Dutch e-sport development

On October 15 it finally happened. For us it was like a dream came true. The first Dutch E-sport club became a fact in Enschede. This E-sport club is the first of hopefully many more E-sport clubs through the entire Netherlands.
The opening was a huge success. Many visitors enjoyed the Xbox 360 kinect, PS3 move, Nintendo Wii or 1 of the pc’s with trackmania and FIFA. The club was opened by Tencate sportboulvard manager Henny Roerink and E-sportclub Enschede president Oscar Ruiterkamp.
The Logo of the E-sport club Enschede was also presented. The visitors had the possibility to compete with Koen Weijland, wich is one of the Best Dutch FIFA gamers. Further Ravi Bhikhie, gave a Dance dance revolution demonstration.
The club opening also attracted a lot of media attention. Two famous news programs, Rtl nieuws & Het Jeugd journaal visited the opening to take some film shots and interview the visitors and organisers of the E-sportclub.
At the same night the items were shown on national television. The items can be watched by following these links;
Rtl nieuws: http://www.rtl.nl/xl/#/u/cdb5798a-5c06-421e-a253-510801ea5ebc/
Jeugd journaal: http://jeugdjournaal.nl/item/304100-gamen-bij-een-sportclub.html.
We could say that October 15 was a big step forward for the E-sport development in The Netherlands.
The Dutch E-sport association (E-sportbond) also participated on different events. Promoting E-sport, E-sportbond and letting people experience different kinds of gaming was the main goal during these events.
On Friday 4 and Saturday 5 November the E-sportbond visited the HCC digital in Utrecht. The HCC Digital is an huge electronic knowledge event which attracts thousands of spectators. The E-sportbond promoted themselves by organising game competitions together with the gaming community Mouse Control. There were 2 competitions on both Friday and Saturday. The games that were played are Track Mania Nations forever, StarCraft 2, FIFA 2012. The ranks 1,2 and 3 were granted some nice prices.
Another Event on which the E-sportbond participated was Het Festival van talent (the talent festival). This is an festival for highly gifted people. It took place on Sunday 6 November. The E-sport was there with different game sets. Young visitors could play the Xbox 360 kincect, PS3 move and nintendo wii. The 16+ visitors also had the possibility to play PC games and different kind of E-sport games. Later that day Koen Weijland organised an competition wich Enjoyed many participants and spectators. There were 3 nice prices given away for the ranks 1,2 and 3.
The month October was an huge succes. The E-sportbond promoted themselves, E-sports and all the Dutch gamers succesfully. E-sports is growing in the Netherlands and we are a big part of it.