Homecoming Cup at the Kleve campus of Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences

As part of the induction week, the tutors once again organised a team sports event on campus for all students at Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences. Twenty-three teams, each consisting of five students, had to complete a relay race featuring numerous hurdles as quickly as possible.

The event began with the canoeists on the Spoy Canal. Working in pairs, the students had to cover the 80-metre stretch to the campus bridge in a canoe as quickly as possible. Once they reached the bridge, the sprinters took over the baton. This was followed by a 400-metre run across the campus, at the end of which the cycling stage began. The final hurdle proved to be the greatest challenge: a wooden wall almost four metres high and eight metres wide, which all five team members had to scale.

First place went to the international team ‘US 5 reloaded’, comprising students Nico Beranek, Isaac Rodriguez, Michael Chang, Leo Hennecke and Merlin Seifert. The delighted winners were presented with book and meal vouchers. The prizes were presented by Peter Wack, First Chairman of the Friends of Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Cleve Campus e.V.

The second Homecoming Cup was very well received and is the biggest sporting event to date as part of the induction week at the Kleve campus of Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences. The competition was made possible primarily by Prof. Dr Wiliam M Megill, Professor of Bionics specialising in biomimetic materials, the university’s sports coordinator Peter Garzke, and the tutor representative, Julia Ilg. The Friends of Rhein-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Cleve Campus e.V. supported the event with a generous donation.

The idea for the ‘Homecoming Cup’ originally came from the United States. ‘Homecoming’ is a tradition designed to welcome students to the campus at the start of the semester.