Belgian National Championship, Mechelen, 7 May 2023

Dear all,

This is the official announcement of the

*** Belgian National Championship 2023 ***

Date: Sunday, May 7, 2023
Registration: 11:30
First round starting time: 12:00
Expected finishing time: 21:00

Type of Event: National Championship (see the tournament rules)

Being a National Championship, the use of proxy cards is not allowed. See the instructions for the use of cards from printable V:EKN expansion sets.

Number of rounds: 3 + final
Time limit per round: 2 hours

Address of Event:
Spelfanaat Mechelen
Putsesteenweg 17,
2800 Mechelen
www.spelfanaat.be/

Drinks are available on site. Other catering options will be explored based on the number of pre-registered participants.

Entry fee: 5 euros (tbc)

*** Pre-registration ***

Pre-registration is very useful to ensure appropriate prize support and a timely start of the tournament. If you intend to participate, please sign up as soon as possible by replying to this thread (with your name and VEKN number) or joining the Facebook event .

*** How to reach ***

By public transport: Spelfanaat is situated at 20 minutes walking from train station "Mechelen Nekkerspoel"
If you arrive from Paris/London/Berlin... you will end up at Brussels South Station (Gare du Midi), where most trains going towards Antwerp will stop at Nekkerspoel. Coming from the Netherlands, most trains from Antwerp to Brussels will stop at Nekkerspoel.

By car: there is ample free parking in the area on Sundays.

We hope to see many of you in Mechelen on May the 7th!

Cheers,
Maaike, prince of Mechelen
Tom, Shopkeeper Spelfanaat & tournament organiser
Tom, NC Belgium

Preregistered players:

1. Tom Van Coillie
2. Tom Vandenberghe
3. Maaike Kerschot
4. Emiliano Imeroni
5. Bart Jansen
6. Peter Ilegems
7. Niek van der Laan
8. Koen KJ Janssens
9. Ben Winkeler
10. Stéphane Verstraeten
11. Rolf Engelen
12. Michael Jakoby-Bicanic
13. Steffen Waschul
14. Gerhard Range
15. Wouter Kestens
16. Jonathan Zwijsen
17. Dries Lieckens
18. Arvid Cardinaels
19. Nick Hofman

I have advertised this on the German VEKN forum.

Immediately, three players from the Bochum group replied they would join.

Michael Jakoby-Bicanic
Steffen Waschul
Gerhard Range

Best regards

Hardy

Thank you, Hardy! We have 14 people pre-registered so far. (previous post updated)

I like too also sign up!

Eric Godthelp

Kind regards

Hi,
i like to sign up: Michael Köper VEKN 5570004