Together with the Chairman of the Council of Seniors, Wolfgang Paul, and his deputy Theo Redder, the presidium has honoured the longest-serving club members. This traditionally begins with Black & Yellows who have been members for 25 years. Among those honoured for 40 years of membership was Reinhard Rauball, while former board member Wolfgang Polak was recognised for reaching 55 years. There was a standing ovation and lengthy applause for August Höhner, a club member since 1939!

25 years of membership

Kristopher Allen, Tom-Henning Andersen, Rita Arndt, Kai Artus, Michael Bartsch, Silvio Becke, Johannes Beckmann, Rainer Beckmann, Heinz-Jürgen Behrenberg, Johann Behrends, Fred Behrens, Wolfgang Bezold, Heinz Peter Bien, Dr. med. Petra Blanke, Dieter Bonnaire, Karl-Heinz Bornitz, Dr. Reiner Borschukewitz, Hartmut Böttger, Kurt Braun, Andreas Breitenbruch, Bianca Budde, Frieder Busch, Uwe Conrad, Cathrin Conrad, Ulrike Czaja, John Daubenberger, Hans-Joachim Dehn, Ralf Diekmann, Karsten Döring, Martin Dürr, Marc-Peter Ebert, Reinhold Ehrhardt, Frank Emde, Christoph Engelke, Rolf Espeter, Florian Fastenrath, Flemming Fennen, Bernhard Finke, Michael Fritze, Jan Frost, Sascha Fuchs, Markus Geng, Stephan Gerhards, Armin Gladysch, Thomas Glatter, Reinhard Götz, Wolfgang Grabke, Tobias Groos, Olaf-Helmut Haering, Felix Harbig, Dirk Heinrich Hauptvogel, Hubert Hayduk, Detlef Heinze, Fred Hellmann, Uwe Herkner, Fabian Hinze, Dr. Michael Hollinde, Berthold Hölscher, Dirk Hölzner, Martina Husemann-Rettberg, Urs Imholz, Manfred Jonas, Stefan Kasten, Heinz-Günther Kaufmann, Andrea Kemper, Norbert Klein, Rüdiger Kleine-Pollmann, Karsten Kleser, Anneliese Kliewer, Daniel Klute, Thomas Koch, Heiner Kollmeyer, Eugen Koziel, Rolf Krekeler, Andreas Krieger, Mark Kroener, Marc Kussatz, Stefan Lackner, Werner Lampert, Jörg Lawrenz, Peter Lips, Siegfried Loh, Martin Lorenz, Tim Lünschermann, Gunnar Maevus, Achim Magenheimer, Winfried Manns, Klaus Marohn, Klaus Maßmann, Hans-Peter Mauch, Markus Melcher, Viktor Melliwa, Wolfgang Meßbauer, Jörg Möbus, Heinz-Dieter Mogge, Barbara Müller, Marek Mußmann, Uwe Neureuther, Peter Niedworok, Fritz Nies, Jürgen Nikolas, Dietmar Nolte, Egon Picker, Hans-Georg Pierucki, Birgit Plischke, Jürgen Rademacher, Markus Risse, Bastian Rodde, Dr. Thomas Rödder, Christof Roeb, Peter Röhl, Sebastian Roth, Klaus Roth, Florian Runte, Lukas Rupprecht, Kristin Rustemeier, Thomas Ruten, Thomas Sandkuhl, Inge Schäfer, Peter Schleier, Thomas Schmidt, Jost Schmidt,.Michael Schömbs, Stefan Schulte, Sascha Bertold Schulze, Ralf Schweighöfer, Sascha Schweisfurth, Ralf Schweitzer, Norbert Schwientek, Werner Sedor, Peter Semmler, Gerd Siebert, Marc Silbersiepe, Heinz Sorembik, Guido Staudt, Gabriele Steinert, Brigitte Steveling, Thomas Stoffer, Erich Tremblau, Theo Uedelhofen, Dietmar Vogel, Alfons Wax, Harry Wellmann, Hubert Wellmann, Michaela Wiemer, Ralph Wisotzki, Dr. Jürgen Johannes Witte, Mark Wittenborg, Ludger Wittenbrink, Tim Wolkmann, Wolfgang Wortmann, Jens Zerkowski, Larissa Zillmer, Hans-Joachim Zillmer, Marius Zinke, Manfred Zöllmer

40 years of membership

Sieglinde Aldehoff, Günter Amft, Prof. Dr. Walter Assenmacher, Andreas Bigga, Petra Bösel, Siegfried Fellner, Manfred Goldwich, Günter Grimkowski, Klaus Hellbach, Hans Koch, Karl-Heinz Krämer, Hans-Udo Kunst, Hartmut Lenski, Gerhard Lückel, Peter Mzyk, Sabine Pfeffer, Maria Pfefferkuch, Dr. Reinhard Rauball, Rolf Roesberg, Robert Sögtrop, Udo Thielert, K.-H. Wollschläge

50 years of membership

Reinhard Görmann, Lothar Olschewski, Wolfgang Umierski

55 years of membership

Klaus Althoff, Hans Dahmen, Günter Derwald, Dieter Dorandt, Norbert Jahn, Eduard Kock, Josef-Bruno Köster, Friedhelm Mettenmeier, Wolfgang Polak, Gertrud Staniek, Ewald Urbaniak, Dieter Westermann, Walter Wulfkühler

60 years of membership

Klaus Telkemeier

65 years of membership

Siegfried Betzer

70 years of membership

Edwin Molitor, Klaus Richter

80 years of membership

August Höhner