18. January 2024
Sport
Citylauf 2024: registration starts on 28 January
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"2023 we have experienced a great 22nd Bocholt City Run and will ensure that the popular running event is organised to perfection in 2024", says Andreas Stockhausen from the City Sports Association.
Of course, this also includes registration, which will start on the last Sunday in January: the registration portal for runners will go live at bocholter-citylauf.de on 28 January 2024 at 12 noon sharp. The organisers are expecting a huge rush, especially for the places in the 5 km and 10 km races.
Five races will be offered again on Saturday, 4 May 2024 . The schoolchildren will start with their own 2.5 kilometre run. In the third race, pupils will compete together over the double distance (five kilometres).
This is followed by the five-kilometre "Everyman" run, which is becoming more and more popular every year, before the public and road runners take on the 10-kilometre course at 8 pm as the highlight. Hendrik and Esther Pfeiffer, now married, are the defending champions. Pfeiffer has just announced that he is considering taking part in the city run again and making it a tradition.
Staggered entry fees
The entry fees are not only staggered according to the respective races, but also according to the time of registration. Until 29 February 2024, the entry fee for the 10 km fun run and road race is 12 euros, 11 euros for the fun run for everyone and 5 euros for the 5-person school run. From 1 March, the entry fee will be 15 euros for the 10-kilometre run and 14 euros for the fun run.
The Citylauf is made possible by the commitment of premium partners Stadtsparkasse Bocholt and Bocholter Energie- und Wasserversorgung GmbH. Other partners include Flender GmbH, the private brewery ERDINGER Weißbräu, SPALECK GmbH & Co. KG, Intersport Pieron, and Getränke Westhoff, as well as Sinnack Backspezialitäten, 1A-Medizintechnik, Autohaus Becher, Provinzial Versicherungen der Stadtsparkasse, Sonilift GmbH and the newly acquired partners FUNRENT, and Olbrich GmbH, along with a number of other sponsors. The Bocholt Borkener Volksblatt acts as the exclusive media partner.
BEW sponsors city run shirts for schoolchildren
In addition, WattExtra, the brand of Bocholt's energy and water supply company, is once again supporting the school runs. All pupils registered via Bocholt schools will receive a sponsored Citylauf T-shirt from BEW free of charge!
Professional conditions
As in the past, the Stadt-Sport-Verband, the city of Bocholt, the Stadtmarketing Gesellschaft and the Sportfreunde 97/30 Lowick as the organisers of the Citylauf want to ensure professional conditions for the runners. The circuit will be marked out with the help of the youth fire brigade, THW youth, water sports club, DLRG, SV Biemenhorst, pupils from Bocholt West vocational college, Stadtsparkasse Bocholt, the police, the city council and many helpers from Sportfreunde 97/30 Lowick. Drinks will be served by the St Norbert scouts and medical care will be provided by Malteser-Hilfsdienst.
All information is also available at bocholter-citylauf.de.