Richa Michelbeke
Encyclopedia
Volley Richa Michelbeke is a Belgian
volleyball
team from Michelbeke
(Brakel
).
The club was founded in 1966 and joined the official Belgian leagues one year later. Richa's first chairman was Belgian politician
Herman De Croo
. 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 playoffs.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
team from Michelbeke
Michelbeke
Michelbeke is a village in the municipality of Brakel. It is located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the province of East-Flanders, Belgium...
(Brakel
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, the municipality has comprised the villages of Nederbrakel,...
).
The club was founded in 1966 and joined the official Belgian leagues one year later. Richa's first chairman was Belgian politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
Herman De Croo
Herman De Croo
Herman Francies Joseph De Croo is a Belgian liberal politician. He is a member of the Open VLD. He is the father of current Open VLD chairman Alexander De Croo....
. 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 playoffs.
2011-12 squad
- CoachCoach (sport)In sports, a coach is an individual involved in the direction, instruction and training of the operations of a sports team or of individual sportspeople.-Staff:...
:
Rutwin Willems
# Nat. Name 1 Paulien Neyt 3 Ellen Verheyden 4 Evelien Roosens 5 
Nastija Donica 7 Freja De Middeleer 9 Deborah Christiaens 10 Sandrine Cloquet 11 Ilse Lambrechts 12 Amber Vanhaecke 13 Ines Sylverans 15 Cathy Desmedt