Held in Alicante a total of
12 different
nations Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France,
Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Poland,
Russia and Switzerland competed to be the Volvo CE Operators Club European
Champion. There were 24 participants which included the Champion from 2013, Johannes Unger from Austria.
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The first part of the competition took place in the Volvo CE Alicante Demo site. This was built in the municipality of Xixona for the OC final event and the Hub West Boots On event, as well as being used to receive international customer visits in conjunction with the Volvo Ocean Race.
The finalists competed in two disciplines: the Articulated Hauler Operation with a reverse task that required a lot of precision, and the Wheel Loader Operation. The final was a man2man duel at the main stage of the Volvo Ocean Race Village with two ECR25D machines competing with the precision, speed and technique to run a labyrinth with the arm of the machine.
The winner was Ermes Gemo from Italy. Ermes has worked with construction equipment for 18 years and is currently driving a Volvo EC220D, Volvo L70F and a Volvo EC35C in building and excavation and quarrying.
Runner up was last year’s champion Johannes Unger from Austria with his team-mate Kinrad Herndler taking third place.
The prize ceremony took place at the main stage of the Volvo Ocean Race Village and was broadcast all over the Village and at the Volvo Pavilion. The cups were presented to the winners by Prince Carl Phillip of Sweden and, as is usual with the winners, the champagne was liberally sprayed over one and all.
We were very proud of Phil Port and Kyle Pead, repre- senting Great Britain. Both put in a great deal of effort and worked very hard, but were just beaten on the day. Roll on Plantworx 2015 when the heats will be held to find the GB representatives for next year!
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