AHC Quick (Amsterdamsche Honkbal Club Quick), commonly known as Quick Amsterdam, is a
baseball
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and
softball
Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...
club based in
Amsterdam
Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...
, the Netherlands. Founded in 1913, it is the oldest baseball club in Europe still in existence. Today the club operates four men's baseball teams playing in the second, third and fourth divisions of Dutch baseball. However, the club's top men's baseball team has previously played in the
Honkbal Hoofdklasse
The Honkbal Hoofdklasse ( Dutch for ''Major League Baseball'') is the highest level of professional baseball in the Netherlands. It is an eight-team league that plays a 42-game schedule and is overseen by the Royal Netherlands Baseball and Softb ...
, winning the
Holland Series three times between 1922 and 1935. The club's is the direct successor of Hercules, one of the three original members of the
Dutch Baseball Association.
The club organizes annual reunions for former club members during the competition season. As from 2011 a committee is installed to prepare and organize festivities for the 100-year anniversary starting March 1, 2013. This will include a reception and several events throughout the year.
The club also has three men's softball team playing in the third division and four women's softball teams playing in the second, third and fourth divisions of Dutch softball. After many years of absence, in 2010 the club reinstalled a first team for children aged 9 to 12 and in 2011 plans to add a second team for the age group, in addition to a gender-mixed team for children 5 to 12 years of age.
Standard membership runs
€160 for baseball and €150 for softball, although prices are discounted for students and members who sign midseason.
See also
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Baseball in the Netherlands
References
External links
Official website (English)Official website (Dutch
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Softball teams in the Netherlands
Baseball teams in the Netherlands
Baseball teams established in 1913
1913 establishments in the Netherlands
Sports clubs in Amsterdam