Let me start with wishing everyone a happy new year, and we hope to see all of you at the end of the month in Helmond, we already have many top competitors from various team and countries registered, and it looks like this edition is going to be one of the biggest we had.

Some of you are probably wondering if we have a special prize for first place winners again? At previous editions, we gave away “winner” t-shirts and last year we tried something new with the gloves. We got a lot of great feedback on the gloves and we decided to do it again this year, but of course not without a brand new design! We love the black and gold, we think they look amazing, we hope you also love them and are going to give 110% to win a pair!

Oh, before I forget, Tuesday the 15th of January the online registration system will close, so make sure to start to register all participants before that date, you do not want to do this at the very last minute! Also, note that you can still order the shirt, this is possible until the 12th of January, so just 6 more days! You can also buy the shirt at the event of course, but it will be 20 euro instead of 15 euro in the pre-sale. So order it now, for a 5 euro discount.

As we are getting closer to the event we will slowly start sharing the designs for the various prices. We already shared the design of the cool shirt that can be pre-ordered, note that this (discounted) pre-order will close the 12th of January 2019.

What we would like to share today is the design of the medal, we really like it, and we hope all of you also love it and will give 110% to win one. We have a lot of top competitors from various countries worldwide that have already registered, make sure you also get your registration in as soon as possible.

Before I share the design, we would also like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year! We hope to see you in Helmond at the Open Dutch 2019!

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!

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

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!