The Bears is a Dutch organization that was founded in 1977 by a group of enthusiastic hockey players. All with a similar interest namely; to play hockey and to meet as many interesting people as possible.

Those people came together and decided to form a group that would play hockey outside to normal Dutch club hockey competition. This team has now been going from tournament to tournament and from club to club for more than 30 years.

Originally the majority of the members came from the west of the Netherlands. Most of the founding members were also member of the hockey club Hurley in Amsterdam. During the years many new members came and also many left again, which resulted in a mix of members from all over the country, especially in the regions of Amsterdam, Utrecht, The Hague and Eindhoven. The renewal of the Bears members is what we call the search for the people with the true Bears spirit. During all those years since 1977, the Bears have played all over Europe. The Bears have visited the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Germany, England, Italy and even Kenya.

A number of years ago, at our twentieth anniversary, we organized an international tournament where we invited many of the teams we played against in the past years. Many of our old friends showed up and we do believe everybody enjoyed it very much. Some pictures of that tournament can be found in the Gallery section of this site.

Every fifth anniversary we organized an international tournament where we invited many of the teams we played against in the past years. Many of our old friends showed up and we do believe that everybody enjoyed it very much every time. Some pictures of those tournaments can be found in the Gallery section of this site. Our ‘fifth anniversary’ tournaments were at HC Haarlem in 1987, at HC Push in Breda in 1997 and at EMHC in Eindhoven in 2002 and 2007.

Although hockey is main business, we do sometimes play other sports: cricket, skating, squash, golf, skiing and leisure sports: sailing and survival trips. Because socializing is also possible during non-sporting events The Bears organize their annual meeting and every second Saturday of the year their New Year social.

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17 oktober 2008, Frank en Eva trouwen, feliciteren vanaf 17 uur Oncle Jean, adres weggelaten. Alle Bears zijn uitgenodigd.
7 november 2008, Hélène wordt 50.
15 november 2008, Hélène viert haar 50ste verjaardag. Ze spaart voor een nieuwe golfset!
10 januari 2009, Nieuwjaars borrel op de Glaszhorst (organisatie Martel en Guy). Voor de die hards van vrijdag 9 t/m zondag 11 januari.
Woensdag 14 januari t/m zondag 18 januari 2009, skiën (organisatie Lennard). Al aangemeld hebben zich Lennard en Heleen, Hélène, Monique, Martel.
11, 12 en 13 april 2009, Pasen: toernooi Cambrai (organisatie Coco)
15 mei 2009, Victor en Rinda gaan trouwen.
27 mei 2009, Peter wordt 50.
30 mei, 31 mei en 1 juni 2009, Pinksteren, Bears Event op de Glaszhorst (organisatie Martel en Guy en ?)
20 en 21 juni 2009, zeilen (organisatie Hélène)
22 en 23 augustus 2009, Noordzeetoernooi (organisatie Coco)
26 september 2009, ledenvergadering op de boot van Lennard (organisatie Lennard)
Onbekend: golftoernooi (organisatie Monique)

Beste Bears,

We staan ingeschreven voor het Noordzee toernooi van Groen Geel op 22 en 23 augustus. Inmiddels hebben de volgende mensen toegezegd mee te doen:

Onno, Guy en Anouk, Lennard en Heleen (zondag), Jeroen en Mirjam, Eva, Kees Kuijt (zondag), Anton (zaterdag) 

Opnieuw worden we versterkt door de familie Swellengrebel:

Niek Swellengrebel, Albertine Swellengrebel, Maurits Swellengrebel, Christiaan Swellengrebel, Lucas Judge.

In ieder geval zijn de volgende Bears er niet bij:

Enno, Bart, Martel, Frank, Elisabeth, Roeland, Hélène, Monique

Laat je wat van je horen, als je hierboven nog niet genoemd bent?

Groet,

Martel