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Too Hot (Hot Damn), Call the Police and the Fireman
Summer is an elusive thing in the Netherlands, but when it arrives, for that one weekend, it does deliver. BSN travelled to Oisterwijk to play the Moederdag Toernooi in 29 degrees heat and sunshine. Good job they were playing in their black home and away kit! With sixteen teams from across the Netherlands, BSN were…
Read MoreWatch Out Chichester!
BSN travelled to England for the Chichester International Mini Rugby Tournament to play the finest teams in the South-East. The rugby tournament rules were different to those in the Netherlands, but the Benjis and Turvens fielded BSN teams in the U9s and U11s age groups, as well as supplying players to English U7 and U12 teams.…
Read MoreMixed Weather in Gouda
Two Benjis teams went to Gouda to play against the home sides, DIOK and HRC. After a warm week, the temperature had dropped, there was water on the pitch and threatening black clouds scudded overhead. BSN had mixed results, losing and drawing to DIOK, but beating HRC and Gouda. In the first match T-Rex took…
Read MoreBack in Black
After two weeks of pulling together sides by borrowing players from the opposition, head coach Daran was glad to have enough players for a starting nine plus one substitute for the friendlies at Delft. Three matches were played against Delft and two Rotterdam teams, with fine team play by BSN. The first match was against…
Read MoreTough at the Districts
But three reasons to smile… Match report to follow soon…
Read MoreIn the Land of the Giants
BSN Tigers beat Oemoemenoe 5-3 to secure the Bondsdag final and head to HRC next weekend in good form for the District championship. BSN brought two Benjis teams by coach and car to the Bonsdag hosted by Oemoemenoe in Middelburg. The Benjis were split into two groups with the Tigers up against Sparta, Tilburg A…
Read MoreBSN Quiz of the Week
What does Oemoemenoe mean? Is it: 1. A cow in a kayak? 2. “What do we do now?” in the Zeeuwse dialect? 3. The vacuum cleaner in the Teletubbies? Answers on a postcard to Walter Barrera (Andrea’s dad).
Read MoreTough in the Middle with DIOK
Two weeks until the District tournament and Tigers and T-Rex were at DIOK for games against HRC, Bassets and the home A and B teams. DIOK’s first team continue to be the biggest challenge and are expected to be the main threat at the Districts. The Tigers edged a close contest 2-1 with a last…
Read MoreThe Fast and the Frozen
The ground was frozen hard in Hoek van Holland. Winter had finally made an appearance. The coaches instructions were to, “stay on your feet” and not to commit to diving tackles. There were three games against the Hookers, HRC and DIOK; three games won by BSN. William and Rory scored seven tries each, but there…
Read MoreThree from Four at HRC
The Benjis brought two teams to HRC in Wassenaar, where they won three games and lost one. In the first game, BSN1 took on the home team. After conceding an earlier try with one loose pass, BSN increased the pressure on HRC and played some great attacking rugby in the first half, passing freely from…
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