Volker Bernardi reports

Having lost three finals in the last five years Black & White RC Worms finally became the winners of the National Team Championships titles as they beat Squash Inn Team Hamborn 3/1 in the Bundesliga playoff finals in Germering (Munich).

It was relief for Worms Team Leader and ROWE-Chief Michael Zehe:

“It feels very good to have reached our aim after so much work and trying so many times”, commented the Head of the Team.

Hamborn, appearing in their first finals weekend, produced a sensational upset in the semi-finals in beating Paderborn, the current European Club Champions.



 
Squash-Insel Taufkirchen won their third consecutive team title in the  ladies' competition. Team Leader Frank Weber was happy to celebrate the Hattrick: “We have a great team and have done a lot of work so we are happy to succeed in winning a third crown."

Finals:

B&W Worms 3-1 Squash Inn Hamborn
  David Palmer 3-1 Tom Richards        10-12, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8
  Jens Schoor 1-2 Rudi Rohrmuller               11-8, 9-11, 11-13
  Andre Haschker 3-1 Raphael Kandra   11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 11-9
  Carsten Schoor 3-0 Marc Horning                11-3, 11-5, 11-8

Squash Insel Taufkirchen 2-1 Rosenheimer Squash-Verein
  Sina Wall 1-3 Kathrin Hauck               6-11, 8-11, 11-5, 9-11
  Gaby Schmohl 3-0 Franziska Hennes           11-4, 11-6, 11-7
  Astrid Kern 3-1 Laura Kutsch            11-5, 9-11, 11-6, 13-11

Men's semi-finals

Squash Inn Team Hamborn 2-2 Paderborn
  Marc Horning 2-3 Cederic Lenz   11-7, 11-13, 11-5, 5-11, 3-11
  Raphael Kandra 3-1 Norman Junge       7-11, 11-7, 11-8, 11-6
  Tom Richards 3-0 James Willstrop                 11-5, 11-5, 11-7
  Rudi Rohrmuller 0-2 Simon Rosner                      15-17, 4-11

Black & White Worms 3-1 Schängel Koblenz
  Carsten Schoor 3-1 Markus Voit           9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-6
  Andre Haschker 3-0 Johannes Voit                11-6, 11-3, 11-5
  David Palmer 1-3 Laurens Jan Anjema  4-11, 11-7, 7-11, 4-11
  Jens Schoor 3-1 Stefan Leifels          12-10, 11-2, 10-12, 11-7