{"id":70246,"date":"2017-04-24T13:45:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T11:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/2017\/04\/24\/gio-mag-altijd-komen-kijken\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:22:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:22:46","slug":"gio-mag-altijd-komen-kijken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2017\/04\/24\/gio-mag-altijd-komen-kijken\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Giovanni van Bronckhorst is always welcome to come and have a look\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Een doelpunt voor Rotterdam Jaguars<\/span><\/p>

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Field lines drawn with flour and lightning fast runs behind the goal \u2013 this is lacrosse at its best. The Rotterdam Jaguars ladies\u2019 team showed off just these skills last Sunday, beating league No. 3 Tilburg Lacrosse with 16-7 at the Woudestein Sports Complex.<\/p>\n

The LadyJags\u2019 phenomenal 6-1 goal in the first half was characteristic of their style. After the students retrieved the ball on their own half of the pitch, they scored a goal following a rapid-fire run and a perfect long pass.<\/p>\n

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Naomi van der Vuurst in actie<\/span><\/p>

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\u2018Hockey and basketball\u2019<\/h3>

According to the Jaguars\u2019 coach and player, Naomi van der Vuurst (21, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences), this is what distinguishes lacrosse from other sports: speed. She describes the sport as, among other things, \u201ca mixture of hockey and basketball\u201d. The objective is for players, armed with sticks with mesh nets attached to them, to throw a hard rubber ball, which is roughly the same size as a tennis ball, into their opponents\u2019 goal.<\/p>\n

The LadyJags were the best at this game last Sunday, despite the fact that several of their players were absent due to sickness. After getting off to a rough start, during which Tilburg\u2019s goalie frequently got in their way, the Jags took a five-goal lead.<\/p>\n

Immediately after the break Tilburg scored a goal for 8-4. The team\u2019s fans briefly fantasised about a comeback, but Rotterdam never gave up its significant lead. After a sixty-minute game, the final score was 16-7.<\/p>\n

Gio<\/h3>

The moment the game was over, twenty Rotterdam fans started singing songs about winning the league. However, the ladies\u2019 team is currently ranked second, trailing Delft by one point, with three matches still to be played. If they come second, they will be entitled to contest the play-offs, which will determine whom will be promoted to lacrosse\u2019s top league. The students are not yet sure they will transfer to the First Division if they win the play-offs. \u201cThe gap between the two leagues is quite significant,\u201d said Van der Vuurst. \u201cBut we will go above and beyond to win the league.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Jaguars received some welcome publicity in January, when Feyenoord manager Giovanni van Bronckhorst\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that his son Joshua wanted to join the club. \u201cHe is always welcome to come and have a look, but so far we haven\u2019t seen him,\u201d said Van der Vuurst. For the time being, \u201cGio\u201d is probably too busy preparing for Feyenoord\u2019s impending Premiership title celebration.<\/p>\n\n\t

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