The Kraaien hockey ladies can use all the support on Sunday in Purmerend, where they will defend their leading position. That support comes from an unexpected source. Furthermore, there are many Zaanse sports teams that want to look up. The volleyball players of VV Zaanstad men 1 have only known what winning is since last week, KZ wants to get the first points and Rugby Zaandijk is also trying to find its way up.
This is the sports agenda for the coming weekend.
Saturday November 23
Badminton
The Swish players travel to Almere and De Shuttle from Wormer goes to Heiloo.
| Competition | Time | |
| 2nd division division 3 | Almere 3 – Swish | 19.00 |
| 4th division dept 9 | Match point | Sunday |
| 5th division dept 9 | Vennewater 4 – The Shuttle | 19.00 |
Basketball
The Zaandam basketball players of Windmills take on a tough opponent in Hoorn with their sights on edge. The Hoppers are at the top of the league.
| Competition | Time | |
| 3rd Division | De Hoppers – Windmills | 20.00 |
Korfball
Last week, KZ started the Korfball League at home with a loss of points against Fortuna from Delft. The first points must be secured against Unitas, which lost the first match at LDODK.
Zaandam Zuid is the only Zaanse team that plays in its own sports hall this week.
| Competition | Time | |
| Korfbal League | Unitas – KZ | 19.30 |
| Korfbal League 2 | Mid Fryslân – Green Yellow | Sunday |
| 1st class E | Haarlem – KVZ ’23 | 18.00 |
| 2nd class D | Apollo – Fury | 17.00 |
| DTS – Roda Westzaan | 16.40 | |
| 3e klasse H | OKV | Free |
| Zaandam South – Ados | 12.20 |
Volley-ball
After their first victory of the season last week, the Zaanstad men are 6th. The number two Peelpush is coming to De Koog.
After last week’s loss, Compaen’s men want to get full points again. In Nijmegen, the Oostzaners want to be the gadfly that causes Pegasus to crash.
It is a full volleyball day in De Koog because the ladies 1 and ladies 2 of Zaanstad also play at home. Those from Compaen are heading towards Utrecht.
| Competition | Time | |
| Super division | Merkala Zaanstad – Peelpush | 20.00 |
| Men’s Top Division B | Pegasus – Compaen | 16.15 |
| First division ladies B | Merkala Zaanstad – Trivos | 17.00 |
| Second division ladies D | VV Utrecht 3 – Compaen | 16.00 |
| Merkala Zaanstad 2 – US (3) | 20.30 |
Water polo
In the Eredivisie water polo there are only matches for men. De Zaan and de Ham play away.
| Competition | Time | |
| Men’s Premier League | ZPC Amersfoort – ZV de Zaan | 19.00 |
| MNC Dordrecht – ZV de Ham | 19.30 |
Sunday November 24th
Badminton
Matchpoint from Koog aan de Zaan plays in Topsportcentrum de Koog. Hoog Karspel comes to visit with the second team.
| Competition | Time | |
| 4th division dept 9 | Match point – Hoog Karspel (2) | 10.00 |
Handball
While the men of HV Zaanstreek can rest for a week, the ladies play in De Koog against US. Last week they lost, but the two games before that they did score points.
| Competition | Time | |
| 2nd division men’s hall | HV Zaanstreek | FREE |
| 2nd class ladies room | HV Zaanstreek – US | 12.10 |
Hockey
The Kraaien ladies play the last match before the winter break in Purmerend. They are in the lead with three points over number two and Purmerend is 4th. All support is therefore welcome to become ‘autumn champion’. That’s why it’s nice that the gentlemen also play in Purmerend. That last game in the reserve competition is more than a nice addition to their encouragement along the line.
| Competition | Time | |
| Reserve comp. Gentlemen | Purmerend 3 – Crows | 14.45 |
| 4e klasse dames | Purmerend – Crows | 12.30 |
Korfball
As an exception, Groen Geel plays the third match of the season on Sunday afternoon. This will have to do with the travel distance to Grou. The home team won the first two matches of the season. Groen Geel drew against TOP in Sassenheim and lost at home to Fiks from Oegstgeest last week. Groen Geel coach Mady Tims is a guest this week in the Warming Up on the Orkaan podcast.
| Competition | Time | |
| Korfbal League 2 | Mid Fryslân – Green Yellow | 14.30 |
Rugby
With three games to go, number seven of the Zaandijk Rugby competition wants to find its way back to the top. In Driebergen-Rijsenburg they will compete against number nine, The Pink Panthers.
| Competition | Time | |
| 2nd class north (H) | The Pink Panthers – Zaandijk Rugby | 15.00 |
By: Edwin Kleiss. Photo above: Tjerk Laan (Compaen men 1 – Katwijk on November 9, 2024.
