VBC Zandhoven
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Volleybalclub Zandhoven is a Belgian
women's volleyball
club based in Zandhoven
.
The women's A squad played in Honour Divisie between 2007 and 2011. Their first season was surprisingly quite successful, with a place in the sub top as a result. However, due to the financially stronger top clubs, and under the influence of the Flemish
volleyball school in Vilvoorde
, Zandhoven saw quite some players leave to Asterix Kieldrecht
and VDK Gent
. The loss of quality also showed last season, when a final 8th place was reached.
VBC Zandhoven were obliged to relegate from Honour Divisie at the end of the 2010-11 season after the national volleyball association saw Zandhoven's sport hall unfit for further top volleyball, as no improvements were planned in the near future. Zandhoven decided to continue with their B team in Second Division, the fourth level.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
women's volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
club based in Zandhoven
Zandhoven
Zandhoven is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Massenhoven, Pulderbos, Pulle, Viersel and Zandhoven proper. On January 1, 2006, Zandhoven had a population of 12,286...
.
The women's A squad played in Honour Divisie between 2007 and 2011. Their first season was surprisingly quite successful, with a place in the sub top as a result. However, due to the financially stronger top clubs, and under the influence of the Flemish
Flanders
Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
volleyball school in Vilvoorde
Vilvoorde
Vilvoorde is a Belgian municipality in the Flemish province of Flemish Brabant. The municipality comprises the city of Vilvoorde proper with its two outlying quarters of Koningslo and Houtem and the small town of Peutie...
, Zandhoven saw quite some players leave to Asterix Kieldrecht
Asterix Kieldrecht
Damesvolleybalclub Asterix Kieldrecht is a Belgian women's volleyball club based in Kieldrecht .The team was founded in 1969. By the end of the 1980s, the team climbed to the highest level of women's volleyball in Belgium...
and VDK Gent
VDK Gent Dames
VDK Gent Damesvolleybalteam is a volleyball team from Ghent, Belgium.VDK Gent-Heusden was founded in 1990, after a merger between VDK Wondelgem, Nova Smash Sint-Amandsberg and VBK Heusden. The new club had men's and women's teams. In 1993, White Star Sint-Amandsberg and VOM Gentbrugge joined, and...
. The loss of quality also showed last season, when a final 8th place was reached.
VBC Zandhoven were obliged to relegate from Honour Divisie at the end of the 2010-11 season after the national volleyball association saw Zandhoven's sport hall unfit for further top volleyball, as no improvements were planned in the near future. Zandhoven decided to continue with their B team in Second Division, the fourth level.
2011-12 2nd Division squad
- CoachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
:
Heidi Van Peer
# Nat. Name 2 Lien De Busser 3 Lieselot Verhaert 4 Melissia Smet 5 Lana Mees 6 Amelie Van Hoof 7 Elise Van Hoof 8 Gitte Van Aerden 9 Marie Stoelen 10 Jana Janssens 13 Linde van Aerschot # Jolien Jacobien