We’ve had some great prizes for Open Dutch winners the last few years, and we just had some questions about what to expect this year? Last year we gave out backpacks, we’ve had hoodies, t-shirts, pads, and of course the notorious winner gloves! We still see people wearing these gloves at tournaments, and considering we gave those out in 2018 and 2019, we figured we would bring them back for 2025! We worked closely with 2Create Design to ensure they look amazing, and of course, worked closely with our sponsor Top Ten to ensure you get the quality you expect. And yes, these will be for all categories, colored and black belts. I have to say I loved the 2019 gloves, but the 2025 edition looks even better if you ask me!
We just posted the Open Dutch 2025 invite with all the details of the event. Make sure to read the invite, and share it with your team, coaches, referees, and team members. We want to point out a couple of things as they are different in this edition. On Saturday the weigh-in/height-chek will start at 7:15 and end at 8:15. For Friday, we don’t have the times just yet, those will be announced closer to the event. Another thing to stress is that this year we will once again have a limit of 700 participants, last year we had several folks who waited to register until the last week which resulted in them not being able to register as we had hit 700 participants already. If you can, make sure you register early, as we expect it will sell out once again.
We’ve had some folks asking if the hotel prices for 2025 were already known or not, and we just finalized the packages with the various hotels. On our