Recap - NDB Barneveld Open

Today the Dutch darts corporation (the NDB) held their first ranking event in 2022, in Barneveld (the town, not the dartsplayer). A lot of familiar names entered the field!

In the men event, former guest Luke van der Kwast made the last 64 where he lost 3-4 to Alexander Merkx, while multiple Lakeside participant Willem Mandigers lost in the same round 3-4 to Sander Voz Vincent’s son Kevin van der Voort lost to Dennie Olde Kalter in the last 128, as Ryan de Vreede lost 2-4 to Kristiaan de Boer in the last 16.

Eventually in the quarter-finals, Gillian Koehoorn beat Dennie Olde Kalter 5-1, Owen Roelofs beat Gian van Veen 5-1, former Lakeside World Champion Jelle Klaasen edged out Patrick van den Bogaard 5-4, and Ivo Leeksma beat Krisitaan de Boer 5-1. In the semi’s, Koehoorn beat Roelofs 5-2, while Leeksma surprisingly beat Klaasen 5-2. In the final Koehoorn beat Leeksma 2-0 in sets to become the 2022 NDB Barneveld Open men A champion!

In the men B event it was Geert Hemelrijk who beat Erik van der Roest 4-1 in the final. In the ladies event Aletta Wajer beat Kyana Frauenfelder 4-1 in the quarter-finals, while Dutch Ladies number one Aileen de Graaf beat Anca Zijkstra 4-2! Noa-Lynn van Leuven had a surprising 4-2 victory over WDF World Championship participant Marjolein Noijens, and Priscilla Steenbergen edged out Anouschka Bierings 4-3, In the semi’s, De Graaf beat Wajer 4-1, and Steenbergen beat van Leuven 4-2. It was another dominant display from Aileen de Graaf in the final as she beat Steenbergen 5-1 to become the 2022 NDB Barneveld Open ladies champion! 

In the girls event, Roos van der Velde beat Aranka van der Waals 3-1 in the final, while Teun Rouweler beat Sten Peters 3-2 in the final of the boys aspirants event. In the boys event it was Pim van Bijnen picking up another title, edging out Bram van Dijk 4-3 in the final. In the paradarts standing event, Michel van den Hengel beat Cliff Ruiter 3-0 in the semi’s, while Michelovic van Velzen beat Harm Mellies 3-1. It was Van Velzen who also won the final 3-1. And finally, in the paradarts wheelchair event Carel Scholten beat Anton van Hemert 3-1, whilst the other semi-final had a very familiar name in it: former guest Wilco Wassink! He did lose, 0-3 to Arie van der Rassel, who then went on to win the final 3-0 as well. Congrats to all the winners!