The men’s team of Badminton Club Lieshout suffered two 6-2 defeats in their national league campaign, falling to Veldhovense VBSC and BC Gilze according to local reports. Writing for MooiLaarbeek on October 27, reporters outlined how the club's squad played fixtures in the Mannen-2 class of the sixth division governed by Badminton Nederland.

VBSC Defeat Highlights Squad Depth

Met een compleet team konden er twee partijen gewonnen worden in een 6-2 verliespartij tegen het Veldhovense VBSC. Wouter van Vijfeijken delivered a standout performance as the first singles player, defeating Senthikumar Krishnamoorhy 21-23 and 15-21. Brother Ruud van Vijfeijken pushed Milan Sweep to three sets before dropping the match 16-21, 21-15, and 21-13. Bert Manders and Laurence Roijackers added the second point for Lieshout by overcoming Milan Sweep and Senthikumar Krishnamoorhy in straight sets, 20-22 and 16-21.

Home Loss Against BC Gilze

Hosting BC Gilze, Lieshout fielded an incomplete lineup but nonetheless mounted a competitive challenge that belied the points gap in the standings. Laurence Roijackers defeated Giorgo van Zaalen 21-16 and 21-14, while Ruud van Vijfeijken—featuring as the third singles player—bested Mathijs van Engelen 21-15, 21-18. Despite those individual wins, the absence of first singles player Wouter van Vijfeijken proved telling as Gilze sealed a 6-2 victory. In earlier seasonal action against Gilze on September 22, Bert Manders, Wouter van Vijfeijken, Jeroen van der Heiden, and Laurence Roijackers had been unable to take any points off their opponents, with Laurence Roijackers and Wouter van Vijfeijken coming closest by losing a set 24-22.

Badminton Club Lieshout Maintains Division Ranking After Losses

Despite dropping both fixtures by identical 6-2 margins, Badminton Club Lieshout avoided slipping in the division rankings because trailing teams still held matches in hand. The club participates in the Badminton Nederland national competition using feathered shuttles in the sixth division of Mannen-2. Earlier in the 2026/2027 season, as reported by MooiLaarbeek, the team opened with an 8-0 loss to BC Gilze on September 22—where single club champion Ruud van Vijfeijken was absent—before rebounding with a win against BC Alouette’s third team, a fixture featuring singles victories for Wouter van Vijfeijken against Zyan Jiang (21-13, 21-9), Bert Manders against Ben Vorstenbosch, and Ruud van Vijfeijken against Ildert Burghout (21-18, 21-6), alongside fourth singles player Jeroen van der Heiden falling 11-21 and 6-21 to Job van der Zwart.