My oldest hobbies are dogs (as a child Collie Tramp) and photography. At primary school, I started with an Agfa Isola (photo Dirk Böhling), a simple camera for roll film sizes 6x6, which at that time was about 40 DM.
The first season as senior in the Bezirksliga at Fortuna Mönchengladbach was so successful for René that he was bound by the then Oberliga-club 1. FC Wegberg-Beeck. He played five years (1999 - 2005) long in Ober-, Landes- and Verbandsliga. After the first two years Beeck pulled out of the Oberliga back to start over to leagues deeper in the Landesliga. As a result, René came with Beeck to two ascents: from the Landes in the Verbansliga and in his last game for Beeck promotion to the Oberliga was done perfectly.