rs1.tv VIDEO: Früh Kölsch SportTalk - Tennis

Tonight I moderated my own talkshow here in Germany - the Früh Kölsch SportTalk from the Bergische Sportarena in Wermelskirchen from a pub within a indoor sports complex infront of a live audience and on rs1.tv.

The topic tonight was tennis with a focus on the just concluded All England Championships in Wimbledon and local tennis about the season of the Mens-40 of SC Rot-Weiss Remscheid. Guests on the show were ex-Wimbledon participant Karsten Braasch plus the trio of Christian Schäffkes, Bernd Königsmann and Frank Piesker from SC Rot-Weiss Remscheid.

We had a lively discussion about Wimbledon and the local tennis season...

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Früh Kölsch SportTalk: We discuss Tennis tonight

Tonight I will be moderating my SportTalk show here in Germany - the Früh Kölsch SportTalk from the Bergische Sportarena in Wermelskirchen will be once more coming from a pub within an indoor sports complex.

The topic tomorrow night will be tennis, the just concluded All England Championships in Wimbledon and local tennis about the season of the Mens-40 of SC Rot-Weiss Remscheid. Guests on the show tonight will be ex-Wimbledon participant Karsten Braasch plus the trio of Christian Schäffkes, Bernd Königsmann and Frank Piesker from SC Rot-Weiss Remscheid.

It will be live on the Internet (in German) as a livestream from 19.30 CET (18.30 GMT / 23.00 IST) onwards at www.livestream.com/rs1tv


Here the details in German about the talkshow:

Heute Abend gibt es wieder den Früh Kölsch SportTalk auf rs1.tv!

An diesem Abend ab 19.30 Uhr wird der 'Früh Kölsch SportTalk' aus der Bergischen Sportarena in Wermelskirchen als Livestream auf rs1.tv übertragen. Es wird 90 Minuten lang vor Live Publikum ( Eintrittskarten auf Anfrage bei der Bergischen Sportarena ) um den Sport aus und um Remscheid herum mit Gästen aus dem lokalen Sport, Journalisten und Sportstars. Aber es wird nicht nur über lokales gesprochen sondern auch um nationalen und internationalen Sport.

In unserer nächsten Sendung am 9.Juli wird Tennis (Wimbledon & die Herren-40 von SC Rot-Weiss Remscheid) das Thema sein.

Die Gäste der Sendung sind: Karsten Braasch (ex-Wimbledon Teilnehmer), Christian Schäffkes, Bernd Königsmann, Frank Piesker (alle SC Rot-Weiss Remscheid)


Hier nochmals die wichtigsten Informationen zusammengefasst:


LIVE aus der Bergischen Sportarena in Wermelskirchen
Der Früh Kölsch SportTalk
präsentiert von rs1.tv
Sendungsbeginn: 19.30 Uhr jeweils Montags alle zwei/drei Wochen

Tischreservierung oder zu anderen Fragen, Bitte bei der Bergischen Sportarena melden!

Die nächste Sendung findet findet Ende-August/Anfang-September statt!

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