title: Richa Michelbeke
text: # Richa Michelbeke
  
  Volley Richa Michelbeke is a Belgian volleyball team from Michelbeke (Brakel).
  
  The club was founded in 1966 and joined the official Belgian leagues one year later. Richa's first chairman was Belgian politician Herman De Croo. Their women's compartiment was only established six years later, in 1973. They achieved promotion to the highest level of Belgian volleyball for the first time in 2004. Their highest league position ever achieved is 4th, in the 2008-09 season. However, their final ranking was 6th, after the season's playoffs.
  
  ## 2011-12 squad
  
      Coach: Rutwin Willems
      Assistant-Coach: Astrid Strobbe
      Scout: Emmy De Langhe
      Kine: Marjan Himpe
      Kine: Heleen Van Damme
  
  | # | Name |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Paulien Neyt |
  | 3 | Ellen Verheyden |
  | 4 | Evelien Roosens |
  | 5 | Nastja Donika |
  | 7 | Freja De Middeleer |
  | 9 | Deborah Christiaens |
  | 10 | Sandrine Cloquet |
  | 11 | Ilse Lambrechts |
  | 12 | Amber Vanhaecke |
  | 13 | Ines Sylverans |
  | 15 | Cathy Desmedt |
  
  ## 2012-13 squad
  
      Coach: Nico De Clercq
      Assistant-Coach Scout: Tom Claes
      Kine: Heleen Van Damme
      Kine: Fabiaan De Couvreur
  
  | # | Name |
  | - | - |
  | 1 | Paulien Neyt |
  | 2 | Tatiana Teterina |
  | 3 | Ellen Verheyden |
  | 4 | Evelien Roosens |
  | 5 | Heather Young |
  | 6 | Charlotte Van Hoorde |
  | 7 | Freja De Middeleer |
  | 8 | Evi Watté |
  | 9 | Deborah Christiaens |
  | 11 | Kendalyn Hartsock |
  | 12 | Marine Kraghmann |
  | 13 | Kim Albert |
  | 15 | Cathy Desmedt |
  