About SWU Thymos

During working hours, there is almost always someone present in the SWU Thymos office in the back of the Bongerd. If you have any sports related questions, come by our office!

The word Thymos comes from the ancient Greece. Plato was the first to use it when he was philosophising about the contribution of sports to society. It means 'enrichment of the soul's energy through physical exercise'.

Board of SWU Thymos '24/'25

• Jorick van IJcken – Chairman
• Elsa Geerts – Secretary
• Rik de Jonge – Treasurer
• Tristan Maas – Commissioner of Sports
• Sterre Pikaar – Commissioner of Events
• Ilse Hofstee – Commissioner of Public Relations

Confidential Contact Person (CCP)

A Confidential Contact Person (CCP) is someone who can help you find the right person to talk to when you or someone you know is experiencing or has experienced unwanted or unacceptable behaviour.  Unwanted or unacceptable behaviour can take many forms, like discrimination, bullying, (sexual) harassment, threats, stalking or gossiping, both online and offline. Even if it is very subtle, unwanted or unacceptable behaviour can still have a great impact on your feeling of safety and your pleasure in exercising.A CCP will help you to work out a strategy best suited to you and your situation. When you come and talk to a CCP you are the boss. They are there to help you work out a strategy but they can and will not act without your knowledge. And of course, everything you tell is confidential.

CCP SWU Thymos

This year Tristan Maas and Elsa Geerts, two SWU Thymos board members, became CCPs. You can contact us when you or someone you know is experiencing unwanted or unacceptable behaviour while playing sports of any kind. Meet our CCPs here.

Hi there, My name is Elsa Geerts. I am 21 years old and currently in the last bit of my bachelor Forest and Nature Conservation. This year I am the secretary of SWU Thymos. I enjoy making people enthusiastic about sports and I like to do lots of sports myself, like climbing, lacrosse, floorball, cycling and running. In order for people to enjoy their sport, whether it is in an association or individual, it is important that there is a safe and comforting environment in and around the sports centre. In order to help maintain a safe environment for all sporting students, I decided to become a VCP this year. If you encounter something that makes you feel uncomfortable or unsafe and feel the need to talk to someone about this, please don’t hesitate to contact me for this.

Hello, my name is Tristan, I am 21 years old and I am the Commissioner of Sports of SWU Thymos. I’m in the 3th year of my bachelor's degree in Forest and Nature Conservation and SWU Thymos seemed like a nice gap year before I finish everything and start a master's degree. Before I came to Wageningen to study, I played football for 14 years. When I moved to Wageningen, I took a break for a year before I started playing floorball (unihockey) because I really missed (team) sports. Since then, I have also been doing some other sports and am active in our own internal competition (SWU Thymos TIC). I also do strength and cardio training. So I am quite familiar in different sports environments. I chose to become a CCP because I think it is important that everyone has someone to talk to when something is not going well, or when someone does not feel safe. Even when it's about something small. I'm here to listen to your story and give advice if you want it. Feel free to contact me if you need someone to talk to. I hope I can help.

CA Wageningen University

Wageningen University has Confidential Advisers (CA). These CA's are professionals this differs from CCP which are often volunteers that followed a training. You can contact the CA's via vpstudent@wur.nl, or visit the confidential councillor. 

CCP Gemeente WageningenGemeente (municipality)

Wageningen has two CCPs, Machteld Speets and Machteld Vos de Wael. You can contact them via vertrouwenscontactpersoon@vcwageningen.nl, more information can be found on VC Wageningen (website is only in Dutch).

Rent and sale

Rent of material 

SWU Thymos gives you the opportunity to lend materials for certain sports events. You can lend the materials at the office of SWU Thymos in Sports Centre de Bongerd. For the following materials a rent will be charged and you will need to hand in a deposit. This can either be a personal OV-chip card or a student card OR € 50,- cash.

• Megaphone (costs € 2,50 per piece)
• Radio telephones (costs € 2,50 per set of two)
• Stopwatches (costs € 2,50 per piece)
• Knotsen (costs € 2,50 per knots)

The next materials require no costs, you do however have to hand in a deposit: your personal OV-chip card or a student card AND € 50,- cash.

• Digital photo camera
• GoPro

For payments we accept cash only. The lending period is 24 hours (week days) or a weekend. If this period is exceeded, extra costs will be charged.

Sale 

SWU Thymos also sells products, which can be picked up at our office and need to be paid in cash:

• Knotsball stick € 8,50
• Frisbee € 10,-
• Socks €7,25
• Bidon €2,50