Nummerdor and Schuil strike gold in Aalsmeer
Aalsmeer, Netherlands, January 26, 2012 - Home duo Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil claimed gold at the second edition of the CEV indoor Satellite at “The Beach” in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands on January 15 after edging Poland’s Michal Kadziola and Jakub Szalankiewicz in the final 21-13, 21-17.
It didn’t take long for the three-time European champions to assert their supremacy in the final, despite the eagerness of the young Polish pair as they easily took the opening set. From there it was a simple win for the duo, with Nummerdor successfully defending the title he won in 2011 with then partner Jon Stiekema.
The battle for bronze was a tense affair with Swiss duo Patrick Heuscher and Jefferson Bellaguarda eventually gaining the upper hand against Dutch rising stars Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen. The home tandem punished their Swiss counterparts in the opening set 21-18 but Heuscher and Bellaguarda bounced back in the second 21-16 to take the match to a tie break where Heuscher made the difference by taking the score from 10-all to 13-10 with his floating serve and killing blocks. By then the final result was all but a formality as the pair clinched a 15-13 win to take the bronze medal.
The VISADE Women’s Invitational – an exhibition tournament which ran alongside the Satellite – saw Madelein Meppelink and Sophie van Gestel clinching a 21-17, 21-17 win over compatriots Merel Mooren and Jantine van der Vlist, while Dutch stars Sanne Keizer and Marleen van Iersel – winners of two stops on last year’s FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour – took bronze after edging Belgium’s Liesbeth Mouha and Katrin Gielen 16-21, 21-12, 15-12).
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It didn’t take long for the three-time European champions to assert their supremacy in the final, despite the eagerness of the young Polish pair as they easily took the opening set. From there it was a simple win for the duo, with Nummerdor successfully defending the title he won in 2011 with then partner Jon Stiekema.
The battle for bronze was a tense affair with Swiss duo Patrick Heuscher and Jefferson Bellaguarda eventually gaining the upper hand against Dutch rising stars Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen. The home tandem punished their Swiss counterparts in the opening set 21-18 but Heuscher and Bellaguarda bounced back in the second 21-16 to take the match to a tie break where Heuscher made the difference by taking the score from 10-all to 13-10 with his floating serve and killing blocks. By then the final result was all but a formality as the pair clinched a 15-13 win to take the bronze medal.
The VISADE Women’s Invitational – an exhibition tournament which ran alongside the Satellite – saw Madelein Meppelink and Sophie van Gestel clinching a 21-17, 21-17 win over compatriots Merel Mooren and Jantine van der Vlist, while Dutch stars Sanne Keizer and Marleen van Iersel – winners of two stops on last year’s FIVB Beach Volleyball SWATCH World Tour – took bronze after edging Belgium’s Liesbeth Mouha and Katrin Gielen 16-21, 21-12, 15-12).
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