3rd national Grand Prix 2025-26

January 3rd - 4th, 2026             Den Ham / NL

standings after 50 figures:

rank name points tries figures %
1. Jop de JONG 251 108 35 66,93
2. René DERICKS 237 111 32 63,20
3. Patrick de HAAN 224 102 32 59,73
4. Benny SMITS 213 115 30 56,80
5. Sander JONEN 198 119 27 52,80
6. Mark JANSSEN 189 116 26 50,40
7. Fred DRIESSEN 177 118 25 47,20
8. Wilfrie VERMEER 167 124 22 44,53
9. Robert van VEENENDAAL 152 125 21 40,53
10. René KUIJSTERMANS 148 126 21 39,46
11. Fred GROEN 136 127 19 36,26
12. Cock OOMS 136 130 19 36,26
13. Eric van HOORN 109 132 15 29,06
14. Bart van de WIJGERT 64 139 10 17,06
15. Djeno VERWIEL 63 143 9 16,80

the half finals:

rank name MP pts solved pts played %
1 Jop de JONG 0 139 203 68,472
4 Benny SMITS 2 157 213 73,708

rank name MP pts solved pts played %
2 René DERICKS 2 118 189 62,433
3 Patrick de HAAN 0 85 189 44,973

match for place 3:

name MP pts solved pts played %
Jop de JONG 2 140 207 67,632
Patrick de HAAN 0 135 207 65,217

the final:

name MP pts solved pts played %
Benny SMITS 2 121 192 63,020
René DERICKS 0 110 200 55,000

the final result:

rank name points solved points played tries %
1. Benny SMITS 491 780 - 62,94
2. René DERICKS 465 764 - 60,86
3. Jop de JONG 530 785 - 67,51
4. Patrick de HAAN 444 771 - 57,58
5. Sander JONEN 279 525 165 53,14
6. Fred DRIESSEN 258 525 166 49,14
7. Mark JANSSEN 248 525 165 47,23
8. Wilfrie VERMEER 241 525 175 45,90
9. Robert van VEENENDAAL 229 525 175 43,61
10. René KUIJSTERMANS 201 525 180 38,28
11. Fred GROEN 200 525 171 38,09
12. Cock OOMS 193 525 180 36,76
13. Eric van HOORN 166 525 182 31,61
14. Bart van de WIJGERT 110 525 192 20,95
15. Djeno VERWIEL 88 525 197 16,76

playing system: all players play 50 figures (from the 10-figure-per-set system).
Then the players from position #5-#14 play another 20 figures.
Meanwhile #1 vs. #4 and #2 vs. #3 play the half finals (following the CEB-distances to 28 figures)
The losers play for place 3 and the winners play final


Dutch season overview                Dutch ranking 2025/26