Karlsfeld, Germany

Hello,

we had about 500 skaters (including the "Bladeguides").

The route was about 25km long and it only started to rain when the event was over. We had about 100 helpers for blocking the route from traffic. Our tombola (prizes were donated by companies) raised 157,20 Euro which we will transfer to a UNICEF account. One "UNICEF skater" volunteered to sell lots during the skate which was well received by the skaters.

Our volunteers will glady come back next year perhaps we will have more luck with the weather and much more skaters will come to join the event.

We happily will take part again in the 24skate. For your information: Getting the official permission and preparation of the event takes us about four months.

Best regards
Beate Hartmann
Community youth work Karlsfeld


Here is a scan of a report in the local section of the big German newspaper "Süddeutsche Zeitung", from .
(Some parts translated below)



... The police counted 500 participants including bladeguides a the 3. Skating Karlsfeld, which for the first time started from the lower secondary school ...
... The bus of the youth center followed the treck to collect tired skaters, but was only needed one for a girl and even that only for a short time ...
... After the first six and a half of the little lap the experts could deploy their scills. The fastest surely achieved more than 25 km/h. And because it did not rain yet, they went on for a second loop ...
... The police praised the discipline of both skaters and car drivers. "We had no problem at all", said officer in chief Richard Wach. Community youth work Karlsfeld project group leader Martina Kichpfening was happy about the perfect cooperation of red cross, fire brigade and police. But without the support of sponsors Skating Karlsfeld would not be possible. The biggest part of the cost of the event - ca. 1.000 Euro - had been covered by sponsors. The rest is covered by the budget of the youth work. ...
... The music initiative "Amper [small local river] Rock" played in the afternoon, in the evening the youngest band of the area, the "Peanuts" warmed up the skaters. The 13 and 14 year old youngster play in this formation for more than two years. ...
... There was a service to leave your shoes, a short brake-on-skates course, a child car service and a hopping castle. ...
... Mayor Fritz Nustede had kept his promise. As patron of "Skating Karlsfeld" he regarded it as his duty to make sure that it would not rain during the event.


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