Doing sport together – this brings people together and makes it possible to experience small and large successes together. This is the basic idea of the Tandem Foundation, founded in Neuss in 2004 by entrepreneur Burkhard Zülow, which ensures that students with and without intellectual disabilities can do sports together.
Now the Tandem Foundation is celebrating its 20th anniversary: On Saturday, May 4th, 2024, the 17th Tandem Day will take place at Gut Gnadental at Nixhütter Weg 85 in Neuss. Everyone is welcome, participation is free of charge.
Visitors can look forward to a varied program with music, delicious food, drinks, face painting and many other activities on and around Gut Gnadental.
The Tandem Day: A celebration of inclusion
It starts at 10 a.m. Hans-Jürgen Petrauschke, district administrator of the Rhine district of Neuss, Neuss mayor Reiner Breuer and host Jutta Zülow, chairwoman of the Tandem Foundation, will speak at the opening of the colorful program.
Immediately afterwards, the tandem tour starts directly from Gut Gnadental – of course Hans-Jürgen Petrauschke and Reiner Breuer will also be pedaling. If you like, you are welcome to take part with your own bike.
At 11 a.m. it’s high excitement: DJK Rheinkraft meets BV Weckhoven in the football match. Cheering desired!
It continues at 12 p.m. with a big sports festival with handball, canoeing, table tennis, judo, vaulting, wrestling, tennis, wheelchair obstacle course and wheelchair basketball, tandem riding and so on.
Other highlights:
At 12:30 p.m. it’s “The canoeists are coming” before the handball match kicks off at 1 p.m. The tandem running tour follows at around 2 p.m. 45 minutes later (2:45 p.m.) it’s the kiddies’ turn when the children’s soccer tournament kicks off. The vaulters will also show off their skills in two demonstrations – you can also take part.
At 3 p.m. the foundation invites you to the grand finale with an anniversary raffle. There are great prizes, such as a trip for two people to the ISTAF (International Stadium Festival) in Berlin.
Special guests expected include the former table tennis Bundesliga player and NGZ Athlete of the Year 2022 Jana Vollmert and the former table tennis Bundesliga and national player Nadine Bollmeier.
To the Tandem Foundation
It all started in 2004, when Neuss entrepreneur Burkhard Zülow decided not to give personal gifts on the occasion of his 60th birthday and instead collected donations so that students with and without intellectual disabilities could do sports together. His goal was for them to break down inhibitions and fears of contact and instead learn that everyone can do something and also has strengths. Performance should also be promoted and interaction between healthy and disabled people should be practiced.
Topped up by a contribution from Sparkasse Neuss and other sponsors, a significant sum was raised that was used specifically for Burkhard Zülow’s performances. The first project also gave the initiative its name: “Tandem – Integration of disabled people through sport”.
In collaboration with the Rhein-Kreis Neuss Sports Association, the Neuss City Sports Association, the three schools in the Rhein-Kreis Neuss for the mentally handicapped as well as neighboring mainstream schools and sports clubs, Zülow AG today supports projects in various areas as part of “Tandem – Integration of Disabled People through Sport”. Sports such as football, vaulting, canoeing, judo or cycling.
Since 2010, Jutta Zülow, CEO of Zülow AG, has continued the initiative launched by her late husband.
Every year on the first Saturday in May, the Tandem Foundation invites you to a large, inclusive tandem sports festival at Gut Gnadental. The net proceeds from the festival go directly to the Tandem Foundation.
In 2010, the foundation was awarded the “Germany – Land of Ideas – Selected Location 2010” prize. The prize honors innovative concepts that promote the further integration of our country.
In 2023, Jutta Zülow was awarded the Rheinlandtaler for her social and human commitment.
Zülow AG
Zülow AG is a service company in the electrical industry and has been an owner-managed family business in Neuss since it was founded in 1971. Today the company employs more than 350 people.
Since 1996, the company’s headquarters have been at Gut Gnadental in Neuss, where the company has created space in a historic setting to provide “analog” communication in a digitalizing world – to which it also contributes with its services in data and network technology. to enable people to meet.
2024-04-30 16:44:10
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