Points

Pos.	Name	Place (Hometown)	1st	2nd	3rd	Points
1	Tjisse Steenstra	Beetgumermolen	14	7	3	59
2	Gert-Anne van der Bos	Holwerd, Mantgum	15	3	4	55
3	Taeke Triemstra	St.-Jacobiparochie	13	4	5	52
4	Marten Pieter Bergsma	Minnertsga	10	5	2	42
5	Hendrik Kootstra	Minnertsga	6	5	3	31
6	Renze Pieter Hiemstra	Zweins, St.-Annaparochie, St.-Jacobiparochie, Deinum	5	6	3	30
6	Menno van Zwieten	Peins, Heerenveen	2	8	8	30
8	Hans Wassenaar	Tzumamrum, Leeuwarden	5	5	2	27
8	Erwin Zijlstra	Oosterlittens	3	6	6	27
10	Dylan Drent	Harlingen	4	5	2	24
11	Bauke Triemstra	St.-Jacobiparochie	2	6	4	22
11	Kees van der Schoot	Sexbierum, Leeuwarden	2	5	6	22
13	Jelte-Pieter Dijkstra	Heerenveen	1	4	3	14
13	Thomas van Zuiden	Tjerkwerd, Bolsward		4	6	14
15	Enno Kingma	Westhoek, Wier, Leeuwarden		4	5	13
16	Laas Pieter van Straten	Menaldum, Stiens, Finkum	3		3	12
16	Allard Hoekstra	Franeker	1	3	3	12
18	Pier Piersma	Hardegarijp, Leeuwarden, Witmarsum, Oosterlittens	2		1	7
18	Sjoerd de Jong	Dongjum, St.-Annaparochie, St.-Jacobiparochie, Leeuwarden		2	3	7
18	Pieter Jan Plat	St.-Annaparochie, Leeuwarden		2	3	7
21	Hylke R. Bruinsma	Ried, Minnertsga	2			6
22	Hijltje Bosma	Ferwoude, Makkum	1	1		5
22	Marten Feenstra	Berlikum, Finkum, Vrouwenparochie		1	3	5
24	Gabe-Jan van Popta	Lollum	1		1	4
24	Paul Dijkstra	Beetgum		2		4
24	Yannick Hielkema	Beetgum		2		4
27	Remmelt Bouma	Weidum	1			3
27	Simon Zijlstra	Oosterlittens	1			3
27	Jelte Visser	Firdgum, Sexbierum	1			3
27	Willem Heeringa	Tzummarum, Leeuwarden	1			3
27	Alle Jan Anema	Grouw, Roordahuizum, Heerenveen		1	1	3
27	Eevrt Pieter Tolsma	Winsum		1	1	3
27	Auke Boomsma	Morra			3	3
34	Sybren Visser	Heerenveen		1		2
34	Gerrit Jan Duiven	Hidaard		1		2
34	Bauke Dijkstra	Oosterend, Franeker		1		2
34	Daniël Iseger	Goutum, Huizum, Leeuwarden		1		2
34	Sip Jaap Bos	Anjum, Groningen			2	2
34	Haye Jan Nicolay	Britsum			2	2
40	Rick Poortstra	St.-Jacobiparochie			1	1
40	Jelle Jaap Stiemsma	Lioessens			1	1
40	Gerben Hein Wijtsma	Lioessens			1	1
40	Johannes van der Veen	Tzummarum, Pietersbierum			1	1
40	Jouke Bosje	Welsrijp, Leeuwarden			1	1
40	Pieter Jan Leijenaar	Exmorra			1	1
40	Menno Galema	Bolsward			1	1
40	Gjalt Sjirk de Groot	Mantgum			1	1
40	Jelle Cnossen	Bolsward			1	1
40	Ignas Dijkstra	Mantgum			1	1
40	Klaas Pier Folkertsma	Wons			1	1

Report

Tjisse Steenstra of Beetgumermolen won his 10th “Kingship” in Frisian Handball in 2019, with 59 points from 14 first places, 7 seconds and three thirds. He finished four points ahead of Gert-Anne van der Bos of Holwerd, Mantgum with Taeke Triemstra of St.-Jacobiparochie in third on 52 points.

About

Kaatsen is a Frisian version of Handball that was first codified in 1853 by the Franeker de P.C. oprichten (Permanente Commissie). On 7 June 1897 it became part of the Nederlands Kaats Bond and then in 1934 became independent again as the CFK, de Christelijke Friese Kaatsbond. In 1994 it again merged with thE KNKB. It is Primarily played in Franeker in Friesland.

From the KNKB Website:

“By bouncing (Kaatsen) is meant:
Two teams that fight each other by passing the ball to each other. This involves a storage party (service) and a returning party. In the scoring, 4 winning strokes yield a first / game (game) and in addition to direct winning strokes, there are undecided strokes (bounce = wooden marker), which later yield points after switching functions.

Frisian handball originated in the 12th century in cloisters in France and therefore found its way north via Belgium.
Bounce was first played on squares throughout the Netherlands by the ‘hegerein’ (well-to-do), only later on grass. When the nobles withdrew more to the tennis courts with their game, handball became a game for ‘the common people’.”

Map of Friesland, Netherlands

References

Logos

[1] KNVB (2020) resize [Internet] Available from: https://www.knkb.nl/includes/resize.asp?website=implementatie&width=1024&height=800&image=26552969d4a04.png [Accessed 23 October 2020]

Websites

[2] Kaatshistorie (2020) Klassement [heren][2019] [Internet] Available from: https://www.kaatshistorie.nl/klassement.php [Accessed 5 May 2021]

[3] KNVB (2020) Kaatsen (Bounce): History [Internet] Available from: https://www.knkb.nl/pageid=13483/Historie.html [Accessed 23 October 2020]

Images

[4] KNVB (2020) resize [Internet] Available from: https://www.knkb.nl/includes/resize.asp?website=implementatie&width=1024&height=800&image=26652f2464ab8.jpg [Accessed 23 October 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Enda Fahy

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