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On invitation from the Dutch pétanque club, "Gemert de Boules" near Eindhoven, Grundfos Pétanque club has been on a tour to the Netherlands with 27 members. The first point on the day was a visit at Grundfos Holland in Weesp, where we received a warm welcome. The Grundfos company in Weesp has only administration since store and production has been moved to a new distribution center in Eindhoven. From the office in Weesp they manage all the technicians who are driving around performing service on pump installations. There are many interesting projects, especially in the wastewater area. There is a huge potential in Holland for the future since all must be connected to a public wastewater plant. After a guided tour we had lunch in the canteen.
On Saturday we visited the Dutch petanque club on their invitation. They had arranged a tournament where the German club, we visited last year, also was present. The club has a very fine club house with all necessary facilities including indoor petanque grounds. It shows also that the Dutch had been training during the winter, they won the tournament. The Germans were also good players. We played doubles with shifting partners so all Danes played with Danes, Germans and Dutchmen. The games were played very seriously, but in good friendship and the spirits were high during the grill party following the games. Grundfos Petanque Club obtained a second place in the tournament and the best Dane was Jonna Nyrup from Viborg. There were gifts and medals, and a lot of talk about petanque and frindship arose over the borders. It is planned that the German and the Dutch club will come to Denmark in 2006 to participate in a friendship tournament arranged by Grundfos Petanque Club in Bjerringbro.