Owen Roelofs qualifies for 2021 World Youth Championship

Wim Blokpoel - Yesterday the West Europe World Youth Championship Qualifier was played in Leeuwarden. 

All 8 quarter-finalists were Dutch! Former JDC World Championship Finalist Owen Roelofs beat Joey de Jong 4-2, while Jarno Bottenberg won with the same scoreline against Sam Coenders. Gillian Koehoorn averaged almost 89 in a 4-1 victory against Vinay Ramnath. Finally, Henk Snijder won 4-2 against Jeremy Brandenburg. In the semi-finals Roelofs beat Bottenberg 4-2, while Koehoorn edged out Snijder 4-3. A final between Owen Roelofs and Gillian Koehoorn, was won by Roelofs 4-1 with a 93 average! Comgratulations to Owen Roelofs who we’ll see in 2 weeks time at the World Youth Championship!