Prestwick Town Twinning Association News

Prestwick Town Twinning Christmas Dinner 14th December 2011

The Christmas Dinner took place at the Carlton Carvery on Wednesday 14th December

Inter-Town Twinning Quiz November 18th 2011

The Inter-Town-Twinnning Quiz took place on 18th November at Girvan. Ayr won with a score of 65 points with Prestwick being runners-up by the narrow margin of one point!

Celebration of Thirty-Five Years of Town Twinning - Lichtenfels 12th November 2011

Town twinning in Europe was developed after World War II as a means of bringing the people of Europe into a closer understanding of each other. This idea lead Provost Harkiss of Prestwick to initiate a search for a suitable town in Bavaria and in November 1974 a twin town agreement was signed with Lichtenfels a small town in Northern Bavaria. Initially this twinning link was maintained by the two local councils, but in November 1976 a citizens' committee was inaugurated in Lichtenfels to organize and maintain the town twinning links with Prestwick.
This year, on 12 November, the committee in Lichtenfels organized a festival to celebrate the 35th birthday of their founding. Apart from their own members they also invited representatives from the towns that they have become linked with in the intervening years. Prestwick was represented on this occasion by Dr. David West and his wife Jennifer, the current President and Secretary of the town twinning association in Prestwick. The 180 people gathered for the event enjoyed a splendid buffet featuring food representing the countries to which Lichtenfels is now linked; Scotland, America, France and Italy. After a number of speeches a variety of entertainment was provided by a local dance school and a rock and roll band.

Visit From Ariccia 26th - 30th August 2011

Here is a photo of some of the group at the Distillery in Arran.

After a changeable day there was a fine view as the sun went down for the evening meal at the Auchrannie Hotel

On the Monday evening we hosted a very enjoyable Scottish night with music provided by the young people of the Ayrshire Fiddle Orchestra (AFO) under the direction of Wallace Galbraith. This gave us the chance to involve our Italian friends in some Scottish dances.

May 2011 Visit To Traquair House

A group of members enjoyed a trip to the Borders in May, and are seen here in front of Traquair House.

October 2010 Visit To Ariccia For The Signing Of The Charters

In October a group from Prestwick visited Ariccia for the signing of the Twinning Charters. Above are from left to right: David West, President Prestwick Town-Twinning, Provost Winifred Sloan, Sindacco Cianfanelli of Arricia, and Marie-Paule Starquit from the Ariccia Comitato di Gemellaggio.
The ceremony was held in the magnificent setting of Ariccia's historic Chigi Palace.

Here are some pictures from the August 2010 Twinning Visit to Prestwick:

Our Visitors At Burns' Cottage

At Brig 0'Doon

Our Trip on The Waverley