AU Resorts to Plan B to Ensure Traditional Spring Training for the Regatta
The renovation of the northern lake in the University Park has been delayed due to the frosty start of the year. And now AU is resorting to plan B to ensure that the traditional spring training for the Regatta can take place from 1 March. But milder temperatures are still needed if there is to be water under the keel for the training.
Although we are approaching March according to the calendar, there’s not much sign of spring in the weather forecast. The frosty beginning of the year has meant that the renovation of the northern lake in the University Park has taken longer than expected. However, the contractors have permission to work on the lake until 31 March, and project manager Claus Førby-Danielsen still expects the renovation to be completed within that timeframe.
Next Year's Regatta Will Be With (Relatively) Fresh Water Under The Keel
However, as readers familiar with the Regatta will know, it’s traditional for spring training on the lake to begin on 1 March. And that deadline will be difficult to meet after this January, which was the coldest in 16 years, Claus Førby-Danielsen acknowledges.
Therefore, he has been working on a plan B together with the organisers of the Regatta, Emil Ebbensgaard Kjær and Daniel Vestergaard.
"Training will be moved to the other lake," says Claus Førby-Danielsen, referring to the southern lake in the University Park.
"We are working on establishing a temporary plank reinforcement of the lake shore similar to the permanent reinforcement found at the northern lake. However, there is only room for two teams to train side by side," he explains.
PLUS DEGREES, PLEASE!
However, this requires temperatures to rise above freezing for the spring training to take place.
"If the lake is frozen, training must take place on land," says Claus Førby-Danielsen.
But there is hope. If you can trust the local weather forecast that far, it looks like the temperature will change from below zero to above zero around the weekend.
As for the northern lake, he assures us that it will be ready for the Regatta itself:
"But there will be 8-10 centimetres less water than normal because the lake has to be filled naturally with the spring water that flows through it. And that process has also been delayed by the frosty weather," Claus Førby-Danielsen says.
Claus Førby-Danielsen says that a total of 1,300 tonnes of sludge has been removed from the bottom of the lake and that the students can now look forward to having firm lakebed beneath their feet where the Regatta battle unfolds.
Omnibus has been unable to obtain a comment from the Regatta organisers.
This text is machine translated and post-edited by Lisa Enevoldsen.