Audition UFC 2005 [12-11-2004]

The audition for UFC 2005  was held on 7 November 2004. The Police Training Centre in Amsterdam hosted the audition. 43 ladies made their appearance, among them 12 ex-contestants of the UFC 2004.

The majority of the contestants was nervous, especially when they discovered the size of the catwalk. Fortunately the support and tips of Jolanda and Pamela eased their nerves. All contestants gave a marvelous show!

The audition was held for a first impression of the skills of the contestants and to introduce the staff to the contestants.

The favourites of the jury will be published on the UFC website in alphabetic order.

Second price UFC 2004 to Helga Vuur.... [08-11-2004]

Helga Vuur and her friend Jerry left for a trip of 10 days to Curacao on Friday 5 November. Helga en Jerry will stay in the Lion's Dive Resort.
All arrangements are provided by Does & Cadushi Travel.

The catwalk- and presentation course was held on 23 october. [25-10-2004]

The contestants made the best of these lessons. The course was presented by Jolanda and Pamela.

The audition will be held on 7 november. See the impression.

UFC broadcast on Curaçao [20-10-2004]

The Ultimate Fitness Challenge 2004 will be broadcasted by Telecuracao on the Nederlandse Antillen from November 2004.

Ultimate Fighting Challenge?? [12 July 2002]

On Thursday 11 July the Marine Corps and the UFC organization gathered in the Bridge Restaurant at Schiphol  as an extra gesture of thanks towards all Marines who laboured for the UFC "Long Hell Weekend". An enjoyable meeting with a sumptuous Chinese-Japanese diner as a starting point. However, it turned into a battle with the UFC; no, not Thé UFC, but the Ultimate Fighting Challenge. The Marines had to fight each other with the Sony computergame "Tekken" for an attractive prize as a souvenir. In the course of the game feelings were running high and soon the Marines turned out that with that kind of a computergame in their hands  they also can be like big children.

Commemorative plaques for Marines [11 July 2002]

To keep the Marines memory of the UFC 2002 alive the UFC organization felt that it would be a good idea to offer all the Marine stations that supported the UFC a commemorative plaque on behalf of the UFC organization. Each of the stations in Doorn, Den Helder, Texel and of course the headquarters in Rotterdam received their own commemorative plaque.

Hermina van Dijk Wins Semifinal UFC 2002 [30 June 2002]

The Long Hell Weekend at the Marine Corps has taken place. From Thursday 27 until Sunday 30 June the UFC contestants went through a sublime training and semifinal, and the top 20 is determined by now. Although the top 5 scores were near each other, Hermina van Dijk achieved the best overall score.

Nearly 20 % Contestants Drops Out Of the Semifinal [30 June 2002]

Already in the first hours of the training and the semifinal contestants dropped out. Heddy Schelthorst suffered from fear of heights, Trijntje Medema as a result of an injury from an earlier training. Shortly afterwards Minke Adema because she jumped the wrong way from an obstacle on the assault course; she injured her knee and had to be taken to hospital. By now Minke recovered quite well. Also Miranda Bron, Marike Leys, Suzy Gijs, Annabelle Feuerstein, Sandra Tazelaar dropped out with injuries at knees and ankles. Anja Bosteels dropped out as a result from an earlier nose surgery from which she had not fully recovered.

UFC 2002 in Natural Body Magazine [11 June 2002]

Natural Body will be doing a regular report of the Ultimate Fitness Challenge 2002 in the coming months. Natural Body begins with an interesting introduction of the UFC 2002 and an announcement of an interview with UFC contestant Carola van Damme on page 47 in her June / July issue.

UFC 2002 Audition Day, crowded but successful [29 May 2002]

It was obvious that a lot of UFC contestants would come, the UFC organization did however not expect the actual number of visitors. SiS Sport in Almere was pleasantly surprised with so many fans..
And of course the organization is also pleased with these signs of interest, because it means that there are a lot of people that sympathize with the contestants and The Ultimate Fitness Challenge.
The organization feels compelled to look for a bigger accommodation at future meetings. However, these are all signs that the UFC keeps on growing.
Click here to see the UFC 2002 audition scores & photos

Ingrid Roefs struck by injury [25 May 2002]

Many UFC site visitors may have read the UFC diary Ingrid Roefs last year. Anyhow an impressive and live description of Ingrid's experiences in the UFC 2001. Overwhelmed by her final place in 2001 Ingrid started even harder training for the UFC 2002. However fate pursued her, for Ingrid seriously injured her hamstring. Unfortunately Ingrid was forced to call off the UFC 2002. But Ingrid doesn't give up and will be training for the UFC 2003 after her recovery.

Carrol Buenting in happy expectancy... [18 May 2002]

After having dropped out in 2001 too soon from the contest unfortunately, Carrol Buenting set her mind on the UFC in 2002. There she could show what she was capable of, the already gained experience would benefit her, her revenge was coming. The opposite turned out to be true, something else was coming. Shortly after her registration for the UFC 2002 Carrol turned out to be in happy expectancy.
The UFC organization wishes Carrol and her husband good luck with the little one coming.

UFC in 'Muscle & Fitness' [10 May 2002]

The fitness and lifestyle magazine Muscle & Fitness will give a 2 to 3 pages coverage of The Ultimate Fitness Challenge once every 2 months

In the May/June number there is an extensive interview with photos of UFC 2001 contestant Hermina van Dijk and some extra news about the UFC 2002.

Contestants photo album [03 May 2002]

2001 effort in pictures.
An individual photo album can be found in the site from all of the finalist on Malta 2001. Click on the picture of your favorite contestant and then on the hyperlink to the individual photo album.

Training and sub-finals at the Dutch Marine Corps [24 April 2002]

Once again all registered UFC contestants will experience a "long hell weekend" from Thursday June 27th up to Sunday June 30th.

During this weekend the Marines will guide and coach the contestants in all skills, techniques and tactics of the several disciplines. Anxiety, team spirit and guts will be the elements the contestants have to face.

UFC 2002 contestants [12 April 2002]

Contestants UFC 2002 is online, take a look at the contestants page for a complete overview of all the UFC 2002 contestants.

UFC 2001 reunion [09 April 2002]

The UFC organisation has done its best to find an "Ultimate" location for the reunion of The Ultimate Fitness  Challenge. The excellent result is: The Euromast in Rotterdam. Read more about the UFC 2001 reunion or take a look at the photo's.

UFC 2002 infoday II [08 April 2002]

A second UFC info day has been organised by the UFC organisation for the registered constestants who where unable to attend the first UFC info day. The information session was held prior to the reunion in the Euromast from 16:00 till 18:00 hrs. New contestants seized the opportunity and together with their coaches and the UFC organisation went over the contest regulations and the contestant contract. The session closed with an infomal question round.

UFC photo's, photo's and still more photo's... [22 March 2002]

More than 200 photo's of the UFC finals on Malta are published on the site. Moreover there are more than 700 photo's of the UFC 2000 finals available. Click here for the photo's from UFC 2001 and UFC 2000.

UFC 2002 info day II [12 March 2002]

The UFC organisation has decided to organise a second UFC 2002 info day for the contenders who could not be present on the first info day. Of course all the registered contenders are welcome! The second info day is held in the Euromast in Rotterdam on Thursday 4 April from 16:00 - 18:00 hours.

UFC 2002 info day [3 March 2002]

Because of to the large number of registrations (>60) an information day was held on Sunday 3 March. The competition, all disciplines and other competition criterium are expansively explained on this info day. Furthermore all kind of questions concerning the event could be asked.

Due to illness and busy agenda's not all registered participants were able to be present on this info day. Almost all ladies who were present on the info day have definitively registered for the participation of the UFC 2002.

New UFC organisation [19 February 2002]

After a period of one and a half year the co-operation between Ralph Kattenburg and Kees van den Berg has ended. The difference in vision and method of working have caused that both parties have decided to go their own way. Kees van den Berg, the initiator and the man behind the UFC event will continue The Ultimate Fitness Challenge with new partners.

UFC 2001 broadcasted by Yorin [3 December 2001]

In a series of 6 episodes The Ultimate Fitness Challenge 2001 will be broadcasted on TV by Yorin. The first episode will cover the traning camp at the Korps Mariniers and the semi finals at PBN in the Belgian Ardennes. The next five episodes will report the finals at Malta. Broadcasts every Sunday at Yorin: 09 December 2001, 17:55 hours 16 December 2001, 17:55 hours 23 December 2001, 17:55 hours 30 december 2001, 17:55 hours 06 January 2002,  17:55 hours 13 January 2002,  17:55 hours

Semi finals in Belgian Ardennes [28 July 2001]

38 participants are getting ready for the semi finals in the Belgian Ardennes at PBN survial and here the best 20 participants will have to prove themselves for a final place in Malta. Combination disciplines such as mountain bike with running and push ups,Abseilen and wall climbing, river cross with flying fox and rope bridge.

BBQ party [June 2001]

The Korps Mariniers took a lot of trouble and costs to give the UFC participants an unforgettable weekend and surprised the participants and organisation with a perfectly organised BBQ party.

Training weekend at the Korps Mariniers [June 2001]

The training weekend at the Korps Mariniers was rough for the participants. During the last training day Sarah Shangoe broke her collarbone during the mountain bike. Disciplines as amphibitic cross, beach run with a 200 kg chain and the swimming discipline were so hard on the participants that some tears were shed. Of course these were interesting images for TV.

Swimming test [June 2001]

For the swimming test all participants had to put their swimming capacity to the test in the swimming pool of Den Helder to be sure if their swimming skills were sufficient.

Drop-outs in the Van Ghent Kazerne [June 2001]

Most drop-outs were in the Van Ghent Kazerne in Rotterdam where the participants injured ankles and knees during the first exercises, probably because they were less prepared. 13 participants could not join the Texel training.

The UFC 2001 info day [14 February 2001]

In view of the large number of response and registration a special info day is organised. On this special UFC info day an elaborate explanation wil be given about the competition, all the events and the other competition criteria. On the UFC info day it will be possible to ask questions about matters concerning the competition. By means of an Agenda all part of the competion will be explained step by step. The special UFC info day is being organised this coming Sunday the 18th of February in Hotel Mercure Postiljon in Bunnik at 12.00 pm.

UFC broadcast response [19 December 2000]

After the UFC broadcast on Saturday 16 December and Sunday 17 December on SBS 6 it was obvious that The Ultimate Fitness Challenge had the best all round rating of the weekend with: Saturday 2.5% and Sunday 2.7% of the dutch population. Because of the TV broadcast from the last two weeks there has been many response for information and registration from new participents in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and England.

14 new pictures [13 december 2000]

There are 14 new UFC 2000 pictures placed in our photo gallery.

UFC video [6 December 2000]

The UFC video is online. At this moment there are only 3 videos available online. More videos online are expected next week. Click here for the videos.

Prizes for the new contest [6 December 2000]

The prizes for the new contest are known. Take part in the competition after every broadcast of the UFC in December and get an opportunity to win one of the fantastic prizes!!!

New prize contest [17 November 2000]

Got the taste of it? Great, because now you can also fly to sunny, friendly Malta. And it's free. All you have to do is: watch the shows of the Ultimate Fitness Challenge in December on SBS6.  The details and prizes you can win will be announced soon.

70 new pictures [15 November 2000]

70 new event pictures have been placed on the site. Click here to view the pictures.

Site structure changed [9 November 2000]

- 'UFC 2000' is implemented as a main choice on the site. - Previous UFC events can be found under the main choice 'archive' - The pictures under de main choice 'UFC 2000' will be divided in competition pictures and a complete collection of UFC pictures. The complete collection will be presented as a fotoalbum in week 46.

More UFC photo's... [9 November 2000]

In the coming weeks the UFC site will be enriched with more pictures which have been provided by 2 professional photographers.

UFC in tv program 'EXPLOSIEF' [9 November 2000]

On Thursday, November 28th 2000 UFC will be shown in the television program 'Explosief' on SBS 6

Registration UFC 2001 [01 November 2000]

As of today you can register via this website. Click on Link( dee_Inschrijfformulier, Registration Form)

TV broadcasting [30 October 2000]

Due to some changes the TV broadcasting of the UFC by AT5 has been moved to Friday 3 November at 18.30 hours.

Actual Media Page! [23 October 2000]

Click on Media Page. Here you will find the last articles on The Ultimate Fitness Challenge (with pictures!).

Final broadcasting SBS 6 [18 October 2000]

Broadcasting The Ultimate Fitness Challenge:

day	date	time
Saturday	9 December 2000	09.35 - 10.05 hours
Sunday	10 December 2000	12.20 - 12.45 hours
Saturday	16 December 2000	10.00 - 10.25 hours
Sunday	17 December 2000	12.20 - 12.45 hours
Saturday	23 December 2000	09.40 - 10.10 hours
Sunday	24 December 2000	12.30 - 12.00 hours
Saturday	30 December 2000	10.00 - 10.30 hours
Sunday	31 December 2000	12.25 - 12.50 hours
Wednesday	3, 10, 17, 24 januari 2001	±00:10 hours
Thursday	4, 11, 18, 25 januari 2001	±12:30 hours

Results and photos UFC 2000 [16 october 2000]

More pictures from Malta are in today. The final results are also announced. Shortly you will find more pictures at the UFC site after they have been sorted and selected.

First photos and scores from Malta have arrived!! [11 October 2000]

The TriLogic correspondents have sent the first digital photos from Malta. For everybody who is interested in the efforts of the participants: have a look! The scores of the first competition day are also announced. Soon you will see the photos and scores of the second competion day on this website.

Jetski event postponed [10 October 2000]

Yesterday's evening heavy storm has caused a rough sea today. The organisation has decided to postpone the jetski event for the sake of the well being of the contestants.

Broadcast SBS 6 TV [05 October 2000]

After careful consideration with SBS6 it has been decided that The Ultimate Fitness Challenge 2000 will be broadcasted on: Sunday 10 December approx. 12.00 hours Sunday 17 December approx. 12.00 hours Sunday 24 December approx. 12.00 hours Sunday 31 December approx. 12.00 hours This subsequent broadcast then first planned will give ET&T and M.M. Hawk media productions the following opportunity. More time available for the editing of the competition disciplines and Malta, creating a better result on television. This final result determines the competition of 2001 on television.

Departure to Malta [27 September 2000]

On Sunday 8 October the first group of participants will leave to Malta for the shooting, quotes and photo-session. The second group will leave to Malta on Monday 9 October and will join the first group and start preparations for the competition.

UFC 2001 [10 September 2000]

The UFC has been invited by the organizer of The Highland Games to organize the competition in Scotland in 2001. This time the competition shall be organized on an European level, participating countries will be amongst others Scotland and The Netherlands.

UFC 2000 online [24 Augustus 2000]

The UFC site is updated. All future UFC participants should take a doping test into account. This will be held randomly. A miminum of 5 participants per game.

Pre-selection [14 Augustus 2001]

If more than 25 participants register for the entry in the UFC, a pre-selection competition shall be held in August 2000. This also applies for Scotland.

Closing registration [09 Augustus 2000]

Today the registration for participation in the UFC 2000 is closed. In October 20 participants will compete for the title of Miss Ultimate Fitness Challenge.

Mother and daughter together in the UFC [01 April 2000]

After the successful competition of Shirley, mother van Wijlen (51 years old) thinks that this success has been achieved by the genes of Mama. Therefore this year mother and daughter will be each others opponents. We, of the UFC, are very curious whether Papa's genes will be of nay influence!

Swiss participant [March 2000]

Shirley van Wijlen, last year she was placed fifth, has moved to Switzerland in the beginning of 2000. Now she is preparing for her second UFC in the mountains.

UFC 2000 in Malta! [November 1999]

The UFC has been approached by the National Tourism office of Malta to organize this unique fitness competition in Malta.