Saturday December the 18th is written in my diary in capital letters. That is the day I should play a league match again if everything went well during the rehabilitation process of my knee. As it all went very well on the training the last two weeks my physio at Papendal and I decided it was feasible to play the match against Velo this weekend.
Van Zundert Velo is still the leader of the Premier league and just like last year candidate for the championship. Super to make my come back against such a team. The level is good and at the same time my knee is tested. Of course it was also a repeat of the final for the championship last season. But in terms of players Velo remained the same, and Van Zijderveld faced a huge exodus. Because of injuries, an international tournament and one of the ladies who had forgotten her house key (reason why she couldn’t  get the necessary badminton equipment) we had a number of absentees and our coach was forced to call up a number of substitutes. After 2.5 hours a maximal defeat of 0-8 was on the scoreboard and that is very painful for the runner-up of last season and Van Zijderveld unworthy.
For me personally there was a ray of hope because after about three months I was playing a match again. My knee behaved fine and I have had no relapse. Today I have a day off and Monday I can get on with building up towards a good start in the New Year!