XXXIX INTERNATIONAL MERCAT DEL RAM BALLOON TROPHY 2022

"The Vic wally is one of the best places in the world to fly in a balloon. I amazed at the serenity of the aircraft you will i will do the following question: why not just perceive the movement of the aircraft in the body? "Flying in a balloon over the city of Vic one is transformed into a particle more of the wind, is the correct definition ......"
(Articulate “Vic seen from the sky” from Miquel Masallera Magazine Vic-Festa Major 2013)

One year more the Club Català de Globus is the entity associated with the practitioners of the sport of ballooning in Vic and Osona. These people organize to thirty five years ago this sporting event is one of the icons of the city of Vic and the Mercat del Ram fair.

The INTERNATIONAL MERCAT DEL RAM BALLOON TROPHY 2022 is the sporting event in the world of ballooning oldest in Catalonia and the Spanish state, is one of the most prestigious events in Europe. Held each year during the weekend before easter, every year since 1984 in Vic.

The event lasts about four days (Thursday to Sunday) and attracts crowds of people and spectators. Includes a balloon competition, exhibition flights this year and intend to expand the display part of a "Night Glow" on Friday and Saturday of the Mercat del Ram to Plaça Major of Vic afternoon.

The editions of 1984 to 2003 were performed essentially teams of Catalonia and the rest of the Spanish state. It was from 2004 when some foreign pilots expressed willingness to come flying to Vic and participate in the International Mercat del Ram Balloon Trophy, that's when we seriously we plant the possibility of extensive event the rest of Europe and then to rest of the world.

On latest editions have been flying to Vic teams across Europe (Sweden, France, UK, Netherlands, Italy, Russia, Luxembourg, etc..) And the rest of the world (Mexico, Brazil, USA, etc.).

The spread is such that our sporting event was the most important web sites in the world hot air balloon events such as the prestigious BFA (Balloon Federation of America) among others, as we state below.