Stadtwerke Gießen is donating 500 euros to KSC Heuchelheim for an urgently needed renovation of the ceiling at the bowling centre.
"It really was high time," says Andy Kreiling, 1st treasurer of the Heuchelheim bowling club. "The ceiling tiles above our bowling alley had already started to come loose, and some had even come down. We could no longer guarantee proper training and match operations in the medium and long term." The reason for the urgent renovation: the 27-year-old ceiling could only be fixed with nails, as the bowling alley is located underneath a sports hall with a swinging arch. "No other type of fastening was possible at the time," explains Andy Kreiling.
Stadtwerke Gießen (SWG) is helping KSC Heuchelheim to finance the new ceiling with a donation of 500 euros. Jörg Wiegandt, who works in the Energy & Water Networks department at Stadtwerke, suggested the support as one of SWG's 75 good deeds in its anniversary year. He himself has been a member of the association since 1982 and is the 1st youth warden. In addition to his voluntary work in the club, he also actively competes, mostly in the district league. "My whole family belongs to the bowling club - parents, brothers and even my grandad," says Jörg Wiegandt. His grandfather was even one of the founding members in 1979.
Renovation on their own initiative
Once the costs of the necessary renovation work had been clarified - the municipality of Heuchelheim is also contributing alongside SWG - the club members got to work themselves. Since the end of April, they have been renewing the surface of the sports facility - 300 square metres of it - on their own initiative. Everything had to be ready before the first competition on 4 June. No problem for the dedicated club members: when SWG sponsor Jörg Wiegandt handed over the cheque to 1st treasurer Andy Kreiling and 2nd sports manager Uwe Reuschling on 11 June, those present were able to see for themselves that the renovation work had now been completed.