Netherlands: Marc Miralles delivers Bloemendaal win over Rotterdam
Bloemendaal’s men’s soccer team won the catch-up game with Rotterdam. At ‘t Kopje, the leader in the Tulip big league won 3-2 on Thursday night. With his fifteenth goal of the season, Marc Miralles decided the game in favor of Bloemendaal, who turned a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead within a minute in the […]
Netherlands: Gold Cup (D): Den Bosch, Tilburg en Amsterdam naar laatste vier
The ladies of Den Bosch, Tilburg and Amsterdam qualified for the semifinals of the Gold Cup on Wednesday night. Last November, Oranje-Rood already joined the last four of the cup tournament by defeating Were Di 3-0. Den Bosch, which won the third edition of the Gold Cup in 2022, had an excellent start of the […]
Netherlands: Nine questions about cup field hockey: what’s the state of play?
Now that play has resumed in the Tulip Men’s Premier League and the ladies resume their league next weekend, some catch-up matches in both cup tournaments are also scheduled in the coming days. But, what about the Gold and Silver Cup? We answer nine questions to refresh your memory. Tonight, the ladies play in the […]
Netherlands: Burkhardt altijd op de goede plek: ‘De Inzaghi van Amsterdam’
‘If we get into the opponent’s circle, I know one thing for sure: Boris Burkhardt is at the second post,’ Amsterdam coach Rick Mathijssen says, laughing. Amsterdam’s striker is – together with Miles Bukkens of Pinoké – top scorer of the Tulip Hoofdklasse with eighteen goals. ‘I know what my role is,’ Burkhardt said confidently. […]
Netherlands: Kastrop (Schaerweijde): ‘More than ever we are fighting for each other’
They lived toward it for years: promotion to the Promotion League. Last season they finally succeeded. But the Schaerweijde women are in an eleventh place in the mid-season rankings. Yet there is no question of a depressed mood, according to striker Vivienne Kastrop. We are fighting for each other more than ever. Unlike the men, […]
Netherlands: Mahieu era threatens to go out like a candle: ‘Time for something else’
De 3-1 nederlaag tegen Amsterdam lijkt de definitieve nekslag voor de play-offkansen van Pinoké. Het laatste seizoen van succestrainer Jesse Mahieu (46), die komende zomer zijn geluk gaat beproeven bij de vrouwen van Amsterdam, dreigt als een nachtkaars uit te gaan. ‘Mochten we de play-offs niet halen, dan kijk ik alsnog terug op een prachtige […]
Netherlands: HGC vecht door na verlies van teamvader: ‘Mijn leven stond op z’n kop’
Like a bolt from the blue. That’s how the news of the sudden death of their team father Ton Langenhuijsen came to the HGC men’s team at the end of November. A loss that came on top of an already particularly challenging year. After all, the new HGC was dangling in the lower reaches of […]
Netherlands: Tigges leaves Germany: ‘Finishing the season was my preference’
‘I’m sitting here in the middle of moving boxes,’ laughs Robert Tigges (40), as he calls from his apartment in Hamburg. At the end of March, after a year and a half, he is moving back to Amsterdam to become Raoul Ehren’s assistant with the Dutch national team. ‘The rent on my house, my lease […]
Netherlands: HK (H): Rotterdam deals sensitive blow to Oranje-Rood
Rotterdam heeft Oranje-Rood zaterdag bij de herstart van de Tulp Hoofdklasse Heren een gevoelige tik uitgedeeld. In een doelpuntrijk duel won de thuisploeg met 4-3. Rotterdam wipte door de zege over Oranje-Rood heen naar plek vijf. Rotterdam – Oranje-Rood 4-3Beide ploegen moesten er duidelijk even inkomen, na maanden zonder competitie veldhockey. Er ging aan beide […]
Netherlands: Brink ging last-minute naar andere kant van de wereld voor droom
Hidde Brink (26) was upset when he heard in January that he would not be allowed to join the Orange to Australia. After the Pinoké goalkeeper was first invited to the training group in October, it soon became clear that he was Jeroen Delmée’s third choice after Maurits Visser and Derk Meijer. His winter was […]
