Official Open Dutch Tournament t-shirt order it online now!

We have a very cool tournament shirt designed once again, in order to ensure everyone gets one, we are providing the option this year to order it online and pick it up at the tournament. This is what the shirt will look like:

It is available in various sizes for men, women, and kids. The TriDri® performance t-shirt is designed with soft, lightweight fabric that is perfect during workouts, so wear it anywhere and at any time to show you competed in one of Europe’s top taekwon-do tournaments. (We webshop has a sizing table, please check before ordering.) The shirts are 20,- Euro (Including VAT) at the tournament, but can be pre-ordered through the following webshop for 15,- Euro (including VAT). So take advantage of this 5,- Euro discount and order it before Januari the 12th of 2019!

The registration is open!

We have just opened the registration for the Open Dutch 2019! Literally, within minutes we had the first registration, great to see that this registration was from Tampere Taekwon-do out of Finland. Thanks for registering, and we will see you January the 26th! For those who hadn’t found the link yet: https://www.sportdata.org/taekwondo_itf/set-online/veranstaltung_info_main.php?active_menu=calendar&vernr=141#a_eventhead

Hotel City Resort Helmond fully booked, plenty alternatives available!!

We just found out that Hotel City Resort Helmond is fully booked, it went extremely fast. However, we have various alternatives available, some of which are also very close to the sports hall itself. Our Accommodations page lists all of the hotels with all of the details, but for your convenience, we have listed them below.

  • Golden Tulip Hotel West-Ende (Helmond), 1.5KM from the sports hall, in the city center of Helmond  (SOLD OUT)
  • Best Western wellness Hotel Nobis Asten, 12KM from the sports hall
  • Boetiek Hotel Plein Vijf Deurne, 10KM from the sports hall
  • NH Geldrop, 15KM from the sports hall

Please note that the booking reference details are listed on the accommodations page, please use that to get the discounted rate and make sure to book asap. See you at the Open Dutch!

Open-Dutch 2019 invitation is available!

We have heard from the various hotels that reservations for the weekend of the 26th of January are starting to roll in. Many of you have however been waiting for the official invitation. We have just finalized the invitation and we have listed the tournament on sportdata. We hope to see you all the 26th of January 2019.

Please note that registration will be through the Sportdata system, and it starts Friday the 2nd of November. Please mark the following dates on your calendar:

  • Friday 2nd of November 2018 – The online registration system will open
  • Tuesday 15th of January 2019 – The online registration system will close
  • Wednesday 16th of January 2019 – The invoice will be sent by email
  • Friday 18th of January 2019 – First draft of the schedule and draw lists will be published online
  • Saturday 19th of January 2019 – The full fee must be received on our bank account
  • Tuesday 22nd of January 2019 – last option to make corrections or changes
  • Thursday 24th of January 2019 – Final schedule and draw lists will be published

Hopefully, we will see all of you on January the 26th!

Poster for the Open Dutch 2019 is ready!

Preparations for the Open Dutch 2019 are underway. We just received the poster for the 2019 edition and 2CREATE and Jos Klijn have done a great job with the design and the pictures. Thanks for your help. We hope you like the poster as much as we do, and we hope to see you all on Saturday the 26th of January! Please mark your calendar, and please note the day of the week has changed from a Sunday to a Saturday to make it even easier for our international visitors to attend!