Debora Amber Hesseling: Hurley Featured Player of the Week

Yes that is correct, I will be introducing you to each player on the Hurley Dames 1 team!

Our first featured athlete is Debora Amber Hesseling, otherwise known as "Debbie". Along with most other hockey players in the Netherlands, she began playing field hockey at the young age of 6 years old. When asked why she began playing, she simply stated, "Because my brother and friends all played!".

However, this was not her only passion at age 6, she also took up ballet and tennis, yes I said ballet! She didn't make it much past the age of 6 with ballet and she was enrolled in tennis for 1 year and only made it to 2 trainings. It seems that field hockey was the winner from the start!

Debbie loves the sport of field hockey because of the team aspect (might be why ballet and tennis didn't work out so well!). She loves the way you train for the sport, playing lots of mini games and also the technical and tactical aspects. When asked what her favorite field hockey memory was, it took her some time to search through all the files in her mind, but she finally came up with an Indoor season with Kampong when they made it to 3rd place in the European Cup. She enjoyed the combination of having fun with her teammates and having a good performance. Of course we will be changing this answer very quickly to the 2010/2011 season with Hurley!

Now lets get to know a bit of Debbie's Kindergarden Favorites:

Debbie's Favorite Color: "Green. Although I don't have any green clothes or any green in my house. When I was younger I had to pick a color and I kind of just stuck with green. It's not like when you wear green it looks good on you. I mean who can really wear green!? Maybe I should just stick to blue or petrol (dark blue)."

I think Debbie may be a bit confused on her favorite color, we may have to come back later in the year and ask her that question again!

Debbie's Favorite Animal: "My Dog. Dribbel"

If you had to be any animal, what would you be Debbie? "A duck. Because they waddle and they can hardly swim or fly. But, they do everything. A duck's landing is like you just got your drivers license."

Debbie's Favorite Dutch Holiday: "Queens Day. Because it is the best party in the world! Everyone is in happy spirits, wearing orange, selling their stuff on the streets. All of the trams and cars are stopped because people are walking all over the streets!"

Debbie's Least Favorite Holiday: "There's not a holiday I don't like. As long as I get free time, I'm good!"

Thanks you Debbie for letting us into your hockey life and childhood favorites, stay tuned next week for more Hurley Superstars!