ZPB Dutch Champion D'tjes

End The 2022-2023 season ended this weekend with the (unofficial) National Championships for D's. In a packed Inge de Bruijn swimming pool in Barendrecht, home club ZPB became champions.

All participants had a wonderful weekend with packed stands and a traditional ZPB party atmosphere, especially on Sunday. Fun, excitement and fanaticism alternated well.

Six teams competed for the title. In group A these were ZPB, ZPC Amersfoort and De Ham. Group B was formed by ZV De Zaan, ZVL-1886 and PSV. ZPB and ZV De Zaan became group leaders. They played their semi-finals on Sunday against ZVL-1886 and ZPC Amersfoort respectively. ZPB won convincingly against the team from Leiden (17-2), but the other semi-final was a lot more exciting. In the end, ZV De Zaan narrowly won: 6-5.

The match for fifth place was just as exciting. This is where PSV became the lucky one. The Eindhoven team won 5-6 against De Ham. ZPC Amersfoort captured the bronze at the expense of ZVL-1886 (6-13) and the gold went to the Barendrechters after an exciting final between ZPB and ZV De Zaan: 10-8.

Results NK D'tjes

Saturday June 3

Group A
ZPB – De Ham: 18-2
ZPC Amersfoort – De Ham: 10-3
ZPB – ZPV Amersfoort: 6-6

Group B
ZV De Zaan – PSV: 14-4
ZVL-1886 – PSV: 12-7
ZV De Zaan – ZVL-1886: 20-7

Sunday June 4

Semi-finals
ZPB – ZVL-1886: 17-2
ZV De Zaan – ZPV Amersfoort: 6-5

5^th/6^th place
De Ham – PSV: 5-6

3^th/4^th place
ZVL-1886 – ZPC Amersfoort: 6-13

1^th/2^th place
ZPB – ZV De Zaan: 10-8

Final score
1 ZPB
2 ZV De Zaan
3 ZPC Amersfoort
4 ZVL-1886
5 PSV
6 The Ham

The FairPlay cup went to De Ham.