Chris and Jeannie Brewer of Regina Beach, Saskatchewan, are being inducted into the International Snowmobile Hall of Fame in Eagle River, Wisconsin on the weekend of September 14 to 16th, 2012. This gathering will see many of the most influential and well-known snowmobilers in the sport attend. Eagle River is known as the "The Snowmobile Capitol of the World."
Chris is Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association's Executive Director since 2000 and Jeannie is the association's Chief Financial Officer.The Brewers are such avid snowmobilers that they got married on snowmobiles in 1990 dressed in matching snowmobile suits.
Smitten by the snowmobiling bug at age 11, Chris has received numerous honors including the International Snowmobile Industry Association Snowmobiler of the Year and Saskatchewan Groomer of the Year.
Jeannie started snowmobiling in 1967 and has the same passion and dedication to the sport as does Chris. She annually rides at least 1,000 miles. She is very active in many local and provincial club function, grooming promotion, fund raising, and volunteering for almost any needed job that involves snowmobiling.
A breast cancer survivor, Jeannie was instrumental in starting Prairie Women on Snow to bring attention and to raise funds for the cure. She has won the CCSO Snowmobiler of the Year in 2008. Her administrative talents have been recognized and she now serves as the Chief Financial Officer of the Saskatchewan Snowmobile Association.
Congratulations to Chris and Jeannie, this is an honour well deserved.