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Indoor Soccer World Cup Tournament dates changed again..
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In de Cultuurpagina
Piter Wilkins of Friesland has extended his Canadian Tour to Cornwall
Piter Wilkins of Friesland, the Netherlands, has extended his Canadian Tour to Cornwall, Prince Edward Island at the invitation of De Muurkrant and Holland Food Imports.
His show will be held in the Howard Johnson Dutch Inn, in Cornwall, PEI on Thursday evening October 30 at 8 PM, and will consist of Friesian, Dutch and English songs, and also a cultural story telling about Friesland. This is a two hour show.
Tickets are $ 15.00 when you call ahead to Aukje Annema at 902-621-0021 ( she will hold the tickets for you.)
Tickets will be $ 20.00 at the door at the Howard Johnson Dutch Inn.
for more info see the "cultuur page"
Gerry Blom
New Ambassador Wim Geerts
Karel de Beer handed over his duties to the new ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Canada today. The new ambassador is Wim Geerts, who will actually officially be ambassador after the Governor General of Canada accepts his credentials on September 15th. Ambassador Geerts is married and has two children and will live in the Dutch residence in Rockcliffe (Ottawa).
Hans Moor
General Hillier Decorated
Press release, Embassy of the kingdom of the Netherlands, Ottawa, Canada
23 June 2008
OTTAWA—Today, General Rick Hillier, Canada’s Chief of the Defense Staff (CDS) was bestowed the decoration of “Commander in the Order of Orange Nassau” by Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands. In the presence of H.H. Prince Floris of The Netherlands and Princess Aimeé, his spouse, H.E. Karel de Beer, Ambassador of the Netherlands to Canada presented this award at a ceremony at the Department of National Defense headquarters in Ottawa.
In attendance were, Deputy Minister of National Defense, Robert Fonberg, Lieutenant-General Walt Natynczyk (CDS Designate), officials from DND and the Netherlands Embassy in Ottawa, as well as Mrs. Hillier and other close relatives.
In his speech Ambassador de Beer stressed that General Hillier has played a pivotal role in bilateral cooperation. He has been particularly instrumental in the joint International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations in Southern Afghanistan.
General Rick Hillier Canada and The Netherlands share a common vision and Approach to peace building in the world, as demonstrated by the close cooperation in the Balkans then and in Afghanistan now. “We are partners of choice” said the Ambassador during the awardceremony, while thanking General Hillier for the many positive and creative contributions to Dutch Canadian relations, which have helped to strengthen the bonds between both countries. The decoration expresses the appreciation of the Dutch for General Hillier’s strong commitment to shared values.
Picture left: decoration event at the Department of National Defense with Anna Rijk, Dutch Consul in Ottawa and Mrs. Hillier.
For more information: Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands: Anna Rijk: 613 237 5031 ext 231 or Rosemieke van de Meerendonk: 613 237 5031 ext 225 Email: anna.rijk@minbuza.nl or OTT-PCZ@minbuza.nl
Euro 2008
The Dutch were not the favorites going into these games, but the LION roared and won their very first tournament game June 9 by beating the Italians with 3 unanswered goals.
The Dutch displayed enormous ball control, and took every opportunity that came their way which resulted in a 3-0 victory over the Italians. HUP HOLLAND HUP. Up to the next game friday June 13 against France.
See you at the games either in Fredericton,NB, Halifax, NS or Cornwall, PEI.(For a viewing of the games with Dutch Soccer Fans close to you, check the information list in the sport section.
foto's Prince Edward Island Foto's Nova Scotia
Gerry Blom
The making of the Dutch Connection soccer team in the Maritimes.
In the spring of 2007, an indoor soccer tournament for people age 35 and over was held in the Halifax/Dartmouth region of Nova Scotia. The teams that participated were construed of people from about 8 different cultural backgrounds, such as the English, Lebanese, Scots and German etc.
However, no Dutch team participated or had been even formed at that time. One of the organising committee members of this tournament, a vivid soccer player and Dutchman himself, Harry Soontiens, wanted to change that.
As more and more Dutch people in the Maritimes who are into soccer found out about it, thru postings on De Muurkrant (a media for Dutch oriented Maritimers) and the Dutch Truck, there became a desire to start up a Dutch Maritime Soccer Team, in order to participate in the tournament that is slated for April 12 and 13, 2008 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
As there is a fee for the tournament, De Muurkrant decided to sponsor that part of the costs for the team. Our first scrimmage was held in Fredericton, NB in January 2008.
Plans for a team name started to float around, and the name we have taken on for this maritime soccer team is: Dutch Connection. A development for a logo for the team was put forward by one of the players, (who also is connected to a local Fredericton company that sells and prints soccer shirts) and the idea of having our own team shirts with the Dutch Connection logo on it was born.
We approached the Amsterdam Inn, with motels in Quispamsis, Sussex, Fredericton and Moncton, New Brunswick and we are very pleased that the Amsterdam Inn motel chain became our sponsor of the team’s Dutch Connection soccer shirts.
The NB Dutch Treat organisation of New Brunswick is sponsoring water bottles for the players and other incidentals. Dutch Treat NB is a New Brunswick organisation for Dutch speaking immigrants and helps new immigrants with a speedy integration into the local Canadian culture.
Dutch Connection soccer fans now can order and buy Dutch Connection orange T-shirts for $ 17.50 HST/GST included. Please allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. Click here to download the orderform, print it out and send it together with or money order to 95 Burpee Street, Fredericton, NB E3A 1M3. Please do net forget to state the size (s) of your shirts needed, small, medium, large or extra large.
Gerry Blom
We blijven werken aan De Muurkrant in 2007
De site is opnieuw ontworpen en de Engelse vertaling is half af
Maar: Zoals u ziet is de web site nog lang niet vol en alleen met uw hulp kunnen we deze website tot een succes maken. blijf alstublieft uw bijdragen sturen naar Gerry Blom, E-mail: gerry@de-muurkant.com of Rob de Koter, E-mail: rob@de-muurkrant.com
Voor alle duidelijkheid
De muurkrant is een vrijwilligers project. Alle opbrengsten van de Muurkrant komen ten goede aan de Nederlandse clubs in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia en Prince Edward Island.
Gerry Blom,
Rob de Koter