Match results
About Braxgata HC
Braxgata are making their EHL debut having finished as runners-up in the Belgian championship last season, looking forward to a debut date with Club de Campo de Madrid.
It is their fourth European campaign since 2018 having won gold twice at Club Challenge I level and then taking bronze in 2021 in Trophy I in Lille. As such, there is plenty of Euro club knowledge in a variety of formats.
Their team welcomed three new arrivals last summer including Irish twins Michelle and Niamh Carey who previously played with Railway Union. Indeed, it is something of a family affair for them – their mother Una McCarthy is the coach of their former club who are also in Den Bosch for the EHL FINALS.
The hugely experienced Louise Versavel returns to the club after a spell in the Hoofdklasse with Tilburg. She joins a number of Red Panthers like goalkeeper Elena Stogiu, Judith Vandermeiren, Lien Hillewaert, Camille Belis and Stephanie Vanden Borre (who played in the EHL with Gantoise).
Adding to the cosmopolitan nature of the team, Sanne Caarls was part of the USA side who played in the Olympics last year.
Coach Darran Bisley took the reins last summer and he also has EHL know-how, helping Herakles’ men reach the FINAL4 in 2018. The EHL, though, will be his last act at the club as he will move immediately to link up with the Australian women’s team staff with Xavier Reckinger coming in to take on the role for the rest of the season.
Czechia’s Katarina Lacina is named in the panel after her Indoor World Cup heroics, winning bronze.
EHL History
Debut season
The team
LACINA Katerina
VANDAM Lena
DE JONGE Roos
CAREY Michelle
IKEGWUONU Shaunda
VANDERMEIREN Judith
HILLEWAERT Lien
CAREY Niamh
VERSAVEL Louise
REYNAERT Anna
CAARLS Sanne
VAN DIEREN Lyne
HILLEWAERT Lore
VERLINDEN Helle
DEWAET Louise
VANDEN BORRE Stephanie
BELIS Camille
SCHEERS Sofie
DE BACKER Marie
VRONINKS Pheline
PESSINA Ivanna
VERLINDEN Doris
NICOLAS Pauline