NETHERLANDS: UNIQUE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS FOR ZWOLLE, THANKS TO THE NERVES OF STEEL OF MAUD FRANCKEN
No one within HC Zwolle knows exactly, but according to coach Joe Kodde it has been ‘years’ since the Under-16 Girls reached the National Championships. He did pull off the trick with his team. “I think we’ve made some kind of history.” The hockey players from Zwolle were very happy last Saturday on the Hurley […]
NETHERLANDS: TOP SCORERS- BRINKMAN ON A HUNDRED GOALS FOR BLOEMENDAAL
There were few changes at the top of the shooter rankings in the Tulp Hoofdklasse and Promotional Class last weekend. However, a few players entered the sub-top with a spot, such as Amsterdam attacker Fiona Morgenstern and Bloemendaal captain Thierry Brinkman. Tulp Hoofdklasse Ladies The top five players on the top scorers list of the […]
NETHERLANDS: WHY DANIQUE VISSER QUIT – ‘I COMPLETELY LOST THE FUN
Danique Visser (24 years old) was one of the greatest goalkeeper talents in the Netherlands a few years ago. As a potential she was allowed to smell the Orange. But she wasn’t happy in recent years. Last winter, Visser was the first goalkeeper to retire from Bloemendaal. That felt like a liberation. ‘I was no […]
NETHERLANDS: AFTER A PACKED WINTER, HDM GOALIE VAN WALSTIJN WANTS TO REGAIN HIS PLACE
Joey van Walstijn can hardly believe it. The goalkeeper was very close to a unique achievement with HDM. On Sunday, the people of The Hague lost the European Cup Indoor final in Vienna to Harvestehuder from Hamburg (6-6, after shoot-outs). It was the end of a bizarre winter for the goalkeeper, who lost the competition on the field […]
NETHERLANDS: TEARS IN VIENNA- HDM NARROWLY MISSES OUT ON EUROPEAN CUP WIN
HDM just missed out on the main prize in a blood-curdling European Cup Indoor final. In Vienna, the Hague team lost to top favorite Harvestehuder after shoot-outs. In an idiotic final battle it was 6-6 after forty minutes. Goalgetter Mustapha Cassiem hid his head in his shirt. Fighting back the tears that were probably coming anyway. A little further […]
NETHERLANDS: HUGO VAN REEKEN WANTS TO GO FROM GOOISCHE TO THE GAMES WITHIN EIGHT YEARS
‘In 2032 I want to be the first goalkeeper for the Netherlands at the Olympic Games in Brisbane.’ Signed: Hugo van Reeken. The 24-year-old goalie is not afraid to be ambitious, even though he currently plays for Gooische in the basement of the Promotion Class. ‘I believe that if you have a dream, it will […]
NETHERLANDS: HOCKEY5S – ‘THIS IS THE GROWTH OPPORTUNITY FOR THE FUTURE’
They are forerunners. Pioneers. Perhaps – as will become apparent later – trendsetters. At Sneek they are completely captivated by hockey5s. The club from Friesland recently organized a real 5s week. ‘A 5s membership, why wouldn’t that be possible?’ ‘Our boys’ line has been scraping for years. We are happy that we can field a […]
NETHERLANDS: ORANGE MEN REACH FIRST HOCKEY5S WORLD CUP FINAL
The Orange Men convincingly qualified for the final at the Hockey 5s World Cup in Oman on Tuesday afternoon. The Netherlands was too strong for the host country in the semi-finals 5-3, coached by the Dutchman Siegfried Aikman. Apart from a few hectic minutes in the second half, the Dutch team never ran into problems. The match […]
NETHERLANDS: HURLEY’S DEMOTION: ‘CRY TOGETHER AND MOVE ON’
In 2022, the Hurley ladies were still in the final of the National Championships. They then narrowly lost to Den Bosch. Now, almost two years later to the day, the world looks completely different for the Amstelveen team. After having played two of the three games in the play-offs, Hurley was relegated to the Top Class. Hurley’s players […]
NETHERLANDS: PAUL VAN ASS- ‘ASKED WHETHER WELTEN WANTED TO MAKE THE DECISION HERSELF’
National coach Paul van Ass shocked the hockey world on Wednesday by no longer including four-time Olympian and experienced dribbling queen Lidewij Welten in his selection . ‘I asked her if she wanted to make the decision to quit herself. She didn’t want that. She placed her fate in my hands.” Last week, Paul van Ass’s entire training group was […]
