Brewers, a team with its own playing style

In 2018 the Belgium Brewers entered the ESSL and in their first season they were even able to beat the Supercup champion Swiss Toros. The Brewers really have their own playing style. There is some psychological secret behind it that opponent teams have difficulties to bring emotions into the game to get some advantages 😉 At the end teams have to work hard to win games against the Brewers.
We interviewed the team manager Peter Allaerts about what he expects from the 2019 season.

(Q) Why did you choose Brewers as a team name? 
(A) Our team was founded in 2017. We chose the name Brewers because we wanted a name that has a connection to Belgium. Belgium loves beer so Brewers it became.

(Q) Why did you join the ESSL?
(A) We joined the ESSL because we wanted to play more games and at a higher level. Our main goal is to become a better slowpitch country and this competition seemed a very good one because of the high level. Last year it was awesome. We played good games and learned a lot from the other teams.

(Q) What do you expect from this season?
(A) Our focus is to get better with every game. This year we hope to win a couple more games.

(Q) How would you describe your team’s playing philosophy?
(A) Our team is a mixture of players from all over Belgium. Players who want to become better but still have a lot of fun in being part of the international slowpitch community.

(Q) How do you see the future for slowpitch in Europe and for the ESSL?
(A) Co-ed slowpitch is growing in Europe. All men is reasonably new but if the ESSL can grow, more countries will find the way to the ESSL and subsequently the league will also grow. I think that slowpitch will become a sport as big as baseball and fastpitch in the future.

(Q) Anything else you want to say?
(A) Yes, let the games begin, winter has lasted long enough! Let the spring start so we can start playing games.