Main class: Oranje-Rood beats Bloemendaal at home, win ladies Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal – Orange-Red 3-4
Partly thanks to a hat trick from Scottish marksman Struan Walker, the Oranje-Rood took the three points from Bloemendaal. With the victory over ‘t Kopje, the Eindhoven team ended a series of three games in which they drew. It was the tenth league match in a row without a defeat for the Oranje-Rood, equaling the club record from 2023-2024.

Bloemendaal started the matches excellently. In the eighteenth minute, Arno van Dessel opened the score with his first goal of the season. Barely two minutes later it was scored again, when Zach Wallace scored the 2-0. It was also his first goal of the season for him. The home team seemed to be on a roll, but Bob de Voogd, who scored his 96th goal in the Tulp Hoofdklasse, brought the Oranje-Rood back into the game before half time: 2-1.

After the break, a turnaround took place that hurt Bloemendaal. Walker equalized in the third quarter and scored two more goals in the final quarter, putting the Oranje-Rood at 2-4. The Scot now has eleven goals. Floris Wortelboer made it 3-4, but that was all for Bloemendaal, which was also eliminated in the eighth finals of the EHL last week.

The defeat meant the first home defeat against Oranje-Rood ever The Sparrowswho also saw an end to a series of fifteen unbeaten matches against the Eindhoven team.