The start of the season wasn’t a disaster, but it wasn’t really promising either. In the second year after returning from the Oberliga to the Regionalliga he had to BV Wesel RW Wait until the fourth matchday for the first win of the season. On the 3:5 against BV Mülheim II The points were divided against the BC Beuel II and the BC Hohenlimburg. With the recent 5:3 success in Refrath However, the Red and Whites, who were starting from then on, increased their points account to 9:5 and thus finished the first half of the season in a strong third place.
“9:5 points feel good,” sums up the BV team manager Andreas Ruth. “And you shouldn’t forget that we suffered our only defeat at the start against Mülheim, Mülheim is currently leading the table with just one minus point and was our number one at the time Philip Volovnik was missing and Ella Diehl “I wasn’t fit enough to play individually after illness.”
TV Refrath III – BV RW Wesel 3:5: HD1: Matti-Lukka Bahro/Corvin Schmitz – Tobias Göbeler/Remco Pots 21-13, 21-12; HD2: Christian Rocholl/Noah Volkmann – Philipp Volovnik/Henri Saur 21-19, 17-21, 13-21; DD: Jule Marie Giebel/Lorena Vazquez – Ella Diehl/Ninke Cwakes forest 19-21, 15-21; HE1: Schmitz – Volovnik 21-16, 21-18; HE2: Rocholl – Pots 21-19, 21-23, 18-21; HE3: Volkmann – Saur 18-21, 18-21; OF: Giebeler – Diehl 10-21, 13-21; GD: Bahro/Vazquez – Göbeler/Kwakkenbos 21-15, 21-17.
With a fit Ella Diehl, the Weselers have almost certainly started with a 2-0 lead for many years. Because the former world-class player continues to be a force not only in singles. Together with Nienke Kwakkenbosthe athlete of the year who left Wesel in the summer Lisa Bonnemann strongly replaced, the red-whites won all seven women’s doubles. The Wesel team’s previous record in the third singles is just as flawless, mostly with Henri Saur (5), but also Youri Schwarz and Roluf Schröder (1 each). The “Big Point” in Refrath, which was not necessarily planned, was achieved after the second double Remco Pots in the 2nd singles, as he Christian Rocholl fought down in three “epic” sets.
This trend change for the better not only ensures relaxation for the people of Wesel, but also brings with it some mental games. Because if the red and whites perform similarly well or perhaps even better in the second half of the season, they will finish at least third. And that could be enough for a jump back into the Weseler’s former “living room”, the 2nd Bundesliga.
The basic structure for the 2nd Bundesliga would be there, but it would still be a completely different effort – just because of the 22 match days
Andreas Ruth, BV-Team-Manager
Because: regional league leaders BV Mülheim II will not be able to get promoted, as the Mülheim “First” in the 1st Bundesliga is still without a single point after five attempts and will probably be relegated to the 2nd Bundesliga, and the current second in the table BC Hohenlimburg (11:3 points) has already rejected possible promotion to the Bundesliga several times.
“We’re not quite there in terms of sport yet, but we have to at least deal with the topic now,” confirms Andreas Ruth. “The basic structure for the 2nd Bundesliga would be there, but it would still be a completely different effort – just because of the 22 match days.”
BV Wesel could rise, but also has to look down
Travel times and external overnight stays would not be a problem in the 2nd Bundesliga, the North season exists except for the bottom SV Berlin Breweries currently only from NRW teams. However, the fact that the last regional league champion also shows SSV Bochum with veteran Thorsten Hukriede In the 2nd Bundesliga, after nine match days, they are in second-to-last place with just five points, meaning that a different wind is blowing there in terms of sport. In addition, the red and whites would have to organize the expensive but absolutely necessary play mats again – another cost factor.
“Our regional league is threatened with a third relegation and we are only four points away from sixth place,” Andreas Ruth brings the conversation back to the present. “As I said, we’re keeping an eye on the scenarios, but we still have to score a few points.”
BV Wesel will not continue until January 17th with the second to last team in the table BC Beuel IIwhich also has 5:9 points – and against whom the Wesel team couldn’t get more than a 4:4 draw in the first leg.
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