HGC (field hockey)
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HGC is the acronym of the field hockey
club H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, which is located on the border of Wassenaar
and The Hague
in The Netherlands. The club was founded on September 22, 1906.
The first teams (men and women) compete for many years on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is called "Hoofdklasse". In 1995/'96 both the men's and the women's first team won the national championship. HGC always has provided the Dutch national teams with one or more players. The first women's team of HGC relegated to the first division ("Overgangsklasse") in the spring of 2005.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
club H.O.C. Gazellen-Combinatie, which is located on the border of Wassenaar
Wassenaar
Wassenaar is a town in the western Netherlands, in the province of South Holland. A fairly affluent suburb of The Hague, Wassenaar lies 10 km north of that city on the N44 highway near the North Sea coast. It is part of the Haaglanden region...
and The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
in The Netherlands. The club was founded on September 22, 1906.
The first teams (men and women) compete for many years on the highest level of the Dutch field hockey league, which is called "Hoofdklasse". In 1995/'96 both the men's and the women's first team won the national championship. HGC always has provided the Dutch national teams with one or more players. The first women's team of HGC relegated to the first division ("Overgangsklasse") in the spring of 2005.
Famous internationals from HGC
- Helen van der Ben
- Carina BenningaCarina BenningaCarina Marguerite Benninga is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 158 international matches for The Netherlands hockey team, in which she scored 25 goals. She was part of the gold medal winning team at the 1984 Summer Olympics and also won a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics...
- Roderik BouwmanRoderik BouwmanArnoldus Leonardus Henricus Roderik Bouwman is a former Dutch field hockey player, who played 107 international matches for the Netherlands, in which the striker scored 82 goals....
- Ronald BrouwerRonald BrouwerRonald Leendert Brouwer is a field hockey striker from the Netherlands, who won the silver medal with the Dutch national team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. -References:...
- Marc DelissenMarc DelissenMarcus Johannes Elisabeth Leopold Delissen played field hockey for The Netherlands....
- Willemijn Duyster
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- Noor HolsboerNoor HolsboerEleonoor Wendeline Holsboer is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who twice won a bronze Olympic medal with the Women's National Team: in 1988 and in 1996....
- Wouter Leefers
- Lisanne Lejeune
- Bram LomansBram LomansAbraham Robertus Lomans is a former Dutch field hockey player, who twice won the gold medal at the Olympics: in Atlanta Abraham ("Bram") Robertus Lomans (born on April 19, 1975 in Roosendaal) is a former Dutch field hockey player, who twice won the gold medal at the Olympics: in Atlanta Abraham...
- Tycho van MeerTycho van MeerTycho van Meer is a former field hockey striker from The Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. There he won the golden medal with the Dutch national team...
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- Wietske de RuiterWietske de RuiterWietske Annechien de Ruiter is a former female field hockey striker from The Netherlands, who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics: 1992 and 1996...
- Florentine Steenberghe
- Stephan VeenStephan VeenStephan Patrick Veen is a retired field hockey forward and midfielder from The Netherlands, who twice became olympic champion with the Dutch national squad: in 1996 and in 2000....
- Ellis Verbakel
- Guus VogelsGuus VogelsAugustinus Wilhelmus Johannes Marines Vogels is a Dutch field hockey goalkeeper, who twice won Olympic gold medals with the national squad: at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and four years later, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.In 2004 he was the starter and won the silver medal with...
(gk) - Gijs Weterings
- Suzan van der Wielen
- Laurien WillemseLaurien WillemseLaura Eveline Gales-Willemse is a former Dutch field hockey defender, who won the golden medal with the National Women's Team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. She played club hockey for NMHC Nijmegen and HGC from Wassenaar.Four years later in Seoul she captured the bronze medal with the national side...
- Jan Willem Neuberg
- John Jermyn
- Barry MiddletonBarry MiddletonBarry John Middleton is an English field hockey player. He was a member of the Great Britain squad that finished ninth at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens and fifth in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and the England Squad that won the 2009 Eurohockey Nations Cup and gained silver at the 2010...
- Ashley JacksonAshley Jackson (field hockey)Ashley Jackson when he was in year 7 he joined rose hill school in Tunbridge Wells. He is an English field hockey player...