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About the Netherlands
Competition
Concrete canoe racing began in the
Netherlands in the '70s. There are
typically over 40 boats in the field and races are run over a 100m, 200m and
400m courses.
The 2007 competition, which marked the
30th offering, was hosted by the University of Twente and run in cooperation
with the Netherlands Concrete Association (Betonvereniging).
That year, ASCE and ACI sponsored the
University of Wisconsin-Madison, winner of the 2007 National Concrete Canoe
Competition, to compete on behalf of the United States.
UW came away with awards for best construction for their design
report and general canoe construction; and, best innovation for use of
lightweight environmentally sound concrete to achieve great stiffness and
strength. In the races, the
Badgers took first in all but the women's endurance; a race that they did
not place in.
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2014 BetonKanoRace - 37th Anniversary
Almelo, Netherlands
May 30 - June 1, 2014
The 2014
BetonKanoeRace (concrete canoe race) will be held in Almelo, a city
located in eastern Netherlands. The Netwerkschool will host the event.
The 72,000
inhabitants of Almelo live in the rolling countryside of Twente, a region
where students from the University of Twente have become power players of
concrete canoeing.
2014
BetonKanoRace Website
2013 BetonKanoRace - 36th Anniversary
Utrecht, Netherlands
May 31 - June 2, 2013
BetonBrouwers win Gold
The 2013
BetonKanoeRace (concrete canoe race) was held in Utrecht, the smallest
Providence of the Netherlands, located in the center of the country. The
Utrecht Technical Association (UTV) hosted the event. The
BetonBrouwers from the University of Twente successfully defended their
title. In the process, they scored 5 first place finishes and won the
sustainability award.
2013
BetonKanoRace Website
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About
the University of Twente BetonBrouwers
Following the 2007
competition, the University of Twente went on to
become the dominant player in Europe.
After the "BetonBrouwers" won the 2011 Beton Kano
Race in the Netherlands, Twente went on to win the 13th Deutsche
Betonkanu-Regatta in Germany (2011) and the 8th Concrete Canoe
Challenge in France (2012).
According to the information on their
current website,
the BetonBrouwers are not afraid to get their hands dirty. They
combine their creativity, inventiveness, and concrete knowledge with
fun to get the job done. Only real diehard Civil Engineering students
with a heart of concrete, loads of motivation and a lot of persistence
can become a BetonBrouwer!
The team is from the constructive
branch of ConcepT, the study association for Civil Engineering
students at the University of Twente. You can read more about them here.
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