About us
The Hockey Department
In our team you will find people with almost all the field hockey medals you can win. From Olympic gold and silver to European silver and World Champion, Dutch, Spanish, Belgium and UK League winners, just to name some.
Because of this knowledge and a great international field hockey network, we create your tailor-made Field Hockey Tour, Tournament and Training Camp for every level and age, all over the world. If you play in a team, as an individual or at a school, we will give you the best International Field Hockey Experience you wish for.
Our Field Hockey Team:
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Sander van der Weide
is general director and founder of The Hockey Department.
Sander played no less than 275 times for the Dutch National Field Hockey Team and represented his country at 3 Olympic Games (Sydney, Athens and Beijing). He won a golden Olympic and World Cup medal and played club competition in The Netherlands for the Clubs Amsterdam and HC Den Bosch in Holland and in India and Spain, with four national titles.
From 2004 till 2009 Sander played for Real Club de Polo in Barcelona in Spain, where he founded The Hockey Department in 2007.
Sander can be reached at
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Gijs Hardeman
Gijs is our representative in Africa and together with The Hockey Department organises field hockey trips from and to Africa.
Gijs drove in 2010 with the Orange Trophy to the World Cup soccer in South Africa. This impressive journey of 22.000 kilometres was the start of a long term relationship with the continent.
For the KNHB he spent six months in Zambia, from where he founded the Hockey Dreams Foundation. Nowadays they can be found in Zambia, Malawi, Uganda, Zimbabwe and South Africa.
Gijs can be reached at africa@thehockeydepartment.com
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Natascha Homburg
is responsible for the administrative and financial part of The Hockey Department.
She likes sailing, golf and skiing, in short, a sporty person. This is also the reason she likes to work at The Hockey Department.
Natascha can be reached at finance@thehockeydepartment.com
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