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Parking lot overcrowded on Saturday, September 28, and Sunday, September 29
Our neighbors, Athletics Club Startbaan, are organizing the National Relay Championships on September 28 and 29. Participants will be coming to Amstelveen from all over the Netherlands. This event is held annually. The competitions start at 10:00 a.m. For billiard players, padel players, and tennis players who come to play at Park Startbaan that
Winter contracts indoor tennis winter 2025-2026: are any courts still available?
Invoices for winter contracts for indoor tennis courts will be sent out in the next 2 weeks of July. We will be tight on payment deadlines because with the closure of several tennis halls in the area, there is very high demand for courts. Our request: don't delay your payment, it won't be forgotten.
Winter tennis on the outdoor courts
We have received notification from the LTC Startbaan tennis club that they will not be keeping any outdoor courts available for club members this winter. However, that does not mean that you cannot play tennis outdoors this winter. Park Startbaan will be keeping courts 1 to 4 open for rental. The price is very
Jan Hoekjan winner of the ladder prize.
The summer ladder is entering its final round. We had announced that we would raffle off a prize among the 21 participants: 1 hour of free billiards lessons with one of our billiards teachers, Paul Beijnes or Peter Oskam.And the winner is Jan Hoekjan, currently number 5 on the libre-klein ladder. Congratulations, Jan! You
Winter contracts indoor tennis winter 2025-2026 and are any courts still available?
Invoices for winter contracts for indoor tennis courts will be sent out in the next 2 weeks of July. We will be tight on payment deadlines because with the closure of several tennis halls in the area, there is very high demand for courts. Our request: don't delay your payment, it won't be forgotten.
Opening hours limited on weekends during the quiet holiday period
As in previous years, Park Startbaan will close earlier on Saturday and Sunday evenings during the quiet vacation season. This will begin the weekend of July 19/20 and continue through the weekend of Aug. 9/10. The park will then close at 6 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. On weekdays, opening hours will remain unchanged.
Call for 3-band billiard ladder
The first round of the 3-cushion small and libre small billiards ladders started on September 8. There are 20 participants for the libre ladder and 12 participants for the 3-cushion ladder. There is still plenty of room on both ladders. You can still register and join from the second round or later. Would you
The final weekend of the OST: you don’t want to miss it!
Note from the competition management of the OST Dutch tennis sub-top can be admired on our courts this weekend. In the men's National Ranking Tournament (NRt), Toine van Zijl leads the roster as the first seed. He is ranked No. 9 in the National Rankings. Among the ladies, Sarah Olff is the leader and
BREAKING NEWS: PADEL CAMPAIGN PARK STARTBAAN ON SOCIAL MEDIA
On May 2, Park Startbaan launched a padel campaign to further support the growing popularity of padel at our park online. The campaign can be followed on Instagram and TikTok. Through short video clips and image reports we show what makes padel unique at Park Startbaan: 2 beautiful (outdoor) padel courts, ample playing opportunities at
Sunny weather: apply sunscreen!
It has been great sunny weather for some time now. Very nice to play tennis and padel. Nothing nicer than exercising outside. But that sun is not good for our skin. Park Startbaan helps you with that. In the hall of the clubhouse there is a dispenser with sunscreen. Free to use!
Indoor courts provided with new coating
Our indoor courts have been given a beautiful new coating. The experienced men of Ton de Rooy, who among other things also provide the courts of the ABNAmro tournament, have completed the job in one week. From Wednesday, April 30, these courts are playable again. Medium roughness has been chosen again. Then the courts
Billiard News
New billiard balls and new sheets For those who regularly rent a box of billiard balls from the bar (for only 2 euros each time), there is good news: brand new balls are available again. The “old” balls are now over a year old, time for replacement. The “old balls” will slide through and
New coating for the indoor courts UPDATE April 19 2025
The plan is to do this in weeks 17 and 18. That is the week after Easter and week 18 is the week of the spring break. We have estimated that there will be as little disruption as possible. That means that the courts cannot be used from April 22 to May 2. After
Rein Willems, chairman of Park Startbaan, honored
At the well-attended general meeting of LTC Startbaan held on 5 March, Rein Willems, our chairman, was honoured for his great services to the association and the park. He received the membership of merit. In recent years, Rein led the process of renewing Park Startbaan into what it is today: one of the most
Park Startbaan Padel Whatsapp Community
Do you want to play padel and are you looking for an opponent or a partner? Park Startbaan is building a new WhatsApp community next season. Click with your camera on the QR code for more information.
Indoor tennis summer 2025
Ben je een early bird? Dit jaar zal het ook in de zomer mogelijk zijn om vroeg op de dag te tennissen op onze binnenbanen 3-4-5. Al vanaf 8.00 uur zijn de binnenbanen open. We hebben dit besloten omdat we afgelopen winter merkten dat hier veel vraag naar is. Ook LTC Startbaan zal afschrijven
Padel summer competition
There is now an opportunity to register your team of at least 4 people for the Padel Summer Competition. The registration period closes on April 15. The competition runs from May 30 (first match day) to June 27 and is played on Friday evening, Saturday or Sunday. Teams and players of all levels can
Winter contracts for indoor tennis 2025-2026
Around this time, all contractors of the winter indoor courts will again receive the question whether they wish to rent the court again at that time in the coming winter season 2025-2026. We are sending this question early, in the form of a quote, for two reasons. Firstly, to give tennis groups the opportunity to
Playing tennis outdoors beckons, but when is it possible?
The beautiful weather beckons every true tennis player to the gravel. Also at Park Startbaan. But we still have to be patient. The major maintenance of the gravel courts was in full swing in recent weeks, but did not go entirely according to plan. Night frost hindered smooth progress. The work of our contractor
Two indoor courts to LTC Startbaan
To accommodate the growing number of members, the board of Park Startbaan has decided to make two indoor courts available to the association in the summer. These will be added to the association's reservation system. This will concern indoor courts 1 and 2 for the period April 1 to September 30. That means that
Board appoints new park manager
The board of Park Startbaan has recently been intensively concerned with its own future. Since the establishment of Park Startbaan, the board has operated in a very hands-on manner and, especially after the completion of the intensive construction project, has looked at options to achieve task relief. The decision was recently made by looking
Outdoor tennis courts will reopen after major spring maintenance
From the weekend of January 11/12, 2025, night frost struck, making the outdoor courts unplayable. Given the weather forecast with night frost approaching again, we have decided to keep the outdoor courts out of use until the major spring maintenance. According to plans, this will be at the end of February / beginning of
Drainage improvement project
The chairman of Park Startbaan already mentioned this in his speech at the well-attended New Year's drinks. The year 2024 was the wettest year ever measured in the Netherlands and our clay courts also suffered greatly from this. But what was also striking last year was that the courts remained wet for a long
INVITATION TO ALL
NEW YEAR'S DRINKS ON JANUARY 11 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Park Startbaan board invites you. Oliebollen - bubbles - warm encounters - a good conversation! (Looking back on 2024 and looking ahead to 2025 by the chairman of Park runway) welcome - welcome - welcome - welcome!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
The board of Park Startbaan wishes all tennis players, billiards players and padellers happy holidays. And lots of sporting fun in our beautiful park for 2025!