Van Zijderveld Newsletter, August 2021.
First of all, we wish you a happy (continuation of the) summer vacation. With three weeks to go to the new badminton season 2021/2022, the board already asks your attention for the following topics:
- Compensation contribution season 2020/2021
- Adidas new clothing sponsor
- Van Zijderveld appreciates your membership
- Summer badminton until August 23
- Additional training for teams in 1st through 5th divisions starts 2 August
- New training hours as of 23 August.
- Schedule federal and regional youth competition
Compensation contribution season 2020/2021
The board regrets with you that, due to the corona measures, several weekly practice/play times and the 2020/2021 federal competition have been cancelled. We hope that the upcoming badminton season can continue as usual.
As promised, the board is presenting the following compensation for the "lost" badminton season referred to above. The arrangement consists of a partial refund of the membership fee and a partial refund of the league competition fee.
The compensation is based on the cancelled training sessions/playing evenings between December 16, 2020 and May 19, 2021, minus the school vacations in this period (Christmas break, spring break and May break) and the cancelled league matches for league players. As in 2020, the association's members were able to continue playing throughout the summer vacations, which meant that a considerable number of playing opportunities could still be offered in 2021.
For current members, the compensation will be settled with the membership fees for the upcoming 2021/2022 season. Members who have paid membership fees for the 2020/2021 season and have given notice of their cancellation before June 1, 2021 (and a few cancellations known to the board until July 16, 2021) will have their compensation reimbursed by means of a bank transfer. These former members will receive an email from the treasurer in August to confirm the account number.
A warm welcome to Adidas, our new clothing sponsor
Van Zijderveld welcomes Adidas as its new clothing sponsor. The agreement took effect on August 1 and the sports brand commits to the Amstelveen badminton club for three years.
The partnership between Van Zijderveld and Adidas was ratified one month after Adidas introduced its new strategy 'Own the Game' to 2025 at a virtual Investor & Media Day in March. The main strategic focus of 'Own the Game' is to strengthen the Adidas brand, create a unique consumer experience and further expand the company's sustainability activities.
For Adidas, Allrackets.com is the partner that will supply the sportswear to Van Zijderveld. Allrackets.com is the badminton specialist in Europe that combines competitive prices with excellent service,
Van Zijderveld is looking forward to a pleasant cooperation.
Van Zijderveld appreciates your membership
The board highly appreciates your membership of our badminton club during this corona period. The members who have kept their membership and will start playing badminton again with Van Zijderveld on 23 August (1st match after the summer break) will receive the new club shirt of Adidas as a token of appreciation! At the end of August members will receive an email to indicate the size of the shirt.
Summer badminton until August 23
Members of badminton club Van Zijderveld can also play summer badminton in August. The first playing day after the summer vacation will be on Monday 23 August.
AmstelveenSport has announced that in August the lighting in sports hall De Meerkamp will be replaced. As a result sports hall De Meerkamp will be closed from the 11th till the 20th of August. Our club has been offered replacement accommodation in the Ben Goudsmith hall and the Nieuwe Bankrashal. All playing times for youth, recreation and competition are listed in an overview and the agenda on the website: https://www.vanzijderveld.nl/nl/zomerbadminton
Additional training for teams in 1st through 5th divisions starts 2 August
The competition players who play in the 1st to 5th division of the federal competition start on August 2 with the training led by Rick Prins.
The training schedule is as follows:
Period: August 2 through August 19
Days of play: Monday and Thursday
Time: 18:30 - 20:30 hrs.
Attention! Two locations:
- until August 9: location: Sporthal De Meerkamp;
- August 12, 16 and 19: location: Ben Goldsmith Hall.
New training hours as of 23 August.
As of August 23, the training hours on Wednesdays and Fridays will change. The board has used the summer period to puzzle out the training times on these days with the aim of fitting in extra youth training sessions in order to deal with the large waiting list. This now seems to have succeeded:
https://www.vanzijderveld.nl/nl/speeltijden (The English will be updated shortly).
Schedule federal and regional youth competition
Badminton Nederland has published the schedule and calendar of the national senior and regional youth competitions 2021/2022. In the run-up to the start of the competition the technical committee will fill in the teams with the available players:
We wish you a happy vacation and look forward to seeing you at the sports hall for a game of summer badminton, practice or at the start of the new badminton season on August 23.
Kind regards,
On behalf of the Board of
Badminton Association van Zijderveld,
The Chairman,
Jurjen Douma jr.
