Best on average in Dutch league: Legazpi and Hofman

The best three players on average in the Dutch team competition, the Kozoom league, at the start of the winter break are Spaniard Ruben Legazpi, Dutchman Glenn Hofman and Belgian Eddy Merckx. SIS Schoonmaak is the leader in the standings after 10 rounds of play, Cues&Darts the best team in average with 1.449 ahead of Team Eekhoorn with 1.413.

This weekend, due to Christmas, on Saturday 23 December (starting 1pm), the last round of this year's competition will be played. Ten of 12 teams will be in action that day, one match was played ahead a few weeks ago. The matches are live on Kozoom this Saturday.

Time to take stock of the individual scores at the end of the year. From the Dutch players in the premier league, Glenn Hofman (Cues&Darts) was the best scoring with 1.905 on average over eight matches. From the foreign players, Ruben Legazpi had the best average with 1.989 out of 5 ahead of Eddy Merckx with 1.872 out of 5. The Dutchmen's top five further consists of Dave Christiani, Jeffrey Jorissen, Frans van Kuyk and Jean van Erp. After Legazpi, the foreign quintet consists of Eddy Merckx, Nikos Polychronopoulos, Roland Forthomme and Stefan Galla.

The scores are made up for players who played five matches or more. Therefore, Burak Hashas (1,652 out of 4), Eddy Leppens (1,616 out of 4), Martin Horn (1,580 out of 4), Berkay Karakurt (1,549 out of 4), Dion Nelin (1,500 out of 4), Birol Uymaz (1,489 out of 4) and Robinson Morals (1,546 out of 3) fall outside the top of the individual rankings. Turgay Orak, playing this weekend his second, is on 1,818 from only 1 performance.

Glenn Hofman has made a remarkable jump: from his starting average 1.732, the Cues&Darts player has scored much higher so far. In terms of averages, not only Legazpi and Hofman, but also Robinson Morales are among the best players in the premier league for Cues&Darts team.

Dick Jaspers with his starting average 1.979 has not played any match for SIS Schoonmaak and is unlikely to do that. The only lady in the standings, Therese Klompenhouwer, played 1.135 on average over nine matches, more than one point better than her starting average 1.027.

Top of the standings for Dutch players:

1. Glenn Hofman 1.905 (8)
2. Dave Christiani 1.516 (10)
3. Jeffrey Jorissen 1.515 (10)
4. Frans van Kuyk 1.515 (10)
5. Jean van Erp 1.509 (9)
6. Barry van Beers 1.436 (10)
7. Anno de Kleine 1.405 (9)
8. Jean Paul de Bruijn 1,397 (10)
9. Jack Wijnen 1,376 (9)
10. Raimond Burgman 1,365 (8)
11. Martien van der Spoel 1,347 (8)
12. Gerwin Valentijn 1.329 (10)
13. Jerry Hermans 1,320 (7)

Top foreigners:

1. Ruben Legazpi 1,989 (5)
2. Eddy Merckx 1,872 (5)
3. Nikos Polychronopoulos 1.641 (6)
4. Roland Forthomme 1.581 (10)
5. Stefan Galla 1.530 (6)
6. Johan Loncelle 1.522 (8)
7. Peter Ceulemans 1.428 (10)
8. Peter De Backer 1.411 (11)
9. Sergio Jimenez 1.457 (6)
10. Jef Philipoom 1,395 (15)
11. Pierre Soumagne 1,346 (7)
12. Steven van Acker 1,323 (11)
13. Ronny Brants 1,313 (10).

The averages of the teams in the premier league:

Cues&Darts 1.449

Team Eekhoorn 1.413

SIS Schoonmaak 1.381

Bousema Lochem 1,369

Dekker/APSprundel 1,330

Dallinga.com 1,255

DKM Tools 1,243

ST Topbiljart Zundert 1,240

Burgmans Billiards 1,182

Aartsbouw Sprundel 1,179

Team Nachtwacht 1,092

J&F Auto's 1,073

The match schedule and line-ups in the Kozoom league for Saturday 23 December in the 11th round:

SIS Schoonmaak-STZ Zundert

Eddy Merckx-Sergio Jimenez

Jean van Erp-Thorsten Frings

Raimond Burgman-Sam van Etten

Martien van der Spoel-Francis Forton

Team Eekhoorn-Dekker/APSprundel

Peter Ceulemans-Dave Christiani

Frans van Kuyk-Barry van Beers

Kurt Ceulemans-Gerwin Valentijn

Jerry Hermans-Henk Blauwblomme

Burgmans Biljarts-Cues&Darts/Xtreme

Eddy Leppens-Glenn Hofman

Anno de Kleine-Ruben Legazpi

Bart Ceulemans-Pierre Soumagne

Marco Janssen-Huub Wilkowski

J&F Auto's/New Jorissen-Bousema/JBScues

Kay de Zwart-Martin Horn

Joey de Kok-Jeffrey Jorissen

Therese Klompenhouwer-Stefan Galla

Herman van Daalen-Frans van Schaik

Aartsbouw Sprundel-DKM Tools

Turgay Orak-Dion Nelin

Ronny Brants-Davy van Havere

Dirk Weeremans-Ronny Lindemann

Tom Persyn-Jack Wijnen

Glenn Hofman, best of the Dutch players to enter the winter break