HC Bloemendaal

The HC Bloemendaal (founded on 16 April 1895) is one with 1307 members (2004) not only the largest hockey club in the Netherlands, the traditional club from South Kennemerland together with the Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club and the Victoria HC also one of the oldest hockey clubs in the country.

The club from near Haarlem was established in 1895 as a hockey en Bandy Club " Haarlem & Omstreken " (Hockey and Bandy Club Harlem and vicinity). Before the club was established in its present form and under its current name, there were several previous clubs. For example: Bloemendaalsche Hockey Club " Bloemendaal " (1907 ), Haarlemsche Hockey Vereeniging " De Musschen " (1907 ), Haarlemsche Dames Hockey Club " HDHC " and later " BDHC " (1914), Musschen - Haarlem - Combinatie " MHC " (1915 ) and Bloemendaal - Musschen - Haarlem - Combinatie " BMHC " (1936). Today's HC Bloemendaal was founded in 1973 after the merger of " BDHC " and " BMHC ".

Bloemendaal is at least in the area of ​​Mr. Hockey's an internationally known club whose greatest achievements is winning the European Champions' Cup in 1987 and 2001. The 1.Damenmannschaft commutes for years between the 1.Niederländischen League, Hoofdklasse ( hockey), and the 2nd Division ( overgang class ). The 1.Herren contrast, resort each year in the battle for the national title in the Nederlandse a Hoofdklasse. In the 2005 season the team of coach Michel van den Heuvel reached the finals series best-of -three, lost this but against Oranje Zwart. In 2006 Bloemendaal won the play-offs of the national championship against the team of Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club. For the 2007 season, the German national player Christopher Zeller and Philipp Zeller changed as freshly baked hockey world champions HC Bloemendaal for.

Bloemendaal suffered for years from a lack of space up in 2004 three new artificial turf fields could be created. Currently the club has over a water- blown artificial grass and four sandverfüllte places.

Achievements

  • Dutch field hockey champion of Men: 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008
  • European Champions' Cup: 1987, 2001
EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
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