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The final details for those members 

travelling to liederbach on the 18th of June 

have now been approved and are as follows.

Thursday 18th June

Meet at Morrisons Car Park at 12h00.

Coach to leave at 12h30.

Call at Ringwood bus station to pickup Mr & Mrs Whyman & Mrs A Pederson.

Arrive Southampton airport approx 13h30.

Depart 15h35.  BE1277

Arrive 18h20.

Coach from Frankfurt to Liederbach for 19h30 meeting with hosts.

Friday 19th June.

Leaving by coach at 09h00 to Heidelberg.

Saturday 20th June.

Street Festival starting mid day and going on through the evening.  We have a stall and Lin Newman has e-mailed the rota to those who are going to look after it during the day.

Sunday 21st June.

Lunch in the Culture Hall from noon with our Hosts.

Monday 22nd

 leave Liederbach at 16h30.

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If you would like to to be involved in future exchanges then why not join the 
Verwood Twinning Association.

Contact Terry Bright on +44 (0)1202 822959 or email:

 

All Verwood & TLC Newsletter can be viewed here.
For the May 2009 newsletter then select here.

 

Regular Boule Practice sessions
These tale place on the Boules Pitch on Verwood Recreation Ground 
at 06:00 p.m. every Thursday.
Do come along if interested.   - Contact : 01202 822959

 

Leiderbach twins with the polish town of
"Pietrowice Wielkie"


On Sunday the 15th of June 2008 a small group of 8 people representing Verwood attended the Twinning Ceremony for 100 Poles from Pietowice Wielkie with Liederbach in he Liederbachhalle.
 It was also attended by representatives from "Villebon sur Yvette / France" & "Saldus / Latvia". 

 

New finger post on Ferrett Green.


On Monday the 19th of May the "The Twinning Association" presented a new finger post to Verwood town council. The sign situated near the new "Spa" shop shows the distance and direction of Verwood's Twin Towns of Chmptoceaux (246 miles) and Liederbach (485 miles).
 It was presented by Mr Terry Bright, the chairman of the Verwood and 3LX Twinning Association (centre) to The Town Council represented by Verwood's incoming Mayor Cllr. Lucy Clark (left) and its outgoing mayor Cllr. Alec Nicholls (right). 

 

On Tuesday the 5th of May 2008 members of the Verwood Twinning Association returned from a successful visit to our friends in our 
twin town of Champtoceaux on the Loire Valley in France. 


Verwood Twinning Association is open to Young and Old and is able to facilitate twinning visits between other groups and our French and German friends. 
Contact Terry Bright on +44 (0)1202 822959 or email:

 

European Flag of Honour 

Verwood & 3LX - the only municipality in the UK and one of only 18 in Europe to receive the European Flag of Honour in 2007. Select here for a full report with pictures of the Civic and  FLAGFEST celebrations in October 2007.

 

Select here for the report the Civic celebrations

and the FLAGFEST celebrations in October 2007.

 

On Friday the 19th of October at "The HUB", Verwood and 3LX was presented with the European Flag of Honour by the
Hon. Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of Europe Kerstin Eckman. The picture shows the dignitaries present at the event.

 

Select here for the report on the visit in May 2007 
of our friends from Champtoceaux!

 

Congratulations.

On the 50th anniversary of the European flag, may we congratulate the "Verwood & Three Legged Cross Twinning Association", One of only 24, and the only UK municipality in Europe to be awarded the "European Flag of Honour" this year.
Rushmoor in Hampshire was the only UK town to be awarded the "European Diploma" which Verwood and 3LX was awarded in 2005. Nuremberg won the overall 2007 "Europe Prize".
 Select here for the Press Release

 

Note the new web address for this Twinning Website is now "twinning.verwood.org".

 

 

Summary

 

The Association organises various social events and a summer outing for members and friends.  At the 20th Anniversary of twinning with our French Town in 2004 Champtoceaux Avenue was officially named.  There is also a Liederbach Drive and a Champtoceaux Green.  

Members visit our twin towns and receive French and German visitors every two to three years.

You can also visit the sites of the two towns that Verwood is currently twinned with, Champtoceaux and Liederbach. The "Comite Cantonal de Jumelage de Champtoceaux" also has a site which you can visit. (see Links Page).

The Tapestry given to Verwood by its twinned French Town of Champtoceaux during the visit in May 2005 is now framed and on display in the Verwood Heathland Heritage Centre, along with the large pot (see below), gifted by Liederbach in Germany to Verwood in 2003. Other gifts received in the past reside in the Verwood Library and the Council Offices.

                        

Please select the links below for the
 Verwood and Three Legged Cross Chronological History,
 newsletters, reports, or History of Twinning.

CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF TWINNING.
(JUMELAGE / PARTNERSHAFTEN).
The latest Verwood & 3X Twinning Association NEWSLETTER.
Older Verwood & 3X Twinning NEWSLETTERS.
  December 2005 - Report on the Verwood visit to Liederbach. 
 May 2007 - Report on the visit of our friends from Champtoceaux!
  The History of the Verwood & 3X Twinning Association.
Verwood  3X Twinning and the European Diploma.

 

 

On the 8th Nov. 2006 a talk was given at the Band Hall
on the Don McMath Foundation.

UK Registered Charity Number: 1100164  - Gambia Registered Charity Number: 733/2002

Anne McMath has built a well-equipped free school in Gambia, with qualified teachers, starting with 4 to 6 year olds eventually building up to classes for 12 to 13 year olds. Please visit  www.dmf.dsl.pipex.com for further details & sponsorship forms .

 

For further information, or to join the "Verwood and Three Legged Cross Twinning Association" please contact: -

Terry Bright    tel:        +44 (0)1202 822959 
                        email: 

 

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