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very big thank you to the following friends and companies who have already
committed themselves to sponsoring me:
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T.n.v. KWF Kankerbestrijding te Amsterdam
AFTER I RAN THE MARATHON LAST SUNDAY, STILL NEW SPONSORS COMING IN,
THAT’S REALLY FANTASTIC , PLEASE KEEP ON SUPPORTING!!!
Pete Tong of UK’s BBC Radio 1 is giving an “ESSENTIAL” donation. He did not recognize me in Pacha this summer, because I was looking so well trained. And he was right. Thanks Pete. You can find his radioshow
here.
Eyeworks
Reinout Oerlemans’ tv production company,
who produced my first tv show called JetSet is in voor
1500 euro!
Paul Oakenfold
One of the best deejays in the world, a legend and good friend. At Dance Valley this year we have invited youngsters with cancer for a meet
and greet with him and to be on stage with Oakey while he was playing for a
big crowd. Needless to say it was a great success. Everybody had a fantastic
day.
Paul is in for
1000
USD!
DJ Tiësto
the number 1 DJ of the world and the DJ who opened the Olympic Games in Athens this year is also supporting. Last year, when I was not in training, he invited us for the closing of Cream @ Amnesia Ibiza, this was a serious run! Needless to say I had to skip the closing this year, but I will be on your side after November 7th. Tijs is in for
50 euro per KM
I run, so at the finish waits
2100 euro!
Wimbledon winner and dutch hero Richard Krajicek of the Richard Krajicek Foundation
is sponsoring me for
1000
euro. The Krajicek Foundation is raising money to realise playgrounds in big cities
for children who do not have the opportunity to play sports. Like this they can both physically and
socially get better into society. Richard, still a big sports enthousiast, is also a runner. This year he also did a couple of serious bicycle races, an etappe of Tour de France and Luik-Bastenaken-Luik, also a serious one.
Hani AlMalki
My good friend based in Bali and Paris is in for 1000 euro.
He has the coolest villas to rent in Bali. Check out: www.downtownbali.com
Needless to say, my buddy Peter Wolters of www.rmcauto.nl
is sponsoring also:
1500
€!
He is also my wingman for The Quote Challenge. Click here for this year’s photo report to Budapest and
back.
Needless to say Jeroen van de Mast and the entire crew of Elite Model Management Amsterdam are supporting also. They are donating
500 euro
for the good cause. Thanks very much for your support! And Jeroen, keep on running, because the NYC marathon 2005 is yours!
Supplair
Supplair is voted coolest company of this year in Holland, and by donating
50 euro per km I run for the good cause, they've become even cooler...
And even better, when I finish under 4 hrs, they will raise up to
2500
euro.
The COO, Phillipe Herman, is supporting.
Cheyne Capital
My buddy Towfik Al-Swaidi from Cheyne Capital, a fund managing company
based in London,
is donating 1000 euro.
UTB in Culemburg
Business friend and party friend Dick Uittenboogert from UTB was already in for 500 euro,
but he doubled that amount after a very nice lunch last Friday: another 500 euro makes 1000 euro total!
Family van der Vloodt
Also donating 500
euro.
Metaal Mijdrecht BV.
Friend Marcel van Maanen (business and squash friend) is donating
5 euro per km!
Automatijs
This is were you go for a top car audio system.
Donating
500
euro!
Mathieu
Thanks for letting me use your webspace for hosting this website!
Jumbo Shipping
My friend Michael Kahn, fellow cigar-aficionado and horsepower-lover is also
supporting. Another
2000
euro!
www.truepeople.info
My partner in crime Marcel Pantera, with whom I ran several “other marathons” like SOAP and K-day is
also donating!
My wing-girl Sophie
Is supporting 5 euro per KM!
You probably remember her from our “K-day Rock the Boat trip” where she did a rocking DJ performance! Not only she knows how to rock a party, but she’s the best in editing video-clips and commercials.
http://www.radio538.nl
& http://www.worlddjday.com
Wessel van Diepen, the initiator of the children’s chartity “World DJ Day” for Holland,
who helped me train my abdominals with laughing so much together, is in for
750
euro.
He will raise that amount if I run I a cocktail dress and with my fingernails painted red …hmmm, I have to think about
that.
Time is on our side…
Tom van Amerongen and Ton Cleijne of SWATCH Benelux
are sponsoring me for this marathon. Talking about perfect timing! The official timekeeper of Athens 2004 is sponsoring
500
euro!
Jaap Spreeuwenberg of Coolpolitics is organising political debates and mixes these with parties, Coming up is a debate with our Prime Minister Balkenende and the ‘hotshots’ of the dance industry, When we started Kremlin in 1999, Jaap was our text
writer. Jaap is in for
250
euro.
Suitclub
Evert Fila from Suitclub is donating
250 euro
if I run under 4 hrs!.
Mediarepublic
Winston Gerschtanowitz and Michiel Mol from Mediarepublic are in for
10 euro per KM
I run!
Mediarepublic is a multimedia company and developer of PlayStation 2 video games.
Besides that, these gentlemen have a hobby for cuban cigars.
www.mertensgroup.nl
Henk
Mertens
, my long time friend
is donating 1000 euro.
His
Mertens Group is the supplier of the MEGA soundsystem of the infamous Kday
boat.
Jan
Riedstra, the overall winner of The Quote Challenge 2004 because of his
excellent “Kabouter Plop” outfit, his positive energy at the parties
and his good driving is donating 500 euro.
www.timomaas.com
My
friend
He is one of the coolest and nicest persons in DJ-land. He is supporting 500
euro
http://www.everybodyworldwide.com
Dutch
DJ Sander Kleinenberg and his lovely fiancée Simone are really supporting
EVERYBODY!
Duncan Stutterheim, Jorrit Kuipers and the whole ID&T crew
support me on this project in all ways. After the marathon I will personally hand over a cheque to a delegate of KWF kankerbestrijding at
ID&T’s Cineac
restaurant,
The number 1 ‘action’ restaurant in town, with a really, really good chef.
They are up for
500 euro
support en
1000 euro
if I run under the 4 hrs.
My friend Tigran from Marbella is in for
1000 euro
if I run under 4 hrs!
I ran a lot of other events with him, like Love Parade Berlin and Zurich, Kday Amsterdam, Ibiza closings and more,
But never a jog. Maybe in the future Tigran?
The newly-weds Gösta and Anja Gasmann are donating
500 euro.
In Ibiza we always stay in his cool hotel Ocean Drive next door to Pacha
Leopold van Romondt, who did the NYC marathon in 4 and a half hours is supporting together with Bas Smit
250 euro
if I run under 4 and a half
hours.
My wingman DJ Emjay, with whom we masterminded Kremlin here in Amsterdam back in the days and with whom I have been thrown out of several hotels worldwide is also supporting! We Are Fukt a.k.a. F-collective based in Amsterdam stands for the Future Underground Kaos
Theory.
Steve te Pas from Moshi Moshi Europe
is supporting
1000
euro. In 2001 Steve did a fundraiser for AIDS where Belgium’s top 50 designers did their work on denim (www.designersdodenim.com ). He just opened his New York branch, so the Amsterdam-New York connection is getting stronger.
‘Big Brother’ Bas Kiepe who was always watching my back in the pubs in Bilthoven back in the days and now protects all pop-stars and artists who are on tour in Holland, is also supporting. Basically, by watching my back in the early days, he has now the worldwide experience he needs to run his successful company, thanks again Bas! Need security? Contact www.securitycontrol.nl
Anna
of Anna Agency is supporting 250
euro.
For dutch and
Piet Hein Wehmeyer of Wehmeyer Yachtbrokers is supporting my initiative, With Piet Hein we play beachvolleyball, one of the most consequent players in Holland! He’s in for
100
euro.
Ofcourse my mom is in, she’s also donating regardless if I finish or not.
My friend Patrick van Seumeren from Mammoet is supporting me for
1000
euro!
Patrick a runner himself, I believe will also run the marathon one day.
We all know the Mammoet big red cranes along building sites.
I hope you don’t have to get a crane to lift me after I have finished in NYC!
Irene van der Laar, who will soon do a tv show about Mr. Right, is doing the right thing by supporting me for my marathon. She’s donating
500 euro
if I make it all the way through central park, pass “RTL Boulevard” and cross the finish
line!
Robert den Otter, my friend from Rotterdam is in for
250
euro. Maybe it is an idea if your
Dynatrade groundmove equipment equalize the hills in Central Park for an easier finish?
Olga Heijns of Unmanageable Artists
is supporting
500
euro! She’s managing Sander Kleineberg, Roger Sanchez, Tom Stephan, Laidback Luke and Tom de Neef. With Olga I coordinated Roger Avary’s movie here in Amsterdam: “The Rules of Attraction”, Roger Avary won the Acadamy Award best screenplay back in the day for Pulp Fiction with Quentin Tarantino.
My ‘buuf’ (dutch slang for neighbour) Patty Brard is also supporting me for the good cause. She has a new tv show out called Patty’s Fort. It feels like I am in her clinic during my training. No alcohol until after November 7th for me.
My friend Manuela, always up for a drink and a good laugh is supporting me for
100
euro. My marathon run is slightly different than your catwalk runs, but hey… they're both for a good cause.
Maurits “Maupie” Dijksterhuis and Marco “Kingio” Koning
Always up for a good drink and some fun are supporting me for
10 euro per
KM. Maupie made the infamous videoclip of Kday 1997, more details at www.biff.nl . When Kingio is around watch out for full glasses and for your steak, when you’re not paying attention he will fill your glass to the top and eat your steak!
Danny Hoogenboom of HB products is supporting me in all ways. With their anti-oxidants I have got a better chance of running under 4 hours!
Mr. Breathe in – Breathe out Tommy 'Batul' Lomans and his fiancée Nirja are giving besides positive
energy, a donation for the good cause. For relaxation (e.g. after a marathon) go to
http://www.buddhatobuddha.com
The newly-weds Georgios and Nicole Petropoulos, owner the club where it all really started for me in
Amsterdam, Sinners in Heaven also Georgios is operating www.yourscene.nl where the young and restless meet. We celebrated the after-party of their honeymoon in Ibiza in September, which was my last big one out until the marathon. Sinners and Yourscene are sponsoring
10 euro per
KM.
Art-director of Quote Magazine and Quote Challenge test-drive buddy Durk Hattink, with whom I started
swimming, is in for
250 euro
if I make it to the finish! For me he is Mr. Logo , he designed my Braveheart
and Fuck Fashion logo’s.
P.S.: Durk, you know what you can do for 250 euro at the Balaton?
Monique den Hollander, aka Mo 1, our Quote Challenge rescue of all things is sponsoring
100
euro.
This Master in Law invented the famous and infamous “Artikel 10”.
A friend an big sportsman who prefers to remain anonymus is sponsoring 700 euro, and if I finish under 4:00
hours, he is raising with another 700 euro. So
1400 euro
if I run under the 4:00 hour time limit.
My friend Dump Boone of Omdehaverklap Productions
is supporting also.
With Dumpie I was in highschool and did some downhill skateboarding back in the days in the South of
France. I still have scars on my knees from these rides Dumpie!
Jean Louis Flier of Repeat Sales Promotions is also in.
Jean Louis, a sail and squash hero is supporting
250 euro
if I make it to the finish!
Repeat is the supplier of the Kday outfits…
Wingman Nr.1 Laith Pharaon, who gave me the title Kommander in Chief and who’s always up for a party and a race is supporting
500
euro. For his hobby he races powerboats and, needless to say he is very
successful. More info on www.F1teamgreen.com and
www.F1boat.com
A friend of my father is in for 5000€. Thanks!
My other buddy, Patrick Maes, of J.C. Rags (www.jcrags.nl) , who triggered me into running this marathon is also supporting.
With Patrick I train a lot and he’s guiding me and supporting me in all ways, on and off the field.
When Patrick and I go for a run together it’s always good, And when Patrick and I go for a walk at night it’s always trouble!
Patrick, thanks for taking the time to coach me...
My coach, master, personal trainer and friend Ralph Hienkens of RH Studio helps me to to start in New York.
I want to thank you very much Ralph, for your good coaching, help, massages, trainings and your friendship.
Ralph is donating
50 euro
for the good cause.
www.teleknaller.nl.
My long time friend Mark Burbach of Telecom company Teleknaller.
The first time I met Markie was during a school walk, the so called 4-daagse, a 4 evening walk,
We were 12 years old. Since I became friends with him, we have had a lot of fun… and no more sports for us, untill now.
He’s are donating
Euro
20/KM.
The always friendly Max Carnas from Rotterdam, who’s more in Amsterdam than in Rotterdam is supporting also.
See you after the marathon in some club somewhere.
Mariska Bruinsma, my friend for over 10 years is supporting
250
euro!
Mariska is one of Holland’s top field hockey players, besides that, she’s of the best Holland’s best women to go out with.
Ruud Minten of Endemol Entertainment is donating
50
euro.
Ruud was the director on location of JetSet TV back in the days.
My friend ‘up north’ Anco for club The Q in Zwolle is supporting
500
euro!
Anco is one of the few clubowners that know how to run a club and create a good vibe.
When we came in to The Q, it was always guaranteed fun. See you soon!
Quote Challenge buddy Eric Wolbert a.k.a. Mr. 911 of Wolbert Sportscars www.wolbert.nl is also supporting.
Besides a Porsche lover, he’s an excellent tourguide for Prague by night.
100 euro!
René Vidal of club Panama here in Amsterdam is supporting.
Besides a personal donation, they have placed an official KWF-box to collect money at the club.
Thanks to Panama!
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Very special thanks go out to Michou Malesteijn of Nike for supplying me with their professional runners gear.
Holland’s only real haute couture fashion designer
Paul Schulten is
also supporting for the good cause.
Paul made a special rock’n roll coat for me some time ago so I could throw
away my Gucci. Thanks Paul.
Wing-girl and rock’n roll mate Elles is also in. thanks for the support. x
Needless to say, my brother Bart and his wife Simone are supporting also.
200 euro
for KWF. Thanks!
The always friendly Bas van Dam is supporting
500 euro!
He is now builing a bar/club/restaurant on the Rembrandt Square here in
Amsterdam, just what we need. Project is called RAIN, so you have been
warned. PS: I hope it doesn’t rain when I am running my marathon…
Bert Degenaar, a.k.a. Captain Bert of the K-day boat, is also supporting.
This is a funny one: if I run under 4 hours, Bert is donating
500 euro
and if I run over 4 hours, he’s donating
1000 euro.
For K-day 2005, we will cruise the canals also for a good cause, we’ll
keep you informed…
Mr. Paul Cohn of Roba Metals in IJsselsteijn (www.robametals.com) is also
supporting a VERY BIG amount for the good cause. Roba is where my father
and my brother started in the metal business.
A BIG thank you to Roba Metals!
Han & Marjolijn of Club Sportive www.clubsportive.nl are really supporting!
They cheared me on during my 34 km of the Amsterdam Marathon and are supporting the good cause!
My Ducati friends Manuel & Sharon van der Knaap are donating together with Giulietta an amount for the good cause. With Manuel I race on bikes, now I have to race on my Nike’s. With Shar & Guilietta I race from the dancefloor to the bar and back. Thanks!
My friend Michael Wunderman of Corum watches in Switzerland is supporting
500
euro!
Michel Paulussen and Willem Tieleman of KE Transport www.ke.nl and Hotel New York Group www.hotelnewyork.nl in Rotterdam are supporting also. In Quote Challenge 2003 they were knows as Team Rotterdam. Thanks for keeping me on the
road!
My friend Michiel Frackers, who’s operating our rally site www.thequotechallenge.com, is supporting
250 euro
if I make it to the finish without the help of a Porsche GT3. Why Michiel is supporting, click
http://www.frackers.com/2004/11/07/000295.html
Monique Tarrée of Rush Magzine here in Amsterdam is supporting. That will also RUSH me to the finish! x
http://www.harveys-bromley.nl.
John Ewbank, music genius and my indoor beachball friend is also supporting for the good
cause.
200 euro! Thanks amigo!
Jan Duursma, a.k.a. Trance Tiger is a true supporter. Also a donation. Thanks, and stay strong!
Needless to say, my training buddy Henk Brouwer of Breevast www.breevast.nl is supporting also. Henk and I have the same heartrate during training and the marathon. Big compliment to Henk who also ran the NYC Marathon UNDER 4 hours!
Two weeks after the marathon, I will personally give a check to the KWF
kankerbestrijding. Check out www.koen.tv
for latest news and updates!