November 20, 2025 | Club news | ~2min read time
The 2026/27 season seems far away, but it most certainly is not from a club management perspective. We have big goals for next year and are already starting to get things moving in the background. One of these activities is to build a No Blockers women’s team.
Beginnings in motion
On November 9th No Blockers, No Blockers-affiliated and Team Beshie women players came together for a trial match in Sporthal De Rode Loop in Merksem. The goal was to get better grip on where we stand with a potential women’s team. The atmosphere was great, with a lot of interest from the rest of the club members manifesting itself in attendance. There were no losers that day, only one big winner: No Blockers club. If we combine the strengths of all of the players present that day, we will have an exceptionally strong women’s team.
Our vision
Team Beshie’s players will merge with the No Blockers women’s team fully and officially by early 2026. We will issue a press release once the process has been completed. Our hopes are that one team will start competing in the 3rd provincial league of Antwerp. If we’re lucky, we will have a first and second women’s team. One starting in 3rd Provincial and the other starting in Sporta V. We also want to continuously grow our women’s teams.
Training philosophy
As for the trainings, both teams (or one) will be under the leadership of Begüm and Sacha as captain and coach, respectively. The idea is to hold mixed trainings as well as focused separate ones. The philosophy behind this is that we want to act as one club and exchange and community are central to our DNA. So mingling and enjoying the sport together is important to us. However, we also realise that certain aspects of the game are best practised separately. The attack through the middle being the most prevalent one, for example.
What the future holds
We are looking forward for the next months to come. Our women’s team is already an organised group and their friendly matches see high attendance and interest from our club members. Each player knows their position well, so now it is all about developing that special team spirit and synergy so that they can beat their opponents within the blink of an eye.