239 Jeeps were registered for the 15^th European Jeepers Jamboree held in Sedan France from the 8^th until the 12^th of June 2000. On behalf of the Jeep Jamboree, the city of Sedan was renamed in Willyville.

 

The Jeeps came from 8 different European countries:

The Netherlands (115), Belgium (56), Germany (35), England (15), France (13), Italy (3), Scotland (1) and Switzerland (1).

 

About 1500 people (drivers, co-pilots, friends and family) came along with the Jeeps.

The following Jeep models were represented at the jamboree: Jeep Wrangler YJ (82), Jeep CJ-7 (81), Jeep CJ-5 (28), Jeep Wrangler TJ (12), Jeep M38A1 (8), Jeep Cherokee XJ (7), CJ-3 (6), Willy's MB (4), CJ-2 (2), Jeep CJ-6 (2), Jeep CJ-8 (2), Jeep Commanche (2), Jeep Grand Cherokee ZJ (1), Jeep Wagoneer (1) and Jeepster Commando (1).

 

Some of the participants arrived on Monday the 5^th of June with a lot of rain, but from Tuesday the weather cleared up and we had a jamboree by the book: mud down and sunshine up.

 

 

The Jeepers started Friday the 9^th of June with the Mud-Cup 2000 and the Jeep-Trail 2000.

This year, the trials were designed and created by the Sangliers 4x4 from Sedan, our co-producers this year.

 

Mud-Cup 2000

 

1^st Price: Bestop softtop won by Jean Pierre Joly #241 (YJ) from France.

2^nd Price: Warn shocks won by Ron Huyen #094 (CJ-5) from The Netherlands.

3^rd Price: Warn winch accessories kit won by Jérôme Rennié #011 (CJ-7) from France.

 

Jeep-Trail 2000

 

Blue-Trail

1^st Price: Off-road lights from Dirk's 4x4 won by Stijn Maertens #152 (YJ) from The Netherlands.

 

Red-Trail

1^st Price: Bestop space module-set won by Marcus Unverzagt #080 (CJ-7) from Germany.

2^nd Price: Hi-Lift jack (B&S Autoparts) won by Piet Sangers #004 (CJ-5) and R. v.d. Boogaard #051 (YJ) both from The Netherlands.

3^rd Price: Off-road lights from Dirk's 4x4 won by Mr. Beimans #092 (YJ) from The Netherlands.

 

Black-Trail

1^st Price: Warn off-road lights won by Giulio Rebesco #188 (CJ-7) from Italy.

2^nd Price: Off-road lights from Dirk's 4x4 won by E. Chandler #065 (CJ-5) from England.

3^rd Price: Spotlights from Dirk's 4x4 won by Mike Monk #225 (TJ) from England.

 

 

 

 

The next day, Saturday the 10^th of June, the Jeepers left for one of the two off-road trails. The trails of this year:

1.       The long west tour (more than 150 kilometers), called the Quarry-Trail because the tour started in a Quarry-mine.

2.     The shorter east tour (more than 70 kilometers) called the Hillock-Trail because the tour ended in the hills of Ferme de Soiry.

 

 

The last day, Sunday the 11^th of June, all Jeepers drove the other trail, so everyone had all the best.

 

   

 

 

On the trails, the Jeepers had to drive the different Jeep-challenges, and on the Quarry-Trail the Black-Jeepers could do the Warn-Winch Challenge and on the Hillock-Trail every Jeeper could do the Puzzle.

The winning letters in the puzzle were for the Saturday: PEQU-ZYZTM, and for the Sunday: CUDT-YMARO

 

Jeep-Challenge 2000

 

The Jeep-challenges were sometimes hard to overcome, but at the end we had the following winners:

1^st Price: Set of tires (B&S Autoparts) won by Barry Redman #197 (CJ-2A) from England.

2^nd Price: Set of rims (B&S Autoparts) won by Jérôme Rennié #011 (CJ-7) from France.

3^rd Price: Jeep chair won by Mike Monk #225 (TJ) from England.

 

   

 

Warn-Winch Challenge

 

Due to the dry weather and the very well performance of most Jeepers, the Warn-Winch Challenge looked more like a hill race, despite of all the digging and tricks we build in.

On Sunday, we managed to stop most of the Jeeps on the hill and we saw a lot of winches in action.

 

1^st Price: Warn off-road lights won by Lorenzo Debels #184 (YJ) from Belgium.

2^nd Price: Warn shocks won by J. Dam #104 (CJ-7) from The Netherlands.

3^rd Price: Warn winch accessories kit won by C. de Jong #070 (CJ-7) from The Netherlands.

 

On Saturday and Sunday, in the big tent on camp Willyville, the Dutch Jeep-Jamboree Band Expresso played the stars from heaven and every night the campfires did not go out until the sun was shining.

 

 

Monday the 12^th of June, most Jeepers hit the road again and they promised each other to meet again wherever the pavement ends.

 

The organisation, including the service team of ORB-Bochum by Marcus Doring and the winch service team of Wiegel BV from The Netherlands, can look back to a great and successful event and we would like to thank all participants for their good behavior.

 

As far as we are concerned, there is no obstacle for a 16^th European Jeepers Jamboree next year.

 

Stichting European Jeepers Jamboree

De Gemeint 11

6987 AT Giesbeek

The Netherlands

Tel.: +31-313-631591

Fax: +31-313-632459

E-mail: Huet@tref.nl