All posts of Heren 1 2024
Gents 1 retakes the pole 1 position
On the 9th November, the SC4 arena was once again filled with fired up fans and Gents 1 fighters. This time our opponents were Rivo Rijssen H1. We were expecting a tough game, even the supporters of the opposing team had the guts to come out here and cheer them on. We were hungry for some blood and as ready as we could be. The first set began well, we went point for point in the first few points, but then we were more consistent and the opponent made quite a lot of mistakes. We earned our first lead with so... Read more
Gents 1 lost their first set, but continue still undefeated
Before we begin, I’d like to take a moment and dedicate a paragraph to our star middle player, Martin. Martin is a great middle, he is there at the most important moments and spikes hard and strong, not to mention his amazing blocking. He recently went through a very unfortunate happening in training and will be out of our lines for some time. All the readers of this blog are with you, Martin, and wish you a quick recovery. The other middles will try to fill your place, which is not an easy thing to do. Y... Read more
Who can take a set from Gents 1??
On the 12th of October the Harambee fighters faced a new challenger, Hellas H1, who for some reason are trying to be the Greek basketball team. Even though they were playing promotie class last year, we were not underestimating our opponent, as there must’ve been a good reason for their promotion. So the fight started with our lovely supporters in the stands of SC4. The match started well, however we made a lot of our own mistakes. We were missing serves (probably due to the fact that we are training in S... Read more
Gents 1 13:0 run
Last Saturday, 5th of October, the MM1 team had a chance to play their first 3rd division match against LIVO HS1. Going into the game, the tensions were high, however our fighters were ready to face the opponent and prepared to bash some balls into their side of the court. LIVO is a team that does not give up and we were ready to destroy their fighting spirit. The first set began with a few service mistakes from both sides, however after that we began our road to victory with the first attack by Martin, who... Read more
Undefeated Gents 1
Saturday, 28th of September, the gents one direction had its first home game and final cup match in the pool stages. The stands were filled with spectators and their cheering songs were heard from far far away. We also had the Beaver mascot cheering for us, who probably sweat more in that costume, while entertaining the crowd, than the players on the court. The opponent for this time was Apollo Heren 2 and Heren 2 they are for a reason, as they were a far second in the match and did not even come close to u... Read more
H1 continuing victorious in the cup matches!
Gents 1 had a second cup match on Friday, the 20th of September. We went up against the second team coached by Monica, Volley ‘68 HS1. They are the second team of Monica’s because that was very obviously indicated in the results of the match. Gents 1 came out victorious, winning 3:0 and finishing the opponents off quick. However, the victory did not come too easy, they did make us work for it and work we did put in. We were quite short staffed, having only one outsider with us, the second spot was fille... Read more
First cup match victory!
On the 12th of September Gents 1 had their first Cup match against Vips Bardot H3, where they went up against their once good friends Pim and Yuri. During the warmup some nice words were exchanged between us and our old companions, however from the first points onwards no mercy was shown. We started off strong by leading 4:0 in the first set. We held that lead and even increased it by the end of the set, confidently winning the first set 25:16. Wybren’s insane vertical jump combined with Stefan’s marv... Read more
