Uithoorn’s one and only badminton club, founded in 1980.
BC Space Shuttle is the one and only badminton club of Uithoorn. We are a club where enjoying the game comes first: friendly, with a mixed membership from juniors to 65-plus and from fierce competitors to first-time recreational players. Everyone is welcome, and we treat each other with respect — on court and off.
Could badminton be your sport? Come along and play — we’ll lend you a racket.
1980
Founded
2
Sports halls
2
Club nights a week
How did Space Shuttle come to be? Founder and still-active member Peter de Rijk remembers:
Going back to the nineteen-seventies, Space Shuttle simply did not exist yet — we were part of the Uithoorn tennis club, keeping fit through the winter months by playing badminton in the gym of the Alkwin Kollege on Wednesday nights. Towards the end of the seventies a few members wanted more than a casual rally, and led by Michel Helsloot, Theo Groot, Wil v.d. Genugten and Peter de Rijk it was decided to start playing at De Scheg from the summer of 1980. Two years later the club was formally established by notarial deed.
Our first trainer was Hugo Kimeney, who taught us the basics of the game. In 1982 we entered the post-season competition, and the juniors soon joined the youth league as well. The eighties were marked by huge interest in badminton — complete with a waiting list. The later arrival of members from the Alpha club helped secure the future of the association.
Peter de Rijk — founder and playing member
The board keeps the club running: membership administration, budget and finances, contracts, communication with the members (including the general meeting) and contact with other badminton clubs — with short lines to the technical committee and the members.
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Chair | Sandra Mast |
| Secretary | Jeroen Huls |
| Treasurer | Hans Peters |
| General affairs | Sandra Mantel |
| Competition coordinator | Henny Sahetapy |
| Youth trainer | Bill Salomonsz |
| Competition trainer | Peter van Diepen |
| Recreational trainer | vacant |
The technical committee looks after the sporting side of the club: equipment and maintenance, arrangements with the trainers, tournaments, and everything around the competition and the club championships. It also joins the regional meetings of the badminton federation.
