Top four in Dutch league still unbeaten

THE HAGUE/HAARLO - The Buffalo league in Holland is topped by four teams with the maximum points after two weeks. The reigning champion SIS Schoonmaak even didn't lose one match and gathered four match points and a glorious 16-0 in matches. STZ Zundert won its two games 8-0 and 7-1, HCR Prinsen and L&B Ledermode are the numbers three and four on the ranking. Most remarkable is that Team Eekhoorn, one of the three teams in the play-offs last year, dangles at the bottom of the ranking with two lost matches and a 0-16 score in matches. Three teams are at the bottom without match points: Eekhoorn, Burgmans Biljarts and 't Ivoor. The new guys from Aardexpress in the top league surprised by a 4-4 against Bousema.

SIS Schoonmaak was unbeatable for its own audience in the match against Burgmans Biljarts. Glenn Hofman was the best winner against Marco Janssen, 40-34 in 20. Bart Ceulemans had the best chances, but was finally defeated by Jean van Erp, 40-38. The Hague team achieved a 1.523 team average. HCR Prinsen received remarkably little opposition from Eekhoorn, that started its league season unrecognizably. The Oosterhout lost all its matches in Haarlo, however Kenny Miatton came close to Jelle Pijl (40-39 in 39). Dick Jaspers defeated his fellow villager Frans van Kuyk (40-25 in 20), Eddy Leppens defeated Kurt Ceulemans (40-23 in 27). The two frontrunners both shone with an 11 run.

STZ Zundert retained his unbeaten status in the home match against A1 Biljarts (7-1). Roland Forthomme took the top match at centre court vs Birol Uymaz 40-37 in 21. Peter Ceulemans lost the only point for his team by a draw with Christian Rudolph in 32 innings. L&B Ledermode shared among the best four with a victory over 't Ivoor 6-2. Richard Berkelmans was the only winner for the debutant by beating John Tijssen 40-36 in 36. Aardexpress surprised with a wel deserved draw in the away match against Bousema.

Ronny Lindemann was the man of the match with a victory over Martin Horn (40-24 in 23) and the best run of the day: 14. Dallinga took the first two match points by a win in the away match against Hartje. Frédéric Caudron, who played Savas Bulut, was the best winner: 40-18 in 17 innings.
The top of the ranking:
1 SIS Schoonmaak 2-4-16-0
2 STZ Zundert 2-4-15-1
3 L&B Ledermode 2-4-14-2
4 HCR Prinsens 2-4-14-2.