The first step has been taken | Results of the first Eredivisie matchday
Five matches were played yesterday in the first Eredivisie men's competition weekend of the season. At the end of Saturday afternoon, UZSC, with new coach Sebastiaan Brands, kicked off the season well in the Nijverdal of Het Ravijn, with a 9-16 victory. National champion and Supercup winner ZV De Zaan played against PSV an hour later. The Zaandam players started the competition well with a 16-10 win.
Promoted team BZ&PC lost 7-19 at home to De Ham while ZPC Amersfoort was too strong for ZVL-1886 in the Amerena with a 14-11 win. GZC Donk took the full spoils in Barendrecht, Yuri Szeles' team won 8-14 against ZPB H&L Productions.
MNC Dordrecht and Polar Bears did not play yesterday. More extensive match reports with reactions will follow during the day. All standings, results and the programme can be found via this link.
The match photos of Het Ravijn against UZSC, taken by Wim Beunk, can be found on this KNZB Smugmug.
At ZV De Zaan against PSV, Hanny van den Dobbelsteen took these photos.
The photos of ZPC Amersfoort against ZVL-1886, taken by Rinus van Denderen and the photos of Kaylee Schellingerhout at BZ&PC against De Ham will follow at the end of the day.
PSV'er Wessel Brands was the top scorer in round 1 with five goals.
Characteristics:
Het Ravijn - UZSC 9-16
Referees: Johan de Boer and Anton Bervoets
Period scores: 3-5, 6-8, 8-11, 9-16
Goal scorers Het Ravijn: Hugo Wouters and Emil Wouters (3), Yoran Loos (2), Name unknown (1)
Goal scorers UZSC: George Athymantis and Andras Garancsy (Both 4), Name unknown (3), Joep de Jong (2), Tom ten Wolde, Max Vercouteren and Imme van der Schaaf (All 1).
ZV De Zaan - PSV 16-10
Referees: Pieter Bot and Joop van den Heuvel
Period scores; 2-4, 7-5, 12-7, 16-10
Goal scorers ZV De Zaan: Don Rempt (4), Chris van den Dobbelsteen, Stan Meijn, Angelo Corver, Pascal Jansen, Thomas Lucas (All 2), Phil Brantjes and Claudio Brancatello (Both 1).
Goal scorers PSV; Wessel Brands (5), Niels van den Hout (3), Thijs Gevers and Fabio Jukic (Both 1).
BZPC - De Ham 7 - 18
Referees: Rob van Neutegem and Diana Dutilh-Dumas
Period scores: 2-3, 3-7, 6-10, 7-18
Goal scorers BZ&PC: Henk Suur, Luke Rijnbeek, Luca Groenendijk (All 2), Joey Schellingerhout (1).
Goal scorers De Ham; Floris vant Veer, Tim Groenendijk and Bradley Sap (All 4) Edu van den Brom (3), Tom Geestman, Florian Lukas and Gino de Groot (1).
ZPB H&L Productions - GZC Donk 8 - 14
Referees: Sander Gransjean and Harvey Hinds
Period scores 2-1, 5-9, 5-12, 8-14
ZPB H&L Productions goal scorers: Lars Reuten (4), Guus Wolswinkel (2), Jens Wijgers, Darko Jovanovic, Dominick de Waal (All 1).
Goalscorers GZC Donk: Thijs Schouwerwou (4), Jorrit van der Weijden (3), Kjeld Veenhuis, Jesse Nispeling (Both 2), Stan van der Heuvel, Luka Houdijk and Quint van den Heuvel (All 1).
ZPC Amersfoort - ZVL-1886 14-11
Referees: Mark Hendriks and Rob Bijeman
Period scores; 3-2, 6-6, 11-7, 14-11
Goalscorers ZPC Amersfoort: Sam Kunz, Sebastiaan van Mil, Max van der Werve, Jorren Hanselaar A(llen 3), Dynand Muller and Senna Nijhof (All 1).
Goalscorers ZVL-1886; Mila Spee 3, Jasper Haasnoot and Max Reijchard (Both 2), Cedric Bons, David Voorvely, Stan Eli Reijchard, Ezra de Zwaan (All 1).
