Who says that Netherlands and Belgium don't have National Championship this year??
Once again the National Championship takes place in 7 different days:
.27th April
.16th June
.22nd/29th or 30th June
.24th, 25th August
.1st September
.29 september
.10 november
This year will compete the follow 6 teams from Netherlands and Belgium:
-RC de Lichtstad
-EHRC Marathon
-RV Brunssum/VRC
-Kon. Modern SCW
-
Zaanse Roller Club
This is a great opportunity to develop again our sport in such countries. European roller hockey needs urgent to have more young players from it.
INTERTOYS Heerlen in Brunssum is helping the local roller hockey club, Rolhockey Club Brunssum, to recruit new youth members and to make a raise funding awareness. In a country like Netherlands, where roller hockey is almost an unknown sport, this is a nice way to promote our sport along kids.
About this action, consists in: When you buy roller skates or inline skates at Heerlen and Brunssum Intertoys, you get a free DVD about how to enjoy roller hockey! Also with the DVD is a voucher to try roller hockey for 2 months in RC Brunssum! Also this promotion gives the opportunity to win a free roller hockey stick. To participate you just need to join the contest and submit the answers, which can be found on the DVD, on Tuesday evening from 19.00 h to 20.30 h in the Hall "Brunnahal" in Brunssum.
Roller Hockey staff
During this spring action of selling roller skates, Intertoys supports her sales and raise awareness playing the promotional DVD on a video screen.
More information about this promotion can be found on Facebook and on the rolhockeysite www.rcbrunssum.com .
This is a new way of marketing on our sport that can be follow in other countries! The federations together with local clubs and shops are the best entities to stimulate actions like this, that can bring more children to play Roller Hockey!!
Surprising Dutch roller hockey world RC Lichstad was for the 7th time Beker Champion. The second most important competition in Netherlands, with more than 50 years, was hosted in Eidhoven in 27th November. With the participation of 6 teams: edrc AGOR, ehrc MARATHON,Zaanse Roller Club, RC Brunssum, RC de Lichtstad, Valkenswaardse RC.
In the last 10 years VRC has dominating this competition like the Dutch League also, and had conquered 6 titles. This year everybody was expecting a re edition of VRC victory, but RC Lichstad won in the final.
This competition ends the Roller Hockey year in Netherlands, after one year full of events that try to put again this country in Europe Roller Hockey map. Just to remember the Dutch year had it big moment in San Juan with a participation in World Cup. Unhappily any youth team took part in both young competitions taking place this year in Barcelos (U20 FIRS World Cup) and Geneva (U17 CERH Euro Cup), but a great program of Youth Clinics in some cities was a great success.
All roller hockey fans wish that next year this situation can continue, and Netherlands could be part of European/World Youth Cups, and also a special one, Netherlands can help the renaissance of roller hockey in Belgium, and who knows in Luxembourg!!!
Valkenswaardse RC continues in the fourth place of the teams with more trophies in Dutch League. The first place continues to be occupied by RC de Lichstad with 10 titles (all info in wikipedia).
Unhappily any team of Netherlands will take part of European Competitions this year. Rolling Together would like to suggest a changing in the dates of this championship to allow the participation of Dutch teams in CERH competitions, because is the last championship in Europe to finish this year.
As we know Valkenswaardse RC is taking part of German Championship and until now the results are not so bad as probably some roller hockey fans were expecting. This can be a signal that the level is not so different to other countries in Europe and next year Valkenswaardse RC could take place in European Competition.
New rink in Netherlands??
Old Rink of Valkenswaard
Rolling Together was surprised by the following news these days:
Valkenswaard - The sportshall where the club Valkenswaardse Roller Club (V.R.C.) operates with rollerhockey and figure skating is quite outdated. And this sportshall, De Dennenberg, will most probably have closed in 2013. An alternative is not there yet. Marty van den Brand, president of the Technical Committee of the rollerhockey section, says that the floor is a big problem. Van den Brand : "We still hope that we can stay here in this part of Valkenswaard and hope that the community of Valkenswaard understands that. With a good boost, we are on our way." Until then V.R.C. is still in an old sportshall. Chairman of the Club V.R.C., Marc Schoonderwoert, the municipality of Valkenswaard has already proposed to renovate the sportshall. "In the short term, we do need support of the municipality," he says. V.R.C. is still in consultation with the municipality of Valkenswaard for a better sportshall."
Also this problem was reported by Dutch TV. See in the link.
2011-11-12 IGR Remscheid - Valkenswaardse RC (For the German Bundesliga)
Rolling Together wish a happy end to this story, a construction of a new Rink with modern floor and appropriated to receive Roller Hockey Competitions.
Last 28th May the Dutch Championship, NRBB started in Dordrecht.
With the six teams already annouced the final results were:
Valkenswaardse RC
15 x 3
edrc AGOR
RC Brunssum
4 x 7
Valkenswaardse RC
Zaanse Roller Club
1 x 5
ehrc Marathon
RC de Lichtstad
12 x 3
RC Brunssum
ehrc Marathon
9 x 8
edrc AGOR
RC de Lichtstad
7 x 1
Zaanse Roller Club
The Classification after the first journey is:
Teams
Points
M
W
D
L
GD
GL
DG
Valkenswaardse RC
4
2
2
0
0
42
7
35
RC de Lichtstad
4
2
2
0
0
19
4
15
EHRC Marathon
4
2
2
0
0
14
9
5
Z.R.C.
0
2
0
0
2
2
12
-10
e.d.r.c. AGOR
0
2
0
0
2
11
23
-12
RV Brunssum
0
2
0
0
2
7
39
-32
Next day of NRBB will happen tomorrow 18th June, and the city to host will be Brunssum. The matches will be the following:
RC de Lichtstad
x
Valkenswaardse RC
RC Brunssum
x
ehrc Marathon
Zaanse Roller Club
x
edrc AGOR
RC de Lichtstad
x
ehrc Marathon
Zaanse Roller Club
x
Valkenswaardse RC
RC Brunssum
x
edrc AGOR
and there's the hot match between the two big teams in Netherlands RC de Lichtstad (a Vice title on the first edition of CERS CUP and Valkenswaardse RC. Important to refer that Valkenswaardse RC plays in NRBB after assure it presence in next edition of German Championship, Bundesliga, due to the fact that was 2.Bundesliga Champion (see the pictures here)
Dutch talking with the top coach, Carlos Dantas, in Andorra Final 8
All this news and also the travel of some Dutch Roller Hockey fans to Andorra, to see the Final 8 of European League, are good news, proving that all the efforts are done to have a better Roller Hockey in Netherlands.
