June 14th, Sweetlake City

After having the field set up early in the morning, we welcomed the the players arriving for the second installment of the must anticipated Dutch Open 2009. With a challenging field setup and 14 equally hungry teams competing, it was starting to look like a great day of competition was ahead of us. The Dutch weather was reliable in making sure we stayed wet and cold during the whole event, but we were happy to see this did not bother the teams that much. Another unfortunate circumstance was the absence of multiple Xistence refs, which increased the work load for the remaining marshalls. Fortunately the players all chipped in by playing fair paintball and the day went on smoothly except for a few minor incidents. We saw some great matches and some very quick points, including one under 20 seconds with a daring run through the X. After all the matches were finished, our good friends Rotterdam BZRK came out the victors to everyone's surprise as they were considered to be among the underdogs of the tournament. They were closely followed by local Sweetlake City team, the Saints who played some good paintball and also exceeded expectations. After the final match, we were challenged in the atmosphere of good fun by BZRK to a best of three match. We gladly excepted and closed the day of with laughs, with BZRK managing to win one point out of three against us. Then we showed them who's boss.

We were more than happy to present first place winner Rotterdam BZRK with 5 brand spanking new Dye Rotors. The best paintball loader on the market, which they were extremely happy in accepting.

To the second place Sweetlake Saints we also gladly handed over 5 cases of DXS paint, kindly provided by Draxxus Benelux. The dealer in Draxxus paint, which wins more tournaments than any other.

Finally, we would like to congratulate Amsterdam Sabotage with their 3rd place finish. They took home 5 sexy headbands from PBfashion: the biggest name in agg apparel and HK gear, now available at Paintball Supplies.