Record entry for next year's NN Ultrabalaton
The record number for the 2021 NN Ultrabalaton set a record.
According to the organizers, 1,300 teams entered in the 4-14-person category - the list was full in just three minutes - and there are more than 630 teams on the waiting list. The 2-3-person competition category will open at the end of November, but despite the uncertain conditions created by the epidemic situation, the organizers are already confident that by 2021, a record number of entrants will be set at the longest running event in Central Europe.
“We were also surprised by the whole thing, as there are a lot of question marks about the epidemic. It is a pleasure for us that NN Ultrabalaton is still so popular among runners, ”said Miklós Zelcsényi, the main organizer of the event, after closing the entry.
At the 15th NN Ultrabalaton, announced for 14 May 2021, the participants will start the lake from Balatonfüred.
NN Ultrabalaton is a 221-kilometer ultramarathon running race around Lake Balaton.
In 2007, the founders dreamed of an ultra-racing race of over 200 kilometers. The total number of participants at that time was 200. More and more people have joined this handful every year, so by 2018 the number of entrants has already exceeded 11,000. In the first years the field started from the shore of the Inner Lake of Tihany, in 2013 the competition center moved to Balatonaliga. In 2019, UB will start from Balatonfüred. There are 32 hours available for performance in a team (relay race) or individually.
The competition was dreamed up by Zöldgömb Sport Klub, the first 7 events were organized by Supermaraton Kft. 350 teams stood for the start line. From the eighth year, Balatonman Triatlon Kft. Will be organized by Ultrabalaton, in 2019 the organizers expect 1200-1300 teams. The international ultra-running federation, the IAU, awarded the competition a silver rating on January 5, 2008, making Ultrabalaton the first Hungarian competition to achieve this recognition. Source: wikipedia
Zoltán Diószegi won the Silver Ribbon, the first sailing competition of the year
The IRF Ventilo 28th catamaran won the first official sailing competition of the year, the Silver Ribbon Night Touring Competition.
According to the information of the Spartacus Sailing Association on Sunday, Zoltán Diószegi and his crew, András Székely, Csaba Hunfalvy and Gábor Antal, covered the Balatonföldvár-Balatongyörök-Balatonföldvár distance in about ten and a half hours at the third race. The field of 118 boats was thoroughly tested by the weak, westerly winds at night.
The Hungarian federation announced in early May that it would resume competitions from June 1, following the principle of gradation, minimizing security risks. The reduced entry fee for the Silver Ribbon, which started on Saturday, could only be paid by bank transfer due to the mandatory departure of party events, there was no party entry. There will be no award ceremony, and the prizes - including the absolute first inherited wandering prize, a heavy silver tray - will be distributed to the winners later by the organizers.
Zoltán Diószegi and his crew, András Székely, Csaba Hunfalvy and Gábor Antal, covered the Balatonföldvár-Balatongyörök-Balatonföldvár distance in about ten and a half hours. The field of 118 boats was thoroughly tested by the weak, westerly winds at night. The Hungarian federation announced in early May that it would resume competitions from June 1, following the principle of gradation, minimizing security risks. The reduced entry fee for the Silver Ribbon, which started on Saturday, could only be paid by bank transfer due to the mandatory departure of party events, there was no party entry.
Sport sailing on Lake Balaton
Although sailboats have been used for fishing on Lake Balaton for a long time, their use for sports purposes has only slowly spread. Pál Festetics established a shipyard in Fenékpuszta in 1760 using Dutch and Italian carpenters, where the first known Hungarian ship, the Phönix, was built, which was inaugurated on July 16, 1797. The sailing was started here in an interesting way by a steamboat, István Széchenyi brought the legendary Kisfaludy to Lake Balaton, and its crew started sailing.
The Balaton-Füred Yacht Association was established in 1867, according to the statutes of which the smallest ship was 25 tons and the crew could be up to 25 people, the members of the club were mostly members of the aristocratic and aristocratic class. Expensive ships were brought from England, but they were soon destroyed. The Balaton Sailing Association was founded in 1882 and the first race was held on August 22nd. The British shipbuilder Richard Young, who settled in Balatonfüred, built the yachts one after the other. The clubhouse in Balatonfüred was established in 1886, which became the main center of sailing on Lake Balaton. In 1881, the Balaton-Füred Yacht Association took the name Stefánia Yacht Association, which was renamed the Hungarian Yacht Club in 1912, and the following year it was renamed the Royal Hungarian Yacht Club (KMYC) with the permission of the Minister of the Interior and the approval of the king. The Budapest-based Balaton Yacht Club was also established in 1912. Next to Balatonfüred, sailing clubs were established in Aliga, Világos, Almádi, Csopak, Siófok and Lelle. This was made possible by the advent of smaller, cheaper ships in the 1920s and 1930s. Source: wikipedia
Thirteen-time Blue Ribbon winner Litkey Farkas and his team have started preparing for the lake bypass competition.
Thirteen-time Blue Ribbon winner Litkey Farkas and his team have started preparing for the Lake Lake bypass race - the helmsman is motivated by some uncertainty in the team’s composition.
“We usually get ready for the Blue Ribbon for a month and a half, now we have a little more time as the race has been postponed for a few weeks,” PreVital Governor Litkey told NS about the issue. He also said that it is very interesting that a few weeks ago they were still excited about whether it would be possible to sail or race this year at all, would there be a Blue Ribbon? And now they are weaving plans and even training continuously. All the information available today suggests that things are going in the right direction for the epidemic and could hold the Blue Ribbon on July 30th. Continue reading …
The sailing season on Lake Balaton started on Saturday.
This year's sailing season started in Balatonfüred on Saturday morning with the wreathing of Lake Balaton and a solid celebration. Lajos Kollár, President of the Hungarian Sailing Association (MVSZ), emphasized that the postponed Olympics due to the coronavirus epidemic affected everyone painfully, but the task of the association is to help keep Olympians and sailors in shape by preserving the quotas they have already acquired, or get back in shape for next summer in Tokyo. Continue reading …
Yet Andrea Kobetic does not retire, extended in Siófok
Contrary to previous plans by Croatian Andrea Kobetic, he will not retire at the end of the season, and the handball player has extended his summer contract with Siófok KC by one year. Continue reading …
The 52nd Blue Ribbon will be held from July 30 to August 1
The largest lake bypass sailing competition on Lake Balaton, the Blue Ribbon, will be held this year between July 30 and August 1. The traditional competition, organized for the 52nd time this year, would have originally been held from 4 to 6 July, but due to the coronavirus epidemic, the Hungarian Sailing Association (MVSZ) decided to postpone it until 6 May. Continue reading …
The Silver Ribbon will be the first sailing race of the year.
This year, for the third time, on June 6-7, the Spartacus Sailing Association will organize one of the most exciting rehearsals of the big boat field, the Balatonföldvár-Balatongyörök-Balatonföldvár night tour competition: the Silver Ribbon will be the first domestic sailing competition of the year. Continue reading …
It will be held in October at the Ultrabalatont
The longest running race in Central Europe, NN Ultrabalaton, which will be held for the 14th time this year, has been postponed from May to October.
According to the organizers, the change only affects the time, so the competition center will remain in Balatonfüred, and the distance will be 220 kilometers. The center will open its doors on October 1st and the next day the individual and 2-3 person teams will start their competition. Continue reading …
Five locations will begin again the work of the Hungarian national team swimmer
At the beginning of next week, the members of the Hungarian swimming team will resume joint training at two locations in the capital and three in the countryside.
Kozma Dominik, a world and five-time European Championship bronze medalist, said on Saturday on the current channel M1 that the joint work will continue in the Danube Arena, the Laky Károly Swimming Pool, as well as in Törökbálint, Balatonfűzfő and Győr for those who tested negative for both coronaviruses.
The BVSC athlete added that he will receive the result of his second test on Sunday or Monday so he can jump into the pool again on Tuesday or Wednesday. Continue reading …
Siofok nine-goal advantage in the quarter-finals
Defending champion Siófok KC won 38-29 in the first match of the quarterfinals of the women's handball EHF Cup at the home of Turkish champion Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK on Sunday.
Result, Quarterfinals, Match 1:
Kastamonu Belediyesi GSK (Turkish) -Siófok KC 29-38 (12-24) Continue reading …
Women's handball NB I - Siófok success
Siófok is the second guest in the table, who scored easily with 19 goals in accordance with the paper form, over the undefeated army driver Szent István SE in the women's handball NB I match on Tuesday.
The most successful of the meeting was Katarina Jezic, a Croatian from the shores of Lake Balaton, with seven hits. Continue reading …
Why Croatia remained without Seuso Treasures, and why they came into the hands of the Hungarians
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The renewable transport museum exhibited the old photos Siofok. -képgaléria.
Unparalleled lake picture material digitized by the end of the summer, the Renewable Transport Museum. Port construction is mainly between the two world wars, coastal works and social situation of workers in the presentation lake, lake transport genres seen in the previously unpublished photos. The institution has concluded a cooperation agreement with the Balaton Shipping Co. Ltd. (Bahari) in Siofok archive material held in the supply and in [...]
12.5 percent of the expanded domestic tourism
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Legislative initiative to amend the hydro bikes placed mentőfelszerelésért
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The European otter has been the year of mammals
This year was the year of European mammals otter. The program chooses the Vadonleső protected or specially protected, mostly in their communities importance of native mammal species in its seventh year, the year for which you want to draw the whole broad base of both technical communities, and society's attention. He told MTI.
