Twinning Weekend - Limburg - 28 Sep to 1 Oct 2012 As part of the 2012 Twinning Weekend, Lichfield TTC sent a team to compete against St Foye and Limburg. |
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Travelling Party 1 (left) met up with Travelling Party 2 to form a complete crowd for the initial welcome in Limburg (right). | %20(2).jpg) |
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Our hosts and guides showed us round the old town... |
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...and pointed out the square, where Lichfield joins Ste Foy and Limburg as part of the Twinning Badge. |
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Our hosts Horst and Marianne took us for an afternoon in Koblenz, where the Kaiser Wilhelm statue is an impressive sight. |
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The table tennis competition was as usual, keenly fought, and enjoyed by all. Claire (in orange) was lent to Ste Foy as they were a player short and we had one more than needed in teams of two. And we also had two more of the Sykes family playing for us! |
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The Teams
Anand and Morgan Martin and Steve |
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Dave and Cameron Cyril and Di
And the full squad assembled (below) |
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There were several presentations to the winning teams (we weren't amongst them though) |
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Friendship gifts were exchanged with Rene (Ste Foy - left) and Stefan (Limburg - right) |
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There followed a lunch where the teams Which gave us all a chance to catch up with |
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Finally, Sunday night was the official Twinning Gala event, with another chance to meet friends and watch the show. |
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And Monday we came home! |
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