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France are champions for the first time
Finals Day:
England's women retain title
but it's a first win for the French men
It was a dramatic
finals day in Denmark, and a historic one as France became
the men's champions for the first time ever, having lost to
England in the final 15 times in the last 16 years!
Both finals were England v France, a repeat of last year,
and in the women's final it was England who prevailed to
make it five wins in a row and 37 in total (out of 38). Sarah-Jane Perry put England ahead,
Camille Serme brought
France level and it was Emma Beddoes who won the decider for
the English.
In the men's final, played in 1-2-3-4 order, Gregory
Gaultier gave the French a great start as he beat Peter
Barker 3-1, Barker saving a match ball in the third. Mathieu
Castagnet put France two-nil up as he beat Daryly Selby -
who needed a 30-minute injury break after the second game -
3-1.
When Greg Marche led James Willstrop 2-1 and 4-0 it looked
all over for England, but Willstrop fought back to win 3-2
and extend the match.
Chris Simpson needed to win 3-0 to
give England any chance of retaining the title - even then
it would only have been on points countback (England needed
a result better than 11/7, 11/7, 11/7).
Simpson took
the first but Lucas Serme stormed ahead in the second, led
10-5 and took the match on his third opportunity to the
delight of the French contingent.
The match ended there as Serme was held aloft and the French
celebrations began ...
Men's:
England 1-2 France
Peter Barker 1-3 Gregory Gaultier 10/12,
8/11, 12/10, 3/11
Daryl Selby 1-3 Mathieu Castagnet
11/6, 9/11, 4/11, 12/14
James Willstrop 3-2 Grégoire Marche 11/5, 7/11, 6/11, 11/8, 11/8
Chris Simpson 1-1 Lucas Serme
11/5, 7/11 match stopped
3rd/4th: Germany 3-1 Scotland
Div 2 Final: Finland 3-1 Ireland
Women's: England 2-1 France
Sarah-Jane Perry 3-1 Coline Aumard 11/4, 11/6,
2/11, 11/6
Alison Waters 1-3 Camille Serme
7/11, 4/11, 11/9, 5/11
Emma Beddoes 3-0 Laura Pomportes
11/5, 11/5, 11/4
3rd/4th:
Ireland 2-1 Denmark
Division 2
Champions: Netherlands
It's a 37th title
in 38 years for England !!
Day THREE, Division ONE semis:
It's England v France take two
 Both finals will be
England v France affairs after the top seeds came
through in all four of today's semi-finals in Denmark.
 Hosts Denmark gave the English women a fright as Line Hansen
took Alison Waters to a deciding game in the opening match,
but Waters pulled through and national champion Sarah-Jane
Perry clinched the win.
Camille Serme and Coline Aumard both won tough matches
against the Irish to put the French through.
 In the first men's semi Daryl Selby put England ahead but
Simon Rosner came from two games down to level it for
Germany, then Chris Simpson maintained his unbeaten record
to put England in an unassailable lead.
 France made it through to the final as their top pairing of
Mathieu Castagnet and Gregory Gaultier put them two-nil up
against Scotland, Greg Marche finishing it off in the third
match.
Meanwhile in the Division Two semis, Ireland
beat hosts Denmark on games countback while Finland
beat Belgium, so it's Ireland and Finland into division one
next year.
In women's Division two, Netherlands beat Germany and
now just need to beat bottom-placed Hungary to take that
title.
Women's
semis:
England 3-0 Denmark
Alison Waters 3-2
Line Hansen 11-8, 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-5
Sarah-Jane Perry 3-0 Sally Skaarenborg
11-5, 11-3, 11-5
Jenny Duncalf 2-0 Cecilie Mayer
11-2, 11-4
France 2-0 Ireland
Camille Serme 3-1
Madeline Perry 11-6, 10-12,
11-8, 11-6
Coline Aumard 3-2 Aisling Blake 8-11, 11-5,
12-10, 7-11, 11-6
third match withdrawn
Men's semis:
England 2-1 Germany
Daryl Selby
3-1 Jens Schoor
11-2, 2-11, 11-2, 11-4
Peter Barker 2-3 Simon Rosner
11-5, 11-4, 8-11, 5-11, 5-11
Chris Simpson 3-0 Rudi Rohrmuller
11-6, 11-7, 11-7
fourth match withdrawn
France 3-0 Scotland
Mathieu
Castagnet 3-1 Greg Lobban 11-3, 11-6, 8-11, 11-4
Gregory Gaultier3-0 Alan Clyne
11-6, 11-6, 11-3
Grégoire Marche 2-0 Dougie Kempsell
11-6, 11-1
fourth match withdrawn
Day Two: Down to the semi-finals in Herning
The annual European Team Championships, this year being held
in Herning in
Denmark, are down to the semi-final stage after two days of
pool play.
No surprises in the men's final pool rounds, although
Scotland's top pair of Alan Clyne and Greg Lobban both
pushed their English counterparts to five games. England and
France both completed a hat-trick of wins and look set to
contest yet another final.
In the women's event hosts Denmark made the semis as they
beat Belgium in the deciding Pool B match, and now meet top
seeds England in Friday's semi-finals.
Division ONE, Day TWO:
Semi-finalists decided
With the semi-finalists
mostly decided on day one,
today was a case of seeing who plays who in the last four ...
Men A: England 4-0 Scotland
N'lands 3-1 Wales
Men B: France 4-0 Germany
Spain 3-1 Switzerland
Women A: England 3-0 Ireland
Wales 2-1 Spain
Women B: France 3-0 Czech
Denmark 2-1 Belgium
Meanwhile in men's Division Two,
top seeds Denmark and Finland are joined in the semis by
Ireland and Belgium. Division ONE, Day ONE:
Men: Top four through to semis
The top four seeds
of England, France, Germany and Scotland all won twice on
the opening day to secure their places in the semi-finals,
leaving it to tomorrow's final rounds of England v
Scotland and France v Germany to determine who
plays who in the last four.
A Scotland 3-1 Netherlands B France 3-1 Switzerland
A England
3-1 Wales B Germany 3-1 Spain
A England 4-0 Netherlands
B Germany 4-0 Switzerland
A Scotland
4-0 Wales
B France 4-0 Spain
Women: Top three through to semis
With two wins each, England and Ireland are through to the
semis and meet tomorrow to decide who tops Pool A. In Pool B
France are also through, with tomorrow's Denmark v Belgium
match determining who will finish second.
A England 3-0 Spain B France 3-0 Belgium
A
Ireland 3-0 Wales
B Czech 1-2 Denmark
A England 3-0 Wales
B France 3-0 Denmark
A
Ireland 2-1 Spain
B Czech 0-3 Belgium |
Beddoes sees
England through
All the
Finals
Ton up for Clyne
Full draws & results
Denmark through to Div Two semis
Full draws & results
Peter
Barker wins his 100th Cap as
Simpson, Waller and Lust make their debuts
!!!
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