UTSportsNewsUpdate COVID-19: Outdoor and indoor sports options and compensation

Update COVID-19: Outdoor and indoor sports options and compensation

Due to COVID-19 measures, we have some options for outdoor and indoor sports! Below you can find all the important measures regarding sports. 

Sports associations
Our sports associations will receive an e-mail from the Student Union for the possibilities for their training/reservations for indoor sports.

Outdoor sports
The government announced that there is room to re-start outdoor sports, but it is necessary to follow strict measures. 

For all our sports options, we have the following rules: 

- People who are 26 years or younger can train together with their sports assoications, only in a team training session. 
- People who are older than 26 years can sport in a group with a maximum of 30 particpants, with a distance of 1,5m between eachother. 
- Only possible with a valid UnionCard or CampusCard, it is necessary to bring your UnionCard or CampusCard when going for a workout. 
- Only possible on a safe distance of 1,5 meters. 

You can make a reservation for one of our Tennis courts, but it is only allowed to play with a max of 4 persons on one court. A reservation is needed. You can find more information here. 
A reservation can be made through dms.utwente.nl.

Individual sports
Unfortunately, indoor sports are not possible until at least 11 May. 

  • Our fitness will be closed until at least 11 May.
  • All our group lessons are cancelled until at least 11 May.
  • Our courses will continue online. At this moment the courses for Period 4 have already started.

Opening hours
Due to the curfew, the Sports Centre opening hours during workingdays have been adjusted. Check the current opening hours with the link below. 

Adjusted opening hours of the Sports Centre. 

Compensation for the lockdown period
Our Fitness centre is closed, and all our grouplessons are cancelled, until at least 11 May.

To compensate you for this period, we will extend all subscriptions for fitness, grouplessons and swimming with the missed months/weeks*. This will be done for year, halfyear, Nov-Aug, Quartile 2 and month subscriptions and will be active after the expire date of your current subscription. 

  • The extension for year subscriptions will be active after 31 August.
  • The extension for haflyear subscriptions will be active after 28 February.
  • The extension for nov-aug subscriptions will be active after 31 August.
  • The extension for Quartile 2 subscriptions will be active after 1 February. 
  • The extension for a month subscription will be active at the opening of the Sports Centre. The extension of a month subscription will be valid for a maximum of 1 month (depending on the remaining weeks of your subscription)

*It is not possible to receive a refund as a compensation.  

*You will receive an extension for the missed period, which started on 15 December.

*UnionCard, CampusCard and association fees are excluded from this compensation. 

At all times, please follow the guidelines of the RIVM and the national government. 

If you have any questions, sent us an e-mail on secr-sport@utwente.nl