NETHERLANDS: MAARTJE PAUMEN- ‘XAN DE WAARD IS BY FAR THE BEST’
Today the European Championships for men and women start in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Tomorrow, at 1:15 PM and 2:30 PM, the Orange teams will play their first games . Will they manage to get through to the finals on August 26 and 27? The stakes are high: the winners not only receive a gold medal, but also an Olympic ticket. We look ahead […]
NETHERLANDS: JELLE GALEMA – ‘THE NETHERLANDS HAS MASTERED THE NEW HOCKEY’
On August 18, the European Championships for women and men will start in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Not only can a title prize be won there, there is also an Olympic ticket for the winners. What do well-known hockey faces expect from this tournament? Today it is the turn of former international and Oranje-Rood player Jelle Galema. Just say it: […]
NETHERLANDS: MEIJER TO EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP, BLAAK STAYS AT HOME
Eight days before the start of the European Championship, the goalkeeper egg of the Orangemen has finally been laid. Derk Meijer will join the tournament as the second goalkeeper. The closing post of Rotterdam is preferred to Pirmin Blaak, who is still awaiting the birth of his child. National coach Jeroen Delmée made the decision on […]
NETHERLANDS: DELMÉE ABOUT EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP CHOICES- ‘ISN’T THE SEVE THE WAY WE WANT TO SEE IT’
National coach Jeroen Delmée announced his European Championship selection on Tuesday afternoon . De Brabander discusses the new names, the dropouts and his choice of corner. ‘Everyone has proven to be Orange-worthy in the last Pro League series. I could have taken them all to the European Championships.’ ‘The most startling choice is the absence of Seve van Ass’, Jeroen […]
NETHERLANDS: FIH TESTS NEW FORM OF PENALTY CORNER
World hockey association FIH will start a pilot next season to experiment with a new form of the penalty corner. In the test, the corner must no longer be stopped outside the circle, but outside the dotted line. In which countries and in which competitions this pilot will be set up is still unknown.The FIH recently informed […]
NETHERLANDS: ORANGE WITHOUT VAN ASS AND BEINS FOR THE EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP
National coach Jeroen Delmée announced his selection for the European Championship in Mönchengladbach (18-27 August) on Tuesday afternoon. The biggest absentee is 213-time international Seve van Ass. In addition, Teun Beins, Max de Bie, Jasper Brinkman, Boris Burkhardt, Floris Middendorp and Pepijn Reyenga are no longer part of the group. Compared to the selection that won […]
NETHERLANDS: PAUL VAN ASS PREPARING TO PLAY AGAINST A WALL
‘Our biggest challenge at the European Championship will be that the ball has to go in every time. Most people think we score a lot. I think that we score too little’, concludes national coach Paul van Ass, just under three weeks before the start of the European Championship in Mönchengladbach (August 18-27). Just like the Dutch […]
NETHERLANDS: MEERSSEN AND SJINBORN SEEK EACH OTHER OUT- ‘NO PLACE FOR CHAUVINISM’
Even via the highway it is less than fifteen minutes from A to B. Or rather: from Meerssen to Sjiborn. The former rivals from Limburg who are increasingly creeping together. After several combined youth teams, they also set up a Ladies 1 team together last season. ‘We want the children to play hockey properly.’ ‘As clubs we were […]
NETHERLANDS: ANNIVERSARY TOURNAMENT OF THE SPANISH FEDERATION
The Oranje Heren will be in action from tomorrow during the four country tournament in Terrassa. With this event, the Spanish federation celebrates its centenary. The team of national coach Jeroen Delmée not only plays against the host country in the Estadi Marti Colomer, but also against England and India. On Sunday, the battle for third and […]
NETHERLANDS: HOW CANADA SECURED AN ORANGE LEAD FOR SEVE VAN ASS
He played only one international match after the consolation final of the World Cup in India. The zeperd against Australia in the Pro League. Yet Seve van Ass (31) is physically almost at war strength. He made his first meters in preparation for the European Championship not in the Netherlands, but in Canada. Because there he combined a holiday with […]
