Liebe Studierende,
Auch in diesem Jahr versammeln sich die unterschiedlichen Teams auf dem Campus in Kleve um am Homecoming Cup teilzunehmen!
Eine Teilnahme ohne vorherige Anmeldung ist in diesem Jahr ausgeschlossen. Anmeldefrist ist der 01.10.2026 um 16:00 Uhr.
Der offizielle Wettkampf findet am Freitag, 02.10.2026 um 14 Uhr statt.
Wichtige Hinweise zur Anmeldung:
1. Alle Teilnehmenden eines Teams müssen sich einzeln für den gleichen Kurs anmelden. Basierend auf der Kursnummer werden die Startnummern vergeben. Nur vollständige Teams können im Wettkampf gegeneinander antreten.
2. Bitte beachtet, dass es pro Team mindestens eine (weibliche) Teilnehmerin geben sollte.
3. Die angegebenen Zeiten pro Team gelten für die Sicherheitseinweisung am Freitag, 02.10.2026. Bitte kommt pünktlich zur Einweisung auf dem Campus in Kleve; eine Teilnahme am Wettkampf ohne vorherige Einweisung ist nicht möglich!
Important details!!
Starting at 14:00 on Friday the 2nd of October, teams of students and staff will face off in a one-of-kind made-in-Kleve relay race around the campus. This thing is BIG. Actually, not just BIG, but HUGE. And you are going to have a blast participating!
Here?s the scoop:
Each team consists of five people and of at least one person of the opposite sex: 2 canoeists, 1 runner, 1 runner for the obstacle course and 1 cyclist. At least one team member will need to be a REALLY STRONG person (or failing that, a TALL one). There are four teams in each heat, and here?s what they have to do:
Starting on the canal in front of building 4, the canoeists fly off their mark and paddle down the canal to the drawbridge (that's about 50m, no BIGgie, right? You've done the Swan-Race ? how hard can it be, especially when you don't have to build your own boat?) As they pass under the bridge, they stash their team's baton in a bucket hanging from the bridge, then paddle to the ladder on the left side and get out of the canoe.
The runner hauls up the bucket, grabs the baton, and races off in front of the Audimax, up along the canal to the railway bridge and across that. The obstacle runner (who is waiting by the alligator ? you know where that is) takes the baton, and runs through the Parcours - crossing a balance beam, crawling underneath a net, jumping a gymnastic horse
Next to Building 10, the baton gets handed to the cyclist who rides a mountain bike across the gras towards the mensa, turning right to return riding back a slalom course in between the trees turning left passing the building next to the spoy canal towards the wall, that will be placed close to building 10. There the other team members are waiting.
The final element of the course is where it gets BIG, no HUGE, man. Remember the Really Strong Person? This is your team's anchorperson. Calm before the storm person. Brick in the Wall person.
(Queue the Pink Floyd music...)
This person leads your STORM THE WALL!
THE WALL is a pair of 3.65m high by 4m wide obstacles in your path (do the math, you'll see that?s REALLY BIG), and all five of you have to get over one of them, (with your baton, obviously). Two people are allowed to climb the back of THE WALL to start, and generally two people will stand at the bottom of it to boost the fifth person up into the arms of the folks who climbed the back. Once the first person is up, then one of the climbers scrambles back down the back and runs to the front to climb or boost. And so on. When all have topped THE WALL, then the team scrambles with their baton to the finish line.
Then if you win your heat, you get to do it all again, until there is ONLY ONE Champion Team left. The winners get to have the most fun, receive the loudest applause and get their names on the HOMECOMING CUP trophy, which they can have displayed in their Faculty until the a challenger takes them on next year. (Oh and there's some REALLY COOL prizes too!)
Any team of five students or staff can take part. The Freshers will be looking to make a name for themselves, so all you Homecomers, here's your chance to show them how it's done. Come join the fun to race or to cheer. Registration is possible at:
PS: There will be a mandatory training session on Friday morning for all teams, starting at 10:00. You miss that, and you won't be racing, no matter how many times you`ve done this before.
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Dear students,
As every year, students will gather on campus Kleve to compete in the Homecoming Cup!
Participation without a prior registration will NOT be possible this year. Registration deadline is 01.10.2026 04:00 pm.
The official competition takes place on Friday, 02.10.2026 at 2pm
Important information on the registration:
1. Individual participants should register within the same course - all participants must register individually. Starting numbers are allocated based on the course number. Only complete teams can compete against each other.
2. Please note that at least one team member must be female.
3. The indicated time slot of the registration corresponds to the time slot for the safety introduction on Friday, 02.10.2026. Please be on time for the safety introduction; participation in the competition is not possible without taking part in it!
