Turvens: Great Results Under Special Circumstances
On Saturday November 27th, 2021, our Turvens went to RC The Hookers to play against HRC, Hookers, WRC, and VR-C. Due to pandemic, bad weather, the new measurements against Covid-19 and some other reasons, only 12 Warriors and 2 coaches / refs were available that morning. All these brave Warriors formed 2 teams with no…
Juniors: winning performance to be proud of
On Saturday 20th November, The Hague Barbarians (the combined teams from Wassenaar Warriors, WRC Te Werve and Voorburgse Rugby Club) delivered a solid winning performance against The Waterweg Warriors (The Hookers). The clubs had meet previously in a friendly competition, with The Hookers firmly beating The Barbarians in that pre-season warm-up. Learning from that experience,…
Turvens: 6 Wins and Valuable Experience From Challenging Matches
On Saturday November 20th, 27 Turvens Warriors formed 3 teams at HRC to play against 3 teams from HRC and 2 teams from VR-C. Due to the new measurements against Covid19, parents spectators were not allowed. Most Warriors had never played without their parents before. However, they did greatly as always. We had 6 wins…
Turvens: Excellent Home Game
On Saturday November 13th, 2021, Turvens hosted their second home game. We were very lucky that the weather was sunny and warm. The parents could still watch the games. Everything worked for us. With this happy mood, 26 Warriors formed 3 teams to play against 2 teams from HRC and 2 teams from Diok. They…
Match report: The Hague Barbarians v Duuvelse Wasps
The winter sun came out in Voorburg on Saturday November 13, as The Hague Barbarians (the combined teams from Wassenaar Warriors, WRC Te Werve and Voorburgse Rugby Club) took on the Duuvelse Wasps from Nijmegen. The teams had previously met each other in the first round of games with the Barbarians winning that game 17-19.…
Turvens: A Slow Start After the Break
On Saturday November 6th, 2021, Turvens went to Gouda. Our opponents were Diok, HRC, and RFC Gouda. Everybody came back from their holidays. We had 3 teams again. The results are: 6 wins, 1 draw, and 2 losses. Team I: 3:5, 2:6, 4:3; 25 tags were pulled. Coach Bertrand: “Today the team 1 was a…
Turvens: Playing Rugby in the Rain
On Saturday October 30th, 2021, Turvens went to HRC and played against HRC and VR-C. Due to the impact of the half term break in the Netherlands, we could only sent 2 teams. At the end, we had 6 wins out of 6 games! Team I: 12:8, 7:5, 10:7; 42 tags and 10 double tags…
Cubs: great game against The Pink Panthers
What a match! On Saturday October 16, we headed to Driebergen to meet The Pink Panthers and their pink poles. The game was important: with Amstelveen having won all their games and leading the poule, the question was then to know who of The Pink Panthers or Wassenaar Warriors would come second, both teams having…
Turvens: Last Game Saturday Before Half Term Break
On Saturday October 16th, 2021, our Turvens sent 3 teams to Diok, Leiden to play against Hermes, HRC, and Diok. Due to the impact of the autumn half term break in the Netherlands, there were only 7 teams in total. Thus, one of our teams could only play 2 matches. In addition, because one of…
The Hague Barbarians v Octo Bulls – strong end to the first round of the season
The sun came out again on Saturday when our combined juniors team consisting of players from Wassenaar Warriors, WRC Te Werve Rugby and Voorburgse Rugby Club faced the CL Octo Bulls out of Uden. School vacation and a few last minute injuries meant that the Barbarians were only able to field 14 players but The…