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(Story by Marco Stoovelaar; Photo by Jerry de Cloe)
 The Hawks wins Ringvaart Tournament
Nederlands
 HEEMSTEDE (Neth.) -
Mampaey The Hawks has won the Ringvaart Tournament, organized by RCH-Pinguïns in Heemstede.
...RCH-Pinguïns Chairman Chris de Vries (right)...
...hands out the trophies to the teams...
(© Photo: Jerry de Cloe) |
On Day 2 of the event (Sunday, April 5), Storks opened with a 5-1 win vs. RCH-Pinguïns.
This set up the game between The Hawks and Onze Gezellen, which would be decisive to determine the two finalists.
With a win, Onze Gezellen would become a finalist, while The Hawks would end up in a tie with Storks.
But as that game ended in a tie on Saturday, the tournament-rules had to bring a decision on who would become the second finalist.
In case of a tie, The Hawks would be a finalist and then Onze Gezellen would end in a tie with Storks.
This would give an easier solution, as Onze Gezellen had won their game against Storks on Saturday and therefore would be the second finalist.
So, there were two scenarios in favor of Onze Gezellen.
But there also was a third scenario.
When The Hawks would win against Onze Gezellen, this team would be left emty-handed, as the finalists then would be the Hawks and Storks.
It would even led to Onze Gezellen finishing in fourth place, as it had lost on Saturday to RCH-Pinguïns, which then would finish in third place in the preliminary round.
And that is what happened, as The Hawks won 7-1 to qualify for the final.
In the game for third and fourth place, RCH-Pinguïns won 4-1 vs. Onze Gezellen.
The Hawks then shutout Storks 5-0 in the final to win the tournament.
After completion of the tournament, the awards were handed out by Chris de Vries, chairman of RCH-Pinguïns.
,,It is not polite when a club wins its own tournament, so we didn't'', De Vries jokingly stated in his remarks.
Final Standings
1. Mampaey The Hawks, 2. Storks, 3. RCH-Pinguïns, 4. Onze Gezellen.
(April 5)
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Onze Gezellen vs. Mampaey The Hawks
The Hawks began the second day with a 7-1 win vs. Onze Gezellen to secure first place in the preliminary round and reach the final of the tournament.
After leaving the bases loaded in the first inning, The Hawks trailed 1-0 moments later.
With one out, Ted Koehorst walked and moved to third base on a single by Jelle Kroft.
He then scored when Kroft was forced out on a grounder by Raymond Rutte.
In the top of the second at bat, The Hawks answered with two runs.
Chris Williams led off with a walk, then the bases got loaded when Julian Goins and Wijnand Ruben both singled.
Next, Odion Gouverneur doubled to bring in two runs to put The Hawks ahead.
The Hawks added its third run in the fifth inning.
With one out, Gino Hersilia walked and Steven Wharwood singled.
A force play-grounder by Kevin van Veen followed, but then Hersilia scored on a wild pitch moments later.
A 4-run rally (all unearned) followed in the sixth inning.
With one out, Julian Goins reached on an error and Wijnand Ruben walked.
A single by Odion Gouverneur then brought in a run and the bases got loaded when Stephen Henson also reached on an error.
Gino Hersilia then connected for a runscoring single.
With two outs, two more runs were scored when Kevin van Veen doubled.
The runs in this at bat were not counted in the official final score, as they were scored in a non-complete inning.
According to tournament-rules, only complete innings counted for the official scores.
The games were limited to one hour and 45 minutes.
A new inning would not start after one-and-a-half-hour of play and a game would end when the limit of 1:45 had been reached.
Jeldwin Orman went the distance for The Hawks.
After giving up the run in the first inning, he gave up a lead-off single to Mitchell Walgien in the second inning.
That would be the last hit Orman allowed in this game.
| Onze Gezellen - Mampaey The Hawks 1-7 (5½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Mampaey The Hawks | 020 | 014 | | - | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| Onze Gezellen | 100 | 00X | | - | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| pitcher The Hawks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jeldwin Orman, W (2-0) | 5 | 5 | 3/td> | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| pitchers Onze Gezellen | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jelle Kroft, L | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Ted Koehorst | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
Umpires: HP-Peter de Haan, 1B-Leffert Meijer.
Scorer-Jerry de Cloe (The Hawks).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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Mampaey The Hawks vs. Storks
The finale between The Hawks and Storks remained scoreless in the first three innings.
And it was Storks that came closest to opening the score in this period.
The team got its first two batters on base in the opening at bat when Quinlan de Windt walked and Gino Gill was hit by a pitch.
The two moved on a sacrifice bunt by Frans Richardson, but then stranded.
In the third inning, the two again got in scoring position.
De Windt and Gill now began the inning with a single and again advanced on sac-bunt by Richardson.
But this time, a double play ended the at bat.
The Hawks was retired in order in the first inning by former big league-pitcher Jurrian Koks, who threw for Amsterdam Pirates in the previous seasons.
The righthander began with two strikeouts.
In the second inning, he gave up a lead-off double to Steven Wharwood, but he was then thrown out at third base when he tried to stretch it into a triple.
Next, Julian Goins singled.
With two outs, Brian Raap also singled, but then Koks closed with another strikeout.
Koks then retired the side again in the third inning, but The Hawks then rallied for five runs on five hits in the fourth inning.
Gino Hersilia led off with a walk and advanced on a failed pick-off.
He then scored on a double by Steven Wharwood.
A single by Julian Goins moved Wharwood's pinch-runner Kevin van Veen to third base and he then scored on a following single by Tim Roodenburg.
After a passed ball had accounted for the third run in the inning, Chris Williams and Louie Sienders followed with runscoring singles to make it 5-0.
| Mampaey The Hawks - Storks 5-0 (4½ inn.) |
| R | H | E |
| Storks | 000 | 00 | | - | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Mampaey The Hawks | 000 | 5X | | - | 5 | 8 | 1 |
| pitcher Storks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Jurrian Koks, L | 4 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| pitchers The Hawks | inn. | SO | BB | H | R | ER |
| Quinn Tramm, W (2-0) | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | - | - |
| Kevin van Veen | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Umpires: HP-Leffert Meijer, 1B-Peter de Haan.
Scorer-Jerry de Cloe (The Hawks).
Time-0:00 hr. |
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