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Here’s how the heats are set for this year’s Regatta

At last Friday’s Udtrækningsfest, the party for the Regatta draw, the three preliminary heats for the 35th edition were set. The race takes place on April 25.

Last year, Umbilicus won for the second year in a row. The question is whether it will be three in a row on April 25. Photo: Roar Lava Paaske

With just over a month to go, this year's Regatta is fast approaching. Meanwhile, the party committees are training vigorously by the lake in University Park to perfect their Regatta skills.

On Friday, at the Udtrækningsfest at the Friday bar Klubben, it was decided how the first part of the battle for the coveted Golden Bedpan trophy will unfold for this year’s 12 competing committees.Udtrækningsfesten is the party held in connection with the Regatta, where the teams are drawn, and the heats and lanes are decided for the big race.

The final consists of the winners from the three preliminary heats and the best runner-up. 

First Heat:

  • Lane 1: UMBI – Umbilicus, Medical Friday Bar
  • Lane 2: PF – Politological Association, Political Science Party Committee
  • Lane 3: PROFUS – VIA Campus Aarhus C
  • Lane 4: SL – Studenterlauget, BSS Student Association

Second Heat:

  • Lane 1: ØF – Economics Association
  • Lane 2: FUT – Engineering Party Committee
  • Lane 3: JUS – Law Society, Law Party Committee
  • Lane 4: APO – Apollonia, Dentist School Party Committee

Third Heat:

  • Lane 1: HUMBUG – Faculty of Arts Party Committee
  • Lane 2: BEERCEPS – Beerceps Maximus, Sports Science Party Committee
  • Lane 3: PSYK – Psychology
  • Lane 4: SIFFOS – Public Health Science Party Committee

Judges:

  • ALKYMIA, Chemistry's party association, and Kurt Strandbar, DMJX's party committee, are this year’s judges.

Last year, Umbilicus claimed victory in the final, with the Political Science Party Committee securing second place, Apollonia taking third, and PROFUS finishing fourth.