After four years of waiting, friends from our twin city of Göttingen, Germany, came back to Cheltenham to celebrate 66 years of twinning from 22-27 July 2017. A group of 13 students, 33 senior sports participants and 60 Göttingen residents, including the official delegation led by Rolf-Georg Köhler, Mayor of Göttingen, visited us for theContinue reading “Göttingen Festival in Cheltenham”
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Göttingen Big Party Visit to Cheltenham 2017
Yes it’s that time again!!! Every four years Cheltenham welcomes a large number of visitors from our German twin town of Göttingen on a twinning exchange of citizens that started in 1976. The dates for the 2017 visit to Cheltenham are: 22-27 JULY 2017 The Twinning Association are looking for people to host our visitors in theirContinue reading “Göttingen Big Party Visit to Cheltenham 2017”
Twinning youngsters united at peace camp
Youngsters from Cheltenham’s twin town of Gottingen Germany, together with young people from Gottingen’s twins of Pau in France and Torun in Poland, all came to Cheltenham from 22-29 July 2016 to join with Cheltenham young people in the international youth for peace camp, which was started in 1995 to commemorate the end of World WarContinue reading “Twinning youngsters united at peace camp”
Interclub Photo Competition
To mark their 150th anniversary from 1865 to 2015, the Cheltenham Camera Club organised an interclub photo competition during 2015 between Cheltenham and the photo clubs of our twin towns of Annecy and Gottingen. The top three photos from each town, in the categories of Best Picture, Highly Commended and Commended can be viewed below.
Almost Athletes run in Göttingen
In July this year, at the invitation of the Twinning Association, Almost Athletes selected 3 runners to travel to Göttingen to take part in the annual Old Town Run. Graham (Gray) Davis, Matt Proome and Paul Turner were the lucky names drawn from the beanie hat, so we 3 intrepid runners set off via plane andContinue reading “Almost Athletes run in Göttingen”
Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra to visit Göttingen
The Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra will be going on tour to Germany this summer and performing a concert in Cheltenham’s twin town of Göttingen as part of the programme of the Cheltenham Festival in Göttingen. The orchestra will be performing at the St Johannis Church on Monday evening 27 July 2015. They will also be playingContinue reading “Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra to visit Göttingen”
YMCA cycle to Göttingen
Six staff and friends from the Cheltenham YMCA set off on their bicycle ride from Cheltenham to Göttingen in July. Each participant hoped to raise £1000 towards the work of the YMCA. Once in Europe the group were met by members of the Göttingen YMCA and they cycled together to Göttingen and were welcomed by the Mayor ofContinue reading “YMCA cycle to Göttingen”
Internships
As part of an initiative to raise awareness of Europe in the run up to the General Election, two internships were organised for students from Annecy and Göttingen. Arthur Cheul from Annecy is helping out at the Lib Dem Office until after the elections and has been here since January and Stina Buentge from Göttingen arrivedContinue reading “Internships”
Twinning visit to Göttingen in July 2015
The Big Party visit to Göttingen takes place this summer from 24 to 31 July. The Big Party only happens every four years and provides the perfect opportunity to get to know Cheltenham’s German twin town, to learn about the German way of life, to make new friends, develop cultural links between clubs, societies andContinue reading “Twinning visit to Göttingen in July 2015”
Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra pre-planning visit to Göttingen
From 6-9 December, three members of the Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra went to Göttingen on a pre-planning visit to discuss and meet various people in connection with their proposed visit to Göttingen next summer alongside the Big Party Visit. The CSO plan to perform two, maybe 3 concerts, during their tour to Germany and we are very pleased thatContinue reading “Cheltenham Symphony Orchestra pre-planning visit to Göttingen”
Cheltenham International Partnerships 