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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 2025
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, 2025
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
Winter contracts indoor tennis winter 2024-2025
Invoices for the winter contracts for the indoor tennis courts will be sent in the second half of July. We will apply a stricter payment term this year because due to the closure of various tennis halls in the area, there is a lot of demand for courts. Our request: do not delay your
Opening hours limited on weekends during the quiet holiday period
Just like last year, we will close the park earlier during the quiet holiday period on Saturday and Sunday evenings. This starts on the weekend of July 20 and lasts until the weekend of August 11. The park will then close at 6:00 PM. Opening hours remain unchanged during the week.
Welcome Excelsior and EDO ’83
A warm welcome at the Park Startbaan billiards center to Excelsior and EDO '83. Both renowned billiards clubs have a long and impressive history in Amsterdam billiards. They come to play on 6 billiard tables for their club evening and competition on Thursday evening. The transition to Park Startbaan is a result of the
Maintenance round hall (indoor courts 3-4-5)
The round tennis hall will be unavailable for several weeks in September due to planned work. This concerns the period from September 12 to September 30. The work involves painting on both wooden side walls. These are painted in a light color with the aim of obtaining more scattered light in the hall. This
You can still register for the 42nd OST, but do it quickly!
One more week and then the Open Startbaan Tournament will start again! The 42nd OST edition starts on Saturday, June 15. With Royal Coster Diamonds as main sponsor again, we have a lot of tennis and padel on the program again this year. That alone gives the necessary sparkle to this 42nd edition. If
Billiard ladder trophy for Rini Meijer
The spring billiards ladder was won by force majeure by Rini Meijer, member of Billiards Association Ons Genoegen. At the club evening, the "ladder" was presented to him by Park Startbaan board member Cees van der Togt.
New furniture for the clubhouse coming!
“Sporty, light, cozy, informal and in line with the atmosphere of the palm trees, like a beach club.” With these principles in mind, the construction team was sent by the reference group to take the final step in the construction process: the design of the clubhouse. That creative process can be found on the
What is that wooden post doing on the terrace?
As you will have probably seen, the old patio tables have largely disappeared and we now have to make do with a few “beer tables”. But new tables are coming. These will arrive at the beginning of May. The new tables have a plastic top with a wood motif, Werzalit for the connoisseurs among
