Pictures taken for taken at the Easter 2009. Click to enlarge

Pictures taken at the BBQ and Bourle Game 2009 . Click to enlarge

When: Sunday, August 30, 3PM-7PM Where: Home of David and Isabelle Twedt, 607 Rue des Ramoniers, 59310 Coutiches

American Club of Lille members and guests are invited by generous members Isabelle and David Twedt to their typical Northern France farm that they beautifully rehabilitated as a country home and garden.

Program of the afternoon:

3:00PM-3:30PM: Visit of the home and garden
3:30PM: Scavenger Hunt for children and children at heart!
4:00PM: Presentation of New Members to the group
4:30PM: Annual General Meeting with State of the Club address, Board Member elections.
5:00PM Barbecue with traditional hamburgers and hot dogs

Come and celebrate with us the start of a new year filled with exciting activities, see old friends, meet new ones!

Cost:
Members and pre-paid reservation
- adult 10 €, child 4 €, free for kids under 2

Non-members and members at the door
- adult 15 €, child 8 €, free for kids under 2

Reservations:
Please send reservation and payment before Aug 24 by mail to:
Vincent Larregle, 184 rue de Guisnes, 59200 Tourcoing
For more information, contact Vincent Larregle or at 06 25 61 37 51

Directions to Coutiches (about 20 minutes by car):

Take Highway, Direction Paris.

Take the A23, direction Valenciennes, about 15 km.

Sortie No. 2b, at Orchies, take direction Douai at the rond-point.

Coutiches is the first village. Go through the first traffic light in the center of town. About 100 meters further on go through another traffic light and see a pharmacie on your right. Take the next right after about another 100 meters.

Just follow the road for about a kilometer and a half until you come to the number 607 rue des Ramoniers. It’s an ensemble of brick buildings on the right after an open field on your right. There is a red iron gate with a red upright mailbox, kind of English looking, in front. The entrance is at the far end of the low brick wall just past the house.

Park in the street

If you need transportation or can offer a ride to someone, please contact Vincent who will organize a car pool from Lille

When: Saturday, July 4th, 2:30PM-7PM Where: Parc du Lion, Wattrelos, next to the Climbing Pyramid Structure Cost Free for members 5€ for non members 2€ per non-member child under 2 is free (You may pay for your membership 2009-10 then) Contact and SIGN-UP Robert Kulp or by phone at 06 80 72 47 55

The club will provide soft beverages, games and crafts for children (build and fly your own kite!)

Please bring your picnic, lawn chairs (and tables if you are so inclined), blankets, and anything you would like to share! Also, you are invited to bring your own sport equipment (frisbees, softball, football, etc.).

The city Parc du Lion in Wattrelos offers, among various amenities, a pedagogical farm, playground equipment, ponds, climbing pyramid, beautiful walkways, many trees and a large grass field at its center!!

Directions to Park

If coming from Lille, Marcq….take Boulevard with mini tunnels and tram to Roubaix.

Drive to Roubaix Centre Ville and its main street, Boulevard Gambetta.

On Boulevard Gambetta over the bridge, follow signs to Wattrelos. The road turns a bit. You will be on Grand Rue, then Rue Carnot (RN 350) and eventually you will see the modernish Hotel de Ville on your right. Drive slowly.Turn left on rue Gustave Delory. Parc du Lion is on your right.

Vital: do not park in the 1st parking lot, but in the 2nd smaller one down the street. Walk through the gates straight ahead where you will see an enormous lawn and the huge pyramid. We are right next to the pyramid.

BBQ & BOURLE GAME Friday, May 15, 6:30pm La Bourle 9 rue de la Paix 59100 WASQUEHAL Métro Ligne 2: Station Hôtel de Ville, Wasquehal

Come for an American BBQ, and a French Game of Bourle, a very old Northern France team game played with wooden wheels (similarities with pétanque and curling).

Thanks to our member Bruno Malfait, the Club will have exclusive access to the La Bourloire St Nicolas.

The Club will provide meat for the BBQ, beverages, and ustensils.
To keep the cost down, we ask you to bring salads (potatoe, pasta, or greens) and/or desserts (brownies, chocolate chips cookies or pie).

Contact Olivia Ben Haim or 06 70 89 51 26 or Dawne at 06 33 86 27 81 for reservation.

If you come by public transportation, we’ll organize a car ride back to Lille.