Netherlands: HK (H): Pinoké verliest van Oranje-Rood, winst Amsterdam
Pinoké’s weak run continues. The team of outgoing coach Jesse Mahieu suffered its sixth defeat in the last seven league games on Saturday. They lost 4-3 to Oranje-Rood in Eindhoven. Amsterdam won at Nijmegen. It became 3-0. Oranje-Rood – Pinoké 4-3Oranje-Rood recorded their first home victory over Pinoké since September 23, 2018. Back then it […]
Netherlands: Silver Cup: results catch-up games fifth and sixth rounds
Last Thursday and Friday several catch-up matches were played in the Silver Cup. For the ladies two games in the sixth round of the cup were scheduled, while for the men four games from the fifth round were played. For the ladies, first division team Ede recorded a 3-1 victory over second division team Maarssen […]
Netherlands: Rijnvliet MO16 goes national: ‘It’s still unreal’
‘Het blijft onwerkelijk dat we landelijk gaan spelen’, zegt coach Leon van Hennik van Rijnvliet MO16-1. De woorden van de ervaren coach vatten perfect samen wat er leeft binnen zijn team en de club. Nooit eerder in de nog jonge geschiedenis van de Utrechtse vereniging plaatste een team zich voor de landelijke competitie. ‘We zullen […]
Netherlands: Duikend naar goals: Fay van der Elst laat zich zien in Oranje
These have been busy weeks for Fay van der Elst (27), the assured striker of Amsterdam and the Dutch national team. Barely recovered from an intense Pro League trip in India, she and her clubmates were already back on the misty peaks of the Scottish Highlands. As the big league prepares for the resumption, we […]
Netherlands: Marc Miralles delivers Bloemendaal win over Rotterdam
Bloemendaal’s men’s soccer team won the catch-up game with Rotterdam. At ‘t Kopje, the leader in the Tulip big league won 3-2 on Thursday night. With his fifteenth goal of the season, Marc Miralles decided the game in favor of Bloemendaal, who turned a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead within a minute in the […]
Netherlands: Gold Cup (D): Den Bosch, Tilburg en Amsterdam naar laatste vier
The ladies of Den Bosch, Tilburg and Amsterdam qualified for the semifinals of the Gold Cup on Wednesday night. Last November, Oranje-Rood already joined the last four of the cup tournament by defeating Were Di 3-0. Den Bosch, which won the third edition of the Gold Cup in 2022, had an excellent start of the […]
Netherlands: Nine questions about cup field hockey: what’s the state of play?
Now that play has resumed in the Tulip Men’s Premier League and the ladies resume their league next weekend, some catch-up matches in both cup tournaments are also scheduled in the coming days. But, what about the Gold and Silver Cup? We answer nine questions to refresh your memory. Tonight, the ladies play in the […]
Netherlands: Burkhardt altijd op de goede plek: ‘De Inzaghi van Amsterdam’
‘If we get into the opponent’s circle, I know one thing for sure: Boris Burkhardt is at the second post,’ Amsterdam coach Rick Mathijssen says, laughing. Amsterdam’s striker is – together with Miles Bukkens of Pinoké – top scorer of the Tulip Hoofdklasse with eighteen goals. ‘I know what my role is,’ Burkhardt said confidently. […]
Netherlands: Kastrop (Schaerweijde): ‘More than ever we are fighting for each other’
They lived toward it for years: promotion to the Promotion League. Last season they finally succeeded. But the Schaerweijde women are in an eleventh place in the mid-season rankings. Yet there is no question of a depressed mood, according to striker Vivienne Kastrop. We are fighting for each other more than ever. Unlike the men, […]
Netherlands: Mahieu era threatens to go out like a candle: ‘Time for something else’
De 3-1 nederlaag tegen Amsterdam lijkt de definitieve nekslag voor de play-offkansen van Pinoké. Het laatste seizoen van succestrainer Jesse Mahieu (46), die komende zomer zijn geluk gaat beproeven bij de vrouwen van Amsterdam, dreigt als een nachtkaars uit te gaan. ‘Mochten we de play-offs niet halen, dan kijk ik alsnog terug op een prachtige […]
