NETHERLANDS: REFEREE GOENTGEN STILL TAKES PAINKILLERS EVERY DAY AFTER A HORRIFIC WORLD CUP BALL
Meanwhile, the German referee Ben Goentgen is back in the line. In June in Eindhoven during the Pro League, he even made his first minutes at the international level. How different was that at the end of January, when he got a ball in the face during the quarter finals of the World Cup in India and […]
NETHERLANDS: LISA POST REPLACES SABINE PLÖNISSEN IN EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP TRAINING GROUP
National coach Paul van Ass has called up Lisa Post as a replacement for Sabine Plönissen. Due to personal reasons, the defender of Amsterdam has decided not to make herself available for the selection at the moment. Just under a month ago, Post dropped out for the training group . At the time, she was the most notable absentee […]
Netherlands: EC U18 | JOOST TOLBOOM HOPES THAT PS4 CONTROLLERS WILL SURVIVE
Just like the Orange Girls, the Orange Boys U18 also had a winning start to the European Championship in Krefeld. With two striking drag pushes, Joost Tolboom laid the foundation for the 7-0 victory over Poland. ‘This European Championship is already the coolest thing I’ve experienced.’ The European championship is not the first international tournament for Tolboom […]
NETHERLANDS: ORANGE BECOMING MORE AND MORE ‘WORLD TOP’
Thierry Brinkman walked through the rain on the Wilrijkse Plein in Antwerp on Tuesday evening with a satisfied grin. His jacket pulled up, the newly won gold medal dangling happily around his neck. Just like last year, the Orange captain and his team had won the Pro League. Still, that victory doesn’t feel like the same, but rather […]
NETHERLANDS: PRIZE PACKER DE WAARD- ‘HAPPY THAT THE PRO LEAGUE CUP IS BACK’
The Oranje Dames won the FIH Pro League on Monday evening . But there was a player on the field who won not one, but two prizes on the same evening. Xan de Waard (27) was named the best player of the Tulip Hoofdklasse Ladies in the warm-up of the game won against Germany. And she didn’t see that coming at […]
NETHERLANDS: XAN DE WAARD VOTED BEST PLAYER TULIP HOOFDKLASSE
Xan de Waard was voted best player of the past season by the hockey audience and coaches and captains of the Tulp Hoofdklasse teams. De Waard won the election with a street length ahead of the competition. The SCHC midfielder received her prize, the Golden Stick, on Monday evening in the Wagener Stadium. De Waard had a […]
NETHERLANDS: FAREWELL MOMENT FOR ELEVEN INTERNATIONALS WITH A TOTAL OF OVER 1700 CAPS
Together they played more than 1700 international matches and say goodbye to the general public on Tuesday evening. No less than eleven internationals will then be sounded off in the Wagener Stadium by the KNHB and thanked in a festive way for their services. Laurien Leurink will be the first on Tuesday. She is the only female […]
NETHERLANDS: ORANJE DAMES WIN PRO LEAGUE AFTER VICTORY OVER GERMANY
The Orange Ladies won the FIH Pro League on Monday evening in the Wagener Stadium. In Amstelveen, Germany was defeated 2-1 this time. It is the third time in four editions of the prestigious country competition that the Orange triumphs. Only one year of the Pro League – that of last season – did not finish winning. Then […]
NETHERLANDS: RODEN’S THREE PROMOTIONS IN A ROW
The gentlemen of Roden did something unique this season. The team from Drenthe was promoted for the third time in a row and will play in the First Division next hockey year. A remarkable achievement for the less than three hundred member association from the far north. A leap back in time. Twelve years ago, Roden also played […]
NETHERLANDS: VISSER – ‘BOTH GOALS WERE MISTAKES ON MY PART’
It was a special week for Maurits Visser. After many games on the bench with the Orange and much less within the lines, he was told last week that he is the first goalkeeper at the European Championship in August . In addition, the 28-year-old closing post was allowed to work hard this weekend against Germany and New Zealand […]
