Category: Red Wolves

CENTER BACKS OF RED WOLVES

Today is already the third and final day for the Red Wolves in Poland. Tonight they play against Poland.  After Morocco and Iran, this will be a real test for the Red Wolves.

Today we introduce the Centre backs to you starting with Arber Qerimi who is all the way back.  Qerimi has grinta and never gives up. He is the type of player you would rather not play against. Bartosz Kedziora, in turn, is an opposite of Qerimi. The Eupen player is calm but no less ambitious. Robbe Spooren is part of the new young and promising generation like Braun, Kotters, Sera’s, Brixhe and Vanhove. In his team Pelt, “Under the umbrella of internationally well respected Bartoz Könitz,” he manage to take successfully the Center back position of a top BENE-League team. Consequently, he caught the eye of Yérime Sylla. Finally, there is Tom Robyns. Tom is one of the pivotal figures of the Red Wolves. As captain, he takes the Red Wolves in tow and drags them through everything. Tom has been a professional in France for several years and currently plays at Saran Loiret HB.

BELGIUM 30 – 28 MOROCCO

The Red Wolves successfully completed their first preparation match ahead of the World Cup on Wednesday night. Belgium beat Morocco 30 – 28. Halfway through the first half it was 8 – 6 in favour of the Belgians but then ten lesser minutes followed, Morocco came on and went into the break with a small lead. Halfway through the game, it was 12 – 16.

In a better second half, the Belgians reversed their deficit and were able to distance themselves at the end from Morocco who were not as strong physically as the Red Wolves. Yérime Sylla gave each Red Wolve the necessary playing minutes. Nick Braun was voted MVP.

On Thursday, the Belgians play Iran who lost 32 – 26 to Poland.

LEFT WINGS OF RED WOLVES

Today is the second day of the Red Wolves in Poland. Yesterday, the Belgians played against Morocco. Tonight, they take on Iran.  Like yesterday, we also introduce some players today.

On the Left wing we have Nick Braun, player of HSG Krefeld Niederrhein in Germany. Nick is one of the native German speaking players in our selection. He decided to hunt for his handball dream and left Belgium early for his German club in Krefeld. On the same position we have Yannick Glorieux, who switched Sezoens Achilles Bocholt for French Villeurbanne Handball in the off-season. For the young ambitious player from Tongeren, it was a logical step in his career.

GOALKEEPERS OF RED WOLVES

From today, the Red Wolves begin final preparations for their first major tournament starting next week, the World Handball Championships. On a daily basis, we introduce players by position. We start with the goalkeepers.

Jef Lettens is the most experienced Red Wolve at the moment.  The goalkeeper has been playing at a very high level in France for years and is currently at Fenix Toulouse Handball.
His double is the young Arthur Vanhove, goalkeeper at Hubo Handball. The club formed after the merger of Handbal Tongeren and Hubo Initia Hasselt. In turn, the latter club was where it all started for Jef Lettens.