So as I promised a year ago, I organized another „bootle” race on the river Brda during the III Bydgoszcz Water Festival "Ster na Bydgoszcz".
This time though I offered a couple of changes. Each of the four starting teams got the same kind of materials, 300 empty 2-liter bottles, sticking tape and stretch foil. The paddles produced form shovel sticks and plastic kitchen planks were prepared before and each team had its own color.
Some called it the “whatever on race” but I must disagree. Wondering why? We put all our hearts to prepare the race, produce the rafts and get them into the actual race, so it wasn't just whatever on.
The starting teams, which were: journalists from the Wyborcza Newspaper, students from AZS UKW, foreign students from the Erasmus Program and our own crew didn't have an easy job to do. Rowing across the waves they gave all their strengths and fought a passionate battle until the last few meters. The leading boat has changed several times and despite winning was not the crucial part of the race we saw the teams crossing the finish line as follows:
- Erasmus
- Slawek & Friends
- The Wyborcza Newspaper
- AZS UKW
It was tough but all participants were very happy at the finish.
And I think how is it going to be next year already…
And a very big thanks to all the people and Institutions which helped this event come true. Without Your help things would have been much harder.
It was tough but all participants were very happy at the finish.
And I think how is it going to be next year already…
And a very big thanks to all the people and Institutions which helped this event come true. Without Your help things would have been much harder.
