RTHC Bayer Leverkusen
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| Surname | Rowing-Tennis-Hockey-Club Bayer Leverkusen e. V. |
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| Club colors | blue White |
| Founded | July 13, 1951 |
| Association headquarters | Leverkusen |
| Members | over 2,000 (March 2019) |
| Departments | 3 |
| Chairman | Matthias Haug |
| Homepage | rthc.de |
The RTHC Bayer Leverkusen is one of the largest sports clubs in Leverkusen and is one of the sports clubs sponsored by Bayer AG .
General
18 full-time and part-time employees as well as 20 trainers and exercise leaders are available to support amateur and competitive athletes. The sports facilities of the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen are located at three locations. The main quarters of the rowing department is on the Rhine in Cologne 's Stammheim district , at the Stammheimer Schlosspark : Above the jetty in the Rhine is the boathouse with generally accessible restaurants, boathouses, a rowing training pool and gym. The training center for racing rowers is located at Fühlinger See , Cologne's World Cup-proven regatta course .
The central sports and administration center of the RTHC are the facilities at Kurtekotten. Around the clubhouse, also with public catering, there are 26 outdoor tennis courts, a tennis wall, two tennis halls with a total of seven courts and a multi-purpose hall with a fitness room. There are two artificial and natural grass pitches as well as a hall available for hockey.
history
The RTHC was created on July 13, 1951 through the merger of three formerly independent clubs: the rowing club founded in 1910, the tennis club from 1913 and the hockey club from 1919. Director Fritz Jacobi became the chairman of the newly founded club with a membership of Elected 859.
Optimization by growing together
The existing neighborhood of the sports facilities of the hockey and tennis club as well as the boathouse on the Werkskai could be continuously optimized with a common clubhouse with regard to better integration. The objective was to increase the number of members to grow another club giant besides TUS 04 and SV Bayer 04 Leverkusen , in which the previously separate sports rowing, tennis and hockey could be practiced in a large club. Furthermore, a merger offered financial advantages in the expansion of the facilities and other joint investments without a mandatory increase in membership fees.
Factory sponsored sport
The RTHC is one of the 29 factory-sponsored sports clubs in which over 50,000 members are registered. This expresses the promotion of sport as an integral part of Bayer AG's corporate philosophy, which focuses on recreational / popular sports and the promotion of young talent. According to the Chairman of the Board of Management Werner Wenning , Bayer AG regards it as a socio-political task to provide company employees and their family members with opportunities for professional compensation and personal fulfillment through a wide range of sports. The RTHC's association work is under the motto "to promote popular sport without neglecting top-class sport".
Core sports
The three core sports of the RTHC Bayer Leverkusen are:
In addition to the three core sports, it offers a variety of varied fitness and wellness courses. Popular athletes in particular benefit from the RTHC's many years of experience in the field of competitive sports: all active people are looked after and promoted according to the latest scientific findings.
successes
Outstanding successes include two Olympic victories (1992 in Barcelona, 1996 in Atlanta), seven Olympic silver medals, one bronze medal and seven world championships. The most successful rowers are Stephan Volkert and Kathrin Marchand . The women's and men's tennis teams play in the 2nd national league or in the upper league. Athletes in the hockey department were involved in winning numerous Olympic medals as well as world and European championship titles, and the women's team has won multiple German championships. The multiple Paralympics winner in swimming, Britta Siegers , successfully switched to wheelchair tennis and was the best in the world rankings eighth in singles and seventh in doubles.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ rthc.de: RTHC Bayer Leverkusen e. V.
- ^ Portrait of Britta Sieger on Bayer Sport, accessed on November 8, 2010