SV VELO

Last updated
SV VELO
Wateringen 002.JPG
Full nameSportvereniging Verdedig en Loop Op
FoundedJuly 14, 1930;95 years ago (1930-07-14)

SV VELO (short for Sportvereniging Verdedig en Loop Op) is an omnisports club from Wateringen, Netherlands. It has branches for handball, badminton, [1] [2] volleyball, football, [1] checkers, boules, road cycling, and martial arts. The first squad football plays in the Eerste Klasse. The badminton division is a leading badminton club in Europe.

Contents

History

VELO club building Wateringen 003.JPG
VELO club building

SV VELO was founded on 14 July 1930 as a football club. In 1949, the handball branch was added. In 1960, martial arts was started, in 1966 badminton, in 1972 volleyball, and in 1974 road cycling. In 1991, a boules branch was founded. In 2014, VELO badminton became for the tenth time national champions in badminton. [3]

Notable players

References

  1. 1 2 "Velo-badminton versterkt zich met oud-international". WOS. 24 August 2020. De badmintonners van Velo in Wateringen hebben zich voor komend seizoen versterkt met Nick Fransman.
  2. ↑ "Maximale score voor VELO badminton tegen Hoornse". Het Hele Westland. Westmedia. 21 January 2019. Dit weekend zette de Wateringse badmintonploeg van VELO flinke stappen, om hun doelstelling te realiseren. Met 8-0 werd zaterdag Hoornse BV verslagen. Een dag later speelden de Wateringers 4-4 gelijk tegen koploper Duinwijck. Hierdoor verstevigde VELO plaats drie in de kampioenspoule.
  3. ↑ "Badmintonners VELO voor tiende keer landskampioen". Omroep West . 22 February 2014.

52°1′53.91″N4°16′26.8″E / 52.0316417°N 4.274111°E / 52.0316417; 4.274111

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.