NETHERLANDS: TEUNTJE HORN: HAPPY AT HIC AFTER YEARS OF ‘HASSLE’ AT BLOEMENDAAL
Last year she played in the big league at Bloemendaal. This season, former youth international Teuntje Horn is one of the driving forces behind HIC, which reached the play-offs. In Amstelveen they once again claimed one of the top spots in the Promotion Class. But with only two wins under their belt, there is still work to be […]
Netherlands: Rotterdam Mourns After Off-day: ‘being Behind 6-1 is Not Possible’
The men of Rotterdam experienced a dramatic Sunday. They eventually lost 6-3 to the Oranje-Rood, but that score did not reflect the impact of the brutal defeat. ‘We are not ready for a top match yet. And there are no excuses for that.’ Their opponents from the Oranje-Rood had already been standing along the fence chatting with family. Provided […]
Netherlands: Joy at Schaerweijde After First Victory: ‘fought Like Lions’
‘We fought like lions. This was the game we had to win. This is what I call a hard-fought victory,” says Pepijn Leenhouts, who dragged Schaerweijde to the first victory of the season (0-1) in the crucial confrontation with Laren on Sunday afternoon. ‘And Jan de Wijkerslooth was a great goalkeeper.’ When last-place Schaerweijde not only gave away the […]
Netherlands: the Oranje-Rood Embarrass Rotterdam in a Goal-rich Top Match
Rotterdam was put on display by Oranje-Rood on Sunday. In the top match in Eindhoven it was no less than 6-3 for the home team. At halftime it was already 4-1 for the hosts, who used their chances very effectively. For Rotterdam it was the third loss in a row after previous defeats against Kampong and Pinoké. It […]
Netherlands: Dave Smolenaars makes the final decisions for the Dutch Juniors World Cup selection
Dave Smolenaars – national coach of the Dutch Juniors – has announced the eighteen-man selection for the World Cup-21 in Chile (November 29 – December 10). Noa Muller (Amsterdam) and Mea de Vries (Kampong) did not survive the final selection. They have been designated as reserves. Tuesday afternoon was the moment of truth. One by one, the players […]
NETHERLANDS: THE EVENING OF ‘SMURF’ TRIELING: ‘WILL NOT SOON FORGET THIS GOAL’
He provided the highlight in the top match between ‘his’ Pinoké and Oranje-Rood on Saturday. Danilo Trieling’s beautiful volley gave the Amsterdam team the second goal of the evening during the 2-1 win. A goal that will stay with the nineteen-year-old top talent, who came over from Nijmegen in the summer, for a long time. It was […]
NETHERLANDS: PINOKÉ IS THE BOSS OF THE ORANGE-RED IN THE LEADER CLASH
The Oranje-Rood suffered its first loss of points of the season on Saturday evening. The Eindhoven team lost the top match against Pinoké 2-1 on their own field, which is now single-handedly the leader in the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men. It’s a bizarre hockey weekend. The ball rolls in the big league for four days in a row. A […]
NETHERLANDS: NIJMEGEN IS SUDDENLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PACK, BUT IS NOT PANICKING YET
Nijmegen started this season in the Promotion Class with a clear mission. The Gelderland men want to become champions, or at least reach the play-offs. But for now, that goal is far out of reach. On Sunday afternoon, coach Bas Bogaard’s team wasted points for the fourth week in a row. Sixth place is where Nijmegen has to make […]
NETHERLANDS: MANENSCHIJN KNOWS THAT IT WILL BE A TOUGH SEASON FOR SCHAERWEIJDE
‘I can really live with the fact that we didn’t win this match. But not with the fact that we gave it up in the last minute,” said Schaerweijde coach Albert-Kees Manenschijn on Sunday afternoon, after the 3-4 defeat against HDM. The home team conceded two goals in the last minute . Manenschijn looks defeated in the Schaerweijde clubhouse. It […]
NETHERLANDS: THE WEEKEND: MUSCLE PAIN, CARD IS CAKE AND ‘FACKING LONG’ SHOWER
From Maastricht to Hattem and Ares to Prinsenbeek, there was plenty of hockey last weekend. We look at the socials from the Fourth to the Transition Class. A selection of the Instagram gems of the standard teams. Your team in this section next week? Send us a DM . We start our review of the weekend with the ladies of […]
