Hoofdklasse: Kampong breaks with coach Tim Oudenaller after four seasons
Tim Oudenaller is leaving as head coach of the Kampong men’s team after this season. The 41-year-old coach is in his fourth year with the Utrechters. The absolute highlight of Oudenaller’s period at Kampong was capturing the national title in season 2023-2024. The team also reached the final of the Euro Hockey League earlier that […]
Hoofdklasse: Oranje-Rood the best performing team in all of 2025
The title for best performing team of the calendar year in the Tulp Hoofdklasse Men has fallen to Oranje-Rood. The Eindhoven team grabbed two more points than chasers Rotterdam and Bloemendaal in 2025. Oranje-Rood, the proud leader in the Hoofdklasse this season, remained unbeaten in 18 of its 22 league games (W18 D3) and finished […]
Hoofdklasse: Unbeaten SCHC by far the best team of 2025
There was one team in the Tulp Hoofdklasse Women’s regular league this calendar year that stood out far above the rest: SCHC. The team from Bilthoven can call itself the best-performing team of 2025. Two draws against Den Bosch (1-1 and 2-2) and one against Amsterdam (2-2). Those were the only matches in 2025 in […]
Hoofdklasse: Yibbi Jansen top scorer of the calendar year for fourth time
Yibbi Jansen may call herself the most prolific player of 2025 in the Tulp Hoofdklasse Women. The SCHC midfielder narrowly beat competitors Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch). Jansen scored twenty goals this year: she exploited seventeen penalty corners and added three hit penalty strokes. Matla followed her on one hit, with nineteen goals on behalf of […]
Hoofdklasse: Valentina Raposo leaves HGC after a season and a half
HGC women have said goodbye to Valentina Raposo after the end of the first half of the competition. The 22-year-old Argentine defender will return to her native country after a season and a half in Wassenaar as per agreement. In Argentina, Raposo will prepare for next summer’s World Cup in the Netherlands and Belgium. She […]
Hoofdklasse: Top scorers: Jip Dicke on course for new personal best
International Jip Dicke will travel to Argentina with the Oranje for the start of a new Pro League season next week as the Tulp Hoofdklasse Women’s winter top scorer. With 12 goals, the SCHC striker is the most prolific player in the first half of the competition. Tulp Hoofdklasse WomenJip Dicke scored twice last Sunday […]
Hoofdklasse: The stats of the weekend: negative record Tilburg, SCHC productive
Tilburg conceded nine goals for the first time in history, Imme van der Hoek did something special at Den Bosch and SCHC closed the first half of the competition without defeat. Here are the weekend’s figures. TULP HOOFDKLASSE WOMEN 0 – After 23 games, Hurley remains at the hateful zero against neighbouring club Amsterdam. The […]
Hoofdklasse: Beautiful milestone for Matla: 200 goals in the Tulp Hoofdklasse
Sun 23 Nov 14:45 Women 9 – 2 Den Bosch D1 9 – 2 Tilburg D1 Frédérique Matla reached a fine milestone in her hockey career on Sunday. The Den Bosch striker scored her 200th (and 201st) goal in the Tulp Hoofdklasse in the home game with Tilburg (9-2). Matla signed for her jubilee goal […]
Hoofdklasse: Rewatch: eleven goals at the Oosterplas, Jip Dicke on fire
In this year’s twelfth and final match round on the Tulp Hoofdklasse Women, Den Bosch made nine goals against Tilburg and Jip Dicke crowned herself as winter top scorer. Watch the highlights here. DEN BOSCH – TILBURG 9-2 HURLEY – AMSTERDAM 1-3 HDM – SCHC 1-6 PINOKÉ – BLOEMENDAAL 2-2 ROTTERDAM – HGC 2-2 KAMPONG […]
Hoofdklasse: Rotterdam alongside HGC at last minute, milestone for Matla
The twelfth and final round of matches in the Tulp Hoofdklasse Women before the winter break was a cold and very wet affair. The matches had already been moved from 12.45pm to 2.45pm on Saturday due to the expected bad weather conditions. On Sunday afternoon, Kampong-Orange-Rood was called off. The Pinoké-Bloemendaal match did not start […]
