Seb_Gurkyh
Member
Please mind that I only act as a messenger, this is not "my" event - as one of few Germans semi-regularly on A2OC I volunteered to let you guys know about this and gauge interest.
One of the guys on the german A2 Club forums is involved in trackday organization and has offered (pending confirmation and enough interest) to include an A2 meeting in an event he's working on at Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands the weekend of October 20th-22nd 2023.
This was originally a proposal for the annual meeting of the german club but was deemed too late in the year for that:
Translation of a first proposal from November 6th by wittia2:
At this point, we have about 10 interested members from the German club, which was enough for the organiser to look into going forward with preparations.
They are however saying, that for the full list above including guided (slow-ish?) laps, we would need at least 20 cars.
As the event is still quite a few months away, I expect that there'll be more interest as we get closer to the date.
One of the other guys from the German club has also started talks with the Dutch club and there seems to be some interest in the event there, too.
As there is no forum topic for the event on the dutch forum just yet, I don't know what that means in numbers.
Current list of interested parties on the German forums:
This link is likely to be the main place for updates, though I'll try and cross-post here if there's any news, assuming there is any interest here at all.
If you have any questions to the organiser/s, but don't want to post on the German page, feel free to ask here and I'll try to forward them if possible.
To get to Zandvoort from the UK, there are a few different options, though I'm not entirely certain whether all of these are available and/or a good idea at the end of October.
The sample pricing is taken from getting prices for April 7th-10th so take these with a grain of salt.
There are ~5 available ferry routes:
3x long distance from the english east coast, namely Newcastle, Hull and Harwich - I wouldn't personally recommend these if you get seasick easily though
* Newcastle-Amsterdam Ijmuiden (DFDS, 16h, ~450GBP) -> 5 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
* Hull-Rotterdam Europort (P&O, 11h, ~300GBP) -> 65 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
* Harwich-Hoek van Holland (Stena-Line, 8h, ~350GBP) -> 55 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
2x short distance - usually OK even in less than optimal conditions
* Dover-Calais (Pick your poison, 1h, ~220GBP) -> 240 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
* Dover-Dunkirk (DFDS, 2h, ~220 GBP) -> 225 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
There is of course the Eurotunnel as well, though that is fairly pricy for what it is - my personal favourite though with no need to even get out of the car
* Folkestone-Calais (Eurotunnel, 0.5h, ~420GBP) -> 240 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
Obviously this isn't exactly at most A2OC member's front door, but I'd still be more than happy to see some of you outside of the epic A2OC socials
One of the guys on the german A2 Club forums is involved in trackday organization and has offered (pending confirmation and enough interest) to include an A2 meeting in an event he's working on at Zandvoort circuit in the Netherlands the weekend of October 20th-22nd 2023.
This was originally a proposal for the annual meeting of the german club but was deemed too late in the year for that:
Translation of a first proposal from November 6th by wittia2:
At this point, we have about 10 interested members from the German club, which was enough for the organiser to look into going forward with preparations.
They are however saying, that for the full list above including guided (slow-ish?) laps, we would need at least 20 cars.
As the event is still quite a few months away, I expect that there'll be more interest as we get closer to the date.
One of the other guys from the German club has also started talks with the Dutch club and there seems to be some interest in the event there, too.
As there is no forum topic for the event on the dutch forum just yet, I don't know what that means in numbers.
Current list of interested parties on the German forums:
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This link is likely to be the main place for updates, though I'll try and cross-post here if there's any news, assuming there is any interest here at all.
If you have any questions to the organiser/s, but don't want to post on the German page, feel free to ask here and I'll try to forward them if possible.
To get to Zandvoort from the UK, there are a few different options, though I'm not entirely certain whether all of these are available and/or a good idea at the end of October.
The sample pricing is taken from getting prices for April 7th-10th so take these with a grain of salt.
There are ~5 available ferry routes:
3x long distance from the english east coast, namely Newcastle, Hull and Harwich - I wouldn't personally recommend these if you get seasick easily though
* Newcastle-Amsterdam Ijmuiden (DFDS, 16h, ~450GBP) -> 5 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
* Hull-Rotterdam Europort (P&O, 11h, ~300GBP) -> 65 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
* Harwich-Hoek van Holland (Stena-Line, 8h, ~350GBP) -> 55 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
2x short distance - usually OK even in less than optimal conditions
* Dover-Calais (Pick your poison, 1h, ~220GBP) -> 240 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
* Dover-Dunkirk (DFDS, 2h, ~220 GBP) -> 225 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
There is of course the Eurotunnel as well, though that is fairly pricy for what it is - my personal favourite though with no need to even get out of the car
* Folkestone-Calais (Eurotunnel, 0.5h, ~420GBP) -> 240 Miles to Zandvoort Circuit
Obviously this isn't exactly at most A2OC member's front door, but I'd still be more than happy to see some of you outside of the epic A2OC socials
