In just a week and a half the 33rd Betonkanorace will commence. The organization is proud to announce that there are a total of 37 canoe’s from 15 different education institutions enlisted for participation.

So the letters that were send to the different institutions both at home and abroad paid off. Institutions from Aachen, Prague, Warschau, Berthune, Munchen Glabach and Zurich have send their teams. From the Netherlands, institutions from Den Bosch, Roermond, Heerlen, Eindhoven, Enschede, Zwolle, Delft, Leeuwarden and off course Utrecht have send their teams.

Meanwhile all the contesting teams have received their information booklets which provides them with the final programme for the weekend and all sorts of useful information. The different sponsors have been informed and the first interviews with the press are completed.

Tonight all the volunteers will be informed so they all know exactly what needs to be done to ensure a smooth weekend. The Betonkanorace 2010 promises to be a fantastic event in the center of the beautiful city Utrecht!

In case of questions do not hesitate to mail info@betonkanorace2010.nl or contact the appropriate person through the committee page

At the time of writing we have only 32 nights left until the event will take place! We will start with a boat show and a big party!

Besides the aforementioned sponsors, we found more companies willing to support the event. Thanks to Heijmans Infra and Royal Boskalis Westminster, the event will provide storage containers, a debris container, garbage containers, an aggregate, pontoons, a fleet and transportation for the canoe from the campground to the race location! Deys Concrete Technology delivers all materials for the 7! canoes that are built in Utrecht. Besides that we get financial support from Arcadis, MT & V Engineering and Continuous.

Obvious we are very thankful for all that support! Without sponsors the event would not as big as it’s now!

Obviously there are not only serious business to do by the commission. We also enjoy the meetings, with the sponsors, participants, Academy of Utrecht, etc. We also enjoyed a well deserved weekend….. in the ‘village’ Valkenswaard.

As the pictures of this weekend show you (see ‘photo’s) most of time we ate and drunk some. During the weekend we put the finishing touches on the scheduling for the weekend of June 4th to 6.

It promises to be a great weekend, although we are a little dependent on the weather! Anyway, we are excited! Don’t you?