Heiligenwald
Hobbys
- Handball
- Badminton
- Guitar
- Skiing
Handball
Handball has always been and will remain my passion in my future life. I started this sports activity quite late - at the age of 26 - but nevertheless, I really enjoyed familiarizing myself with the characteristics of this sport. I was introduced into the final touches of handball when I got my qualification as a trainer and later on when I worked as a "B-trainer". I want to take this opportunity to express my special gratitude to Mr Joachim Müller - our former "Lehrwart" (Master/mentor) of the "Handball Association Saar". Also many thanks to Stefan Hien - my club trainer at that time and my dear friend, who was able to support me in my sports career in many respects. In the course of my work as a trainer I also worked as a youth trainer for our local team TV Heiligenwald. Further steps of my activities as a handball trainer were "SV St. Ingbert" (regional league for women), "HSV Wemmetsweiler" (local country league for women) and finally "TV Heiligenwald" where I trained our female youth. I played in the teams of "TV Heiligenwald", "TV Brebach" and "HSV Wemmetsweiler" in different leagues of my country "Saarland". My final match in the team of "TV Heiligenwald" was in the spring of 2000. Unfortunately, for lack of time I had to give up my sports activities.
Badminton
I started playing handball and badminton at the same time. At the beginning I played in the team of "SSV Heiligenwald", which became a national team later on but I played in the lowest league. After that I was a member of our local team "TV Heiligenwald". Together with my brother Erhard, who frequently was my partner in doubles, I performed a lot af great matches and after these events we used to celebrate our wins an drubbings with our teammates. That time was really a beautiful time of my life, I wouldn't like to have done without it.
Guitar
I have been wondering for a long time whether to mention playing the guitar as one of my hobbies for I regret to say that I am not a guitar player in the conventional sense. Only when I was 42 I started to learn playing the guitar. As I was very busy, I could only take guitar lessons for two years. But nevertheless let me talk about my guitar teacher for she is really fantastic. Everbody who hnows her will share my view. Her name is Marion Ritz-Valentin and she is one of the founders of a group called "Ene mene mix" from Saarbruck. Marion has composed and written the texts for children's musicals like "The Christmas Planet", for example. You won't find a more brillant and more sensitive guitar teacher. For more details about her activities, read Marions's homepage.
Skiing
Well, I think there is no need to tell somebody who has already gone skiing something about this activity. Skiing is absolutely terrific and it is especially a lot of fun if you do it in groups. Unfortunately, this kind of sport obviously has its downsides. I just want to remind you of the environmental pollution caused be Alpine skiing. But still, skiing is a great pleasure.