1st Horseshoe Ambassador Championships were carried out between August 27th and November 20th, 2016. There were 12 participants, who declared their involvement in this play: Barbara Jagiencarz-Starzec, Jakub Marek Nowak, Janusz Lewek, Joanna Opyrchał, Jolanta i Michał Rybczyńscy, Karolina Bąk, Katarzyna Osika, Marzena Misaczek, Natalia Pacana-Roman, Piotr Drebot, Piotr Witalis, Sylwia Kazek and one assistant Dorota Turczyn. At the end of the day, 8 of the ambassadors collected points, and 6 of them organised open events.

Two Ambassadors with highest score won a trip abroad. The trip to some interesting horseshoe bats places in Thüringen, Bayern or Austria will take place in 2017 as a part of the Podkowiec+ project.

We thank all the Ambassadors, their audience and supporters, and congratulate the winners. Those who did not win, still keep the chance, as the Second Championship will be open at the beginning of 2017, where number of winners is expected to be raised.

Congratulations to the winners.

The scores of the participants from top down were:

1. Jakub Marek Nowak who gathered 97 points, including 18 collected by the assistant Dorota Turczyn,

2. Sylwia Kazek, 81p

3. Karolina Bąk, 50p,
Karolina, Sylwia and Jakub won the trip abroad.

Other participants gathered good scores, too: Natalia Pacana-Roman (41), Janusz Lewek (20), Jolanta and Michał Rybczyński (14). Two other participants had quite good score but did not organise an open event, obligatory for running for the main prize, that’s why they were classified at lower positions: Piotr Witalis (22) and Piotr Drebot (15).

The goal of the Championship is to promote the Podkowiec+ project and stimulate support for the bat conservation. The points were appointed for the number of participants of events, documented by their photo showing the bat-like behaviour and project related artefacts.