The boys from Berkel en Rodenrijs performed their first ever house recreation within the Promotion League on Sunday. The membership is experiencing a dream 12 months of their anniversary 12 months, however can also be tempering expectations for the approaching years. The tradition is extra essential on the South Hollanders than efficiency. They did every thing they might to show the primary house recreation into an enormous occasion, nevertheless, opponent Ring Go threw a spanner within the works by successful 4-3.
Berkel en Rodenrijs had achieved every thing potential final Sunday to draw as many individuals as potential to sport park Het Hoge Land. There have been flyers with the names and heads of all gamers of Women 1 and Males 1, a DJ offered the environment all afternoon and after the boys’s recreation even a saxophonist carried out. The membership had motive sufficient to occasion: this season Males’s 1 will play within the Promotion League for the primary time and the primary house match was the second to rejoice.
Board member Sjors Driegen visibly loved the ambiance. ‘It is probably not as particular as honoring the championship through the anniversary celebration, however it’s nonetheless great that we are actually competing within the Promotion Class.’ Final 12 months the boys stunned by taking the title within the Transitional Class which resulted in promotion to the second stage. The truth that the membership was precisely fifty years previous on the time made it further particular. ‘We’re in all probability not going to prime that, however that is one other nice milestone for our household membership.’
Berkel followers had are available in giant numbers. Photograph: Frank van der Leer
The bond between Heren 1 and the membership
That Berkel en Rodenrijs is a membership with numerous connection is confirmed by the primary group. ‘There are presently ten gamers in Heren 1 who coach or have coached with a junior group,’ Stefan van der Ree, coach and former participant of the primary group, advised me. ‘We wish that too, as a result of that’s how you retain the bond between membership and participant sturdy. It is vital for us to have a secure base, as a result of that’s the solely means we will proceed to carry out as a membership.’
Berkel wish to protect that tradition. However captain Teun Mooldijk primarily thinks concerning the quick time period. ‘I need to preserve enjoying discipline hockey on the highest potential stage in any respect prices. We’ve come right here now and we’re going to do every thing we will to remain in it.’
Coach Stefan van der Ree (left) through the recreation. Photograph: Frank van der Leer
Improper decisions and pointless playing cards
Berkel might have taken the appropriate step in direction of season ending Sunday in opposition to Ring Go. A recreation that began as you anticipate from a recreation between two newly promoted groups: stuffed with power, however with the mandatory sloppiness. The sport went all methods. After eleven minutes it was already 1-1. The choice got here after halftime, when Ring Go ran out to 2-4 by means of targets by Remko Saraber and Mattijn Triezenberg. That made the third purpose by Mooldijk and van Berkel and one for the statistics. It additionally didn’t assist that the house group acquired a inexperienced and two yellow playing cards in that closing phases.
Afterwards, Mooldijk was visibly disillusioned. ‘It’s such an unimaginable disgrace that you simply lose on this means. In opposition to these guys within the preparation we performed maybe our greatest recreation to this point, and as we speak we failed to succeed in that stage. Such an commentary is enormously irritating.’ Consequently, he might probably not benefit from the festivities. ‘Some can swap over loads simpler, however I’ll in all probability be balking for the remainder of the day.’
Van der Ree noticed that his group had targeted itself an excessive amount of on the opponent at occasions. ‘It appeared like there was an excessive amount of pressure, so we made fallacious decisions. We picked up pointless playing cards and misplaced management in phases. At this stage that will get punished instantly. The place final 12 months we might have a lesser interval with out penalties, now we’re paying the value for that instantly.’
Mooldijk is completely happy along with his targets. Photograph: Frank van der Leer
