"THE ZANY OLYMPICS" HEATS OF JSF 76 - THE FUN & GAMES EUROPEAN GAME SHOW THAT TOOK PLACE IN Liège, Belgium. GREAT GAMES , GREAT MEMORIES GREAT ENTHUSIASM AND THE GREAT STUART "HA HA" HALL COMMENTATES FROM THIS BBC AUG 1976 TRANSMISSION. ENJOY TV WHEN IT WAS FUN ALL THE WAY. MORE DETAILS BELOW:- "SPOILER" ALERT BELOW IF YOU DONT WANT TO KNOW THE RESULT:- Did You Know? This heat was held in Cointe, a western suburb of the city of Liège. The games arena was located in a multi-functional leisure complex known as Le Plaine - loosely translated as The Play Area. The facilities in the complex include basketball, tennis and volleyball courts, a rifle range and a full-size football pitch surrounded by an athletics track. Each of the sports has its own particular area and is cordoned off from each other by small hand barriers. However, when the programme was held there, many of these barriers had to be removed and special flooring was laid over the courts' bases to protect the surfaces. The programme opened with the teams being led into the arena by Le Royal Guidon Hesbignon Fanfare Cycliste de Haneffe. Comprising 50 members on bicycles (some of them on tandems), the band is located in Haneffe in the heart of the province of Liège and is one of the most active companies in the community. The band has played the role of ambassador for the city for well over 100 years, with invitations to play from not only towns in Belgium but also in France, Germany, Netherlands and the Grand Duchy ...
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