Limburg Club
 
Club Limburg is a small club with some 40 active members making regular use of the monthly social evenings.

Club Limburg Programme 2008	Club Evenings
January 21	Horse Racing
February 18th	23rd Anniversary Party
March 17th	Annual General Meeting
April 21st	Spring Bingo
May 19th	Barbecue
June, July & August	Club Closed
September 15th	Charity Bingo
October 20th	Raffle
November 17th	Autumn Bingo
December 15th	Christmas Party

Commemorations
April 27th	Roermond Cemetery Roermond
May 4th	Brunssum. Both Cemeteries’ Brunssum
May 25th	Margraten American War Cemetery Margraten
September 14th	Battle of Britain Service AFNORTH Brunssum
October 5th	Lancaster Memorial Brunssum
November 9th	Remembrance Sunday Sittard
November 13th	Monument voor Verdraagzaamheid Haelen
December 10th	Mariners Remembrance Service Sittard

Members wishing to attend the Margraten ceremony are requested to contact the Secretary.

Club History

As part of the RAF Association Amsterdam Branch, Club Limburg, now affectionately known as RAFA Club Limburg, was successfully inaugurated on 25th February 1985.
In the earlier years and often in the years following, it was variously referred to as RAFA Regio Limburg, RAFA Limburg and RAFA Zuid Limburg. However today, Club Limburg is strongly affiliated to its mother branch at Amsterdam.
The driving force behind the existence of the Club was very much down to the efforts of Giel Verschueren and the late Lambert Beugels, both ex-Royal Air Force volunteers during the war. Clearly it was their drive and determination which eventually made it possible to foster comradeship and fellowship with those RAFA members who lived in the Limburg area. We are forever grateful to them.
Today RAFA Club Limburg boasts some 50 plus members. Some members are located in the UK but their affection for the club is such that they continue to pay their subscriptions regularly without attending any gatherings. Average attendance at a monthly gathering is around 50%. This enables the Club to meet its main aims of comradeship and fellowship and, through various Club activities, raise funds to cover Welfare activities in the UK and the Netherlands.
RAFA Club Limburg includes members whose historical contribution is well recognised; such as Mrs Leyssen for her work in the Resistance in WW2, returning aircrew to the UK, Mr Hendrix, a former Spitfire pilot, Mr Schade, who served in No.322 (Dutch) Squadron, the late Mr Beugels who served at RAF Cardington and Mr Verschuren who served at RAF Willingale. The Club is fortunate in that it is also well supported by serving Royal Air Force personnel from nearby JFC HQ Brunssum.
Gatherings in 1985 began in the Aero Club at Maastricht Airport but the Club had to move to Air Service Limburg (ASL) premises owing to Maastricht Airport widening its requirements for the management of the Aero Club. A further move to the present location in Stein was brought about by another management requirement with ASL and its lodger businesses.
The Club now meets at Trefcentrum Kerensheide, Schineksstraat 11, 6171 AM Stein, The Netherlands on the third Monday of each month although this date is sometimes changed to avoid clashes with the Netherlands national calendar – such as Carnival etc. We do not meet in the summer months of June, July and August. Club Limburg does not own the premises but the excellent facilities are located on the ground floor which is especially beneficial to our older members.

Courtesy Rex Thompson
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