They did it final 12 months. And this season too, the Cartouche needed to preserve themselves within the Promotion Class via play-outs. That labored – even when it was with heels. After two attracts in opposition to Ring Go, shoot-outs have been decisive on Sunday afternoon. One by which Cartouche keeper Ole Dorscheidt was topped a hero.
As a result of within the shoot-out sequence, Dorscheidt stopped all 4 Delft makes an attempt. No diving or heroic pursuits have been required. Simply watching and ready turned out to be sufficient to unnerve the Ring Go gamers. With nearly playful ease, Dorscheidt both grabbed the ball or noticed how his opponent pushed it huge of the aim. Cartouche additionally noticed two of the 4 shoot-outs reversed, however they won’t fear about that in Voorburg.
Martijn van Grimbergen has skilled the whole lot as a participant, together with the nationwide championship, with Bloemendaal in 2021 because the spotlight. The veteran can now be admired for 2 seasons within the inexperienced and white of Cartouche ; the membership the place he lives across the nook. After the thrilling denouement, with a smile from ear to ear and nonetheless filled with adrenaline, he gave all of the credit score for saving his life to Dorscheidt.
‘Ole is a younger goalkeeper. Solely twenty years. He actually doesn’t cease all of them throughout coaching, however he did phenomenally. He didn’t chew, however saved ready for the appropriate second. This made them insecure. It’s actually due to him that we are going to even be taking part in within the Promotion Class subsequent season.’
Ole Dorscheidt and Martijn van Grimbergen have a good time the enforcement. Photograph: Willem Vernes
Potential battle of curiosity
It was additionally hanging that it was not Robbert Groeneveld who coached Cartouche, however Jorge Nolte. Nolte was coach of Leiden Dames 1 this season and mixed that with a place as technical director at Cartouche.
Van Grimbergen: ‘When it grew to become identified that we have been going to play play-outs, Robbert left the employees. The explanation was that Roomburg (the opposite quantity two within the Promotion Class, ed.) grew to become our potential opponent. He’ll coach that crew subsequent season. Fortuitously, Jorge was capable of step in. That was fairly a change. With him issues have modified in a constructive means. Above all, extra was requested of us. We’ve educated actually laborious in current weeks. Not that we haven’t finished that earlier than, but it surely was totally different.’
Van Grimbergen might sense that there was greater than a sensible cause behind the teaching change. The veteran didn’t wish to say extra about it. ‘Lots has occurred within the second half of the season. I favor to maintain what that’s throughout the crew. Let me simply say that we did a fantastic job with this younger crew this weekend. We got here again from behind on each Saturday and Sunday. It was on the sting, however we gained these play-outs primarily based on character. I’m very pleased with that.’
Social gathering at Cartouche. Photograph: Willem Vernes
By character
Cartouche didn’t begin the match in opposition to Ring Go on Sunday afternoon in any respect. Whereas the Delft gamers have been very efficient in profiting from alternatives and scoring two out of two penalty corners, Cartouche had problem getting via. It wasn’t the followers’ fault. Tons of of Cartouchigans had traveled to Delft to cheer their males to enforcement.
“The primary half was mediocre from us,” Van Grimbergen analyzed. ‘We gave away silly corners and so they used them properly. We modified just a few issues at halftime. Consequently, we took issues into our personal fingers within the second half. In fact yesterday’s match was additionally within the playing cards. Ring Go even performed 4 video games in 9 days. There was subsequently extra space within the final quarters. Till the top. Then issues received particularly messy as neither crew needed to lose. And also you see that matches in opposition to the highest from the ‘Overgangsklasse’ are merely powerful video games. I’m all of the extra happy that we lastly received it over the road.’
Cartouche was not given the enforcement totally free. Photograph: Willem Vernes
In any case, Van Grimbergen is aware of that he’ll proceed. ‘That’s completely sure now that we have now stayed in it. However in any other case I feel I’d have continued. We’ve a fantastic, younger crew and I nonetheless get loads of pleasure from hockey. However I don’t want any extra of those sorts of thrilling matches. Subsequent season we’ll make sure that we preserve ourselves instantly.’