OOSTERHOUT – The 14th round in the Kozoom League, the premier league three-cushion, is missing a few leading players this Sunday, and Team Eekhoorn faces Aartsbouw in a tough battle on top. Aartsbouw comes to this tough away match without Eddy Merckx, who is competing in Denmark. Jean Paul de Bruijn will also be missing for that reason in Dallinga’s team. Bousema plays without Martin Horn, and Dick Jaspers doesn’t come into action because Paperclip has its scheduled day off. The battle in the lower regions is in full swing. Harwig is under pressure with 3 points out of 11 and is already six points behind Van Baal. RCN Nieuwegein, Harwig's opponent this Sunday, is only two points ahead of Harwig with 5 points out of 12.
Burgmans is in a winning mood and plays at home against the Sluiskil team, where Dallinga, with Peter De Backer as the leading player, means a new challenge. SIS/Vervoort-Bousema faces two Dutch classics with Jean van Erp-Jeffrey Jorissen and Harrie van de Ven-Frans van Schaik. Van Baal is meeting Cues&Darts, the second-placed team.
Joris van 't Zelfden, one of Netherlands' top talents, will be on Dallinga's team and faces Erwin Kivits.
The lineups:
Team Eekhoorn-Aartsbouw
Nick Polychronopoulos-Turgay Orak
Peter Ceulemans-Barry van Beers
Frans van Kuyk-Wesley de Jaeger
Jerry Hermans-Ronny Brants
SIS/Vervoort-Bousema/JBS
Jean van Erp-Jeffrey Jorissen
Raymund Swertz-Gökhan Salman
Martien van der Spoel-Johan Loncelle
Harrie van de Ven-Frans van Schaik
Van Baal-Cues&Darts
Roland Forthomme-Glenn Hofman
Sam van Etten-Pierre Soumagne
Roland Uijtdewillegen-Jef Philipoom
Francis Forton-Joey de Kok
Burgmans Biljarts-Dallinga
Davy van Havere-Peter De Backer
Bart Ceulemans-Steven van Acker
Erwin Kivits-Joris van ’t Zelfden
Marco Janssen-Berry Dallinga
Harwig-RCN Nieuwegein
Andreas Niehaus-Dave Christiani
Rob Lamboo-Gerwin Valentijn
Richard Dekker-Philip Vandendriessche
Theo Moes-Dirk Weeremans
The ranking:
- Aartsbouw 12-21
- Cues&Darts 12-17
- Team Eekhoorn 12-16
- Bousema 12-15
- Dallinga 12-12
- SIS 11-11
- Paperclip 12-11
- Burgmans 12-10
- Van Baal 12-9
- RCN 12-5
- Harwig 11-3