Winning in the Rain

By ianjewitt | Nov 6, 2016

The BSN Minis brought two teams to HRC, winning five out of six games in the sunshine and the showers. Fielding an A and a B team, BSN played against teams from Delft, Hermes Schiedam, DIOK and HRC.   BSN A took on Delft B in their first match and racked up the tries. Louis scored…

Nightmare with the Hookers?

By darancharlton | Oct 30, 2016

The weekends Halloween fixture at the British School was changed at the last minute (I can’t guess why?), which meant an early… 9:00am kick-off at The Hookers. We’ll forgive the Dutch planners as they wouldn’t have known the school was closed! With many players still on holiday, a full 15 “man” squad recorded wins against The…

No slip-ups at HRC

By darancharlton | Oct 16, 2016

The half term holidays seem to come around thick ‘n’ fast nowadays and with depleted squad sizes affecting all regional clubs, it resulted in a fixture change from Sparta to HRC, allowing us to play on their new all-singing, all-dancing 4G pitches. Whilst the Minis were fielding only one squad, we had more than enough…

BSN Minis take the Jan van Burg Trophy

By ianjewitt | Oct 9, 2016

The Minis travelled to the Hook of Holland to spend the day competing in the Jan van Burg trophy.  Eight teams turned up from across Zuid Holland and were split into two pools of four, with BSN lining up against the Bassets, Delft and HRC.  Gouda and Rotterdam waited in the knock-out stages, but no…

New Recruits

By darancharlton | Sep 24, 2016

The normal yearly disruption to the players schedule doesn’t come in the form of weather phenomenon’s in Holland but the annual iPad roll-out program at the British School, which meant the Minis were missing around 9 players for today’s fixture at Sparta. Still, it was a blessing in disguise, as it grave the coaches an…

Sparked into Life

By ianjewitt | Sep 22, 2016

A year on from the Hutspottoernooi, BSN were back at DIOK.  They were no longer Benjis and there was no stew pot trophy to win, but there were games to be played against the home side and old rivals, HRC. DIOK were first up and BSN eased into a 5-0 first half lead.  A pass…

The New Minis

By ianjewitt | Sep 11, 2016

BSN started the new season at RC Hookers with two comfortable wins in the sunshine.  With the entire Minis squad stepping up from the Benjis last season, there were new skills to master in the twelve player game, including kicking and line outs. In the first match against the Hookers, the team were still finding…

BSN Open Day – 18th September 2016

By darancharlton | Sep 5, 2016

Our Open Day will now be at an alternative date and venue due to the continued construction of the all-weather 4G pitch at the BSN Senior School. The Open Day will now be held on the 18th September, 2:00pm at Sterrenbad, Wassenaar. Open to everyone, boys & girls between 4-18, including non-BSN students!

Worcester Warriors Summer Camp in the UK

By bsnrugby | Jun 26, 2016

Our good friends the Worcester warriors are offering a 10% discount to BSN players on their upcoming summer camp in the UK this August, including.. • Generic rugby coaching through conditioned games and skill development. • Position specific coaching with the Warrior professional players. • Advice on Nutrition, hydration • Strength and conditioning information •…

Benjis 2015-2016 – Final Score

By darancharlton | Jun 21, 2016

Season Record Won – 106 Lost –  19 Draw – 5 Tries Scored: 776 Tries Conceded: 240 Season Summary Hutspottoernooi Winners at DIOK RC – September 2015 Hutspottoernooi ‘Fairplay’ Winners at DIOK RC – September 2015 Bondsdag Toernooi Winners at Utrecht RC – October 2015 Jan van Burg Toernooi Winners at The Hookers RC –…