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WICKET TIME FOR ALL ... The visitors from Peine enjoy an impromptu game of cricket during their stay
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Peine have action-packed stay
10/ 7/2008
PEINE Chess Club visited its counterpart in Heywood at the weekend and enjoyed a fun-filled stay.
The clubs have alternated visits to each other for 13 years, beginning in 1996 when a small group of Peine chess players made the visit to Heywood.
This week 14 Germans from Peine enjoyed hospitality at the homes of Heywood chess players, ranging from two young children, Franceska and Natalie Garbuszus, though to 74-year-old Erhard Hentzschel, who has made every visit since the exchange began.
The group arrived last Wednesday and were quickly whisked to watch Germany beat Portugal in the Euro 2008 quarter-final, which got the visit off to a great start.
Friday was taken up bowling at the Hopwood Unionist club. The weekend saw the chess congress. Monday was a huge cricket match, followed by a five-a-side football match and finished with the traditional Heywood versus Peine chess challenge which ended as an honourable 4-4 draw.
Tuesday saw a visit to York, followed by the group meal at Old Hucky’s.
Wednesday included a visit to Old Trafford and then the semi-final of Euro 2008 Germany versus Turkey.
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