The 2CV World Meeting was elected ACI Event Of The Year by the ACI AGM in 2009.

Newsletters and other publications from the ACI EOTY organizers can be downloaded from the ACI web site

EOTY 2011 Presentation at ACI AGM 2011 (M P Ruud)

As announced from the Board during the AGM in Versailles the new Event Of The Year (EOTY) contract and guidelines are now made available for the Delegates through the ACI web site. 

The documents are available in the ACI Downloads section 

Here you can also find the Minutes from the AGM 2011 published in the February newsletter.

Members of the Board of the ACI had the opportunity to visit Salbris and look over the site and meet with the organizers. Both were very impressive. The 70 hectare site was provided free of charge by the town of Salbris. It has some out buildings, space for all the the facilities plus thousands of campsites and space for expansion plus additional parking for visitors. Aerial photographs of the site allowed organizers to look to every detail from logistics to security and everything in between.

The really impressive part from the Board’s point of view was the organization With nine sub-groups all areas of the organization were covered from entertainment to food services. It was very obvious that the organizers were committed to holding the best event they possibly could. Congratulations to the Christian Courte and his group for what promises to be the highlight of the 2011 driving season for 2CV aficionados.

Best Regards,
John McCulloch.

For those who need to do some long term vacation planning and are thinking ahead for the next 2.5 years, the 2012 Yorkshire 15th ICCCR (International Citroen Club Car Rallye) is gonna be the highlight of that year and your vacation thus should be planned for mid August (ICCCR is from 16-19th August).

Nigel Wild and Mick Popka from the 2012 event organizers shared some exciting previews and outlooks for the already anticipated event with us and the ACI Delegates worldwide.

Enjoy their YouTube video report for the ICCCR!

The organizers of this year’s “ACI Event Of The Year” – Citroen Story / Belgium – have informed all ACI Delegates with a new update on the preparations at one of the most exciting locations within Belgium, the Zolder race track.

Attached please find their presentation which was held during the ACI AGM 2010 on Jan 23.

Please note that due to short time – the event will take 24-25 April 2010 already – we’d kindly like to ask you to push the information to the clubs as soon as possible.

Thank you!

PowerPoint presentation.

More details about the event also on the website: citroenstory.org

The 19th World Meeting of 2 CV friends will happen from 26 – 31 July 2011 in the heart of France at Salbris. The organizers expect exciting figures: 4000 to 5000 cars, between 8000 to 11000 participants.

The budget and organization complexity most likely beats all events so far – more than 300 volunteers will help the organizers to manage this World Meeting of Deuche lovers!

Read all details here (PDF or PowerPoint presentation from the AGM 2010).

Also watch out latest news on the event website at www.2cvfrance2011.fr, as well as a short movie:

This unforgettable event in Arras, in the North Pas-de-Calais region, to celebrate the 75th birthday of the famous Citroën Traction Avant, has brought together more than 1000 Tractions from all over Europe and many more visitors from very distant countries.

Walter Homberger, ACI Event Manager, shares his impressions with you:

“It was without a doubt a big success and will be remembered by every Tractionist who was present in Arras. The organizing team, consisting of members from NL-TAN, B-BOCC, GB-TOC and F-TU, under the guidance of their president André Jacquemain, has done a wonderful job. Congratulations to all of them!

Everyone was impressed by the professionalism of the organization, the exceptional quality of the cars shown in the Museum and all other animations which were offered. The program which was presented during the three days was so varied and full of highlights that every visitor could fully enjoy his stay.

It started on Friday evening with the grand garden party for over 1000 persons at the Pré Fleuri Restaurant, continued on Saturday with lectures by well known Traction Avant historians and the endurance trail in memory of Lecot. The Gala Dinner on Saturday evening was fully booked out with over 450 guests. Unfortunately space was limited, as many more people would have liked to be there. Another highlight on sunny Sunday afternoon was the Grand Parade, representing Traction history since 1934, together with traditional costume groups and local musical bands.

During the three days the two city squares, Grand’ Place and Place des Héros, were blocked of for Tractions only. It was absolutely fantastic to see hundreds of different Traction models parked in long rows on the cobble stone squares and watch local visitors by the thousand stroll between the cars and admiring them.

“75 hours for 75 years” was a superb celebration and will long be remembered by everyone! Arras demonstrated in a very positive way the true spirit of friendship between Traction- and Citroën enthusiasts from all over the world.”

There are many pictures and videos on the web about this great event. Find some eg. on the website of the Traction Avant Owners Club, UK:

http://www.traction-owners.co.uk/social/2009/75-4-75/75-4-75.htm

Enjoy!

The Amicale Citroën Internationale, its Board and Delegates are pleased to announce the selection of “CITROËN STORY 2010″ as the ACI Event of the Year 2010.

“CITROËN STORY 2010″ is an event organized by the Belgian Citroën clubs
based upon their very successful annual meeting “Citroën Jumble”.

It will be held last week end of May or first week end of June (date depends of the official F1 calendar in Belgium which will be known before the end of this year) on the Zolder racetrack near Brussels.

This location is ideal because it is only 30km from the Netherlands, 50km from Germany and 80km from France.

The event will be open to all Citroëns at the same low entry fee. Complete and updated information will be delivered in our next newsletters and at the AGM in January 2010.

You will recall from the ACI Annual General Meeting in February that there was no proposal for the Event of the Year 2010. In June 2009, a proposal for 2010 was submitted to the Board by a group of Belgian Citroën car clubs (or Amicale Belge). The proposal was given tentative approval based on the experience of the organizing committee and the likelihood of a successful event. The Board sent out the proposal to
all Delegates with an attachment outlining the reasons for the tentative approval of the Board. After three weeks seventeen votes had been sent in. All were in favor of the Belgian proposal. Based on that vote the “Citroën Story” is declared the ACI Event of the Year for 2010.

Please check out more details on the event website at citroenstory.org.

The 2009 ACI Event Of The Year is 75 Years Of Traction Avant. We kindly ask all interested visitors to register on the event site now – with your registration, you help the project team to prepare a good event! Thank you.

Find all event information at:

www.75heurespour75ans.com

The organizers have announced the Official ICCCR DVD and Book, 20 Euro each.

From 13th – 15th august 2004 Interlaken was the Mecca for all Citroën enthusiasts. Over 20’000 young and young-at-heart fans came: from 37 nations and with over 4’000 vehicles. They all gathered together in order to indulge in their mutual hobby, in order to make new contacts and to meet old friends. Together they made the 13th International Citroën Car Club Rally Interlaken a great success. It is a great pleasure to announce the Official ICCCR Book and DVD. You can order them direct in our ICCCR Shop. We hope that the 13th ICCCR made the same lasting impression on you as it did on al of us. And that each of you who holds the book in his hands and watches the DVD gladly remembers that great weekend in mid-august 2004.

Book 13th ICCCR € 20
DVD 13th ICCCR € 20
Shipping € 10

Send your order to: ICCCR Switzerland Shop, Postfach 69, CH-8411 Winterthur

or by Fax: 0041 (0)52 364 21 62

Payment to Bank-Account: ICCCR, Sparkasse Hochrhein IBAN: DE64 6845 2290 1000 4070 70

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