Westerbork lands women’s FIP Silver and men’s FIP Bronze event

Racketclub Westerbork will host the Univé FIP Silver & Bronze from 26-30 August 2026, putting a women’s FIP Silver draw and a men’s FIP Bronze draw on the same stop in Westerbork, Drenthe. The tournament sits on the official CUPRA FIP Tour and gives the Dutch village a place on a circuit that is spreading well beyond the sport’s biggest city centers.

The split matters because the two draws serve different parts of the ladder. A women’s FIP Silver carries stronger ranking access than the lower rungs, while a men’s FIP Bronze gives emerging pairs a realistic chance to collect points and build visibility. For players outside the top tier, that is not window dressing. It is the path to staying in the race without burning a calendar on expensive long-haul trips and dead-end entries.

R.C. Westerbork has leaned into that role. The club says it is honored to welcome the international padel community to Westerbork, which it places in the green heart of the Netherlands, and it views the event as a special honor alongside names such as Barcelona, Sydney, Tokyo and Dubai. FIP’s own calendar separates the stop into FIP Silver Women Netherlands West. 2026 and FIP Bronze Men Netherlands West. 2026, while third-party listings place both Westerbork events in the 24-30 August 2026 window. A Dutch listing also says Marc Brouwer and Mark Brouwer are welcoming men’s and women’s players in week 35.

That is the real story here: secondary markets are no longer filler on the padel calendar. Westerbork is offering official ranking points, two competitive draws and a club setting that can support both, which is exactly the kind of infrastructure the sport needs if it wants its middle tier to keep growing. Padelfip posts on X framed the Bronze event as international padel returning to the Netherlands, and Westerbork’s place on the 2026 tour underlines how the FIP calendar is pushing into smaller but increasingly important host sites across Europe.