Aletta: yes, I started playing hockey at age seven. It's a popular sport in Holland. I wouldn't be surprised if half the population of the Netherlands plays it. There's a Dutch community in Hong Kong. There's been a Dutch hockey club there for many years because the Dutch have traditionally been active throughout the world. Especially when they're far from home, they seek out one another and form an expatriate community. So there were two men's hockey teams and one women's team in Hong Kong. We played against Chinese, Australian and, of course, also English teams. Those were social events for us. No Fields Found.