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Outdoor tennis courts closed until further notice
Since last weekend (11/12 January 2025), night frost has struck, making the outdoor courts unplayable, for the time being until next weekend. But if the night frost returns, the closure of the courts will be extended. The padel courts remain playable, except sometimes after night frost in the morning. Then the padel courts are
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
New coating for the indoor courts
All indoor courts, in both the square and round halls, will be provided with a new coating layer this year. The existing layer is from 2017 and so it is high time to renew it. The plan is to carry out this in weeks 17 and 18. That is the week after Easter and week
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
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
Outdoor court lighting malfunction
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
Attention dogowners!
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
Park Startbaan is truly smoke-free
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
