Another competitive airsoft practical shooting event is coming up in Europe, and it's going to be in the Netherlands this time. The Nederlandse Airsoft Belangen Vereniging (NABV or the Dutch Airsoft Association) are set to hold the Dutch Open 2015 at the Dutch National Sports Centre Papendal in Arnhem on the 21st to the 22nd of November 2015.

For two days, competitive shooters, which will be limited to a number of 80 shooters at the maximum, will be going through various shooting stages with different levels of difficulty. If you and your airsoft practical shooting club intend to join in this competition, better register now as the number of shooters as of this writing has already reached 60+ registrants which means just less than 20 slots are left for those who haven’t registered yet. New competitors will have to be reviewed first before their registration gets approved. For the pre-match a total of 15 shooters will be accepted.

As for the stages, there is a total of 18 which are evenly allocated on both days (9 on the 1st day and 9 on the second day). All of these stages are broken up to the following: 6 Long, 10 Medium and 2 Short, with a minimum of 456 rounds. The organisers will using 180 barricades, 120 Targetholders, 99 Poppers, 64 no-shoots, 10 barricades with windows, one seesaw, 5 moving targets, 5 tables with chairs, 1 bed, 1 Crocodile, 1 (small) swimming pool, 10 oildrums and over 250m of faultlines.

For registration fees, Non-NABV members will be €65 and for NABV members, it will be  €40. Upon confirmation of registration, shooters will then select which squad they will be playing in for the Dutch Open.

You can now register at the Shoot'n Score It online registration page where you need to sign-up for an account first before registering for the event. As for the discussion of the Dutch Open 2015 with the organisers, you can visit them at International Airsoft Practical Shooting Facebook Page.

Popular Airsoft will be there to cover the event so expect the reports from the Dutch Open, including photos and videos from us.