HVV Tubantia (Holland)

HVV Tubantia (Hengelose Voetbal Vereniging Tubantia) is an amateur football club who were formed on the 1^st October 1900 in the town of Hengelo in the north east of The Netherlands after initially being called Wilhelmina. The club moved to a ground at Bornsestraat, half way between Hengelo and Borne in 1905.

 

For several years the club developed and became an important social outlet to the people of the area. In the summer of 1955 the club merged with the professional outfit Twente, keeping the Tubantia name, but competing in professional football. A year later the club joined the second division of Dutch football, competing well and finishing fifth of Division A in the 1964-65 season. The 1966-67 campaign saw the team finished second bottom of the league and reverted to amateur status.

The club suffered from decline over the years in membership, although they could still boast nine junior sides at the lowest point in 1980-81. As a consequence the club made the decision to re-locate, opening a new base at Landmansweg in the north east of the town in 1983.

The move worked as membership gradually grew once again, with many youth teams taking the field in Tubantia colours. On Saturday 25^thJanuary 2014 a brand new clubhouse and stand was opened by the honorary president; Peter Leferink.

HVV Tubantia will play in Tweede Klasse Zontag Oost (Second Class Sunday – East) in the 2013-14 season.

My visit

Saturday 18^th January 2014

My final visit to a club in the Twente region came following a walk from ACT ’65 along and under the A1 motorway. I thought that I’d worked out a short cut, but the route around the rear of the cemetery was fenced off. Instead it added a few hundred metres to my journey.

Signs at the corner of Sportpark De Bijenkorf displayed plans and images of the new development being completed at the venue. The entrance was found along Verlengde Polluxweg, with the car park leading to the changing rooms.

There were definite signs of work as much of the surface was mud, some where grass was meant to be. The new structure looked as though it would mean the main pitch moving in time. There certainly was one at the front of the building, though the works had rendered them unusable.

I went to take photos of the current main pitch. It was surrounded by hedges and trees on three sides, with the pitch having hard standing around it. A few benches were located along the road side of the ground, with changing rooms behind the near goal.

With my task complete I headed to the Klein Driene bus stop and took the no11 bus back into the town centre, where I got out and had a walk around the market to buy a European plug adaptor and to collect my bag from the excellent Hampshire City Hotel before taking the train to Zwolle for my entertainment for the rest of the day.