The brand-new clubhouse of the Eindhoven hockey club Oranje-Rood will be festively opened this weekend. There will be a spectacular opening act on Saturday afternoon around 4.30pm.

The largest clubhouse of the Netherlands? No, this is not what the new accommodation of fusion club Oranje-Rood is. “We aren’t the country’s largest club either. But with our 2500 members we do belong in the top three”, Frans van Duivenboden says. The president of Oranje-Rood likes to take people on a tour through the new complex, which is already called ‘the ship’ because of its outward appearance. “So it’s not the largest clubhouse. But it’s definitely the coolest”, he repeatedly says.

Stand
And the president could be right. If only because of its enormous bar, its splendid view on both sides over the eight hockey fields that used to be belong to EMHC and Oranje Zwart, and its stand with 1600 seats. The club house will be festively opened this weekend, a week before the competition starts. The president promises that there will be a ‘spectacular opening act’ with a lot of noise, fire, and light on Saturday afternoon from around 4.30pm. Members as well as former members and other interested parties are welcome. Tomorrow there will be – among other things – a tournament for teams consisting of family and friends.

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