The Alpen Trail by the race committee in 2001.Since 2000 he has not been a member of a club in his own country as he wanted no part of discrimination, which was show to him not only at club level but also at other levels within the sport in the UK.
	Major results to date "Bringing Scotty Allan home & having good mates who know what it takes." On Boxing Day 2002 the centre celebrated its first year. Two of the most extreme sled dog explorers the world has ever seen spent the day with my family & good friends. In 1969 Sir Wally Herbert & Allan Gill set off from Alaska to Spits Bergen the journey took them 16 months with 40 sled dogs & was the first and only surface crossing of the Arctic Ocean .
		John has competed in two Walt Disney "Iron Will" events one in Italy & the other in Minnesota, USA. He has raced in USA, Europe, Chile & Argentina. Winner of handler's race, junior event in Argentina & Chile in 97 age 11 yrs. He is a sergeant in his cadet platoon in Keith & member of the shooting team. He plays golf & football, skies & snowboards &enjoys playing the bagpipes (played to 5 times Iditarod winner Rick Swenson one Christmas on the phone) and was runner up in the UK Tang SooDo Fighting section in London in 2001 (Which has only this year been renamed to Highland Black belt Academy 02). John has plans to join the Parachute Regiment this year.
	Alan & John are presently training 2 teams from birth for mid distance events lines of those dogs are from Attla, Wright, Runyan & they are hoping the sport will be a part of the 2006 Winter Olympics. One of the centers main goals is to under line the history behind our sport and the people who enjoy their lives with sled dogs as for what they are K9 athletes.