Badminton players Duinwijck take national title after blistering final day against Almere

The Haarlem badminton players from Duinwijck have won the national championship this afternoon. The team of which Olympian Selena Piek is a part won in the golden game of Almere.

Duinwijck and Almere were very evenly matched. It was 4-4 after all regular games. In the golden game, Duinwijckers Ties van der Lecq and Brian Wassink took on Alex Vlaar and Adam Hall. The Haarlem duo made it 4-0 in no time, after which the lead was extended to 7-4. Van der Lecq and Wassink increased the score from 10-6 to 13-10. It got a little tense at a score of 16-13, but the duo eventually pulled the longest straw: 21-16.

It is for the 27th time in the history of the Eredivisie that the Haarlem-squad is national champion. The last title was from 2018/19, the following year, today’s opponent, Almere, won. Last year there was no play due to corona.

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