Poolcafé Delfshaven
Aelbrechtskolk 45B
3025 HB Rotterdam
www.poolcafedelfshaven.nl
www.knbb.nl
Picture: 2011 Dutch Youth Championships poster, pupil Kaylash Persad at the pooltable.
2011 Dutch Youth Championships
The 2011 Dutch Youth Championships, sanctioned by the Royal Dutch Billiards Federation (KNBB), have produced new champions. Participants were subdivided into the categories Pupils (born in 1995 or younger) and Juniors (born in 1993 until 1994). New talent and pros- to-be displayed their skills in Poolcafé Delfshaven in Rotterdam. Pool billiards enthusiasts attended in great numbers, the participants, their parents, supporters and the press. The 2011 Dutch Youth Championships is sponsored by Longoni Cues and Kamui Tips.
Amongst the Juniors, former European 9-ball youth champion Ivar Saris managed to snatch the first gold medal of the event in the final against Ivo Aarts. Yet, Ivo Aarts proved to be the big winner of this year’s Youth Championships, with 3 gold medals and an additional silver medal. Aarts is already a regular at the Euro Tour.
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For the Pupils, the Youth Championships turned out to be a hometown celebration with two gold medals for Kaylash Persad and the remaining two for Sahin Sayim, both from Rotterdam and fellow teammates. We will probably hear more from these new talents in the near future.
After four days of hard fought matches on the blue baize, the complete overview of medalists is:
 | GOLD | Kaylash Persad |  | NETHERLANDS |
| SILVER | Jan van Lierop | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Lars van Dijk | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Guido Janssen | | NETHERLANDS | |
| GOLD | Ivar Saris | | NETHERLANDS |
| SILVER | Ivo Aarts | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Marc Bijsterbosch | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Dylan Dasar | | NETHERLANDS | |
| GOLD | Kaylash Persad | | NETHERLANDS |
| SILVER | Jan van Lierop | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Guido Janssen | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Jimmy Sy-a-Chin | | NETHERLANDS | |
| GOLD | Ivo Aarts | | NETHERLANDS |
| SILVER | Marc Bijsterbosch | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Ivar Saris | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Patrick Vossen | | NETHERLANDS | |
| GOLD | Sahin Sayim | | NETHERLANDS |
| SILVER | Jeroen Geelens | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Jan van Lierop | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Jimmy Sy-a-Chin | | NETHERLANDS | |
| GOLD | Ivo Aarts | | NETHERLANDS |
| SILVER | Marc Bijsterbosch | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Ivar Saris | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Jasper van Donk | | NETHERLANDS | |
| GOLD | Sahin Sayim | | NETHERLANDS |
| SILVER | Kaylash Persad | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Jeroen Gelens | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Lars van Dijk | | NETHERLANDS | |
| GOLD | Ivo Aarts | | NETHERLANDS |
| SILVER | Ivar Saris | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Marc Bijsterbosch | | NETHERLANDS | |
| BRONZE | Mike Hoornaar | | NETHERLANDS | |
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