The Fourth Dutch Open tournament: Holland keeps the trophy!

On the weekend of the 12th and 13th September, the 4th Dutch Open tournament took place in Exloërveen (North-East Holland). There were 11 teams playing from Germany and Holland in 3 different categories: A, B and C.

The A final on Sunday afternoon was between team Holland 3 with Thomas Bakker, Having Steenhuis and Marieke Smallegange and Kananohe A with Sascha Beck, Solveign Grage and Caren Ollenschläger. It was a very exciting final with a score of 2-2 in the second chukka. But in the last chukka Thomas scored another 2 goals and Holland went on to win the A category 4-2.

The B-teams played a round robin and Avalon, a German team, won this category. Their No. 1 player, Max Schellerer, was in top form and scored 42 goals during the whole tournament! The Dutch B team with Nathalie Garben, Niels Kemperman and Mijndert Heineke came second. Stelingen B1 came third and Stelingen B2 finished in 4th place.

Also the C-teams (the beginners) played a round robin. It was a pleasure to see that there were many new Dutch players who were playing their first tournament. Kananohe C, who have played before, won this category, but it was very close from the new team, Holland C3 with Leanne Boekholdt, Charlotte vd Haar and Roseline vd Haar. These girls did an amazing job together and played really good as a team. Third place was Holland C1 and fourth was Holland C2.

The tournament was a great success with exciting games and a lot of fun!

Final results:

C Grade

First - Kananohe C
Second - Holland C3
Third - Holland C1
Fourth - Holland C2
Best No. 1 - Leanne Boekholdt
Best No. 2 - Joline Poulie
Best No. 3 - Yvonne Gucinsky

B Grade

First - Avalon B
Second - Holland B1
Third - Stelingen B1
Fourth - Stellingen B2
Best No. 1 - Linda Wermuth
Best No. 2 - Hayo Harder
Best No. 3 - Jake Chrupalla

A Grade

First - Holland B3
Second - Kananohe A
Third - Holland B2
Best No. 1 - Caren Ollenschläger
Best No. 2 - Maarten Luitse
Best No. 3 - Having Steenhuis

Best Horse: Jonathan (owner Kerstin Scheinpflug)
Best Combination: Thomas Bakker with Morris

For more info on the tournament, see www.polocrosse.nl.