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New timetable online on Tuesday
Entries for the Koninklijke Holland Beker are closed. A new (temporary) timetable can be found here. We will keep you updated about the schedule and draw so you can finalize your weekend planning.

You can win prizes again this year. For the Holland Beker and Ladies Trophy event at the Koninklijke Holland Beker (both men and women) the prize money* is as follows:

• Gold medal €3.000
• Silver medal: €1.500
• Bronze medal: €750

* The prize money will only be awarded if at least three contestants from the Tokyo Olympics compete in the specific event

The merch is back and the webshop is open! Get your orders in now so it will be on time before the event.

The webshop is filled with baselayers, unisuits and warm-up jacket!

At the event site we will have a stand with the merchandise so you can try on your favourite item in the correct size.

This year at the Saturday of the Holland Beker the decisive races of the Development Classification will take place and the crews topping their classification event will be awarded a prize at the end of the day. So, what is this Development Classification exactly, and which events are a must-watch on Saturday afternoon?

The Development Classification is a special event for crews made up of intermediate level athletes*. The final classification is made up over 6 regattas during the Dutch 2k-season (April-July). At each development event during a regatta a crew can score points based on the result they achieve in the race. There are seven categories (M4-, LM4-, W4-, M2x, LM2x, and LW2x) in which the different crews can compete. Points are awarded to the crews based on their result at the regatta. The crew which comes first is awarded 10 points, the second crew 8 points, etc., until the 9th crew who gets the final 1 point. In the end, the crew with the highest total score, wins the overall classification**. The interim standings of the Development Classification can be found here.

As mentioned above, the Holland Beker is the final regatta for this classification and we expect some tight and fierce races. Keen to watch these events at the Holland Beker? Look out for the ‘Dev’ category in the events listed on time-team.com! For example: the event Ddev4- is the event for the Development W4-, and LHDev2x is the event for the Development LM2x. Cannot wait? We have got you covered with a preview of what to expect below.

Preview M4- (Hdev4-)
In this event it is the crew from Orca 1 which has a solid lead of six points over the crew from Skadi. With Orca 1 having won 4/6 races, and Skadi just one, it seems that Orca 1 has the best chances to take home the big prize after the Holland Beker and is certain to walk away with a top-3 finish! However, the gap to that top step of the podium can still be bridged… Maybe more exciting in this event is the fight for the final podium spot with just 1 point separating the crews Njord 1 and Triton. Triton will have to go all out in order to make up for an expensive 0 point result last weekend, but can still bump Njord off that third podium spot. With the top-three of each category being awarded a prize during the prize ceremony on Saturday afternoon, this is definitely still worth the fight!

Preview W4- (Ddev4-)
Just two weeks ago it was an ex aeqo between the crews of Orca 1 and Laga. Both crews have won multiple races and came in second (or third) in the other races. With 3/6 wins for Orca 1 it is this crew from Utrecht that is currently in first place overall. However, Laga will for sure be keen on getting back at that top spot and getting their bowball in front of the ‘ Utrechters’ at the Holland Beker. If they do, it might be a complete ex aeqo. Normally, the crew with most race wins will then be appointed as the overall winner, but if Laga wins, both crews will have won 3/6 races! We are definitely excited for this one! As it stands, Phocas has the best chance of grabbing that final and third podium spot, but do not rule out the crew from Groningen, Gyas, just yet!

Preview LM4- (LHdev4-)
In this event, technically, all top-four crews could walk away with the big prize after the Holland Beker. However, it is the crews from Theta and Laga that have the best chances of actually doing so. Where two weeks ago it looked like Laga was the best contender, tables have turned and it is Theta leading the overall classification. However, with both crews on 2/6 wins, the Holland Beker for sure will be the decisive race. The third place is currently in hands of Triton, but the boys from Skøll can still claim their spot if they put down a solid race just like last weekend during the Northwave Regatta.

Preview LW2x
This is the only event where the first spot has already been firmly decided. Only if this crew scores 0 points at the Holland Beker, and if Aegir wins the regatta can Triton still lose out on the overall win. However, having won every race so far, we expect this crew to row to victory one more time and take the big prize back home to Utrecht. Aegir has a 7 point lead over the Skøll 1 crew, which makes Aegir the best contender for that second place. The girls from Skøll 1 will have to give it their all, in order to keep the third place. As it stands, the crew Asopos de Vliet 1 is only 2 points behind them. Based on past results, these two crews seem tightly matched, with Skøll 1 having the slight advantage of outperforming the girls from Leiden 3/5 races.

Preview W2x
This event is definitely the closest fight with only 1 point separating the top-2! With the combined crew from Okeanos/Skøll having won 2 races, we are not ruling them out from taking over the overall win on the Holland Beker Saturday afternoon. The third place is currently in hands of the crew from Saurus. This crew won the first race of the season, but has since struggled to find their pace. However, they find themselves solidly positioned in that third spot and could still take the second place! Definitely an underdog we will keep our eyes on.

Preview LM2x
With 4/6 race wins, the crew from Laga is (almost) certain to claim that big prize at the end of Saturday afternoon. Things will have to go topsy-turvy for Laga in order for the crew Argo 1 to bridge the seven-point gap to first place overall. Argo 1 also has to watch out for Okeanos 2. This latter crew being only 4 points behind can still take over second place overall. The crews from Triton and Nereus are currently tied at 24 points for that fourth place, and will have to row the race of their lives (much like Lennart van Lierop becoming the European Champion in the skiff) in order to claim a podium spot!

Preview M2x
In this event the current top three could be scrambled after the race on Saturday afternoon, and even the Skøll crew in fourth place could find themselves on the podium. The first place is currently in hands of Proteus-Eretes 1, but runner-up Njord is only three points behind. Following closely, just 2 points behind Njord, is the crew Laga 1. The crew from Triton, who won the first race of the season, will have to settle for a spot outside of the podium. Again, everything is still possible and the Holland Beker race will decide which crews end up on the podium and which spot they will take!

*Typically, rowers in the Development event are second- and third-year student-athletes. However, this is not necessarily the case. Crews competing in the development events have to meet the intermediate rower level criteria, so technically, also fourth- or fifth-year athletes can join these events, provided that they have few prestation points that determine their rowing level, or if they form a crew with athletes so that the total of prestation points of a crew does not exceed 10 points (for 4- events) or 5 points (for 2x events).

*Note that the worst result of each crew is deducted from the total of points scored.

We are looking forward of welcoming you all at the 2023 edition of the Koninklijke Holland Beker. When you are going to visit the Bosbaan this June, please take attention to the following:

Car

Because of different events in the “Amsterdamse Bos” on June 24 and June 25, we kindly ask you to take a different route to the Bosbaan. From Highway A2, take exit 9, “Amsterdam-Buitenveldert”, and take a left onto S109, “Europaboulevard”. Take a right onto “Van Nijenrodeweg” at the Shell gas station. Drive straight for 3 kilometres and find free parking available on your right.

 

FIH Pro League

In parallel with the Koninklijke Holland Beker, a field hockey tournament will take place at the nearby Wagener Stadium. This will cause significant traffic congestion at the intersection of the “Amstelveenseweg” and “Van Nijenrodeweg” and the start of the “Bosbaanweg”. When planning your visit to the Koninklijke Holland Beker, we kindly ask you to try to avoid arriving by car in the following time windows:

• Saturday, June 24th: 13:00 – 15:00.
• Sunday, June 25th: 13:00-15:00.

Bicycle

There are plenty of bike rental shops located throughout the city of Amsterdam. It is also possible to rent a bike at the train station “Amsterdam Zuid” for €4,45 per day. You can check the availability here. Cycling time from the station is around 9 minutes, and bikes can be parked next to the main entrance.

Public transport from Amsterdam-Zuid

The nearest bus stop from the Bosbaan is Amsterdamse Bos and can be reached from two nearby stations:

From metrostation “Amstelveenseweg”:
Bus 347 to “Uithoorn Busstation”.
Bus 357 to “Aalsmeer Busstation”.

From trainstation “Amsterdam Zuid”:
Bus 348 to “Uithoorn Busstation”.
Bus 358 to “Kudelstaart Bilderdammerweg”.
Bus 247 to “Uithoorn Watsonweg” (only on Monday-Friday).

For up-to-date information on public transport in Amsterdam, check out 9292.nl

Boat trailers

Designated parking for boat trailers is available along the “Koenenkade”. It is NOT permitted to park boat trailers in the area around the boat sheds and changing rooms.

We are in full swing of preparing the Koninklijke Holland Beker 2023! But, it’s always good to have a little recap of the previous edition. How fast did your favourite crew go? Where did your own squad place again?

You can find the full results on time team.

See you in June!

The 2022 edition of the Koninklijke Holland Beker was a great succes. We created a impression of the event which you can check out below.

 

See you next year!

That’s a wrap. It’s a cliche, but Sunday was once again funday. The day took off with the skiffs of the lightweight men and -women. Japan, Great Britain, Portugal and Belgium were all represented in the women’s heats. The LM1x field saw many national talents competing, of which Brian Poll (Theta) and Martijn van den Berg (Euros) finished first in the morning heats. In the end the LW1x title went back with Olivia Bates to the UK and Brian Poll took the LM1x-title back to Eindhoven. After the lightweight single scullers, the morning was filled with junior rowing. The JM1x consisted of no less than six finals, meaning 35 juniors appeared at the start! Klaus Baud (Willem III) was the fastest of them all. In the JW1x we saw Jente Jongsma (Nereus) racing to victory.

The Holland Beker semifinals brought some unexpected results. In semifinal 1, Kjetil Borch crossed the 500m line as third, with Callum Dixon (UK) close behind him. Ahmet Rapi (Sweden) took the lead for the first 1000m and also Martin Helseth (Norway) started strongly, being the second crossing the 500m and 1000m line. After 500m, Borch had to give away his third position and ticket to the finals because Callum Dixon (UK) decided to step up. By doing so he passed the Norwegian. His extra pushes resulted in a second position after crossing the 1500m line. There, Rapi fell back to a third position and Helseth took the lead. You can imagine that all these swapping positions led to an enervating final sprint. The athletes gave everything they had. In the end it was Dixon who crossed the line first and let the three Scandinavian competitors finish 1-4 seconds later. It was Kjetil Borch who took the shortest straw and was condemned to Final B. In semifinal 2, Marc Weber took the lead after 1000m and kept it during the whole 2k. Lars Lipman (Laga) and Eric Talens (Euros) also claimed a spot for the finals, which were to be continued in the afternoon.

Preparing for the finals left enough room for speculation. Callum Dixon, who already had the fastest time in the semifinals, indeed went home with the Holland Beker, congratulations! It was a very close call with the German Marc Weber, who decided to give everything in his final sprint, but was not able to close the gap anymore.  

The battle of the crown also continued for the female rowers, who all had their eyes on the price. While in the heats Ria Thompson kept quiet, she now blew our minds by immediately claiming the first position. The bronze medalist (women’s quad, Tokyo 2021) was just a size too big for Rebecca Wilde and Minke Holleboom, who were the number two and three on the podium respectively. They can however be extremely proud as they finished both within 8 seconds of the Olympic-medalist. Congratulations to all of them.

Lastly, the winners of the Dutch Nationals require an honorable mention. All the races for the Dutch Nationals took place within 30 minutes of each other, with the M4x, LM4x, W4x, LW4x and W8+-titles up for grabs. First to cross the line was the Orca/Skøll/Nereus/Njord-combination. This crew will be allowed to enter World Cup III in two weeks in Lucerne and they lived up to the expectations. Another crew that will race World Cup III is the LM4x-combination of Laga/Gyas/Dudok van Heel/Triton and as was to be expected, they claimed the title. The W4x was won by the combination of Njord/Theta/Nereus/Laga. Interesting to note, as all the other quads were combinations, but the winning M4x was all Nereus and they were clearly crushing their field. Last but not least, the W8+ was won by another combination, this time comprising Proteus-Eretes/Skadi/Laga/Theta/Okeanos/Njord. 

To all the competitors, visitors and volunteers of this weekend we wish to say a big thank you. We hope we will see you all next year, we will already place our order for two days of perfect weather. To all the winners of this year’s edition we want to say congratulations, it was a pleasure to watch you all.

With all that said, thanks again and hasta la vista!

Ready. Set. Go. The Koninklijke-Holland Beker 2022 was finally back in full glory this morning. While the sun needed some guidance with finding the Bosbaan, the rowers were shining bright and early. Racing took off with the M4- heats, where the Skøll/Skadi/Orca combination was the fastest crew. Rowers Martijn Bos, Stijn Wieling, Jorn Salverda and Daan Klomp have already put themselves on the map this year with some excellent performances during national regattas and today they showed off during the KHB. At the end of this week, the crew will travel to the UK for the Henley Royal Regatta and they appear to be in good shape. The first medal of the day goes to the LM 2-, where a Brazilian pair triumphs. More victory went to Brazil when also the M2- crossed the finish line first. 

In the Holland Beker, Kjetil Borch (Norway) had a rough start of the morning, as he didn’t instantly claim his spot for the next round. Callum Dixon from Great Britain took the lead in the heat with Borch and easily ensured his place for the semifinals. In the repechage however, Borch managed to finish first, so we will see the Tokyo silver-medallist tomorrow again in the battle of the Holland Beker. Next to Borch, no less than four Dutch rowers made it to the semi-finals tomorrow, after having proved themselves in the repechage. Apart from Borch, we will see more competitors from Scandinavia that will appear at the start of the Holland Beker semifinals as we have Martin Helseth (Norway) and  Ahmet Rapi (Sweden). The battle for the Holland Beker will resume on Sunday a little before 11:00h, so make sure to check our livestream or to come enjoy the ambience on the Bosbaan.   

When looking at the Ladies Trophy, we noticed it were our neighboring countries who showed off, with Rebecca Wilde (UK) and Sophie Templitz-Heywood (Germany) claiming the direct tickets to the A-final. In the repechage, the remaining tickets for the final went to three of our fellow Dutch(wo)men and the woman to watch, Ria Thompson (Australia), bronze-medallist of Tokyo. The final of the Ladies Trophy will take place at 15:00h, so another one to put on your calendar for tomorrow (we know you are lying on the couch around that time anyway).

As mentioned, once again the KHB is hosting the Open Dutch National Championships as well. Racing was hard and fair, but in some of the events, it was not hard to declare the victors. In the M2x, Wibaut Rustenburg (Skøll) and Guillaume Turlan (France) crushed their field and claimed the title very quite convincingly. Another notable mention is the FISU-eight, who claimed the Dutch title in the M8+, by racing to a respectable 05:38,10. Given the example by Wibaut, more rowers from Skøll raced to the National Title. The W4- was a full Skøll-crew and the proud winners of today’s race. The M4- crew that already showed off in the morning also had 2 Skøllies on board, and they went home with the title. Another notable highlight of the Open National was the LM2x, where a boat of Willem III made a hell of a fight with the boat from Great Britain. The boats continued to swap places during the races, but in the end the English had the final say and can boast about their Dutch National title. In any event, congratulations to all the winners!

For now, we’ll take a short break. We hope to see you all tomorrow at our beloved Bosbaan. 

We are thrilled that the 2022 edition of the Koninklijke-Holland Beker will start tomorrow in full glory. Rowing crews from 14 different countries will join our beloved rowing regatta which, as usual, takes place at the Bosbaan. Not only will the KHB be Holland’s most renowned international regatta this weekend, it will also serve as the Dutch Championship for every boat with more than 2 oars (NK Groot).

Needless to say that we, after a long period of planning and preparing, are more than ready for a brilliant weekend full of rowing pleasure. For the complete KHB experience, we advise you to come and checkout the grandstand at the Bosbaan or watch the livestream, and very important, buy the most awesome rowing merchandise available to mankind. Of course, a rowing regatta is all about racing, so helpful as we are, we’ve put together some of the highlights you can look out for this weekend.

Ladies’ Trophy

Last year, with a lead of nearly 20 seconds, Pia Greiten claimed the Ladies’ Trophy and thereby became the successor of Emma Twigg. Both rowers will not reclaim their title in the 2022 edition. Of course, this begs the question who will bring the Ladies’ Trophy home this year. With the pandemic mostly faded out (which hopefully stays that way) and the travel restrictions for most countries lifted, the Trophy can travel quite far this year. With entries from Australia to the USA, the international allure of the KHB is shining like never before. The Australian Ria Thompson is clearly one to look out for. She triumphed during the 2019 World U23 Championships in the single and won bronze at the Tokyo Olympics in the women’s quad. Another Olympian in da house is Alison Rusher, who represents both Cambridge Boat Club and the USA. Regarding the Dutch representation, we have a nice fun fact, which is that one of the competitors for the Trophy, Lisanne van der Lelij (Orca), is the daughter of Tom, with whom we talked last week about the ins and outs of umpiring at the KHB. Make sure to keep an eye on Minke Holleboom (Euros), who definitely has a chance of finishing as first Dutchie and maybe even the crown? 

Holland Beker

The battle for the Holland Beker will also be of Olympic standards. With silver medal winner Kjetil Borch appearing at the start, we are convinced that this race will be another one to watch. Kjetil (Norway) made his Olympic debut in 2012, when he participated with Nils Jakob Hoff in the Double Sculls. After becoming World Champion in the Single Sculls in 2019, Kjetil won the silver medal last year in Tokyo. We are proud to announce that Kjetil will compete for the Holland Beker this year. For the Netherlands, we have, amongst others, Wietse Morreau as a serious contender. With his enormous talent and his third place in the Dutch Championships last year, he has the potential to be the best placed Dutchman in this edition and is a possible contender for the throne.

Australia represent

Although the Netherlands is not exactly around the corner, Australia is well represented in the entries. After two years of limited travel possibilities, they can now travel the world again to remind us that they have some very talented rowers on board. We talked with one of the coaches of the lightweight women’s crew. Nigel Harding is the proud coach of the lightweight Australian women, made up by Sophie Jerapetritis, Eve Mure, Alexandra Moylan and Maggie Foley. The last eight weeks they have been training at the Australian National University Boat Club in Canberra. Sophie and Eve won Haslam Trophy, which is the Championship Lightweight Double Sculls at the Henley Women’s Regatta, last Sunday. After narrowly missing selection into the national senior and under 23 national teams, the group decided to obtain international racing experience by attending the Henley Women’s, Holland Beker and Henley Royal Regatta. The national federation, Rowing Australia, contributed in the form of arranging contacts for boats to hire. The entire squad is aiming for Paris 2024, although this will be very hard as for the lightweight women the double sculls are the only event available. This weekend however, they will make sure to add some Australian spice to the KHB and put in their best efforts.

Not to miss

The Australian rowers are not the only ones who start both the KHB and the Henley Royal Regatta. In the Men’s Elite 8+ a boat from Triton will enter, with freshly announced World Cup participators Pieter van Veen and Eli Brouwer on board. For this squad the expectations at the KHB and at Henley are quite high. Another highly talented boat is the Men’s Double Sculls of Wibout Rustenburg (Skøll), who will race with the French Guillaume Turlan at both the KHB and Henley.

Irrespective of how good this preview will be, rowing is best experienced alongside the water with a beer in your hand and all your friends around you on the grandstand. We are more than ready and hope to see you all on Saturday and Sunday. Don’t forget to take a picture at the photobooth to bring home your KHB memories. See you there! 

 

All entries, time-table and draw can be found via Time-Team.