Financial Football Tournament #13
Time for the famous Financial Football tournament. Saturday June 6th the event will be held again. As always the 7-a-side matches will be played just outside Amsterdam in the little city of Abcoude, on the fields of FC Abcoude.
It’s amazing the tournament has never been skipped in the last twelve years, somehow Bennington (Ferry Boekholt) has been able to find sponsors every year (remember it was once called All Options Football Tournament?). The sponsors this year are Euroclear and Eurex.
Sunny weather, a kidsclub childcare, food, beverages and an overall good atmosphere : get the teams together again. The event has evolved from a few local market makers into an increasingly international tournament. Last year it was Lynx winning the title after beating Eurex Frankfurt on penalties.
The contribution this year is €600 per team. You can find more information here, don’t hesitate to contact Ferry directly if you have any questions.
The 13th edition
Made a list of the past winners of the tournament. Somewhere along the way we’ve made a mistake in counting the edition of the tournament. This year isn’t the 12th edition of the tournament like it is called in the official invitation, it’s the 13th. The tradition is even older than we thought.
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Jack,
Thx for the post. I cranked up an old computer to go through old mails and administration. Somewhere along the way there was a mix-up and I fed you wrong info.
The first tournament was held 15 May 2004. So, this is the 12th tournament, not the 13th.
I know for certain that the list of winners from 2005 on is correct. But I have nothing in my documents that tell me who the 2004 winner was. It was either Optiver or IMC. Perhaps someone else remembers?
Just check the bull…
https://plus.google.com/photos/+FerryBoekholt/albums/6054071616144632193/6054075881380851922?authkey=CIyGqffRwrrB8QE&pid=6054075881380851922&oid=117348410583681310609
how much are Euroclear and Eurex paying as sponsors?
so ferry doesnt know when all this started and he gets a sponsor every year to keep it going, looks like ‘it’ is bigger than ferry or any sponsor in a given year
Yes, ‘it’ is, as it should be. I do know now when it started; 2004. But confusion started a couple of years back when we tried to figure out who the winners were while making the Bull. And there, I screwed up. Hence, the plaque is wrong too. Will correct that. Never said I was perfect.
but you come closer than the rest of us
shipping containers are probably the best invention ever
http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000377556
there is real shortage of dorms etc, so they put shipping containers in empty areas and it works pretty well
: )
who is organizing and how do i register for this tournament ?
did you read the article, specifically
‘The contribution this year is €600 per team. You can find more information here, don’t hesitate to contact Ferry directly if you have any questions’