Tom Schotte wins 1st Waarschoot Othello Open
25 June 2016A garden tournament without rain is by default successful. This was also the case for the first Waarschoot Othello Open. 12 players from no less than 5 countries gathered in the garden of Tom and Akke-lien. Our foreign guests where: Agata Gozdzik from Poland (a colleague from Tom at TomTom), Luigi Puzzo from Italy, Arvid Kjellberg from Sweden and Albert Kortendijk from The Netherlands.
7 players in the A event and 5 players in a separate B event for unexperienced players. The B event welcomed aside of Agata two more new players: Bart and Lieselotte. Two experienced - but still promising - players also showed up: Kris and Annie. The latter made a come-back after 5 years, but proved that she's still a strong beginner. With a perfect score sheet she qualified for a final against the last player in the main event.
The main event also concluded with a final: the two highest rated players qualified for this final. Tom Schotte defeated Albert Kortendijk. Arvid Kjellberg, although he scored 3 points, still ended last in the main event and had to play Annie Flockman. The Swedish player won the battle and remained 7th.
The tournament was concluded with a BBQ.