TTV Amstelveen news archive
New Year tournament and festive opening new gym and canteen
Brian van den Heuvel sent the following email to all members. If you want to participate, please sign up through his email address. Dear Members, Saturday, January 11, we will hold our traditional New Year’s tournament for seniors as the opening
Invitation General Members Meeting Thursday 14 November 2024
Secretary Ben Rigter sent the following email to all members. The attachments mentioned are not included in this message. Dear members of our club, I would like to invite you all for the General Members Meeting (GMM) 2024. FOR YOUTH
Update relocation
Dear Members, We have made a great start, last Sunday we have already moved a lot of our stuff to the new location. In the kitchen, under the supervision of Atie, quite a bit of stuff has already been set
First relocation day
Herewith some photos from the first moving day (27 October 2024) of which Atie said: Dear people, what a lot of work has already been done this afternoon. Thank you very much and please pass on our thanks, because I
Our club is relocating next week
Brian van den Heuvel sent an email to all members with the following content. If you have any questions about this, send him an email. Dear members, It is almost time for us to move! The moving days are Sunday,
Moving days Sunday 27 October and Friday 1 November
The following text was sent as an email to volunteers by Brian van den Heuvel . For privacy reasons, the attachment has not been included here. Dear volunteers, How fantastic that you want to help move all of TTV Amstelveen’s
We are relocating and need your help
On behalf of the board, treasurer Brian van den Heuvel sent the following email to all members. UPDATE Dear members, Thanks to all the members who have already signed up to come and help with moving our stuff to the
Shanghai table tennis camp 2025
We received the following information from Bettine Vriesekoop. This activity is in no way related to our club and is given for information purposes only. More information can be found (in Dutch only) at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f4ngGpjALYDBjtakM6cfz5LtSgs1HZKW/view Once it was my dream
Pleasant klaverjas evening on 16 October
There was another enjoyable game of cards on 16 October 2024. Organised by Gerard and Mick (left and right in the photo) in three rounds of enthusiastic playing. When Mick had made up the score, it turned out that three rounds
Key handover to ‘De Horizon’ and ‘De Akker’ primary schools
Another step has been taken towards our new playing hall. The Amstelveens Nieuwsblad featured an article (in Dutch) on the handover of keys by alderman Berkhout to the two schools: Early this week, primary schools de Akker and de Horizon
Club championships 2024 seniors
Report by Guus Korper On Sunday, September 8th, 24 enthusiastic players gathered at TTV Amstelveen for the annual senior club championships. With table tennis paddles in hand, a healthy dose of nerves, and a competitive spirit, they were ready to
Start Grote Club Action 2024
On 21 September, this associations lottery (Grote Club Actie) started again.From the lottery tickets (EUR 3 each), 80% of the proceeds go to our club. You know that we have an AED in our hall.An AED (Automatic External Defibrillator) is
Playing cards – Jazz evening on 16 October 2024
Playing cards-Jazz evening for all members of TTV Amstelveen It’s been a while, but on Wednesday, Oktober 16th at 8 P.M. we will organize another fun mixed-double playing Jazz evening in the canteen of our table tennis association. Participation is completely free
Board update September 2024
Email to all members by our chairman Arjan Verburg: News on our website Check our website for the latest news https://www.ttvamstelveen.nl (Dutch) or https://ttvamstelveen.nl/en/home-en/ (English) New Treasurer Wanted!Unfortunately, no successor for Brian has come forward yet. To give an idea, what
Visit to new playing hall
Click so see pictures and description made by secretary Ben Rigter of the visit to the new playing hall
Autumn 2024 competition junior players version III
The schedules were updated on 18 Sepetember! Message by Guus Korper on behalf of the youth commission/trainers Dear youth competition players of TTV Amstelveen, The vacation is almost over, so it’s time for an updated schedule for the competition teams.
Start of training sessions with external trainer John Scott
With John Scott, the board has succeeded in recruiting an experienced external trainer to offer the first three senior and four youth teams one extra training session a week. So far, 9 enthusiastic members of both the senior and youth
Home matches autumn competition 2024
Updated on 13 September due to change youth program by NTTB. Below are the dates for the home matches in the autumn league.In order not to inconvenience the match players, no free play is possible on these days. The only
Game11 testevent on 5 September 2024
A Game11/Butterfly NL Test event will take place on Thursday 5 September at TTV Amstelveen. Our sponsor and material supplier Game11 will be present from 19:30 with a sales stand, including various test bats. You can experience the differences in
EC: Semi-final in the canteen
We were at it again in the canteen on Wednesday evening 10 July for the EC semi-final against England. An exciting match and debatable moments: the match had anything but a happy ending as in one of the last minutes
EC: The Netherlands – Türkiye in the canteen
After Guus’ invitation via email and the website (see below), quite a few people had come to the canteen again. An exciting match with a nice result for the Netherlands supporters: 2 – 1 win. So Wednesday at 21:00 we have another
Last cleaning of canteen ??
On Sunday 7 July, the canteen was thoroughly cleaned (for the last time?). The next semi-annual cleaning, if all goes as expected, will take place in the new canteen. As always, it was yet another enjoyable gathering under Atie’s supervision. Thanks
EC: Netherlands – Romania in the canteen
“The Dutch National Team was quite disappointing against Austria. But now that it really matters, they just have to do better. On Tuesday, July 2 at 6:00 PM, the Orange Lions will kick off, and it can be watched on
Thrilling 2024 youth club championships
On Saturday 15 June, 13 youth members of TTV Amstelveen fought for the title of club champion youth 2024. The championships started at 11 am but at just past 10 am many youth members were already present to play in
New book by Bettine Vriesekoop
Today (28 June 2024) De Telegraaf featured the following article by Corrie Verkerk on Bettine Vriesekoop’s new book “Chinese wijsheid in een balletje. Het spel van Tao” or in English “Chinese wisdom in a Ball. The Game of Tao” . Attention:
EC: Netherlands – Austria on large screen in the canteen
After the success of Oranje against Poland, our Oranje Lions are set to play their 3rd and final group match, against Austria. The match will be played on Tuesday, June 25th, at 6 PM. Once again, we’ll be showing the
Free play in July for junior players
To all youth members of TTVA and their parents, Yesterday, June 24, we had our last Monday training for the youth, and Thursday, June 27, will be the last Thursday training. Usually, we’re closed for the youth from July 1st to
Netherlands-France on big screen in the canteen
All members and their friends were invited to Netherlands – France in our canteen: Friday night, June 21 at 21:00, is the second match for the Dutch national team. After the win against Poland, the strongest opponent on paper in
Board update June 2024
Email to all members by our chairman Arjan Verburg: News on our website Check our website for the latest news: https://ttvamstelveen.nl/en/home-en/ Important Announcement: Treasurer Wanted! Brian van den Heuvel has announced during the board meeting on June 11th that he will step
Passing away of Appie Reinders
We received the following message about the death of Appie Reinders. Most older table tennis players in Amsterdam and the surrounding area probably knew Appie. He regularly came to play table tennis at many clubs (including TTV Amstelveen). And despite