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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.

6 July 2025|Categories: Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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.

6 July 2025|Categories: Padel, Billiards, Horeca, Tennis, Park Startbaan|

Call for 3-band billiard ladder

At the request of some 3-band enthusiasts, we are considering starting a 3-band billiard ladder in September. But there must be enough sign-ups! At the moment, this is not yet the case. Would you like to participate in a 3-band ladder from September to December? You will then play one or two one-hour matches

6 July 2025|Categories: Billiards, Park Startbaan|

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

19 June 2025|Categories: Padel, Horeca, Tennis, Park Startbaan, Uncategorized|

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

3 May 2025|Categories: Padel, Horeca, Park Startbaan|

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

29 April 2025|Categories: Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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

18 April 2025|Categories: Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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

8 March 2025|Categories: Padel, Billiards, Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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

8 March 2025|Categories: Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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

8 March 2025|Categories: Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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

31 January 2025|Categories: Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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

31 January 2025|Categories: Padel, Billiards, Horeca, Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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

14 January 2025|Categories: Tennis, Park Startbaan, Uncategorized|

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

13 January 2025|Categories: Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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.

21 November 2024|Categories: Padel, Billiards, Horeca, Tennis, Park Startbaan|

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

13 November 2024|Categories: Padel, Billiards, Horeca, Tennis, Park Startbaan|
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