Despite the rising temperatures, Martinus badminton players in Amstelveen still have to be careful. For years they have been sounding the alarm about the slippery floor of the sports hall where they play.
Badminton players complain about slippery dirty floor – NH News
Pupils from two primary schools exercise during the day in that hall on Jane Addamslaan in Amstelveen. The badminton players, who have their turn in the evening, do not feel that the floor is properly cleaned despite the intensive use. “This pile of dust was already there last week,” holiday maker Lucas Geusebroek shows to NH News.
He now jumps on the barricades for a safe sports environment. AmstelveenSport is responsible for cleaning, but according to the club, that body does little to solve the problem. “This has really been going on for years,” says Geusebroek. He no longer dares to go full out while playing. “The sports company says: ‘we are going to do our best, but the situation is not improving and we are really starting to get tired of that now.
“You can’t play for a few weeks for the same money”
Fellow player Wai acknowledges that his fun is spoiled in this way. “You don’t go all out and if you can go all the way, the game is of course more fun.” Even today, the soles of shoes are again full of dust. Geusebroek has also sometimes fallen on the very slippery floor. “Luckily you don’t lose anything, but for the same money you can’t play for a few weeks.”
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Martinus sounds the alarm on her Facebook page at the beginning of this month. “Martinus Amstelveen has 400 members and rents the Jane Addamslaan sports hall for 22 hours a week. What is needed to finally solve this problem?”, is the call to AmstelveenSport. To emphasize even more how dirty it is, the association has posted a number of photos of the dirty floor.
‘No comment’
The badminton players have now also written to Alderman for Sports Herbert Raat. There doesn’t seem to be a solution yet. The sports company therefore does not want to respond to questions from NH News. “No comment from AmstelveenSport on this subject”, is the response.
The players are now trying to come up with solutions themselves to be able to exercise safely. The cupboard with cleaning supplies is locked, so they regularly sweep the floor with an improvised squeegee: a broom wrapped in a towel. In the video below, Geusebroek shows what else the players have come up with to prevent slipping.
The badminton players are now trying to solve the problem themselves – NH News
