HC Bloemendaal

Hockey Club Bloemendaal is a Dutch field hockey club, which was established on April 16, 1895, and is therefore one of the oldest field hockey clubs in the Netherlands. Originally, the club was also playing bandy. As of October 31, 2004, the Bloemendaal based club has 1.307 members.

HC Bloemendaal is one of the most successful clubs in the Netherlands, with the men's team competing for the title in the highest league ("Hoofdklasse") nearly every year. In 2006 the team coached by Michel van den Heuvel won the national championship by defeating Amsterdam in the final of the play-offs (best-of-three).

Honours

• Dutch national title: 13

1985-86, 1986-87, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1990-91, 1992-93, 1998-99, 1999-2000, 2001-02, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09

• EuroHockey Club Champions Cup: 2

1987, 2001

• Euro Hockey League: 2

2008-09, 2012-13

Notable players from HC Bloemendaal

• Marc Benninga
• Olmer Meijer
• Ad Boelaars
• Menno Booij
• Floris Jan Bovelander
• Jaap-Derk Buma
• Cees Jan Diepeveen
• Jamie Dwyer
• Ronald Jan Heijn
• Erik Jazet
• Karel Klaver
• Hendrik Jan Kooijman
• Jan Jörn van 't Land
• Nick Meijer
• Marinus Moolenburgh
• Teun de Nooijer
• Dave Smolenaars
• Jiske Snoeks
• Macha van der Vaart
• Tibor Weißenborn
• Martijn van Westerop
• Remco van Wijk
• Christopher Zeller
• Sardara Singh

Rink bandy

There is also some youth rink bandy played.

External links

• (Dutch) Official website HC Bloemendaal

Coordinates: 52°24′40″N 4°36′46″E / 52.41111°N 4.61278°E / 52.41111; 4.61278