ZUNDERT - The Christmas tournament in Zundert will be played this year (27-30 December) with seven Dutch, seven Belgians and two Turkish guest players. Jeffrey Jorissen and Davy van Havere make their debut. Therese Klompenhouwer is celebrated as the World champion on the final day and plays a demonstration match against Karina Jetten.
The Belgians will show up with the strongest delegation: Frédéric Caudron, who defends his world title this weekend, Eddy Merckx, also a former winner of the Christmas tournament and the Pressplate players Roland Forthomme and Peter Ceulemans.
Barry van Beers, third player of Pressplate, plays for the Dutch selection team.
The Turkish guest players are Tayfun Tasdemir and Murat Naci Coklu.
The participants are:
For the Netherlands:
Barry van Beers
Raimond Burgman
Jean Paul de Bruijn
Glenn Hoffman
Jeffrey Jorissen
Frans van Kuyk
Gerwin Valentijn
For Belgium:
Frédéric Caudron
Eddy Merckx
Eddy Leppens
Roland Forthomme
Peter Ceulemans
Jef Philipoom
Davy van Havere.
For Turkey:
Tayfun Tasdemir
Murat Naci Coklu.
The draw for the four groups of four is in Biljartcentrum D'n Hoek in Zundert this weekend.