Author: Jesse

Verlies creƫert een mooi nieuw startpunt voor JB1

Na een goede start van het seizoen werden de heren van Albatros JB1 ontvangen in Huizen door Prima Donna Kaas Huizen JB2. Na een vroege binnenkomst hadden de spelers genoeg tijd om even goed warm te spelen en in te slaan voor ze eindelijk mochten beginnen met de wedstrijd.

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JB1 serveert Alvoco JB1 het veld uit!

Na een wat slopend voorgaand seizoen ging JB1 vandaag toch eindelijk ook weer volleyballen in de competitie. Na lang niet echt te hebben gespeeld door corona had JB1 er weer zin in. Na de nieuwe coach Jesse ontmoet te hebben en snel wat dingetjes door te hebben genomen kon de eerste wedstrijd van het seizoen van start.

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Promotion at last!

As H4 was unwilling to end the season during the game against De Spuyt, the albatross were two short games away from that sweet, sweet place in the 3rd class. The men played against the men of KVA H3 and H4, but with two of our best players injured and our super setter Tim absent, the moral was a bit down. Smash verder!

Battle for the title

The Wethouder Verheijhal was being overwhelmed by the massive audience that came to watch the championship match. The game that was being played was the most important one of season, De Spuyt H3 v Albatros H4. Smash verder!

Heren 4: Best match of the season?

It was ā€œUvO eveningā€ in the Verheijhal, as nearly every field was occupied with a UvO team, some even won the championship and there were happy faces all around. Albatros Heren 4 was also present that evening. The next game on the schedule was against H2 of UvO. Smash verder!

Concentration inevitably was key to victory

Nieuwe manier van uitdekken. ? #albavolley

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With the 3-1 victory from last game under their belt, Heren 4 was feeling really confident and happy. Our next match against the men of US shouldnā€™t be a problem, or so we thought. Secret weapon Tim had returned from holiday and was eager to play despite his knee injury. Even with Tim back, the team had a smaller roster than usual. On top of the small roster, some players decided to be late and thus the warming up was short, sloppy and divided, and a peculiar start to the set it wasā€¦ Smash verder!

Video: Heren 4 battles nemesis De Spuyt Heren 3

The long awaited game had finally arrived. Since both teams are battling for the top position of the table, this match proved to be entertaining. After a lousy start of the first set, the men of Albatros were not able to regain a lead, which led to a score of (20-25) in favour of De Spuyt. Smash verder!