Sailing, minigolf and tennis to develop tourist reception

The Friends of the Beach and the initiative union of seven municipalities — Saint-Laurent, Colleville, Louvières, Asnières, Formigny, Vierville and Trévières — sought to strengthen the tourist reception. The restart of the sailing club, the creation of a minigolf and the management of a tennis course built by the municipality gave, according to the article, encouraging results.

Jean-Pierre Delobel, head of the committee and the initiative union, believed that the simple passage of tourists was not enough: they had to be offered activities to encourage them to stay, including playful and cultural proposals in bad weather.

The Omaha Beach Yachting Club had ceased its activity three years earlier. Thanks to the tenacity of the president, named Viejot in the cut, the treasurer Mr. Soudon and the municipality, he had just restarted. The Optimists had made their first outing a week earlier. Two qualified instructors, Ronan and Pierre, welcomed about twenty students a day.

Since Easter, a fifteen-hole mini-golf course, hosted by Alain Racine, a young resident of Vierville, was open near the pier from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Bicycles could be rented next door, by the hour, half a day, a day or a week to explore the countryside.

The Friends of the Beach also managed the tennis club. The cards were available at Mr. Delobel's campsite or bazaar. For a person outside the municipality, the printed rates were two hundred francs per year, one hundred and sixty francs per month, eighty francs per week or forty-five francs per hour. The initiative union then informed visitors every day from 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Reconstructed or uncertain passages:
- The name of the president of the nautical club is read "Viejot" in this cut; other sources of the fund use Vieujot. The rates and schedules are those of the vintage article.

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