The double match weekend has come to an end. Yesterday we won against Victoria with 5-3 and today we defeated Roosteren with 6-2. Both matches in our own hall The Meerkamp.
Yesterday evening I played the men’s double with Hans van Os. We had never played together before, so we started blank. It soon was clear that our opponents were not able to really fight back and we could finish this match really fast. Also the mixed double, together with Georgy, was won. Unfortunately the ladies double and both the ladies singles were lost making the final result 5-3.
This afternoon the next team from Limburg came to visit us. They were a bit confused about the starting time but once the team had arrived we could start the match with half an hour delay. This time I played the men’s double with Lester and in a well concentrated match we managed to score the point. Also the ladies double was won. Hans played a very good single but again the two ladies singles were lost. And then it was Lester’s turn. In his single he met the Belgian Jente Paesen who is serving Limburg.  After one rally Jente gave up which meant an easy point for Lester.
The mixed double with Georgy went well in the first game but in the second we lost our concentration. Fortunately we managed to get back on track just in time and we decided the match in our favour with 22-20. The second mixed double was also a van Zijderveld point bringing the final result to 6-2 on the score board.
Tomorrow I will go back to Papendal for another, interesting training week. The selection for the European Championships for National Teams will be announced and next weekend the National Championships will be played in Almere. So more news to come next week.
Tags: badminton, Dutch National Championships, European Championships, jorrit de ruiter, Papendal, Van Zijderveld