Full diaries due to competition and cup in Holland

The 19th round of the Dutch premier league is partly dominated by the full schedules of some top foreign players. For instance, Sameh Sidhom, Nick Polychronopoulos, Eddy Leppens and Peter Ceulemans played a cup match in Sluiskil last Friday evening (Team Eekhoorn won 2-6 vs Dallinga) and will be back in action with their teams on Sunday. Frédéric Caudron does not play with the frontrunner Babbelz, because he is competing with his team in the European Classic Games Cup (Coupe d’Europe). Dion Nelin leads the Number1 premier league team in the Dutch home match against J&F Auto's. The line-up of matches is no less strong. For instance, the topmatch between Tayfun Tasdemir and Nick Polychronopoulos is on the agenda for Sunday, Sidhom plays against Jimenez, Leppens against Jorissen and there are matches between Glenn Hofman and Jean van Erp, Jean Paul de Bruijn and Sam van Etten and the Belgian classic between Eddy Merckx and Roland Forthomme.

The number 4 of the Kozoom league, Team Eekhoorn, with 22 points, has a 2-point lead over RCN Nieuwegein and Bousema, 3 points over Aartsbouw and 4 points over SIS/Vervoort, so tension is still running high with 4 matches to play.

The final field for the cup final is gradually forming with the likes of Cues&Darts, the title holder, and Paperclip. Team Eekhoorn joined that pair on Friday night by winning in an exciting match against Dallinga. Nick Polychronopoulos and Eddy Leppens decided the match in the late evening: the Greek won in the decisive third set against Sameh Sidhom 15-14, Leppens beat Jean Paul de Bruijn after 1-1 in sets in the third set 15-14. Before the break, Peter De Backer won 2-1 vs Frans van Kuyk and Peter Ceulemans won 2-1 vs Steven van Acker.

The matches for the premier league Sunday:

Team Babbelz-J&F Auto's

Dion Nelin-Javier Palazon

Savas Bulut-Murat Gökmen

Davy van Havere-Kay de Zwart

Jack Wijnen-Paul Bruijstens

Aartsbouw-Biljartacademie

Eddy Merckx-Roland Forthomme

Turgay Orak-Thomas Broux

Ronny Brants-Roy Zielemans

Wesley de Jaeger-Marco Janssen.

Cues&Darts-SIS

Glenn Hofman-Jean van Erp

Ruben Legazpi-Raimond Burgman

Huub Wilkowski-Martien van der Spoel

Joey de Kok-Harrie van de Ven

Bousema-Team Eekhoorn

Tayfun Tasdemir-Nick Polychronopoulos

Jeffrey Jorissen-Eddy Leppens

Gökhan Salman-Peter Ceulemans

Johan Loncelle-Frans van Kuyk

Dallinga-Zundert

Sameh Sidhom-Sergio Jimenez

Jean Paul de Bruijn-Sam van Etten

Steven van Acker-Thorsten Frings

Peter De Backer-Francis Forton

RCN Nieuwegein-Paperclip

Dave Christiani-Dick Jaspers

Barry van Beers-Anno de Kleine

Gerwin Valentijn-Cédric Melnytschenko

Henk Blauwblomme-Dan Breur