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
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
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
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.
“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
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
Perhaps you have already experienced it, a failure of the outdoor courts lighting. Suddenly, after the lights flash for a while, they go out. Very annoying and lately it has been happening more and more often. The lighting of courts 1-4 will continue to work. We are working hard to find the fault and
From January 1, 2024, dogs are allowed in the park and that is noticeable. The owners and their four-legged friends will probably like the fact that the dog can come along and does not have to sit at home alone. But not all visitors like dogs and we have received some complaints. Therefore, the
Smoking and sports do not go together, not even on Park Startbaan. Although we have declared the park smoke-free, that does not mean that all visitors to the park have given up smoking. Unfortunately, there are still too many who have yet to take that step. But the goal of the “smoke-free generation” campaign
On Sunday April 28, cyclist Daniël Abraham Gebru will give a free workshop entitled 'The Road to Paris' about his preparations for the Olympic Games in Paris. It is a very personal and inspiring story about hard work, clear goals, sacrifice, overcoming setbacks and persevering to ultimate success. In 2016, Daniel Abraham Gebru won
