This March it was a great honour to Maccabi VAC having won the award „For the sport life of Erzsébetváros”. The Council of the 7th district of Budapest awarded the Maccabi VAC’s endeavour in frame of which the „The Community Fun Run” foot race was organized since 2010 here, with participation of hundreds of people […]
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Maccabi Night Run in Jerusalem
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Maccabi Fun Run went global (Newsletter)
The Maccabi VAC hosted it’s 6th annual Fun Run in the Jewish District of Budapest! More than 450 runners participated in the Charity Fun Run. Children, adults, and older people all took part in the annual race, where the theme of Tzedakah was prominent. This year, 11 organisations were supported by the registration fees […]
Breaking records at the Fun Run Community and Charity Day!
A record-breaking amount of volunteers participated in this year’s Fun Run! More than 450 participants and just as many supporters showed up to our event. This was the sixth annual Fun Run in the Jewish District of Budapest. This year, we had a specific goal for our runners: Run for a non-racist world! More than […]
Fun Run Community and Charity Day 2016
The Fun Run Community and Charity Day will take place this year on June 5th, in Budapest’s Jewish quarter, the same day as the Judafest. This year will be the 5th annual Fun Run hosted by the Maccabi VAC. Upon paying the registration fee, runners have a chance to choose the charity they will be […]
Mini Fun Run: Jump in to Spring on Margaret Island!
Taking advantage of the end of February sunshine, the Maccabi VAC’s recently formed athletics department decided to once again venture out and stretch their legs in the outdoors! It’s the second time we’ve met on Margaret Island, where we’ve not only engaged in inspiring activities but also created a wonderful community event. There were […]
Mini Fun Run – Let the marathon start!
The newly formed Maccabi VAC athletic team has begun to organize free athletic programs on Margaret Island. The first event was on January 11, where we ran a lap around the island on that windy, cold winter day. Not only is Margaret Island a wonderful place to do our runs because of the newly […]
Fun Run with more than 300 runners
In 2014 many Jewish organizations and charities joined the Fun Run Community Day that is getting more and more popular year by year. Due to the hard work and promotions, 300 runners registered for the event. Many of them run, walked, some of them pushed a stroller but all of them had fun and donated […]
II. Fun Run: Run For What You Believe In!
This year, we hosted our second annual Community Fun Run! 14 wonderful organisations took part, which is 4 more than last year! We almost doubled last’s year’s attendance with 477 runners, and 763,500 forints in donations to charity. The runners could participate in 1, 5, or 10km races. The race was opened by the Israeli […]
Maccabi Orienteering Cup in Homokhat
The last weekend of March was the host of the International Maccabi Cup in Homokhat, and the Regional Northern Championships near Balotaszallas. In spite of the bad weather forecast, more than 400 participants took part in the orienteering race. We received runners from 11 different countries: England, Austria, Bulgaria, Finland, France, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Romania, […]
5 Day Homokhat Hungaria Cup in Szeged
The Maccabi VAC organised the Homokhat Hungaria Cup international orienteering race, with more than 2000 runners from 20 different countries, with the most from Poland and Russia. Monspart Sarolta, the first world champion and International Leisure Group president opened the race at 8pm. The runners had a chance to see the beautiful Szeged synagogue, which […]
First Fun Run in Budapest
This June, we organised the first Fun Run community race, with almost 250 runners! We had those who ran, jogged, walked, even with strollers and dogs. We raised 389.500 forints for many different charities:Maccabi VAC, Israeli Cultural Institute, Bet Shalom, EMIH, Jewish Meeting Point, Bálint house, Manora, Jaffe, Misko Foundation. The Fun Run was met […]
Hungaria Cup in Homokhat
This April, we held out traditional Maccabi Cup regional orienteering races in Ruzsa, in the Mergesi forest. The open, daytime, normal length, regional race was run by about 200 people. The international (there were Finnish and Serbian racers as well) sector had the opportunity to compete in different categories. The race was perfect practice for […]
Half Marathon in Tel Aviv with Maccabi VAC Hungary!
The Maccabi Fencing and Athletic club’s runner successfully competed in the 2010 half marathon in Tel Aviv! Our racer, Julianna Imre took part in the half marathon on May 14, which according to Israel’s Gregorian calendar is their day of independence. The race started bright and early at 6:30 AM, because even though the […]
South Plain Regional Championships
With no exception to tradition, this year we held our South Plains Regional Race in Asotthalom. We had 134 runners, among them some Serbian participants as well. There were other races going on at the same time in the country, but ours was the only one with more than 100 participants. Our group won Hungary’s […]