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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
