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Okke Te Velde
Okke Sikko te Velde (born 12 August 1966 in Haarlemmermeer) is a Dutch former basketball player. He played several Dutch and Belgian teams, as well for the Netherlands national team. From 1984 to 1997, te Velde played for Canadians. From 1987 to 1993, he played six seasons with Den Helder and won four Eredivisie titles. In the 1993–94 season, he trained with Okapi Aalstar but was unable to play as the team had to await the Bosman ruling. From 1994, he played two season with Goba Gorinchem. From 1996 to 1998, Te Velde played in Belgium again for Bree. He returned to Den Helder for his final season. Personal Okke has six brothers and four sisters. His brother Jos played in the Eredivisie as well. Te Velde has a son Jens, who played professional basketball for The Hague Royals in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL). From 2019 to 2021, he was the technical director of Basketball Nederland Basketball Netherlands ( nl, Basketbal Nederland) is the governing body of basketball in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haarlemmermeer
Haarlemmermeer () is a municipality in the west of the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Haarlemmermeer is a polder, consisting of land reclaimed from water. The name Haarlemmermeer means ' Haarlem's lake', referring to the body of water from which the region was reclaimed in the 19th century. Haarlemmermeer's main town is Hoofddorp, which has a population of 76,660. Hoofddorp, along with the rapidly growing towns of Nieuw-Vennep and Badhoevedorp, are part of the Randstad agglomeration. The main international airport of the Netherlands, Schiphol, is located in Haarlemmermeer. History The original Haarlemmermeer lake is said to have been mostly a peat bog, a relic of a northern arm of the Rhine which passed through the district in Roman times. In 1531, the original Haarlemmermeer had an area of , and near it were three smaller lakes: the Leidsche Meer (Leiden Lake), the Spiering Meer, and the Oude Meer (Old Lake), with a combined area of about . The four lakes were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bree B , a ...
Bree may refer to: Places * Bree, Belgium, a municipality * Brée, a commune in the Mayenne department in France * Bree, County Wexford, Ireland, a village * Maasbree, Netherlands, a town formerly called Bree * Breede River, also known as the Breë River, Western Cape Province, South Africa People and fictional characters * Bree (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, nickname or surname * Bree Olson, stage name of American pornographic actress Rachel Oberlin (born 1986) Other uses * Bree (Middle-earth), a fictional village in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth * Bree BBC, a professional basketball team from Belgium See also * Brie (other) * Brianna (other) * Breeing Screaming is an extended vocal technique that is popular in "aggressive" music genres such as heavy metal, punk rock, and noise music and others. It is common in the more extreme subgenres of heavy metal, such as death and black metal as wel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goba Gorinchem Players
Goba ( Oromo: ', Amharic: ጎባ) is a town and separate woreda located in the Bale Zone of the Oromia Region, Ethiopia approximately 446 km southeast of Addis Ababa, this city has a latitude and longitude of and an elevation of 2,743 meters above sea level. The town is known for its Wednesday market and for honey, basketry and cotton shawl making; Bale National Park is 10 km to the southwest. A few kilometers outside of Goba are the remains of an old rock church. Goba shares Robe Airport (ICAO code HAGB, IATA GOB) with neighbouring Robe. Ethiopian Airlines has a scheduled flight four times a week connecting Goba to the capital Addis Ababa and to the southern city Arba Minch. History Arnold Weinholt Hodson visited Goba while he was the British resident in southern Ethiopia (1914-1923), briefly describing it as a "large garrison town." Goba was the capital of the former Bale Province, until the province was abolished with the adoption of the new constitution in 1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians Basketball Players
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Okapi Aalstar Players
The okapi (; ''Okapia johnstoni''), also known as the forest giraffe, Congolese giraffe, or zebra giraffe, is an artiodactyl mammal that is endemic to the northeast Democratic Republic of the Congo in central Africa. It is the only species in the genus ''Okapia''. Although the okapi has striped markings reminiscent of zebras, it is most closely related to the giraffe. The okapi and the giraffe are the only living members of the family Giraffidae. The okapi stands about tall at the shoulder and has a typical body length around . Its weight ranges from . It has a long neck, and large, flexible ears. Its coat is a chocolate to reddish brown, much in contrast with the white horizontal stripes and rings on the legs, and white ankles. Male okapis have short, distinct horn-like protuberances on their heads called ossicones, less than in length. Females possess hair whorls, and ossicones are absent. Okapis are primarily diurnal, but may be active for a few hours in darkness. They ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bree BBC Players
Bree may refer to: Places * Bree, Belgium, a municipality * Brée, a commune in the Mayenne department in France * Bree, County Wexford, Ireland, a village * Maasbree, Netherlands, a town formerly called Bree * Breede River, also known as the Breë River, Western Cape Province, South Africa People and fictional characters * Bree (name), a list of people and fictional characters with the given name, nickname or surname * Bree Olson, stage name of American pornographic actress Rachel Oberlin (born 1986) Other uses * Bree (Middle-earth), a fictional village in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth * Bree BBC, a professional basketball team from Belgium See also * Brie (other) * Brianna (other) Breanna, Breanne, Briana, Briána, Brianna, Brianne may refer to: People *Brianna, a feminine given name * Brianna Perry, American rapper who also performs under the mononym Brianna. Fictional people ;Breanna * Breanna Barnes (One on One characte ... * Breeing, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BV Den Helder Players
BV, B.V., Bv, bV, or bv may refer to: In arts and entertainment * Backing vocal, in music, a vocal harmony with the lead vocalist provided by one or more backing vocalists * Busoni-Verzeichnis, a catalogue of compositions by Ferruccio Busoni Companies and organizations * Beaulieu Vineyard, a Napa Valley winery * ''Besloten vennootschap'', a type of Dutch private limited liability company. Dutch for "private company", similar to the American concept of a limited liability company. * Bicycle Victoria, an Australian bicycle advocacy organisation * Black & Veatch, a U.S.-based engineering, consulting and construction company * Blue Panorama Airlines (IATA airline designator) * Bottega Veneta, a manufacturer of luxury leather goods * Bureau Veritas, a testing, inspection, and certification company (stock symbol BV) Science and medicine Biology and medicine * Bacterial vaginosis, the most common cause of vaginal infection * Belch Vocalizations, the most common form of intra-group com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guards (basketball)
Guard or guards may refer to: Professional occupations * Bodyguard, who protects an individual from personal assault * Crossing guard, who stops traffic so pedestrians can cross the street * Lifeguard, who rescues people from drowning * Prison guard, who supervises prisoners in a prison or jail * Security guard, who protects property, assets, or people * Conductor (rail) § Train guard, in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, and India Computing and telecommunications * Guard (computer science), in programming language, an expression that directs program execution * Guard (information security), a device for controlling communication between computer networks * Guard interval, intervals in transmission, used in telecommunications * Aircraft emergency frequency, commonly referred to as "guard" Governmental and military * Border guard, a state security agency * Coast guard, responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue * Colour guard, a detachment of soldiers assigned to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Men's Basketball Players
Dutch commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands * Dutch people () * Dutch language () Dutch may also refer to: Places * Dutch, West Virginia, a community in the United States * Pennsylvania Dutch Country People Ethnic groups * Germanic peoples, the original meaning of the term ''Dutch'' in English ** Pennsylvania Dutch, a group of early Germanic immigrants to Pennsylvania *Dutch people, the Germanic group native to the Netherlands Specific people * Dutch (nickname), a list of people * Johnny Dutch (born 1989), American hurdler * Dutch Schultz (1902–1935), American mobster born Arthur Simon Flegenheimer * Dutch Mantel, ring name of American retired professional wrestler Wayne Maurice Keown (born 1949) * Dutch Savage, ring name of professional wrestler and promoter Frank Stewart (1935–2013) Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional characters * Dutch (''Black Lagoon''), an African-American character from the Japanese manga and anime ''Black L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basketball Nederland
Basketball Netherlands ( nl, Basketbal Nederland) is the governing body of basketball in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1947, and are headquartered in Nieuwegein. Basketball Nederland operates the Netherlands men's national team and Netherlands women's national team. They organise national competitions in the Netherlands, for both the men's and women's senior teams, as well as the youth national basketball teams. The top professional league in the Netherlands is the BNXT League. History Foundation (1947) The Dutch Basketball Association ( nl, Nederlandse Basketball Bond, ''NBB'') was founded on 15 July 1947. After World War II in which the Dutch were conquered by the Nazis it began a priority to build governing bodies for their national sports. Even much so that the Netherlands started a basketball federation before basketball power United States. Which didn't establish their own federation until the 1970s. Early years (1947–1961) At the beginning, the NBB started with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Basketball League
The Dutch Basketball League (DBL), formerly the Eredivisie, was the highest professional basketball league in the Netherlands, run by the Federatie Eredivisie Basketball (FEB). Since 2021, the league has been replaced by the Belgian-Dutch BNXT League. The league had a closed system: to participate, a team has to have enough money and potential. The league began in 1960 as the ''Eredivisie'' and was organized by the NBB and later the FEB. In 1977 the league introduced play-offs. As of 2019, the Dutch Basketball League consists of ten teams and plays under the FIBA rules. History 2010s Starting with the 2010–11 season, the Eredivisie changed its name to the Dutch Basketball League, shortly the DBL. The beginning of the 2010s saw Donar and ZZ Leiden emerge as top teams in the Netherlands. Donar won five titles, including three straight (2015-2018). The decade also saw clubs disappear due to financial problems, with Amsterdam in 2011, West-Brabant Giants in 2011, Magixx in 2014. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hague Royals
The The Hague Royals are a Dutch basketball club based in The Hague. Established in 2020, the team played in the highest level of basketball in the Netherlands for two seasons. Home games are played in the Sportcampus Zuiderpark, which has a capacity of 3,500 people. History Before the establishment of the Royals, the last time a professional basketball team played at the highest level was C3 Cobra's the 2000–01 season. In May 2020, The Hague Royals announced its plans to play in the Dutch Basketball League (DBL) starting from the 2020–21 season. The name Royals comes from the reputation of The Hague as the ''Hofstad'', where the Dutch royal family is seated. On 20 June 2020, Bert Samson was announced as the first head coach of the Royals. On 10 August, the Royals signed Sam van Dijk as its first player ever. On 27 August, the DBL granted the club a license for the 2020–21 season. On 3 October, the Royals played their first ever DBL game, losing away against Aris Leeuward ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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