Volley Richa Michelbeke is a

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Michelbeke Michelbeke is a village in the municipality of Brakel, Belgium. It is located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. It was itself a municipality until the fusion of the m ...

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Brakel Brakel () is a municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek and the Flemish Ardennes. The name is derived from a Carolingian villa ''Braglo'' first mentioned in 866 and located in the center of Opbrakel. Since 1970, t ...

). The club was founded in 1966 and joined the official Belgian leagues one year later. Richa's first chairman was Belgian

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Herman De Croo Herman Francies Joseph De Croo (born 12 August 1937) is a Belgian politician of the Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats. First elected in March 1968, he is the longest serving Belgian member of parliament, serving uninterrupted until 2014. He is ...

. Their women's compartiment was only established six years later, in 1973. They achieved promotion to the highest level of Belgian volleyball for the first time in 2004. Their highest league position ever achieved is 4th, in the 2008-09 season. However, their final ranking was 6th, after the season's

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2011-12 squad

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: Rutwin Willems : Assistant-Coach: Astrid Strobbe :

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: Emmy De Langhe : Kine: Marjan Himpe : Kine: Heleen Van Damme

2012-13 squad

: Nico De Clercq : Assistant-Coach Scout: Tom Claes : Kine: Heleen Van Damme : Kine: Fabiaan De Couvreur

External links

Official site
Belgian volleyball clubs Brakel {{volleyball-team-stub