(Story by Marco Stoovelaar)
 Amsterdam Pirates chosen as Sports Team of the Year
Nederlands
 AMSTERDAM (Neth.) -
The baseball-team of L&D Amsterdam Pirates has been chosen Sports Team of the Year during the annual Sports Elections Nieuw-West on Thursday-evening (February 2).
Sports Team of the Year was one of eight categories during the event, which is organized by Amsterdam Nieuw-West, one of the boroughs of Amsterdam.
Amsterdam Nieuw-West is the borough that comprises the most western neighborhoods and was created in 2010 after a merger of the former boroughs Osdorp, Geuzenveld-Slotermeer and Slotervaart.
The home site of baseball- and softball-club Amsterdam Pirates is located in Osdorp.
The winners were announced on Thursday-evening in the Time Out Café, which is located at the Sportcentrum Ookmeer.
The Sports Advice Committee of the Nieuw-West borough selected the nominees for the proposed candidates.
Tjerk Vellinga, the Chairman of the Sports Committee, opened the awards-evening.
Amsterdam Pirates was represented by Head Coach Charles Urbanus, player Linoy Croes and boardmember Onno Peer.
The eight categories were Sports Talent Male, Sports Talent Female, Sports Volunteers, Sports Coach, Sports Team Youth, Sports Team Seniors, Sports Female Athlete and Sports Male Athlete of the Year.
L&D Amsterdam Pirates was one of four teams nominated for Sports Team of the Year 2016 in the seniors-category.
The others were Amsterdam Crusaders (American Football), GTV De Badhoeve (rhythmic gymnastics) and De Dolfijn Combo (synchronized swimming).
Last year, the baseball-team of Amsterdam Pirates captured the European Champions Cup in Italy for the first time in club-history.
In the ECC-Final, Amsterdam won 5-4 in ten innings in a 4-hour thriller against Pirati dei Rimini (Italy).
Despite several injuries, Pirates also reached the Holland Series, the Championship Final for the national baseball-title.
In the best-of-seven Championship Final, Amsterdam lost in six games to Curaçao Neptunus (4-2).
(February 2)
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