The field for the 2010 Softball season in the Dutch Hoofdklasse is set. Already on September 27th Olympia Haarlem shut out the Gryphons 7-0 to win the best-of-five promotion/relegation series 3-2 and to return to the highest level in the Netherlands.
Haarlem qualified for the series by finishing in second place in the First Division behind DSS, which also receives the promotion to the Hoofdklasse. DSS replaces Robur’58, which got relegated due to an eighth-place finish in 2009.
Olympia got relegated after the 2008 season, ending a streak of 19 consecutive years in the Hoofdklasse. DSS last played in the Dutch Major League 24 years ago. The two teams will join 2009 champion Computer SOS Tex Town Tigers, Iber Lengua Terrasvogels, Sparks Haarlem, Euro Stars, Twins and Centrals in the 2010 campaign.