The biggest community event of the year is back!
The Vondelgym Games, our yearly CrossFit buddy competition, is only open to members of ourgyms. If you’re training in Amsterdam or Rotterdam, the following info is for you:
General
The competition will have a male+male and a female+female division.
If you identify as non binary and would like to participate, send us a message and we will accommodate you.
To join in on the action, your team is required to complete the registration form.
Qualification
The qualifier workouts will be hosted in our Friday and Saturday CrossFit classes at all locations(west/east/south/Rotterdam). They will appear as events in Gymly, so you can sign up for them regardless of the membership you have.
Qualifier workout 1 will be held on 30th & 31st of August.
Qualifier workout 2 will be held on 6th & 7th of September.
If you want to compete you have to sign up for BOTH qualifiers together with your buddy.Additionally, a final opportunity to complete a missed qualifier will be provided on September 14th and 15th, outside of the regular class hours in Amsterdam. Further details about the exact time and location for the makeup session will be sent out to all registered athletes via email!
Scores will only be taken into account if you performed them during the official time slots. It is also possible to do both workouts on the “makeup” weekend.
Finals
The finals will take place on October 4th, 5th and 6th at Vondelgym Zuid (also for Rotterdam).The biggest change to last year is that the top 2 divisions will compete on Saturday AND Sunday, it is a 2 day competition for them! The newly added third division will have a single day event taking place on Friday.
Upon the conclusion of the qualifiers, all teams' performances will be ranked and invites to the finals will be sent out.
Teams will be categorised into different skill levels based on their rankings. The workouts for the finals will be curated according to the skill levels, making this event inclusive for everyone!
The divisions will be made up the following way:
Places 1-10 in the female division will qualify for “Division 1” and compete Saturday and Sunday. Places 11-20 in the female division will qualify for “Division 2” and compete Saturday and Sunday.Places 21-30 in the female division will qualify for “Division 3” and compete Friday.
Places 1-20 in the male division will qualify for “Division 1” and compete Saturday and Sunday.Places 21-40 in the male division will qualify for “Division 2” and compete Saturday and Sunday.Places 41-60 in the male division will qualify for “Division 3” and compete Friday.
Every athlete competing in the Division 1 & 2 finals will be asked to pay 50€ for participating in theevent. The cost to participate in Division 3 will be 30€. Joining the qualifiers is free of charge.More details about the qualifier workouts will follow soon on Instagram.
Before you sign up, be sure you have read and understood the rulebook! (see below)
If you have any other questions regarding the event please reach out to crossfit@vondelgym.nl or Niklas. See you on the competition floor!
Rulebook Vondelgym Games 2024 Eligibility
- You have to be a member at Vondelgym Amsterdam or Rotterdam.
- Vondelgym CrossFit coaches with permanent hours on the schedule are NOT eligible to
compete.
- Vondelgym staff members who regularly compete in CrossFit competitions are NOT eligible to
compete.
- Qualifiers have to be performed in the classes designated to them.
- To compete in Division 1 or 2 you have to be available to compete on both days, October 5th
and 6th. It’s a two day event, it is not possible to compete on only one of those days.
- The finals have to be done together with the buddy that the qualification was done with.
Switching out your buddy is NOT allowed. In case of an injury, inform Niklas and he will match you in a fair manner, only if there’s another team that qualified for THE SAME division that also has 1 buddy that cannot make the finals.
Ranking system
- Teams earn points based on their performance in each workout, with higher rankings receiving fewer points. (1st gets 1 point, 2nd gets 2, 3rd gets 3 etc.)
- Team with fewest accumulated points ranks highest.
- In case of a tie between two teams having the same number of points, the tiebreaker will
involve a head-to-head comparison of events. If Team A outperforms Team B in 3 out of 5
workouts in a tied situation, Team A will secure the higher ranking.
- If the tie still remains, the tiebreaker will shift to looking at the highest-ranked individual event,
similar to how it’s done at the CrossFit Games. If Team A and Team B are tied in event wins over one another and Team A’s best finish is a 3rd place while Team B’s best finish is a 2nd place, Team B will be declared the winner.
