In 2008, carpenter Cees Kuiper launched the game, together with his son. “We saw it in Canada and immediately loved it. We looked at whether there were any rights at stake there, but that was not the case. So then we could go our way.”
The result of the Dutch version is Ringball 21, a game that can be seen as a cross between shuffling and curling. The blue or red ring balls must be pushed to the other side, whereby the intention is to collect as many points as possible. Whoever gets 21 points first wins.
‘Aiming and thinking’
In the hall of the community center in the Grote Waal in Hoorn, it is a pleasant place on Thursday afternoon. Ten fanatic ringball players are concentrated on the four jobs of Cees, positions are accurately kept on the board. “It’s not difficult to play,” says Kuiper. “You don’t need any strength for it, it is only aiming and thinking. Defending and attacking.”
According to Antoinette Beekhuis from Hoorn, the difference can be made with control and tactics. “You don’t have to throw too hard, then you have no points.”
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