Bc Drop Shot - Nieuws

During the general assembly on March 31, Robert Hoogland officially handed over the chairmanship of BC Drop Shot to Georgy Sonneville after more than four years.

BC Drop Shot is thrilled to announce the signing of Noah Jongen as a key addition to our first team! With Noah joining our ranks, Drop Shot takes another major step towards competing for titles in the upcoming season.

BC Drop Shot is proud and excited to announce that Amy Tan will be joining our first team as a player. Amy is the long-awaited and much-needed addition the club has been hoping for — a key reinforcement for the upcoming season.

We're gearing up for next season with a massively strengthened team! 💪💥 But first, we’re proud to announce that our solid core remains intact!

For the 12th time BC Drop Shot organizes its Grand Prix tournament and this edition is again combined with the Master Finals, powered by Badminton Nederland.

BC Drop Shot wins the last match of VELO and thus ends the 2024-2025 Eredivisie season with an (unexpected) win. What was also unexpected was the huge turnout of the audience.

Badminton icon and long-time coach of BC Drop Shot has passed away

From the 2024-2025 season, the technical staff of BC Drop Shot will be strengthened by head coach Paul de Graaf. In view of the developments in the club, BC Drop Shot is investing in the next phase of quality within the club's technical policy.

The board of Badminton club Drop Shot announces that after a successful collaboration, the collaboration with coach and player Dicky Palyama has ended. Palyama, an icon within the Dutch badminton world, made a significant contribution to the club's growth and performance.

This summer, you're in for a treat at BC Drop Shot! In June, July, and August, you can enjoy summer badminton 4 evenings a week. 

Kelly van Buiten also remains affiliated with BC Drop Shot. Eredivisie team almost complete!

“It can't get any crazier,” said our tournament director this morning. Our Badminton club Drop Shot has organized its 11th edition of the Grand Prix | Master Finals tournament has already attracted 288 players, which means we will play more than 515 matches in one weekend. An absolute record!

Team 4 has definitively qualified for the final day of the Dataweb Badminton Cup 2024 on May 1. On Saturday, May 18, eight teams in two different categories will compete for the coveted cup at BC Drop Shot in The Hague!

April is a great month for BC Drop Shot. Iris van Leijsen also signs for another season.

The first team of BC Drop Shot is slowly taking shape. Novi Wieland, now a permanent fixture, is also committed to the club for another season.

Lars Kros will remain affiliated with BC Drop Shot in 2024-2025.

During the extremely pleasant General Members' Meeting of April 8, 2024, the treasurer was said goodbye after discharge and the candidate treasurer was installed by acclamation.

Nick Fransman has decided to stay at BC Drop Shot for another season. It will be fun again in the 2024-2025 season.

Tim Stoffelen, an S-1 player training with the Dutch National selection, will strengthen the main force of BC Drop Shot next year.

Last weekend the Dutch Veterans Championships were held in Amersfoort. Some Dropshotters again won good prizes and silver medals.

February at BC Drop Shot means only one thing: it's time for the legendary club championships! An event eagerly anticipated by all members.

Read our second newsletter of this year here

BC Drop Shot has managed to secure third place in the badminton premier league with a final victory. This place entitles you to play two semi-finals for the Dutch championship.

After a short break, we will resume the competition next weekend. Good luck to all our teams, for some teams every point is extremely important. Our first teams plays at home after a while.

A few years ago, BC Drop shot focused more heavily on youth development and that is paying off. 4 youth teams are in 1st place!

BC Drop Shot has some top veterans. Two of them are going to the World Cup in South Korea.

The annual training day of BC Drop Shot was again a nice mix of training, fun and getting to know each other (even) better.

Drop Shotter Meike de Kraa is now an official participant in the European Para badminton championship in Ahoy Rotterdam. Fantastic that hard work worked out for her.

On Sunday, August 27, BC Drop Shot organizes its annual training day for all competition players. A day with fun training forms and 'connection'.

With the arrival of Kelly van Buiten, BC Drop Shot has completed its first team for upcoming season.

The Final of the Dutch Championships for Competition Teams (NKC) was a great success for team 8. They became Champion! Youth Team JX 4 and JX 6 ended resp third en fourth.

Its June, it's time for summer badminton again. BC Drop Shot offers a lot of playing options during the summer months at attractive rates and even more competitive subscriptions.

A list has recently been published with the top 15 badminton tournaments in the Netherlands. BC Drop Shot scores a nice spot there, 2,3 and 7.

More than 10 years ago, the first edition of the Grand Prix Tournament was created as a celebration of the 65th anniversary of BC Drop Shot. Due to the enthusiasm of many badminton players, this tournament has now become a permanent fixture and has been expanded with the Master Finals. What about it again and why you should register today.

BC Drop Shot continues to build and presents: Iris van Leijsen. A player with plenty of room for growth.

BC Drop Shot's team 1, playing in the badminton premier league, has been strengthened with Nick Fransman, one of the best badminton players in the Netherlands.

There was so much to report again. Time for a new SMASH magazine. BC Drop Shot's e-magazine. In this edition:

Welcome to this ALV. We have two ALVs per year. This, usually at the beginning of a year, has the Annual Accounts as its subject. The other in the summer more on the policy and budget side. That ALV looks forward, this ALV looks back and to season 2021-2022. It's good that you're here because as you know, the members are the highest body within an association.

On January 7, 2023 it's time for the traditional and super fun BC Drop Shot - winter tournament. The tournament is now full! Of course you are very welcome to come and watch, encourage players and maybe convey New Year's wishes!

Andreas Pohan Simandjuntak, owner of KOTAK Marketing, signed on November 12 during a team 1 match as the new sponsor of BC Drop Shot. Partly for this season and then for another 3 seasons.

Free play, competition and/or training. We have posted an updated agenda on our website.

After a lot of preparation, the time had come. On October 1, 2022, BC Drop Shot celebrated its 75th anniversary. A beautiful afternoon and evening and the start of a wonderful anniversary year.

On the day that BC Drop Shot celebrated its 75th anniversary, it also had to compete in 'a sort of derby'against VELO, with title candidate Almere visiting the next day.

Yesterday was the last training day before the competition starts again on the Dutch badminton fields.

On September 3rd it was training day at Bc Drop Shot. A very successful training day with 35 participants.

On June the 6th an involved group of people from BC Drop Shot came together, supplemented by some inspiring speakers such as the chairman of Badminton Netherlands and the chairman of the Swiss Federation, with a seat in the European and world federation. The goal: inspire and explore direction for BC Drop Shot in 2027.

We look back on a super successful Grand Prix tournament. Already the 9th edition with great matches and many badminton fans.

April 8th BC Drop Shot organise the General Members Meeting

Start 20.00 hr, open from 19.50 hr.

Location: Sportcentrum Mariahoeve

(In Dutch)

Within 5 weeks after the launch of our Youtube Channel, the time has come! We have our own unique URL.

After two years of forced stoppage, it is possible again. Bc Drop Shot is again organizing its super cool and beautiful Grand Prix Tournament on May 21 and 22. Location: Sportcentrum Mariahoeve

The interview with Lars Kros and Jaymie Laurens after their singles against Almere 1 on January 16, 2022

Bc Drop Shot has launched her own You Tube channel. All live views, tournaments and interviews will be shared on this channel. I

Interview with our Dropshotters Joran en Novi after their wins against Almere 1

We are fully open again. Indoor sports are allowed again. We are really happy

Due to the measures, sports halls are only open until 17:00. For many badminton players this means that the training sessions are partially canceled or are often no longer possible at all. That is why, together with one of our sponsors Physiopraktijk Rijswijk, we offer an alternative program for at home or at the gym.

The morning training sessions that we use because of the evening lock down have been registered far beyond expectations.

The new Corona measures have been announced with significant impact on our sport for the coming three weeks.The most important measure implies that everything is closed between 5PM and 5 AM (except super markets).

Stricter corona measures were announced during the press conference on 12 November.

On Saturday, November 6, BC Amersfoort was the opponent of BC Drop Shot. Including this match, there are still 2 duels to go until the end of the first phase and the higher the position in the ranking, the more points are taken towards the second phase.

Het weekend van 2 en 3 oktober was het eerste dubbelweekend van de eredivisie badminton. Voor BC Drop Shot stonden, op papier, twee topwedstrijden op het programma.

On Saturday September 18, the Drop Shot caravan headed for Limburg for the far away game against Roosterse BC. Roosterse had won a big win against AMOR and can build on a solid team

After almost a year without league games, all Eredivisie teams were eager to start the new competition. The slightly modified Drop Shot took on Smashing from Wychen on September 11. Fortunately, there was also an audience along the field, which adds a bit more atmosphere to such a match.

The first home game of the 2021-2022 season is scheduled for September 11. Opponent is...

After almost a year mandatory rest, the new badminton competition for the Eredivisie teams will start on September 11

On Friday, August 27, Bc Drop Shot held its GMM. There was, among other things, a challenging budget to discuss, re-elections and an expansion of the board.

The hall is neat. We are ready to play.

Bc Drop Shot also provides a BootCamp for adult players

Thursday, April 29, 16 youth members were impatiently excited for their first boot camp.

Our own team 1 player Dicky Palijama is the new sports coordinator badminton The Hague. For Bc Drop Shot we are going to develop projects that Dicky will help us with. Dicky will start on May 1.

Join the BAD BOOTCAMP. That is outside sports in groups of 4 people with a distance of 1.5 meters. Training focuses on general fitness and of course specific 'badminton moves'.

A bit strange, but the time is ticking. A new competition season is imminent. And yes that means that we would like to know if you will participate in the competition again

Because you support us with your membership, we want to offer you a special discount, the loyalty discount.

The SMASH! the Bc Drop Shot club magazine is out. In this edition a lot of insights into what is going on behind the scenes. And of course attention to the loyalty discount for our club members.

The Hague Volunteer Awards were presented on Friday 11 December. And this edition was special. Our 'own' Mark van Beek was nominated and won the prize!