Netherlands: Majority of HK Clubs Want to Continue With Women in Primetime
A majority of the big league clubs would like the trial with women’s matches at prime time – Sunday afternoon at 2:45 p.m. – to continue after the winter break. However, most clubs think it is still too early to conclude whether it is a success or not. Only SCHC is not in favour of extending the […]
Netherlands: Amsterdam Coach Thomas Immink: ‘Thought About Withdrawing’
These are dark times for the ladies of Amsterdam. After a scoreless first weekend, coach Thomas Immink’s team was treated to a 9-0 defeat by Den Bosch in the first match on Sunday. The second matchday ended with the first points of the season after a close victory over newly promoted Ring Pass Delft (2-1). The poor results […]
Netherlands: the Sad Story of the Deceased Claudia Schüler (1987-2023)
In the first days of 2024, we will look back on the eventful hockey year of 2023 for the very last time. We will publish the stories that we remember most this week. Today part six, is about the tribute in Chile last November to the deceased goalkeeper Claudia Schüler. Claudia Schüler – the greatest Chilean […]
Netherlands: Xan De Waard and Pirmin Blaak Proud Winners of FIH Awards
The annual presentation of the prestigious FIH Awards has produced two Dutch winners. Dutch midfielder Xan de Waard was voted World Player of the Year, and goalkeeper Pirmin Blaak won the award for Best Goalkeeper of 2023. It is the first time for 204-time international De Waard (nineteen goals, 43 assists) that she has been […]
Netherlands: New Captain Anna De Geus Takes SCHC by the Hand
No Alexandra Heerbaart, no Laurien Leurink and no brand new world champions in the persons of Trijntje Beljaars and Mette Winter. The start of the women of SCHC in the Hoofdklasse Hall was anything but ideal in terms of personnel, but with four points from the first two matches, coach Lucas Judge could be satisfied. […]
Netherlands: The Dutch Juniors Show Character in the Hangover Match
The Dutch Juniors can prepare for the battle for fifth place at the World Cup in Kuala Lumpur. On Thursday they won with character against Argentina, which, like the Netherlands, had not survived its quarter-final. Dylan Lucieer scored the only goal for Jesse Mahieu’s formation in the third quarter, 1-0. We will know later in […]
Netherlands: Five Key Moments That Ruined the Dutch Juniors’ World Cup Dream
The Dutch Juniors’ World Cup dream shattered on Tuesday. In Kuala Lumpur, the Netherlands defeated by India in the quarter-finals, 4-3. A strange match, with many plot twists. We highlight five key moments that ensured that the team of national coach Jesse Mahieu no longer competed for the medals. ’17 – ’30 The missed opportunities […]
Netherlands: Jochem Bakker’s Long-cherished Hall Wish Finally Fulfilled
The cancellation of the Indoor European Championships was the perfect moment for Jochem Bakker to fulfill a long-cherished wish this winter: playing in the Bundesliga, the mecca of indoor hockey. Last weekend the Rotterdammer made his debut for the German top club and indoor champion Harvestehuder THC. “I enjoyed it,” Bakker begins his story. ‘I had decided […]
Netherlands: Verstraeten Crossed the Boarder as a 13 Year Old to Play Club Hockey
The well-trodden path is not one that Dutch national team talent Imke Verstraeten (18) is likely to take. Barely thirteen years old, she decided to try her hockey luck across the border, in Belgium. At the end of last year she moved early to the Dutch Juniors. ‘I have taken a different path than most of my peers.’ […]
Netherlands: Dutch Start Road to Paris with a Monster Victory Over GB
With 233 days left until the start of the Olympic hockey tournament, the Orange Women started the Road to Paris in Santiago del Estero with an impressive 8-0 victory over Great Britain. In the first game of the fifth FIH Pro League season for coach Paul van Ass’ team, Yibbi Jansen played a leading role with […]
