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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. On Wednesday, April 30, from 2 p.m. the courts will be playable again. Medium roughness has been chosen
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!
Opening hours for upcoming holidays 2024
In order not to be confronted with a closed gate, here are the opening hours of Park Startbaan during the coming holidays: Open December 24 until 6 p.m Closed December 25 and 26 Open December 31 until 6 p.m Closed January 1, 2024
Hooray we’re going to pave! UPDATE
This message has been updated. Partly due to the weather conditions, the asphalt paving work has been brought forward! The changes can be found in the paragraph with the heading “when”. These are the final stages of the major renovation operation, which we have carried out in various phases at Park Startbaan since 2018.
Hooray we’re going to pave!
These are the final stages of the major renovation operation, which we have carried out in various phases at Park Startbaan since 2018. We are now ready for the 'finishing touch': at the end of November we will replace the old asphalt on the main paths with beautiful new asphalt in cycle path color
Winter tennis outside
Just as was the case in previous years, we will also keep some outdoor courts open for outdoor tennis enthusiasts this coming winter. As long as the weather conditions permit, of course. From November 1, 2024: For all outdoor tennis players, courts 1 and 2 can be booked via the Park Startbaan website. Click
Sonsorship Erik Scherder Huis
From November 1, 2024, the proceeds from the deposit collection in the orange bottle will be for the Erik Scherder House. The Erik Scherder House helps young people with (serious) brain injuries on their way to maximum independence! A great project that we as sportsmen and sportswomen certainly and with great pleasure
Work and renovations at the park
Although we consider the major construction project and the redesign of the clubhouse to be completed, a number of major and minor renovations have been completed recently. In the round tennis hall, the walls have been lightly painted, which has led to a clear improvement in the light. Especially due to the addition of
Billiards center media campaign
There is a growing interest in billiards, which we notice in the billiards center by the steadily rising occupancy figures. Every reason to promote our billiards center even more. In the coming weeks, Amstelveen residents will regularly come across the billiards center in the Amstelveens Nieuwsblad. The campaign starts in the week of October
Calling former Meerlanders
We intend to create a photo wall to highlight the history of the park and the supporting clubs. We are still missing photos of TC De Meerlanden, the association that merged with LTC Amstelland to form the current LTC Startbaan. Former Meerlanders, if you have any characteristic photos that we can use, please let
Parking nuisance information
Free parking is a great asset for all users of Park Startbaan. But sometimes the parking lot is overcrowded. Recently we have been surprised several times by large events and gatherings of our neighbors where the number of visitors per car considerably exceeded the possibilities of the parking lot. How are we going to
