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Dutch Adventure Racing Team DART MERRELL |
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The Dutch Adventure Racing Team (DART Merrell) was
founded in 2000 by Raymond Beeren and Christine van Donselaar. DART =
Dutch Adventure Racing Team and Merrell is their sponsor.
Current team members are:
Christine van Donselaar, Marie-Anne Marquis, Sven Platschorre, Jeroen
vd Berg, Jeroen Vermeulen, Bas d'Herripon, Raymond Beeren, Henri
Drieshen
Amount of training
Depends on the season and the race shcedule (3 to 6 times a week, between 5 and 12 hours). Once a month a teamtraining
Where did the name came from?
We aways carry the name DART and the rest of the name is sposor related.
Occupations of team members? What do they do for living?
Christine van Donselaar – Civil engineer
Marie-Anne Marquis – personal (sports) trainer
Sven Platschorre – Sales engineer
Jeroen vd Berg – police officer
Jeroen Vermeulen – teacher physical education
Bas d'Herripon – engineer/inventor bike parts
Raymond Beeren – mechanical engineer
Henri Drieshen – IT specialist
Sport background of team members:
Christine van Donselaar – survival running, athletism
Marie-Anne Marquis – traithlon, swimming
Sven Platschorre – soccer, adventure racing
Jeroen vd Berg – horse riding, fighting sports, survival running
Jeroen Vermeulen – survivalrunning
Bas d'Herripon – triathlon, survival running
Raymond Beeren – survival running
Henri Drieshen – swimming, triathlon
2 best moments that occured during your races (or training)
- becoming dutch champion in 2005, finishing terra incognita 2006 on
third place
- finishing AR in Chech republik on fourth place
Describe 2 worst moments that occured during your races (or training)
- Giving up at the terra incognita 2003 due to an injury.
- Giving up at Slovenia AR due to an injury.
Your opinion on Euroadventure.net cup?
Good initiative
What is the biggest difficulty when going to races in foreign countries? Transport, money…?
Yes.
How developed is adventure racing as a sport in Netherlands?
Not. Ok we have a group of people that doing their best to organize
things for adventureracers in the Netherlands with a real adventure
racing association (NARB)
Which race in Europe is best organized: AR Slovenia
Which race in Europe has the most beautiful landscape / race track Terra Incognita
Which race in Europe is the hardest?
Terra Incognita, the world championships
Which race in Europe is the most expencive concerning what you get?
Raid Corsica
What did/do you think about Adventure race Slovenia?
Great race. Hard and good organized, nice environment
What did/do you think about German Quest Adventure Challenge?
The races are mostly canceled due to lack of competitors. Organization could be better.
What did/do you think about The North Face Adventure Trophy?
No opinion
What did/do you think about Czech Adventure Race?
Did it once: Great race. Hard and good organized, nice environment etc
What race should by your opinion also be included in EA cup?
Terra incognita, Bimbache extreme
Please write whatever you want that's related to adventure racing.
Maybe euroadventuer.net can organize a european championchips with the above races as qualifiers?
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