Ratingen Goose Necks
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Ratingen Goose-Necks founded in 1986 |
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| Full name |
| 1. Baseball and Softball Club Ratingen Goose-Necks 1986 eV |
| Nickname (s) |
| Goose necks |
| Club colors |
| green white |
| league |
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| Ball park (s) |
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News Hermanns Field |
| president |
| Painted Kuklan |
| Members |
| 220 ( 2011 ) |
| Website : www.goose-necks.de |
The Ratingen Goose-Necks Baseball & Softball Club 1986 eV , also Goose Necks, is one of the oldest baseball clubs in Germany. The first men's team of in Ratingen -based teams played in 1993 for the first time in the Bundesliga the DBV . In addition to the successful men's baseball department, the club also has a youth and softball department.
Teams
The following teams play for the Goose Necks:
- Men 1: 2nd Bundesliga North
- Men 2: Association League NRW
- Women: Softball Association League NRW
- Juniors: national league
- Youth: Landesliga
- Student: Tee-Ball League
- Goose Pops (Fun Softball): Ruhr Fun League
Ball park
The Goose-Necks play their home games at New Hermann's Field, which was built in 2000 in Kahlenbergsweg in Ratingen-Breitscheid. The ball park consists of a total of two playing areas. There is space for around 200 spectators on the main field.
Successes (selection)
baseball
- 2010 promotion to 2nd Bundesliga baseball
- 2006 promotion to 2nd Bundesliga baseball & promotion to association league NRW
- 2003 3rd place in the German Youth Championship
- 2000 4th place German championship pupils
- 2000 Master of the Association League students
- 1999 District League Baseball Champion
- 1997 4th place German championship pupils
- 1997 Master student association league
- 1997 Promotion to 1st Bundesliga baseball
- 1993 Promotion to 2nd Bundesliga baseball
- 1988 Promotion of Association League Baseball
Softball
- 2010 Promotion to Bundesliga softball
- 2009 resumption of association league softball
- 1996 Promotion of Association League Softball
History in short
1986–1991 Game operations on the Brehminsel in Essen-Werden
- Developed from a bet in the upper school at Theodor-Heuss Gymnasium in Essen-Kettwig
- Founded on October 9, 1986 as "1st Essen Baseball Club Essen Goose-Necks"
- First league game on May 3, 1987 against the Krefeld Crocodiles.
1992–1998 Game operations on Hermannsfield between Essen-Werden and Essen-Kettwig
- 1993–1997 games in the second Bundesliga
- 1998–1999 games in the first Bundesliga
2000-today games at New Hermann's Field in Ratingen-Breitscheid
- 2000–2003 games in the association league
- 2004–2006 play in the regional league
- 2007–2008 play in the 2nd Bundesliga North
- 2009–2010 play in the regional league
- From 2011, play in the 2nd Bundesliga North and the Softball Bundesliga North
Coaching staff
- Malte Kuklan (youth)
- Martin Beckmann (2nd men)
- Malte Kuklan (1st gentlemen)
- Martin Osterloh / Chris König (ladies softball)
- Marlies Boll / Peter Milde (student tea ball)
- Felix von der Heide (Juniors)
- Yvonne Koehler (Goose-Pops)
Board
- 1st chairman: Malte Kuklan
- 2nd chairman: Yvonne Köhler
- Managing director: Thorsten Wilk
- Treasurer: Ralf Spelter
- Sports manager: Andreas Danielzick
- Youth manager: Bianca Spelter