Guus van Dee has been named president of Baseball Week Haarlem. His first assignment will be to put down the twenty-ninth edition of Baseball Week, which will take place from July 13 to 22, 2018. Van Dee has an extensive track record in the baseball world, has a great deal of administrative experience and a very extensive network.
Back in 1976, then 25-year-old Guus van Dee was first involved in organizing Baseball Week. In the years that followed, the physical education teacher became an increasingly familiar face in the baseball and softball world. He was among others. president of the Haarlem Softball Weeks between 1995 and 1999 and member of the KNBSB’s executive committee from 2003 to 2006.
Van Dee: “I am honored with the appointment as chairman and very happy that the Honkbalweek for Haarlem is preserved. There is now an enthusiastic team that strives for a Baseball Week as a Baseball Week should be: with a strong field of participants, lots of audience in the stands and fun events around the games. The key to success according to the organization lies in connecting this beautiful sporting event with businesses and institutions in Haarlem and surrounding areas so we can build a solid foundation for years to come. We are very much looking forward to the Baseball Week back to Haarlem to give. Because the two are obviously inseparable”.
