In full preparation for the European Championships in Freiburg (Germany) in October 2026, Leendert breaks two Belgian swimming records once again. - At the annual Sprint Meeting on 14 February 2026 in the Lago swimming pool Bruges, Leendert competed in a number of short swimming disciplines, which are not his strongest point. He took part in the 50 m freestyle, 50 m backstroke and 50 m butterfly. He set no fewer than two Belgian records. He achieved the first record in the 50 m freestyle, a record that had been held by Koen Adriaenssens for more than 30 years (!), with a time of 26.58.He improved the Belgian record with a time of 26.03. Leendert achieved his second record in the 50 m butterfly, with a time of 27.98, beating the British record he set one year earlier at the same meeting (28.29).Congratulations on these new records, Leendert. 

In the spring of 2026, SUJE SourDoof will travel to Frankfurt for the annual European Futsal Tournament for the deaf and hard of hearing. The event will take place from April 9th to 12th, 2026, in Frankfurt, just 400 km from Brussels.This year, the competitions are open to national U13 and U15 teams.Would you like to participate in this unique, international tournament?Then contact Gauthier de Jamblinne at juniorfoot.suje@gmail.comFor the other age category U17, they might participate in the European Deaf Youth Games. For more information, you can find them on this page.

 Officially, the Games from 1924 to 1965 were called the International Silent Games in English or Jeux Internationaux Silencieux in French.... From 1969, it was called the World Games for the DeafThe Games first took place in 1969 in an area under communist rule in Yugoslavia: Belgrade. 1. 189 athletes from 33 countries (Belgium, France, Netherlands, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Switzerland, Greece, Poland, Romania, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, East Germany, West Germany, Turkey, Soviet Union, Israel, Japan, Iran, India, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Canada and the USA) participated in these Games with sports such as athletics, basketball, diving, gymnastics, handball, volleyball, swimming, football, cycling, shooting, table tennis and tennis. Colombia & Venezuela participated in the Pacific Games for the first timeNotable facts were:  for the first time, handball and volleyball featured as new sports!for the first time more than 1,000 athletes were present, namely 1,189 athletes, a record that was not broken until 1981 in Cologneat these Games it was the last time diving was offered as a sport.there were 3 top athletes at these Games: - Athletics: Josef Foldessy (HUN) in the 100m and 200m,- Swimming: Frederick Savinsky (USA) with 5 gold medals,- Gymnastics: Anatoly Vaganov (SOV) with 8 gold medals.Furthermore, Yugoslavia's football team also shone with a 5th consecutive gold medal as did USA in basketball!In the medal standings, we saw : the Soviet Union finished in 1st place with 96 medals (40 gold, 34 silver and 22 bronze), while USA came in second with 69 medals (22 gold, 24 silver and 23 bronze) and Italy took 3rd place with 35 medals (14 gold, 9 silver and 12 bronze). Belgium participated with 30 athletes and did not win a single medal:Tennis    - Lucien Gerin (°1945) : singles & doubles (with Joseph Goldwirt)   - Joseph Goldwirt (°1920) : Double (with Lucien Gerin)   - Josette Robinson (°1941) : singles (6th place).Cycling   - Bernard Deschamps (°1934) : Individual time trial (8th place), Individual road race and 1,000m Sprint (9th place).   - Xavier Van Hecke (°1943) :  Individual time trial (5th place), Individual road race and 1,000m Sprint. Basketball with 7th place    Belgium vs Italy = 49-62    Belgium vs USA = 29-57    Belgium vs Yugoslavia = 42-63    Belgium vs Israel = 37-54Players : Jean-Claude Billen (°1941), Pierre D'hoe (°1940), Pierre Dewit (°1940), Isaak Dorn (°1934), Jean Masfrancx (°1943), Edmond Rousseau (°1941), Roland Van den Bogaert (°1936), Daniel Van Synghel (°1953) and Urbain Werbrouck (°1931). Football with 14th place    Hungary vs Belgium = 4-3    Netherlands vs Belgium = 3-2    Belgium vs Israel = 3-0Players : Roger Damoiseau (°1948), Jean-Pierre De Groote (°1948), Amaat De Ro (°1935), Paul De Weerdt (°1946), Werner Deschamps (°1934), Rene Devos (°1942), Georges Dondelinger (°1946), Gustaaf Elsermans (°1941), Marc Engels (°1949), Pierre Laurent (°1946), Jacques Manderick (°1947), Willy Seeuws (°1924), Boni Sempels (°1937), Joseph Van den Bergh (°1943), Etienne Van Weymeersch (°1946) and Christian Vincent (°1956).