Five people were injured in a serious collision between a van and a car in Mussel, a village in the Groningen province, on Wednesday morning. The accident, which occurred around 7:30 a.m. on the N366, also known as A.G. Wildervanckweg, left three individuals seriously injured, RTL reported. Emergency services responded swiftly to the crash with multiple fire teams dispatched from Ter-Apel A trauma helicopter was also called to the scene All five individuals involved in the accident were taken to nearby hospitals for treatment Local authorities have not released the identities of those involved The exact cause of the collision remains unclear and authorities are investigating the incident "...with the win comes the knowledge that I will have to work twice as hard..." It was a weekend to remember for Great Britain’s Dimitri Coutya at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Cup in Stadskanaal The 19-year-old defeated France’s Maxime Valet in the men’s foil category B final to win Britain’s first ever senior wheelchair fencing gold with the foil The win was also enough to propel Coutya to the top of foil event world rankings for the first time The celebrations continued for Coutya with gold in the men’s epee category B contest He beat Brazil’s London 2012 Paralympic champion Jovane Guissone 15-9 in the final to cap an incredible tournament "Lots of hard work from a very large team has paid off,” said Coutya “I've been so close to winning foil gold for a long time now and I'm thrilled to have achieved it “In both foil and epee I faced all my top opponents and managed to come out victorious But with the win comes the knowledge that I will have to work twice as hard to replicate this success and maintain my skills so I will not become complacent." The British team had more to cheer as Rio 2016 runner-up Piers Gilliver added to their gold medal haul with a victory against Poland’s Norbert Calka in the final of the men’s epee category A final Coutya’s two-gold tally was matched by Hungary’s two-time Rio 2016 silver medallist Richard Osvath who topped the podium in both the men’s foil and sabre category A competitions The feat was then also repeated by Thailand’s Sayunsee Jana Jana was a cut above her rivals as she cruised to the women’s category B epee and sabre titles Hong Kong’s five-time Paralympic champion Yu Chui Yee came within a point of being a fourth fencer to leave Stadskanaal with two individual titles In a nail-biting women’s epee category A final Yu landed the crucial blow to beat Ukraine’s Yevheniia Breus 15-14 Yu was then on the losing side of a tense foil category A final against Hungary’s No This time it was Krajnyak who struck when it mattered most for the 15-14 win An inspired Krajnyak then led the Hungarian women’s team to victory over Poland in the final of the women’s team contest In the men’s team epee event it was the Italians who were victorious Despite competing in the junior competition prior to the senior World Cup 18-year-old Emanuele Lambertini showed no sign of fatigue landing the final point of the tournament to secure a 45-44 win over Poland Complete results from the wheelchair fencing World Cup in Stadskanaal can be found here This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page social geography and planning students investigated support for the asylum seekers’ center (azc) in the Groningen village of Musselkanaal They advised the village to promote as much contact as possible between asylum seekers and the Musselkanalers “God made everyone equal,” residents argue About 90 students of Social Geography & Planning conducted a fieldwork study during the second week of January in the village of Musselkanaal in the Groningen municipality of Stadskanaal on support for the asylum seekers’ center there they presented their research results to stakeholders of the Stadskanaal municipality including the mayor and the asylum center manager Their main joint conclusion: The more contact with asylum seekers residents have the more positive they are. Dispersion lawDivided into 15 groups the third-year students conducted over 500 surveys of 67 Musselkanalers the Musselkanaal asylum center opened its doors to more than 400 asylum seekers The intention of the Central Agency for the Reception of Asylum Seekers (COA) is for the center to remain open until at least 2025 not included in the students’ surveys an as yet undetermined number of asylum seekers might eventually be housed in other municipalities that currently do not receive enough asylum seekers “No second Ter Apel with tents”Musselkanaal is a stone’s throw from Ter Apel where there is an asylum seekers’ center for another 2,000 asylum seekers The latter center has been in the news recently both because of insufficient facilities for too many residents and violent incidents in the center The residents of Musselkanaal therefore indicated above all that they did not want to become “a second Ter Apel with tents.” Both the qualitative and quantitative surveys also showed that residents of Musselkanaal who had heard stories about Ter Apel second or third-hand thought significantly more negatively towards an asylum seekers’ center Negative posts in certain Facebook groups from other Musselkanaal residents who are skeptical of certain media and tell mostly negative stories about asylum seekers in the area contributed to the development of a negative opinion towards the asylum seekers’ center. Neighborhood DayThis opinion seemed to grow stronger when respondents lived farther away from the asylum seekers’ center and thus only had “superficial” contact with its residents But playing soccer together with the asylum seekers or having a neighborhood day with refugees made the villagers think more positively about the presence of an asylum seekers’ center The role of the church also proved important in the villagers’ perceptions as they regularly mingled there with asylum seekers: Faith appeared to connect “God created everyone equal.” Most Musselkanalers thus seemed proud of their church but were equally proud of their congregation That admiration stemmed in part from the rapid acceptance of Ukrainian refugees “The Netherlands sends its overflow to Groningen but the congregation has handled it well.” The municipality was not entirely pleased with the results because the support base was smaller than individuals involved in the center and the municipality had expected The municipality was shocked by some racist responses from villagers such as one respondent who said “I still get scared when I see a black person on the street at night” and from a resident who called Islam “a source of evil.” Soccer tournamentThe municipality had also hoped that the students would do more research on proposals for contact between Musselkanalers and asylum seekers was that almost all Musselkanalers made a distinction between “fortune seekers” (those who come from a safe country) and real refugees (war refugees) The latter group was overwhelmingly welcomed “Everyone who lives in Musselkanaal is a Musselkanaler.” The incredible Bowling Rode Loper opened its doors in early April located in Stadskanaal in the Netherlands The place counts an incredible venue surrounded by  beautiful natural landscapes besides having a complete menu and several areas of leisure for the whole family games and the 6 innovative Green Bowling Imply® alleys that bring fun to the highest level Green Bowling® combines a variety of reasons to attract players offering a fun way to make lots of strikes 1.111 - RST 287 Km 105 | Santa Cruz do Sul | RS - Brazil imply@imply.com (+55) 51 2106-8000 Delta Fly Adventures hang gliding school near Stadskanaal Netherlands will be hosting the new Free Air 2024 festival 7-9 June The organisers say on their website: “Our country is flat but that doesn’t mean we don’t love flying.” airotow-rated pilots can fly from the school’s own airfield Advanced pilots can team up with new pilots in a “fun competition” and there will also be workshops a photography contest and equipment demonstrations The organisers say: “The event is for everyone: from experienced competitive pilots to beginners; for those who have been flying for a long time and those who have never seen a hang glider up close.” Free Air 2024 is the first edition of this festival and organisers say they are “still working on finalising the program” Updates will be published on their website during the next few weeks deltaflyadventures.com There's plenty of weird and wonderful stuff out there on Planet Earth Try entering "stadskanaal netherlands" in the search box and then zoom out: you're in the Antarctic.. Stadskanaal is a small town in the province of Groningen the Netherlands and definitely not in the Antarctic Looks like a giant Lego testing facility to us More frozen bizarreness hot from the desk of Planet Shaun: I'm not exactly sure if this what you were looking for but here it is nonetheless It's a strange alien looking face on Antartica The perhaps stranger thing is it looks like an errie face even if viewed oppositely (South being North that is) just look for the direction it is facing if in doubt Not sure if this is any intrest just thought it's a pretty strange thing that I happen to notice a while ago Latitude: 78°39'21.08"S Longditude: 40°37'37.92"W who can offer no explanation for the strange colouration of the Bodele Depression in Chad: Apparently it was "once part of Lake Chad long long ago and is now one of the main sources of dust in dust storms" at least there are no inexplicable markings out there in Chad to fire up the conspiracy theorists Gill who says: "Not exactly black helicopters Jeremy warns: "If those are not alien beams taking some unfortunate souls to God knows what I am sure 'they' will come up with some sort of photo artifact excuse Send us news The Register Biting the hand that feeds IT Marlou van Rhijn shares with us her three favourite tunes She may only be 24-years-old but the Netherlands’ Marlou van Rhijn has won pretty much every title there is to win in para-athletics Since making her international debut in 2012 at the IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal the blade runner has gone on to win one Paralympic gold four world titles and four European crowns At Rio 2016 she is aiming for gold in the 100m and 200m Eye of the Tiger - Survivor Rapper’s Delight – Sugarhill Gang Black or White – Michael Jackson Sport fans from around the world can now buy their Paralympic tickets for Rio 2016 from authorised ticket resellers (ATRs) The IPC’s Global ATR is Jet Set Sports, and Rio 2016 tickets and packages can be purchased on the CoSport website Residents of Brazil can buy 2016 Paralympics tickets directly from the Rio 2016 website Italian wheelchair fencer Emanuele Lambertini has been voted Allianz Athlete of the Month - October 2016 Emanuele Lambertini will not get much rest when he takes on both the junior and senior events at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) wheelchair fencing World Cup events in Stadskanaal The 18-year-old dismissed any concern on whether that would take a toll on his body “I am excited at the thought of five competitions,” Lambertini explained which runs from Friday to Sunday (12–14 May) the Italian will also compete in the Under-23 World Cup He wants to challenge himself at both levels “So in the junior events I’ll fence as hard as in the senior World Cup Lambertini is looking forward to returning to the piste following a big medal haul at the same venue last October At the 2016 U17 and U23 World Championships Lambertini took the U17 epee and foil titles This time he will fence for individual foil and epee gold in both events He will also compete for Italy in the senior team event The quick-fire run of competitions will give Lambertini an opportunity to test the range skills he has been training for “At the moment I’m improving different things at the same time,” Lambertini explained my strength and some particular fencing actions to have all aspects well trained all the time.” Lambertini named Hungarian fencer Richard Osvath as one of his toughest challenges While another return from the Netherlands with multiple medals is the goal for the days ahead who won foil category A silver at Rio 2016 is Lambertini’s long-term goal He finished in eighth place in the foil category A competition on his Paralympic debut in Rio and has mixed feelings about the experience “The emotions when I think back to Rio vary from sadness for the missed medal to happiness for the chance I had to be there; from the thrill I experienced during the competition to the hope for the upcoming years,” he said the Paralympic Games have been the best experience I’ve ever had For more information about the IWAS wheelchair fencing World Cup events in Stadskanaal visit www.iwasf.com Yu Chui Yee added another two World Cup golds to her glittering wheelchair fencing career Hong Kong’s seven-time Paralympic champion Yu Chui Yee won both the women’s epee and foil category A events at the International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) wheelchair fencing World Cup which concluded on Monday (3 July) in Warsaw The double victory follows Yu’s epee gold at the last World Cup event in Stadskanaal Yu had spoken of her confidence before the event and wasted no time in turning her winning mentality into results beating Poland’s European champion Marta Fidrych 15-11 to take the epee title in the opening day Securing gold in the foil competition proved a tougher test with Yu edging Chinese newcomer Gu Haiyan 15-14 in a tight final as she took gold in the women’s category A sabre contest the following day The 17-year-old proved too strong for Ukraine’s Nataliia Morkvych in the final Gu also starred as China won the women’s team sabre event in Warsaw cementing her reputation rising star for the Chinese squad There was more gold for China in the men’s foil events In the category A contest Zhong Sai Chun beat countryman Sun Gang by a single point to take the title In the equivalent category B final it was Feng Yanke who won gold for China There was no surprise in the women’s category B foil competition as Italy’s world No Vio beat China’s Zhou Jingjing 15-12 in the final The win marks a fifth title in succession for Vio a run that began at the Rio 2016 Paralympics Defeat in the final of last year’s Warsaw World Cup ended Vio’s streak of 11 consecutive wins Great Britain’s Piers Gilliver was another favourite to continue a winning run in Poland Victory in Poland sealed a third men’s epee category A title in a row for Gilliver following gold medals at the World Cups in Eger Poland’s Adrian Castro gave the Warsaw crowd plenty to cheer about as he took gold in the men’s sabre category B event Castro looked strong as he overcame Greece’s Panagiotus Triantafyllou 15-4 in the gold medal match The World Cup in Warsaw was the last major competition before November’s wheelchair fencing World Championships in Rome, Italy. Complete results are available online "Being top in the world comes with the added pressure of knowing that everybody is gunning for you." Dimitri Coutya’s 2017 season performances show just how determined he is to put away the disappointment of leaving Rio 2016 without a medal The British wheelchair fencer has made the podium in his past three foil category B events including gold at the World Cup in Stadskanaal The results have earned the 19-year-old not just the respect of his rivals “Becoming world No.1 has always been one of my goals in fencing and it’s hard to believe that I hold that spot now,” Coutya said “It took years of hard work and I'm absolutely delighted Being top in the world comes with the added pressure of knowing that everybody is gunning for you I know plenty of capable and worthy opponents who will be looking to take that title from me “I will be training harder to ensure I'm in the best possible position to defend my title over the coming competitions.” taking gold in the event to seal a double in Stadskanaal and losing only in the final of the epee competition at the World Cup in Warsaw “Epee does not come as naturally to me as foil does,” Coutya admitted “I find that the best way to cope with this is to take aspects of my foil fencing into epee adopting an unorthodox style and using it to my advantage.” Coutya does not need to look far for an epee sparring partner Great Britain teammate and close friend Piers Gilliver is the men’s epee event category A world No.1 “The fact that we are friends allow us to propel each other and challenge each other in ways that others may struggle to do and ultimately helps to improve both our performances,” Coutya said “It is also great to have someone around that I can relax with when we are not competing.” Coutya’s focus for the remainder of the year is now the World Championships where he hopes to underline his status as the best in the world I am in the best possible position for Rome which is the most important competition of the year At the last World Championships two years ago I won silver with the foil I am going to be looking to at the very least to defend that medal It is a big goal and will require a lot of hard work but I feel that I should aim as high as possible I have a brilliant team behind me and I know they will do all they can to help me get there.” The IWAS (International Wheelchair and Amputee Sport Federation) World Championships takes place 7–12 November in Rome is the world-record holder in the 100m T54 sprint Leo Pekka Tahti recalls a particular national event back home in Finland when the front of his wheelchair just fell off mid-race The Finnish 100m T54 world-record holder and three-time Paralympic champion in the event remembers it like it was yesterday “It just crushed in the front part,” Tahti said “It just cut off 20m before the finish line in a competition.” which was a hundredth of a second better than his gold-medal winning race at the IPC Athletics European Championships on Monday (25 June) in Stadskanaal But with his win this week came a European title Tahti beat the Netherlands’ Kenny van Weeghel and Germany’s Marc Schuh for the title in an event he deemed will be the second biggest competition of the year for him other than the London 2012 Paralympic Games which he has already been selected to compete in has been on the wheelchair racing circuit for 13 years now but claims there are still several years left in his competitive career and that all he has to do every time he hits the track is propel himself as fast as humanely possible for the first 30-40m you’ve probably lost a medal by then,” he said so other athletes may want to take his advice Tahti holds the world-record time of 13.76 in the 100m T54 which he set at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games en route to winning gold in Beijing the stadium was a fantastic stadium,” Tahti said I’m not sure the stadium will be full in London Tahti was the only wheelchair racer represented from Finland Finland plans to send as many as four wheelchair racers to compete on the big international stage The Championships in Stadskannal are not yet over for Tahti as he will compete again on Tuesday in the 400m T54 race – an event he is not quite as strong in but believes there is still room for improvement and he will face the same top opponents as in the 100m in van Weeghel and Schuh Just 0.09 seconds seperated the top four finishers in the men's 100m at the 2011 IPC Atheltics World Championships “We are now 15 months away from the start of the Championships and I was impressed with the level of planning and detail that the Local Organizing Committee has put in so far The venue is great and located in a beautiful park whilst the city is totally stunning Our athletes cannot fail to be impressed." The organizers of the 2013 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in Lyon France have promised competing athletes that they can expect optimal sporting conditions when they arrive in the city in July next year France’s second city will stage the Championship between 19-28 July 2013 and after two days of meetings with IPC representatives in the city Vice President of the Local Organizing Committee said he is confident Lyon will stage one of the best World Championships ever for para-athletes “We are determined to make these the most welcoming World Championships ever for athletes and staff,” said Allard “We want to create the best sporting conditions so that athletes can perform to the best of their ability and show the public the value of Paralympic sport “This will be the first international sporting event to be held at the Stadium of Parilly and we hope to change perceptions in French society of what can be achieved by a person with an impairment.” During the two days of meetings the IPC was given a tour of the Stadium of Parilly the venue for the Championships which is located in 178 hectares of parkland to the south east of the city in the Rhones-Alpes region organizers plan to build temporary stands at the venue to increase capacity for spectators and are looking at hosting the marathon on a 7km loop road within the surroundings of Parc Parilly The IPC delegation was also given a tour of the city and shown a number of hotels where it is proposed teams will be accommodated during the Championships said: “We are now 15 months away from the start of the Championships and I was impressed with the level of planning and detail that the Local Organizing Committee has put in so far “The venue is great and located in a beautiful park whilst the city is totally stunning the key for the Organizing Committee is to make the planning become a reality If they do that then the athletes coming here can expect an excellent World Championships.” The IPC and Championship organizers also discussed the look and feel of the event Around 1,300 athletes from 90 countries are expected to take part in the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships which will be the first major gathering of track and field athletes after London 2012 New Zealand staged the last World Championships in 2011 an event that attracted over 1,000 athletes from 80 countries China topped the medals table winning 58 medals including 21 golds Bulgaria's Anna Kaniuk competes in the Long Jump F12 at the IPC Athletics European Championships Russia leads the standings with 11 gold and 28 overall medals Three world and three European records were broken on Monday (25 June) at the second day of the IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal as several field athletes had spectacular performances Greece is third with five golds and 10 overall medals Ukraine's Marlia Pomazan threw a new world-record distance of 11.34m in the Shot Put F35 to win the F35/36 event claimed silver (8.76m/887 points) and Poland's Chilewska (9.61m/881 points) finished with the bronze Lithuania's Mindaugas Bilius won his second gold medal of the Championships with a throw of 14.24m in the Shot Put F37 final beating Ukraine's Mykola Zhabnyak (13.89m) and Russia's Aleksei Lesnykh (13.75m) Serbia's Tanja Dragic stormed to gold in the women's Javelin F12/13+F37/38 event with a new world-record distance for the F12 class of 37.85 (998 points) With a mark of 29.10m in the Club Throw F32 Great Britain's Stephen Miller became a three-time European champion Czech Republic's Frantisek Serbus (26.08m) claimed silver and Croatia's Slaven Hudina (24.84m) took bronze Poland's Karolina Kucharczyk set a personal-best mark of 5.88m in the Long Jump F20 to win the women's competition as Russia's Krestina Zhukova (5.44m) won silver and Croatia's Mikela Ristoski (5.29m) won bronze Bulgaria's Ruzhdi Ruzhdi won the Shot Put F55 with a mark of 10.97m Ukraine's Vasyl Lishchynskyi won the Shot Put F11 - his second gold in two days - with a distance of 13.49 and Greece's Georgios Karminas threw the Javelin 14.31m to win the F33/34/52/53 competition The track events were highlighted by the Dutch and the Russians. as both delegations proved exceptional in the sprints despite the windy conditions Stefan Rusch won the 100m T34 event in a time of 17.41 as Amy Siemons clocked a 19.39 to secure gold in the women's 100m T34/52/53 a double-amputee and double world-record holder Suzan Verduijn ran the distance in 29.91 to take silver and Iris Pruysen ran it in 30.96 to claim bronze Russia's Alexey Kotlov sped to the European title in the 800m T46 in a time of 1:59.97 and Margarita Goncharavoa won the 200m T38 event on the women's side for the Russians in a time of 28.39 The delegation of 67 athletes continued its run on the track for most of the afternoon with Nikol Rodomakina winning the women's 200m T46 in a time of 25.88 and Roman Kapranov coming away victorious in the men's 400m T38 event with a top time of 54.33 with victories from Leo Pekka Tahti in the 100m T54 race (14.21) and Amanda Kotaja in the 400m T54 event Italy's Oxana Corso surprised the spectators as well racing to the title with a new European record in the 200m T35 event with a time of 24.07 featuring around 520 athletes from 38 countries will run through Thursday and are the last major international Athletics event ahead of the London 2012 Paralympic Games For more information on the event and complete results from the second day of competition, please visit www.ipcathleticseurochamps.com To follow live results from the competition the rest of the week please click on the event schedule/results Joze Flere from Slovenia broke the world record in the Discus F51 for the first time at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games “I want to tell people that if somebody becomes a disabled person they need to think how to get motivation after Slovenia’s world-record holder in the Discus F51 the Netherlands on Friday (22 June) nerveless and ready to go The 44-year-old is ready to show the rest of his continent why he is No 1 in the world in his event when the 2012 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) European Athletics Championships kick off with the Opening Ceremony on Saturday Flere first broke the world record in his class when he won silver at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games with a mark of 10.99m in an event that combined the F32 and F51 classes He has broken his own record several times since then most recently setting a new top distance of 11.98m in Zagreb He said his biggest opponent in Stadskanaal will be himself and the expectations riding on his shoulders heading into the London 2012 Paralympic Games Flere has been a quadriplegic since he was injured in a car accident 10 years ago back when he worked out in the forests cutting wood and building roofs for civilians He used to enjoy lifting weights at the gym – and could lift up to 300kg – but he transitioned to Athletics followed his accident they need to think how to get motivation after,” Flere said Flere competes in the field class for athletes with the lowest functional ability and trains every day aside from Sundays he is allowed to use a suitable glue substance on his hands to obtain a better grip on the disc I want to throw and it doesn’t release,” Flere chuckled Ukraine’s Dmytro Balashev and the Czech Republic’s Miroslav Matic will all challenge Flere for the Discus F51-53 title in Stadskanaal at 11:00 on the first day of competition on Sunday Flere will be one of the three Slovenians and one of the 33 world-record holders competing at the Championships Joze Flere from Slovenia will try to transform his silver medal from Beijing 2008 into a gold one during the London 2012 Paralympic Games Great Britain’s Richard Whitehead broke the 200m T42 world record and Russia picked up eight more gold medals on the fourth day of the IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal smashed his own world record he set last month by more than six tenths of a second en route to winning gold in a time of 24.93 Denmark’s Daniel Jorgensen finished second and Iceland’s Helgi Sveinsson placed third It was the eighth world record broken at the Championships solidified its place at the top of the medals table racking more hardware to move to 24 total golds and 61 overall medals at the Championships Ukraine follows in the Championship standings with 14 golds and 36 overall medals and then Poland with eight golds and 23 overall medals and the Netherlands with eight golds and 20 overall medals breaking the European record in the 200m T37 event as his time of 23.54 was the top in a Russian sweep Roman Kapranov (24.09) took silver and Alexandr Lyashchenko (24.40) garnered bronze in a crowded field The Russians just kept going throughout the day as defending Paralympic champion and world-record holder Alexey Ashapatov (15.87m) won the Shot Put F56/F57/F58 and Marta Prokofyeva took gold in the Shot Put F11/12 (12.56m) Egor Sharov won the 1,500m T13 (3:58.24) and Alexey Bychenok (1:44.66) made his way to the top of the podium in the 800m T54 event Ukraine’s Olena Gliebova set a new European record in the 100m T13 event sprinting ahead of the pack to finish the race in 12.40 ahead of Germany’s Janne Sophie Engeleiter (13.67) and Poland’s Anna Duzikowska (13.82) The Ukrainians also received top performances from Mykyta Senyk and Roman Pavlyk on the track Senyk won a stacked field in the 200m T38 sprint just .04 off the world-record mark set by Greece’s Aristotelis Marinos at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games Spain’s Lorenzo Albaladejo Martinez (24.30) garnered silver and Ukraine’s Andriy Onufriyenko (24.54) secured bronze Pavlyk’s season-best came in the 200m T36 final on the men’s side as he topped British favourite and European world-record holder Ben Rushgrove Italy’s Oxana Corso also set a new European record racing the 100m T35 final in 16.07 and beating former record-holder Sophia Warner (16.70) of Great Britain in the process Visually impaired British sprinters Tracey Hinton and Libby Clegg both won the 200m in the T11 and T12 classes Hinton ran her race to gold in 27.31 and Clegg captured a time of 25.47 in her victory Orla Barry proved why Ireland has a strong delegation on the field winning the Discus F57/F58 (29.65m/966 points) Bulgaria’s Stela Eneva won silver (36.29m/919 points) and Russia’s Larisa Volik took the bronze (25.26m/816 points) Germany’s European record-holder Mathias Mester threw 37.38m to secure gold Slovakia’s Marek Margoc won silver with a distance of 32.48m and Great Britain’s Kyron Duke’s 31.43m distance was good enough for bronze Norway’s Runar Steinstan picked up a nice first-place finish in the Javelin F42 with a season-best distance of 47.94m Sveinsson took silver (46.52m) and Bulgaria’s Dechko Ovcharov (45.71m) grabbed bronze Spain’s Jose Antonio Exposito Pineiro set a season-best mark of 7.25m to top the podium in the Long Jump F20 and Belarus’ Ihar Fartunau won the Long Jump F13 with a 6.67m jump For more information on the event and complete results from the fourth day of competition, please visit www.ipcathleticseurochamps.com races in the 100m T42 sprint at the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal I want to get better than my personal bests.” The Netherlands’ Annette Roozen is fighting for one of five women’s slots available on the Dutch Athletics team that will compete at the London 2012 Paralympic Games came to the IPC Athletics European Championships in Stadskanaal the Netherlands last week eager to improve her resume to ensure a trip to London who has competed in two Paralympics previously which resulted in silver medals in both the 100m T42 sprint and Long Jump F42 I’m the oldest,” she said in regards to her team In her first event at the Championships on Tuesday (26 June) Roozen finished second in the 100m T42 sprint with a time of 16.67 who clocked a new world record time of 15.89 “I was very nervous and I didn’t sleep,” Roozen said The time in Stadskanaal puts her fifth in the 2012 IPC Athletics world rankings in the women’s T42 class Both Caironi and Australia’s defending world champion Kelly Cartwright rank ahead of her Although Roozen’s time in the sprint is good enough for qualification there are only a select number of places on the Dutch squad Roozen now has to wait until the team is named on 17 July to see if she will be headed to London this summer Photos of a house with Nazi symbols appeared on Funda last week The real estate agency responsible says a series of human errors led up to the unfortunate posting texts and flags –– which could all be viewed in the photos published on the platform a gold eagle with a swastika hung in the dining room photos depicted a flag with a swastika above the nightstand and words from a concentration camp above the doorframe these photos may have been visible on the internet," the house's real estate broker said after the photos disappeared from Funda and the broker's website several errors led to the publishing of the photos the real estate agency's owner Herman Boekelo told RTL the photographer came earlier than expected to begin taking photos of the property an employee of the real estate agency noticed the swastikas and other Nazi imagery and put all the photos that couldn't be shown into a folder "It is a very annoying combination of circumstances," Boekelo told RTL "I was completely shocked when I received an app about it from a customer The house is no longer for sale via the real estate agency "We want to distance ourselves from it completely." The northern Netherlands have just received three new solar parks totalling 152 megawatts solar panels a combination of mono- and bifacial modules is used Chint Solar Nederlands has announced the successful completion of 3 solar parks in Drenthe and Groningen 152 MW of solar panels have been installed Zonnepark Stadskanaal has a capacity of 101 MW Zonnepark Buinerveen of 45 MW and Zonnepark Ommelanderwijk of 5.7 MW The solar parks were connected to the grid of operators Enexis and TenneT The solar parks were initiated by PowerField and have been further developed and realized by Chint Solar Chint Solar also developed and constructed the grid connection infrastructure Chint Solar acted as the leading EPC contractor coordinated various subcontractors and took responsibility for network integration and meeting all local and legal requirements The construction of Zonnepark Stadskanaal started in February 2020 Chint Solar installed 245,000 solar panels on 83 hectares of land at the Van Boekerenweg Chint Solar connected this solar park directly to the high voltage electrical substation of TenneT located in Meeden To this purpose a 16 kilometer 110 kv cable route was built between the solar park and the point of connection in Meeden The construction works for Zonnepark Buinerveen started in May 2020 About 110,000 solar panels have been installed on 40 hectares of land Zonnepark Buinerveen is connected to Zonnepark Stadskanaal via a 13 kilometer private medium voltage 33 kv cable route The combined grid connection for the solar parks in Stadskanaal and Buinerveen is connected to the high-voltage grid This is a first interconnection of two solar parks for the Netherlands A thorough and long preparation was required The technology and selection of components of Zonnepark Buinerveen was characterized by the high restrictions on the Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) directive applied to this geographical location The EMC directive imposes limits to the electromagnetic emissions of equipment In order to allow for the realization of the solar park specific agreements had to be made with Astron (the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy) that would guarantee the construction and operation of the solar park within the required norms Chint Solar has therefore developed a project-specific DC filter and taken additional measures to limit the overall EMC emissions and stay within the imposed limits The complex and customized EMC emission control solution was first tested in an external laboratory and subsequently on site See also: Floating PV combined with wastewater treatment ‘The complexity of these projects makes them unique for Chint Solar Head of Project Management at Chint Solar Europe ‘Meeting the 110 kV Requirements for Generators (RfG) Grid Code reaching the agreed EMC limits and implementing the projects within the fixed time limit during the global COVID-19 pandemic makes these solar parks great references We thank all partners involved for their remarkable efforts in advancing and realizing the projects.’ The construction of Zonnepark Ommelanderwijk The former industrial estate was unusable for farming because of pre-existing pollution and significant land remediation measures had to be taken prior to the construction of the solar park This will allow Chint Solar to test and prove the benefits of bifacial modules over monofacial in real-life applications solar energy is a perfect solution to use otherwise unusable land for valuable and sustainable energy generation’ Head of Business for Chint Solar Nederland ‘This type of land conversion can become a role model for other unusable locations We want to copy this concept to other sites in the Netherlands.’ Chint Solar will continue to be involved in all 3 solar parks Zonnepark Services Nederland – a joint venture of Chint Solar and Goldbeck Solar – was founded in October 2020 It will provide the Operation & Maintenance (O&M) services for the solar parks With 440 MW of O&M contracts for solar parks in its portfolio it is one of the largest PV service companies in the Netherlands ‘After connecting the 103 MW Zonnepark Midden Groningen in 2019 these 3 new solar parks are real icon projects’ the solar parks will provide about 50,000 households in the Netherlands with sustainable electricity and help the regions achieve their local energy targets We would like to thank all public stakeholders contractors and consultants for their strong cooperation and participation in making the solar parks a reality.’ (mfo) Looking to stay on top of all relevant industry and business news? Click here to subscribe to our free twice-weekly pv Europe newsletter. 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Photo: Jilmer Postma ANPThe Groningen town of Stadskanaal has agreed to provide emergency accommodation in tents for asylum seekers to relieve pressure on the Ter Apel reception centre will provide beds for some 200 people and can probably be used from Thursday The local council said it was stepping in to help out because of the “very worrying” situation in a the Ter Apel reception centre where all new refugees are processed “Tents are far from ideal at this time of year,” council official Ingrid Sterenborg said “But the situation in Ter Apel is desperate And it is better to sleep in a heated tent than on the ground.”  Asylum seekers will be taken by bus to the tents where they will be given an evening meal and can spend the night The next day they will be returned to Ter Apel to wait to be seen by the immigration service IND the Red Cross was drafted in to provide emergency provisions for dozens of refugees who had been sleeping on the floor of waiting rooms in the centre The refugee settlement agency COA said last month it would contact 45 municipalities that are failing to meet their obligations to provide shelter under a plan agreed between local mayors and provinces earlier in the month That plan was drawn up to try to relieve pressure at Ter Apel where 2,500 people are currently staying in a facility that has a maximum capacity of 2,000 The justice ministry has warned that the number of refugees with a permit to stay who are living in asylum seeker accommodation – which is intended for those whose claims are still being processed – could reach 21,000 by 2025 unless councils find alternatives MPs voted in favour of legislation that will force all 342 Dutch local authorities to accept their fair share of refugees the ruling VVD and far right parties all voted against the legislation whose support is crucial to get the measure passed in the senate Research published by RTL Nieuws a year ago showed that more than half of Dutch local councils have not provided any housing for refugees in the past 10 years Richer council areas and Bible belt towns and villages are far less likely to have housed a refugee centre The research shows that nearly all of the 25 poorest local authorities in the country have provided temporary housing for refugees at some point since 2012 while just three of the richest 25 have done so We could not provide the Dutch News service without the generous support of our readers Your donations allow us to report on issues you tell us matter and provide you with a summary of the most important Dutch news each day Many thanks to everyone who has donated to DutchNews.nl in recent days We could not provide this service without you Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey About 300 people spent Saturday night sleeping outside the application center in Ter Apel despite accelerated government efforts to house asylum seekers amid warnings about hygiene and health at the application center Eighty of those 450 were able to enter the application center during the day. Seventy others were taken to Vlissingen by bus at the end of the afternoon. Eighty-five asylum seekers, mainly "vulnerable" people, are being cared for in Stadskanaal, a COA spokesperson said. The municipality of Doetinchem will open a crisis emergency shelter for refugees from Ter Apel on Sunday. It will house the 150 asylum seekers who were accommodated in sports halls in Apeldoorn on Thursday evening. In total, the emergency shelter will offer space to 225 refugees who can stay until the end of the year. The emergency shelter in Doetinchem will also offer space for families who are currently staying in Heeten in Overijssel. The emergency shelter in Heeten is closed. The asylum seekers are housed in Doetinchem in residential units on a site next to the police station. Each unit can accommodate four to five people. A pavilion for central facilities will also be placed on the site such as first aid and catering. The site is also close to shops in the Gelderland town. Residents are not allowed to leave the location between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., according to the municipality. Local residents have been informed by the municipality in the past week. © 2012-2025, NL Times, All rights reserved. has benefited from largely banning cars from the city centre limiting the development of high rise flats and offices and combating noise and air pollution Rotterdam and The Hague are well down in the ranking mainly because of high levels of both air and noise pollution Almere and Amersfoort complete the top 5 in a list of 20 The aim of the ranking is not to create a hierarchy of elite cities but to highlight areas where cities can optimise their physical environment to the benefit of their citizens Arcadis climate group director Marjan den Barber said The index was already being compiled before coronavirus hit but the pandemic itself has highlighted the need for healthy cities ‘While much remains to be researched it appears that basic human health plays a major role in susceptibility to coronavirus,’ she said ‘A well thought-out city contributes to having a healthy population.’ The biggest Dutch cities are also at the bottom of a new list of prosperous places to live in the Netherlands drawn up by national statistics agency CBS While the cities are wealthier in terms of money they are often dirtier and less safe and their residents are generally more unhealthy than country dwellers Bergeijk and Midden-Delfland are both wealthy people living in villages in northern Groningen such as Veendam Oldambt and Stadskanaal are likely to have low incomes and be faced with a relatively high crime rate Please help us making DutchNews.nl a better read by taking part in a short survey.