800 Year Anniversary Weekend - Offheim - 16-19 June 2017
The "Limburg" Table Tennis team is always composed of players from TTC Offheim, a little village just outside Limburg.
As part of the 2017 Offheim 800th Anniversary Weekend, Lichfield TTC sent a team to compete against St Foy and Limburg.
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On our way from the airport we had a stop off at Weisbaden, where we took a funicular to a park at the top of a big hill. |
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There is a spectacular church (above) and an impressive war memorial. Zoran was perplexed by the location of the park bench! (below) |
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Once in Limburg we had a walking tour of the old town. |
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We played a three-way tournament against Offheim and St Foy, preceded by a couple of beers. |
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The teams lined up for a photo before play got under way. Some of the Lichfield players feature below. |
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| The final was unusual because it featured two father and son teams from Offheim and St Foy. | L.JPG) |
Offheim won. Well, it WAS their celebrations after all. |
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The Lichfield teams |
And both together with St Foy players. |
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Lichfield was represented by Klaus, Dave, Zoran, Cyril, Mark and Stephan (who was gifted to us by Offheim for the day)
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Saturday night we were all assembled for for a meal....and a few beers. |
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Sunday was the big day for the 800 year Anniversary parade. For a relatively small village, Offheim put on a tremendous parade and party afterwards. |
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Reflecting the rural nature of the village and the agricultural heritage, there were plenty of tractors pulling floats. |
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The TTC Offheim players gather ready to board their float. They then joined the procession along with what seemed like dozens of other organisations, groups, bands and officials etc. |
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| Finally, as part of the post-parade entertainment, there was a Kart race organised over about a quarter mile dowhill course. | L.JPG) |
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The vehicles ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous, but all tried hard, and everyone had a load of fun. |
The Lichfield players thank all of our hosts for their help and hospitaility, and for making this a most enjoyable weekend. |
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