If you join the Lobbers, you can expect a lot of activities. Some activities are badminton related, others are just for fun! Read everything about the activities below.
The Rijncup Tournament is one of the famous tournaments in Regio Centrum organized by several members of our association. During the weekend tough matches are played, but the camping, the barbecue and the party are the things which make our tournament so special. Read more...
"Larry's Diary" is a club magazine for all of our members. It is full of stories about our activities, members, tournaments and other badminton related news. We make about three magazines a year.
Our board currently consist of three members: one chairman, one treasurer, one secretary.
Every year in November, during the general members meeting (GMM), the board changes.
In 2022-2023, the board are (from left to right):
Siemen Rockx (Treasurer), Simon van Geest (Secretary) and Luuk de Heer (Chairman).
Feel free to ask them questions during the trainings (they are recognizable by their white t-shirts) or send us an e-mail at lobbers@wur.nl.
Our club mascot is named Larry the Lobster. He supports our members at competition matches and tournaments and he goes to all the activities we organize.
We organize a lot of activities throughout the academic year, at least once a month. These vary from internal tournaments, like the ‘Pepernotentournament’ and the ‘Bring-a-friend tournament’, to non-badminton related activities like pooling, a shuttle hunt and a Belgian Beer night. We also organize a Lobbers weekend and a New Year’s drink every year. Another important activity we organize is the Rijncup tournament. Because this is one of our most important tournaments, we will give you some more information about it below. To get an impression of the activities we organize, you can visit our Facebook page, where we post the pictures.
The Rijncup Tournament is one of the famous tournaments in Regio Centrum organized by several members of our association once a year.
People from everywhere in the Netherlands are joining our tournament.
Players can subscribe in four different categories (1-4-6-8):from beginning to advanced!
During the weekend tough matches are played, but that is usually not the only reason why people are coming to this tournament.
The camping, the barbecue and the party are the things which make our tournament so special. Citing from one of our members:
“The Rijncup is our tournament with nice matches, with meat from the butcher on the barbecue in the sun, with the world’s best party,
with a high consumption of beer, but most importantly joining this tournament is always encompassed with lots of fun”.
Our training sessions are taken care of by Nick Fransman and Finn Achthoven, who find us many challenging exercises every week. We have three training sessions every week:
So if you are new to our club, come on a Wednesday from 17:30 till 19:00.
The Tuesday and Wednesday training sessions take place in sports centre De Bongerd in sportshall 2. The Tuesday training will take place in sports hall 4 from the 2nd till the 5th period.
Address: Bornsesteeg 2, 6708 PE Wageningen.
Every year BC de Lobbers joins the regional competition organised by the Dutch Badminton Association (BN).
In this competition, teams on different levels measure themselves against teams in the region.
Every team consists of at least 4 players (2 male, 2 female) and plays 8 games per match in the disciplines singles, doubles and mixed doubles.
Playing competition, on any level, generally increases the game of the player and makes badminton a fun team sport.
In the autumn competition, from September till February, the Lobbers has three teams between the 1st and the 3rd class, for beginning to advanced competition players.
A maximum of 14 matches are played, generally in the weekend, of which half are home matches.
The home matches take place on Sunday from 13.30 to 18.00 hours in “Sporthal de Bongerd”.
Encouragement of our teams is always welcome!
This year however, we do have some extra guidelines due to the current Corona pandemic.
Please read the Corona Regulations carefully and take responsibility to prevent the spread of this disease.
The spring competition, from February till May, is organised especially for starting and recreational badminton players.
Every year one or two Lobbers teams join, consisting of new members but also players who chose to be in the spring competition for a couple
of years as it is low key and a lot of fun! A maximum of 8 matches is played, of which half are home matches.
The home matches take place on Tuesday from 19.00 to 21.00 hours in “Sporthal de Bongerd”. Also the out-matches are generally played on weekdays in the evening.
(New) students that are interested in playing competition at BC de Lobbers, as a set player or as substitute can contact our competition leader lobbers@wur.nl.
Vincent van Bodegraven
Luuk Gilissen
Louw Helmich
Emilia Klumpers
Jody Robbemont
Bart van Eijk
Luuk de Heer
Siemen Rockx
Lisan Verduijn
Xinhe Xie
Zimik Wunglenphy
Napasorn Bunyahwuthakul
Patit Chotemankongsin
Marieke Datema
Simon van Geest
Mirjam Tijhuis
Sri Wahyuni
Keshav Jayasankar
Keyang Lai
Leanne de Lange
Nadia Maula Nadia
Yi Liu
Laura van Kuijk
To become a member at BC de Lobbers, you need a valid student sport card and annual sport rights , which can be acquired at De Bongerd. In September, there are three free introduction training sessions, of which the last one is a small tournament. During these training sessions you can get to know the ways of badminton and find out if BC the Lobbers is something for you. After these three training sessions, you will have to decide whether you want to become a member or not. If you like to join a training session during the season, this is of course also possible. If you have sport rights, you can come for a free training session. Make sure to e-mail us at least 48 hours before the training you want to join (lobbers@wur.nl), so we can register you for the training. If you don't have sport rights, you have to buy them first or join during the sport right free week.
Becoming a member can be done through filling in a subscription form, which can be gained from one of the board members,
or via our secretary (lobbers@wur.nl). As a member of BC de Lobbers, you will automatically be a member of Badminton Nederland (BN, the Dutch Badminton Association).
BC de Lobbers will only collect necessary personal data. We will never misuse your data. Read more in our Privacy Statement.
The contribution depends on which group you are training in and can vary each year. Contact us for the actual prices.
The contribution for the year 2021/2022 is as follows:
If you do not want to be a member of BC de Lobbers anymore, you should contact our secretary (lobbers@wur.nl) as well. Do this before the 1st of September or the 31st of December. Otherwise, you have to pay contribution for the next (half) year.
A Confidential Contact Person is someone you can talk to if you or someone you know experiences or has experienced
transgressive behaviour. Transgressive behaviour can take different forms, such as discrimination, bullying,
(sexual) harassment, threats, stalking and gossiping, both online and offline. Even if the transgressive behaviour
is very subtile, it can still have a big impact on your feeling of safety or your enjoyment of sport.
Get in touch:
SWU Thymos
Phone number: 0317-482746
E-mail: vcp.thymos@wur.nl
Or come by at the SWU Thymos office at Sports Centre de Bongerd, click here for opening hours.
Sport Center de Bongerd
The contactinformation of the VCP's of Sports Centre de Bongerd can be found here.
Wageningen Universiteit
E-mail: vpstudent@wur.nl
For website click here
Gemeente Wageningen
E-mail: vertrouwenscontactpersoon@vcwageningen.nl
For website click here (Dutch only)
All front office staff and CPC management staff are trained to
provide first aid. Should the need arise, they are the first to be called in
should be called in. The front desk is always staffed and can be called: 0317 483 877. These
staff can also properly assess whether scaling up is required.
If it appears that the accident is serious and an ambulance is needed immediately call
112 immediately. Then call the SCB desk immediately: 0317 483 877. The FAFS officers
(FAFS officers) clear the route and guide the emergency services in the fastest way to the site of the accident/accident.
way to the scene of the accident/calamity.
An Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) is located behind the CPC desk.
Tel. No. GP Campus: 0317-466600/Tel.No. GP Station Hospital Gelderse vallei:
0317-200800