Holland 2017

Nijnsel 1 - Brambletye 10 A solid performance: 1-3 at half time and then our fitness told. Hatricks for both Jasper and Alex meant that we ran away with it in the second half.

Most valued player Thank you H Man of the Match 1 Man of the Match 2 Progress cup Hatrick heroes Most-valued player Player of Match (2 goals) Most improved players Tireless Terrier Two award 

Won 5:1 Goals: Mya (2); Anna; Millie and Julia (an O-R player that we borrowed). Again we opted to play 11-a-side (30 mins each way) to help our girls’ development and the improvement this match was pleasing. The first half was very tight and we kept on drifting as a team to the tight hand side of the pitch which led to the play getting congested. It was 0-0 at half time. After a brief discourse on roles and positions from the coach, the second half started and we dominated the games. Strong runs forward and much better positional play and distribution... at times there was some champagne passing Hockey out there. Once we scored one, we got the bit between our teeth and kept on driving forward into the D and putting pressure in their keeper. Gabby had little to do in goal. Emma ‘the rock’ was in evidence again, stopping their attacks and thumping  along pass forward to the wings. Busy Bea was at home at right back, tackling hard and then driving forward. Mya was a revelation in the...

Prior to our final matches tonight, the children are having a relaxing afternoon after a hard training session this morning. Some children went shopping Eindhoven ... The rest stayed behind and had a swim ... ... and then some old school gaming!

There are more photos from the tour available in the Holland Tour 2017 album in Brambletye   Flickr .

Today we worked on our moving and passing, and shooting!

Hotly competitive quiz hosted by quizmeister Fabio from @inspiresport with specialist rounds on Football, Hockey and other stuff. won by 'Game with Piglets' 

These awards were for the last two days ... Best Bowlers (Male and Female) Top Tourists (for asking interesting questions during tours) Most improved in Football Training 'The Rock' - Defender of the Match 'Tireless Terrier' 'Most Improved' Player of the Match

After the excitment of watching PSV romp to victory we went to the Oranje-Rood Hockey CVlub ( @ HCOranjeRood )  to get ready for our first 11-a-side matches. We managed to watch some of the 1st Mens team match before we went to warm up. This goal was disallowed because the ball came into the D at head height but the finish was amazing: O-R Men won 4-1 We played three teams their 5th team, 1st team and 3rd team ... as this was a friendly, we agreed to play 11-a-side and 'borrow' a couple of players. Kiki and Afka (apologies if these names are spelled wrong) played all three matches for us and they really worked their socks off on the left wing. We were evenly matched with our first opposition. They scored and early goal and we could not manage to get the ball into the net, despite numerous shots. So it finished 1-0. The 1st team were very good and, although we made them work for it, they came out very much on top as their finishing was excellent. It finished 7-0, de...