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INDEX
3 Letter of Mr Peter Goosen, Ambassador
of the Republic of South Africa to the
Netherlands
4 Index, advertisers and baie dankie…
5 Life Lessons: Jeroen Smits
6 Two captains on a strip:
Tonny Staal & Hidde Overdijk
7 Operation Croissant a huge success
9 Player profiles & staff
10 Team Photo HCC U16 touring squad
12 Player profiles
14 Sports clothing deserve a second life!
16 The Royal Hague Cricket Club: a brief
history
17 Die konneksie met Holland
18 Tour itinerary South Africa 2012
INTERVIEW
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Interview with Tonny Staal & Hidde Overdijk
They are sworn friends, classmates and
made their maiden century on the same
day. As captain and vice captain, they carry
a big responsibility when they lead the
13-man squad both on and off the cricket
field. Knabbel and Babbel have their say...
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Sports clothing deserve
a second life!
A report by Rod Lyall, CricketEurope
In June 2011, the Zuid Afrika Sport
campaign towards the cricket tour to
South Africa was launched. The aim of
the initiative is to fill a container with
surplus sports equipment and to send
it to Cape Town early next year to be
used by less-privileged children there.
BAIE DANKIE…
COLOPHON
Editors Tour Special
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer (chief editor),
Peter Entrop, Fred Staal, Bernard Loots,
Bart Kuipéri
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Photography
Robert Heezen Fotografie
Cover photo
The U15 team raising the cup by beating
Hilversum CC in the 2011 season’s final
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Die toer na Suid-Afrika in 2012 word ‘n krieket belewenis wat die spelers, sowel as die begeleiers, verewig sal bybly. ‘n Onvergeetlike ervaring
dus, waarvan hulle nagasate seker sal hoor. Om hierdie rede is ons dan
ook innig dankbaar aan die vele mense wat hierdie toer ‘n werklikheid
maak. Ons vind het juis daarom toepaslik om al die persone wat ons so
fantasties ondersteun en bygestaan het, in Afrikaans te bedank.
Diegene wat die Suid-Afrika Sport projek moontlik maak: Fred
Beekman (DBN), die familie Rijkens (Stichting World Child Fund),
Willem Velthoven (Stills) en die Besigheidsklub van De Groote
Haagsche. Sonder hul ondersteuning was dit onmoontlik om die projek
op so ’n groot skaal suksesvol uit te voer.
Mnr Peter Goosen, Scholte Verhuisgroep, Euromovers, Verhuisbedrijf ‘de
Aandacht’, RF Shows, Erik Smits, alle adverteerders in die spesiale bylaag
van die Diepput Echo, Roeland Engelen, Rob van Weelde, die vrygewige bydraers van die HCC koffie-oggend, Jeroen Nagtegaal, Walther
Wind, Nic Joose, Seatrade, Topfinish, Maarten Hanraets, Jaap Quarles
van Ufford, Dunlop, Hockeyclub Laren, DMHC, Albertine Overberg,
Ali Staal, Maurits Chabot, de KNCB, Jeroen Smits, Derick Mekking,
Screenhouse, Rod Lyall, Robbert-Jan Brugman, Bianca Trijzelaar, GerardJan Sprey, Frank Bijloos, Dita, Frank van der Weijden, Drukkerij de Swart,
Durbanville Cricket Club, the Maurits van Nierop Foundation en al die
Suid-Afrikaanse skole wat ons so vriendelik ontvang.
’n Verdere spesiale woord van dank aan Robert Heezen, wat grootendeels verantwoordelik is vir al die foto’s.
Life lessons
JEROEN SMITS
The wait is almost over, and it’s time to find out where you really stand as a team.
You’ve been dominating the Dutch leagues in the last couple of years, but now you
will experience cricket in a totally different culture and in a country where cricket is
one of the main sports.
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nd what a country! October
1992… it feels like yesterday. As
a 20-year old, it was the first time
to really be away from my parents. To a
country what – to say the least – at that
stage was unstable but as a cricket nation
the top of the world.
It took me only a few days to settle and
I can now easily say that year made me
not only into a useful cricketer, but the
lessons of life I have learned in those
months made me the person that I am
nowadays. It opened my eyes and it
made me realize there was more in the
world than our safe environment of
Benoordenhout and HCC.
The competition for places in a team is
totally different to us, mainly because of
the amount of talented players in South
Africa. You only get one chance and
probably that’s not only the case in
cricket. When I played a full South
African summer in its premier league with
reasonable successes, it gave me enough
confidence and belief to try to reach the
next level.
Not just for that reason it was fantastic to
return in 2003 for the big Cricket World
Cup and to catch up with old friends. The
dedication, hospitality, friendliness and
above all the great spirit from all the South
Africans is something I will never forget.
I sincerely hope you will all experience the
same as I experienced in 1992 and most
of you will return to ‘SA’ in 2022 for another Cricket World Cup. It’s time now for
all of you to enjoy every minute and look
back on this trip as the best time of your
lifes. I am sure you will all benefit from it!
Smits catching Tendulkar during CWC 2003
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Two captains on a strip:
Tonny Staal & Hidde Overdijk
An interview by JACOB-JAN
ESMEIJER
T
hey are sworn friends, they are
classmates, they even made their
maiden century on the same day in
2011 and they love sending Tweets and
playing a game of FIFA on any console.
No wonder the nicknames Knabbel and
Babbel (the Dutch version of Chip and
Dale) were given to them… But there is
a huge responsibility for the captain and
vice captain ahead when they lead the 13man squad both on and off the Capetonian
cricket fields. “Fun, everlasting friendship
and playing some proper cricket are our
team objectives.”
It will be a massive experience in their
early years as HCC cricket players to be
away from home to play the best game in
the world. Under totally different circumstances, that is. “In Holland, we’re used
to play on artificial strips. It’s a different
game than playing on turf”, says captain
Staal (15). “Not all Dutch clubs have
turf wickets. But when we play on grass,
batsmen will play of the front foot most
of the times. That will be a different story
in Cape Town where fierce bowling and
rock hard strips will tell us that the game
is a different league in a country where
cricket is one of the main sports. A great
challenge for the entire team facing some
genuine pace under a blistering sun! Our
cricket can only improve in the two weeks
of cricket that’s ahead of us.”
Vice captain Overdijk, also 15 years of
age, adds: “We are very united team.
We know each other through and
Tonny
Hidde
through. Not only during the soccer
season we see each other a lot, but also
in our free time we catch up and enjoy
each other’s company. Our strengths are
definitely the good atmosphere and the
will to win. We aim to win every match
we play and we have all the artillery
to do so. But playing school and club
teams in South Africa will be a real tough
challenge. They play cricket as soon as
they’re able to walk, and in Holland it’s
the soccer ball that’s dominant. It’s going
to be a test of character as well: how
will our bowlers reply when a batsman
takes him on? Or when a batsman scores
less runs then he is used to? At these
moments, a captain a vice captain should
help teammates out and motivate them.
Therefore, the tour will then be more
than ‘just’ cricket.”
proper pacers as Floris de Lange and
Douwe Schoemaker. As a spinner, Folkert
Beerens has put a lot of effort in his
bowling and has had a great season!
Daniel Trijzelaar, Pieter de Buck, Hidde
and I hope to be able to contribute with
the bat. Laurens Jan Lagas is very experienced with the gloves. But also to other
players will do the talking with either
bat or ball. I prefer to bat first when we
win the toss, but it also depends on the
weather and the strip we’ll play on.”
“We became Holland’s U15 champions last year, which was the icing on
our cricketing cake”, Tonny adds. “But
playing a local Dutch team or a South
African club team is a huge difference.
We do have a well-balanced side with
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It goes without saying that ‘Knabbel &
Babbel’ as well as the rest of the touring squad are counting the days before
they finally jump on that plane to South
Africa. Tonny: “It’s going to be a massive
experience, and I think that I can speak
for all my team mates that we feel very
privileged being part of this tour. I hope
it will make us realize that not everything
in life is as logical as it seems. We hope
that with the special Zuid Afrika Sport
container project, we’ve been able to do
something back for our fellow sporting
friends in the Cape region.”
Operation Croissant a huge success
WHAT A FRENCH ROLL CAN DO TO YOUR CRICKET…
A
t the beginning of last season, the
current U16 team came together
and went through various topics
that would bring them the title at the
end of the 2011 season. What are your
personal objectives? Want do you want to
achieve? How does for example nutritious
food contribute to your performances?
Or are you happy by going through the
motions and make it a mediocre season?
In other words: do you want to be some
half-baked bread, or a genuine ‘croissant’
(in French, la croissance means growth)?
The French roll became the metaphor for
the season.
The players did everything they could in
order to make things happen. Winter trainings were well visited, they worked hard
and the hunger for the red leather grew by
the day. HCC club coach Rasheed Lewis
was impressed when he arrived in Holland.
“I don’t know, but they’re definitely something different about this team. They’re
organized, punctual and hungry… Great to
see.” The result at the end of the national
competition was the silverware, as the
front cove of this magazine shows you!
And successes should be celebrated with
everyone. That’s why all players got a tin of
croissant dough to bake their parents some
tasty croissants on a Sunday morning. In
the end, the parents have been of great
value to their son’s achieved successes.
And to make sure all players did prepare
za French rolls, a photo was a compulsory
proof (…or it never took place).
Operation Croissant was a success. Mission
accomplished.
Daniël Trijzelaar
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Player profiles
Tonny ‘Babbel’ Staal (c)
RHB and RH leg spin
Favourite players:
Alistair Cook & AB de Villiers
Facebook friends: 500+
Looking forward to in SA:
Playing on turf
Lucas ‘Luc’ Boissevain
RHB and RH medium
Favourite players:
Stuart Broad & Jacques Kallis
Facebook friends: 250+
Looking forward to in SA:
Playing on South African fields
Hidde ‘Knabbel’ Overdijk (vc)
RHB and RH medium
Favourite players:
Kevin Pietersen & AB de Villiers
Facebook friends: 250+
Looking forward to in SA:
Everything!
Folkert ‘Beertje’ Beerens
RHB and RH off spin
Favourite players:
Shahid Afridi & Jacques Kallis
Hyves friends: 300+
Looking forward to in SA:
Playing against fellow SA cricketers
Floris ‘Duuf’ Duvekot
RHB and RH medium
Daniël ‘Daantje’ Trijzelaar
RHB and RH leg spin
Favourite players:
Paul Collingwood & AB de Villiers
Facebook friends: 250+
Looking forward to in SA:
Being there with HCC team mates
Favourite players:
Eion Morgan & AB de Villiers
Facebook friends: 150+
Looking forward to in SA:
Seeing the ‘Big Five’
Axel ‘Ekkie’ Wind
LHB and RH medium pace
‘Gouwe’ Douwe Schoemaker
RHB and RH medium pace
Floris ‘Shaggy’ de Lange
LHB and LH medium fast
Favourite players:
Robin Pietersen & Jonathan Trott
Facebook friends: 275+
Looking forward to in SA:
The voyage, weather and cricket
Favourite players:
Stuart Broad & Stephan Myburgh
Facebook friends: 400+
Looking forward to in SA:
Playing against quality opponents
Favourite players:
Mitchell Johnson & AB de Villiers
Facebook friends: 450+
Looking forward to in SA:
Playing under different conditions
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Standing (from left to right): Harry Sheahan, Laurens-Jan Lagas (wk), Lucas Boisse
Seated (from left to right): Floris de Lange, Axel Wind, Douwe
evain, Floris Duvekot, Volkert van der Gun, Hidde Overdijk (vc) and Pieter de Buck
Schoemaker, Tonny Staal (c), Daniël Trijzelaar and Folkert Beerens
Player profiles & staff
Volkert ‘Volkie’ van der Gun
RHB and RH medium pace
Harry ‘Potter’ Sheahan
RHB and RH medium pace
Pieter ‘Piet’ de Buck
LHB and LH medium fast
Favourite players:
Shahid Afridi & Herschelle Gibbs
Facebook friends: 350+
Looking forward to in SA:
Getting to know South Africans
Favourite players:
Alistair Cook & Hashin Amla
Facebook friends: 300+
Looking forward to in SA:
Charity activities & sight seeing
Favourite players:
Kevin Pietersen & Jacques Kallis
Facebook friends: 200+
Looking forward to in SA:
Donating our collected equipment!
Laurens-Jan ‘LJ’ Lagas
RHB and wicket keeper
Peter Entrop
Fred Staal
Favourite players:
Slinga Malinga & Stephan Myburgh
Facebook friends: 150+
Looking forward to in SA:
Engaging with a new culture
HCC I appereances: 343
Most memorable cricket moment:
A six on the last ball
Favorite Afrikaner word:
Paalkiewagter
HVV I appearances: 25
Most memorable cricket moment:
HCC I national champions in 2008
Favorite Afrikaner word:
Krieket
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer
Bernard Loots
Bart Kuiperi
HCC I appearances: 117 (15 T20)
Most memorable cricket moment:
Winning the ICC Trophy in 2001
Favorite Afrikaner word:
Hoofpynpoeier
HCC I appearances: 79 (26 T20)
Most memorable cricket moment:
Playing SA during CWC 2011
Favorite Afrikaner word:
Verkleurmannetjie
HCC I appearances: 14 (7 T20)
Most memorable cricket moment:
Eng vs Nth during T20 WC 2009
Favorite Afrikaner word:
Grondboontjieboter
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Sports clothing deserve a second life!
A REPORT BY ROD LYALL, EDITOR WITH CRICKETEUROPE
There was a party atmosphere at De Diepput on Tuesday afternoon 14 June 2011 as
the combined sports club Koninklijke HC&VV launched its ‘Zuid Afrika Sport’ campaign towards the 2012 cricket tour to South Africa.
The formal inauguration was followed by
coaching sessions for the youth players,
led by New Zealand overseas pro Dean
Brownlie, Dutch international Tom de
Grooth, and by HCC’s South African
contingent, Stephan Myburgh.
Fred Staal is very clear about the pressing
need for sports clothing and equipment in
South Africa. The massive economic and
social inequalities, which existed under
apartheid, cannot be eliminated within
one generation, and huge numbers of
children have limited opportunities to take
part in organised sport.
The aim of the initiative is to fill a container
with surplus sports equipment and to
send it to South Africa to be used by lessprivileged children there. The campaign
is linked to the U16 cricket tour to South
Africa, which will take place at the same
time that the container is due to arrive.
Enlivened by the presence of a samba band
and an enthusiastic bunch of HCC’s junior
cricketers, the launch included HCC and
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former Dutch international captain Jeroen
Smits bowling a ball into the empty container. This was followed by a football, kicked
by former HVV star Derick Mekking.
Smits also presented the chairman of
the appeal committee, Fred Staal, with a
unique and evocative item, the shirt he
wore as he led the Netherlands to their
remarkable victory over England at Lord’s
in the 2010 World Twenty20 tournament.
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“The idea is that our youth players themselves take the initiative in this project,”
Staal says, “with the assistance of their
parents where necessary. In that way,
we aim not only to help young people in
South Africa, but also to raise the social
awareness of our members.”
Staal hopes that other clubs will join in
the appeal by donating clothing and
equipment for a range of sports. That
includes just about anything apart from
Alpine skiing, although he does not rule
out water skis.
The container, donated by sponsors Van
Weelde Shipping, will be housed at De
Diepput in the coming months, and will
be open for donations between 16:00 and
17:00 every Friday. Staal’s son Tonny is
captain of the touring side that will, it is
hoped, hand over the materiel from the
container in South Africa next year. The
tour will be his first experience of cricket
outside Europe, although he has been on
Dutch Lions tours to England.
“I know it will be very different, and a real
challenge. The weather and the playing
conditions will be different, and the
approach of our South African opponents
will be different as well. Playing on turf
pitches will be a novelty in itself, and
we’ll learn a lot about the South African
approach to the game, and about how it
feels to play in a country where cricket is a
majority sport.”
The HCC side will play against school
teams in various parts of the country,
and the programme will include a match
against a national development squad,
which may well prove to be their most
testing challenge.
tional side, warming up for the World Cup
qualifier, ran a coaching session at the
township of Khayalitsha, near Cape Town,
and HCC’s own exchange programme,
launched last year, had as one of its goals
the provision of opportunities for young
South African cricketers to gain experience
in Europe.
But this campaign is something different,
and the Den Haag club and its sponsors
deserve full support from the Dutch
cricketing community.
Dutch teams have been involved in social
programmes in the past: the 2009 na-
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The Royal Hague Cricket Club:
a brief history
Established in 1878, it was HCC that took the initiative five years later in forming the
Nederlandsche Cricket Bond (Dutch Cricket Association). By this time, the club had
already pioneered international cricket - 22 of HCC taking on an Uxbridge XI in 1881 but losing by an innings and 48 runs.
T
he club won the first-ever national tournament in August
1884 retaining their title the following year and again in
1886. These early matches were played on the Malieveld
(near The Hague Central Station) but in 1898 the club moved to
De Diepput, the complex in the Van Hogenhoucklaan which it has
shared with HVV, its footballing sister-club, ever since. The ground
was rented at first, but was purchased outright by the club in 1947.
HCC did not take part in the inaugural season of the Dutch league
in 1891, but joined the following year, finishing third. They won
for the first time in 1895, and from about 1910 onwards they
were without question the dominant team in the competition,
winning twelve championships in eighteen years (including
five in a row between 1919 and 1923). The club was so strong
that from 1925, the Second XI was also a regular participant of
the top division, taking the title for the first time in 1928 and
retaining it the following year. Key players in the years leading up
to World War II included Tonnie de Beus, Auk Schill, Willem van
den Bosch, Jan Koeleman and Leen Sodderland.
The club remained strong after the Second World War, and
between them the first and second teams won twelve national
titles in the fourteen years between 1955 and 1968, missing out only in 1962 and 1965. The mainstays of these sides
included wicketkeeper-batsman Rob Colthoff, Peter van Arkel,
Loutje de Villeneuve, Ernst Vriens and Koos van Staaij. Through
much of this period, HCC regularly provided the nucleus of the
Dutch national side.
Photo: Daan Rhijnsburger
HCC 2 in 1973, the club was much less dominant than it had
been up to the 1970s, despite the presence in the side of internationals like Auke Smits and Peter Entrop. The Second XI dropped
down to the Tweede Klasse, and for the first time in the club’s
history, HCC 1 joined them in 1993. After two seasons, however,
HCC returned to the top flight under the leadership of Jeroen
Smits, and in 2008 the club claimed its first national title for more
than twenty years, crowning the feat by completing the double
of championship and Twenty20 Cup. In that winning team, (former) Dutch internationals like Feiko Kloppenburg, Bernard Loots,
Jacob-Jan Esmeijer, Tom de Grooth, Mark Jonkman and Stephan
Myburgh played a contributing role.
Gradually, though, the balance shifted. And although there were
further successes for HCC 1 in 1972, 1976 and 1985 and for
Great names have represented HCC in the past such as Gary
Kirsten (current SA coach), Chris Pringle (NZ), Simon Doull (NZ),
Neil McKenzie (South Africa, Highveld Lions and Hampshire
CCC), Johann Myburgh (Nothern Titans, Hampshire CCC), Chris
Nevin (NZ) and Dean Brownlie (NZ Twenty20).
national champions 1884
national champions 2008
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Die konneksie met Holland
T
he Dutch relation to South Africa commenced in 1652,
when Jan van Riebeeck arrived in Table Bay with his
three ships: De Reiger, De Drommedaris and De Goede
Hoop. His mission was to establish a supply station on behalf of
the Dutch East India Company (the ‘Verenigde Oost-Indische
Company’, shortened to VOC), where fresh produce was to be
cultivated to supply the ships passing through.
Originally, the VOC did not intend to establish a colony at the
Cape, but it committed itself when it gave nine Company servants
their freedom in 1657 to establish private farms in the Rondebosch
area below the eastern slopes of Table Mountain. This was done in
an attempt to combat a wheat shortage at the time.
When Simon van der Stel became the new governor in 1679,
around twenty settlers were granted land beyond the dunes in the
area that is today known as Stellenbosch. The population at the
Cape grew even larger as the granting of property to private citizens encouraged the immigration of women to the area and servants and seamen were recruited from the hinterlands of Europe.
During the early years of the Dutch occupation, the focus was
primarily on agriculture. With the growth of the population,
more and more people started cultivating agricultural products,
which, before long, resulted in a surplus of products such as
wine, wheat and vegetables. This overproduction of agricultural
products forced the free citizens to explore other avenues, such
as stock farming.
Soon the stock farmers began to move deeper into the interior
in their search for better grazing. Young men married and set
up their own farms and the resultant large families caused the
number of stock farmers to increase rapidly. The lack of sufficient
space for proper stock farming prompted the farmers to pack
their possessions into their ox wagons and move deeper into the
interior. The migrant farmer – the Trekboer – was born.
Until 1750, there was nothing to prevent the Trekboers from
advancing into the interior. There was plenty of water in the
interior and they employed Khoi people to tend to the cattle.
However, the VOC became worried about the Trekboers moving
so far because it became difficult to exercise any authority over
them. In order to maintain its authority, the VOC was forced to
follow in their tracks. This constant moving also resulted in the
VOC having to continually change the boundaries of the eastern
frontier of the colony. Eventually, in 1778, the Great Fish River
became the eastern frontier.
Apart from an intriguing three-century history, the Dutch influence in South Africa can nowadays still be experienced in various
ways. Not only areas with their Cape Dutch architecture, cities
with typical names such as Dordrecht and Middelburg but also
Afrikaner words such as boontjie (‘boon’, bean), hysbakkie (‘lift’,
elevator) and apteek (‘apotheek’, pharmacy) indirectly derive
from the Dutch influence that started 360 years ago.
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Tour itinerary South Africa 2012
Wednesday 22 February
Sunday 26 February
Friday 2 March
Departure Schiphol Airport
Arrival at Cape Town Airport &
Shuttle to Nine Oaks (Paarl)
Cape Cobras vs Dolphins (Boland)
Masterchef Competition
Township Tour
Match Dinner: Masterchef Final
Monday 27 February
Saturday 3 March
Depart for Durbanville
Match vs Durbanville High School (35)
Clifton Beach activities
Hiking Table Mountain
Tour-end dinner, quiz and awards
Thursday 23 February
Net session at Paarl Boys High
Action cricket
Team meeting and a SA braai!
Friday 24 February
Drakenstein Lion Park
Match vs Paarl Boys High School (35)
Soccer match: Ajax CT vs Santos
Saturday 25 February
Depart for Durbanville Cricket Club
Twenty20 match vs
Western Cape Development Team
Super Rugby: Stormers vs Hurricans
Tuesday 28 February
Hout Bay, Lunch & Chapman’s Peak
Match (35)
Players sleep at opposition families
Wednesday 29 February
Visit Cheetah Farm &
Lunch at Spier Estate
Match vs Paul Roos Gymnasium (35)
Players placed with local families
Thursday 1 March
Visit to Robben Island
Additional cultural activities
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Sunday 4 March
Depart for Crystal Pools
Newlands Cricket Stadium:
T20 Cobras vs Titans
Depart for Cape Town Airport
Monday 5 March
Arrival at Schiphol Airport
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