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Gymnastics club S.S.S. Irene \u2013 short for the Dutch Sport Staalt Spieren<\/em> (\u2018Sport Builds Strength\u2019) \u2013 was founded on 7 May 1956 during an extraordinary meeting of Lintelo’s Belang. All of the roughly 30 people present spontaneously signed up as members. A committee was elected and S.S.S. Irene became a reality. Membership fees were set at 20 cents per lesson for children and 30 cents for adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There was lengthy discussion about purchasing gymnastics equipment, including the possibility of buying second-hand apparatus. It was also decided to make a collection round between \u2018hooien en St. Joapik\u2019 \u2013 in other words, during the first half of July. Residents were asked whether they wished to become supporters and could also make a voluntary contribution towards the club’s first equipment. The collection raised 1,690 guilders, while promised annual donations amounted to 249.50 guilders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The club wanted new parallel bars and rings because of the possible risks posed by defects in the existing apparatus. Other equipment, such as a vaulting box, balance beam and horizontal bar, was to be made by local craftsmen. The firms Rutgers, Van Lochem and Klein Wolterink were approached for this purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first gymnastics lessons for primary-school children began on Thursday, 3 January 1957. Around 70 members took part in the first lessons. Later that January a nursery-age group started with 30 members. Adult groups began on 1 March. A year later S.S.S. already had 180 members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years many different sports have been added. In the 1980s the Meer Bewegen Voor Ouderen<\/em> programme (\u2018More Exercise for Older People\u2019) was introduced. The opening of a new sports hall in 2008 further expanded the range of activities, enabling everyone within S.S.S. Irene to take part in a sport they enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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