Kevin Paarhuis, a first-year student of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, is one of the members of table tennis club Taveres. “In my place of residence Veldhoven I have been a member of the table tennis club for ten years. When I started studying, I was just in the middle of a material crisis, unable to decide between different types of bats. I moved from long to short pimples. This compelled me to adapt my game, for which a lot of extra practice is required, of course. As such the two nocturnal practice sessions with Taveres came in very handy.” Twelve euros per year pays for Monday and Wednesday training sessions for Paarhuis, and he has joined the competition in the first team. “I like the training at Taveres because you are given the opportunity to have fun as well as a choice of practicing ‘seriously’ and of free play. There are players who are just beginning, but also players appearing in the higher leagues. Taveres has a lot of international students, from China, Germany, Poland and other countries.” Paarhuis can recommend students to join Taveres. Even if you don’t like playing table tennis that much, it is still a very cozy club. Recently we had a kind of quiz night, for example.”
Gliding
Two years ago Chemical Engineering alumnus Tom Jansen joined ZES, because he wanted to learn how to glide. “It is a fantastic thing to do, but you do need to put in a huge number of hours. I myself am at the airfield of air-force base De Peel every free weekend day, from 8 a.m. till 10 p.m. On average we make four flights a day, depending on the weather.” Anyone who wants to join can start at once. The membership fee and the necessary insurances set you back about 500 euros per year. That allows you to fly as often as you want. Every flying day there are instructors present at De Peel to give gliding lessons. To get there, you can hitch a ride on a club car departing from Eindhoven. “After about 80 starts you can fly alone”, Jansen explains. “All it takes is the approval of an instructor. If you want to obtain a license, you follow theory lessons and take a practical examination. This is possible after you have made 150 solo flights.” Last week Jansen graduated from Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. Nevertheless he continues to fly with ZES. “All members can stay after their graduation. Only after a number of years of flying do you have enough experience to contribute to the club and, if applicable, to teach.” ZES organizes a gliding camp abroad every year, and in spring and autumn they camp out at De Peel for a week. “Last summer we were in Germany for two weeks. The fact that about seventy-five percent of the members were present there says a lot about the congenial atmosphere within the club”, Jansen indicates.
Anyone interested can establish contact via nieuweleden@zweef vliegen.nu.
Photos: Bart van Overbeeke
Fitness
Apart from free sport and practicing at a club, courses are organized at the Student Sports Center throughout the year. Sometimes these courses may be attended free of charge. That applies to tennis, squash, fitness and cardio fitness. For the two last-mentioned sports, a course is compulsory. If you want to go in for fitness, you need to have a certain amount of knowledge about the equipment, otherwise you may sustain injuries. You get to know these machines during the course. After this you are given a fitness sticker and can go in for this without limitation. If you are already experienced in fitness, you don’t need to follow a course. Just report at the instructor during course hours, so that he can check whether you have enough experience to be granted a sticker without following a course.
There are also special courses that do carry costs. This is because participants are trained to attain a diploma or a license, or because the sport takes place at external locations. Think of horseback riding, diving, or obtaining a golf proficiency certificate.
Via the website of the Student Sports Center you can register for four different kinds of golf courses. These courses are given at ‘Driving Range De Dommelvallei’, located near the SSC. You can improve your level, whether as a beginner or as an advanced player.
Sports card
There are countless possibilities to go in for sports at TU/e, but all of these require a sports card. It is for sale for staff members and students of TU/e, Fontys and Design Academy. Officially registered partners of sports card holders can also buy cards.
A student card or a staff member’s badge and 69 euros gives you entrance to the Sports Center for a full academic year. As of 1 May you only pay 25 euros for a sports card for the rest of the academic year. A photo is made on the spot and two minutes later you can get started.
There are four categories in which the SSC has organized its huge offer. You can sport within a club, join group lessons, sport alone or follow a special course. All the information is available on the website, where you can study the offer, reserve a sports facility or register for a course. The site also has an English version.
On weekdays the SSC is open from 08.00 to 23.00 hours and on Saturdays from 09.00 to 17.00 hours. On Sundays the SSC is open in part.
Erasmus students studying at TU/e temporarily are not required to buy sports cards for a whole academic year. These foreign students can buy sports cards every month up to a maximum of five months./.
Check out all the information on https://venus.tue.nl/sci-cgi/index.opl.
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