The very first edition of the "Frysian Open" was held last Saturday at Rinusch' place, where the Commodore flag fluttered.

The name of the tourney is a wink to the fact that it took place in the provence of "Friesland", with a number of joining players coming from both the unofficial regions 'West Friesland' (slightly north of Amsterdam) and 'East Friesland' (small area in the north-west of Germany, home of Brixio, the Italian German...or was it the other way around?).
Everybody gathered around 11:30 AM, where they were welcomed and treated with coffee and 'oranjekoek', which is a Frisian specialty.

After setting up the hardware (2 A1200's), being talked through the schedule for the day and having enjoyed lunch, the games started.
The idea behind the schedule was primarily "many matches for everyone, regardless of results". The first round was an 'all against all' 1-leg league.

Based on the results, players were then evenly spread across 2 'equally strong' leagues in a second round, where they played each other 3 times. After a not so Frisian dinner (Asian food), enjoyed at the fireplace outside, this lead to the top players from both leagues battling further in the 'Frisian Stallion Cup' and the remaining players in the 'Bench Warmers Cup' in round 3.
The finals (3/4 and 1/2 in both cups) were played over 2 legs on 1 Amiga. The Bench Warmers Cup was conquered by Brixio, after defeating Romanista (1-3, 1-1).

In a thrilling final between M4rk and Rinusch, M4RK took the Frisian Stallion Cup by pulling off his specialty: scoring the winning ("Ost Frisian" ;-)) goal just before the final whistle (89th minute. 4-1, 1-3). They are entitled to a full year of proud care taking of the respective perpetual trophy's with the 3-D printed, gold-sprayed bulldozers on top, reflecting their unique powers of shoving the competition from the pitch..(well...you get the idea..)
Onno took the 'participation trophy' home.

After an amazing day with each player having played 24 matches (and M4rk estimated to having drunk an equal amount of beers), everybody returned home around 21:30.