Team Finals Day:
CONGRATULATIONS ENGLAND -
you did it again!
Polu Salo reports

Final: England[1] - Spain[3] 3-0
MS1: Richie Fallows - Edmon Lopez-Moller 11-7 11-6 11-7
MS2: Angus Gillams - Bernat Jaume 11-7 11-5 11-5
WS: Nada Elkalaawy - Cristina Gomez 11-5 11-4

3/4: Hungary[11] - France[2] 1-2
MS1: LÈénárd Püski - Auguste Dussourd 8-11 3-11 5-11
MS2: Balázs Farkas - Baptiste Masotti 11-7 7-11 11-5 7-11 11-4
WS: Gabriella Csokasi - Marie Stephan 5-11 9-11 4-11

5/6: Ireland[5] - Finland[4] 1-2
MS1: Michael Craig - Kristian Rautiainen 7-11 11-5 11-9 10-12 9-11
MS2: David Ryan - Miko Äijänen 9-11 11-8 11-9 11-3
WS: Fiona Power - Emilia Soini 2-11 9-11 7-11

7/8: Israel[10] - Czech Republic[9] 2-1
MS1: Daniel Poleshchuk - Jan Ryba 11-7 11-6 11-6
MS2: Roee Avraham - Petr Zatrepalek 6-11 9-11 11-7 11-3 11-4
WS: Maayan Rosenthal - Kristyna Alexova 4-11 2-11

9/10: Germany[7] - Wales[6] 1-2
MS1: Lucas Wirths - Owain Taylor 11-6 11-3 11-2
MS2: Niklas Becher - Emyr Evans 5-11 3-11 4-11
WS: Nele Hatschek - Elin Harlow 11-6 3-11 14-12 21-23 6-11

11/12: Belgium[14] - Scotland[15] 2-1
MS1: Tiago Goriely - Rory Stewart 12-10 5-11 8-11 11-7 11-9
MS2: Xander De Deygere - Fergus Richards 12-10 13-15 8-11 10-12
WS: Nele Gilis - Elspeth Young 11-2 9-11 11-6 11-5

13/14: Denmark[13] - Switzerland[12] 2-1
MS1: Thomas Laursen - Dimitri Steinmann 11-8 11-5 9-11 11-6
MS2: Casper Kloster - Jan Kurzmeyer 10-12 11-8 8-11 11-7 11-8
WS: Christine Christoffersen - CÈline Walser 5-11 8-11

15-16: Italy[8] - The Netherlands[17] 1-2
MS1: Oliviero Ventrice - Tess Jutte 11-5 11-7 11-7
MS2: Eugenio Cipoletta - Thijs Van Der Pluijm 4-11 6-11 11-13
WS: Eleonora Magnani - Elena Wagenmans 2-11 2-11 2-11

17/18: Sweden[16] - Norway[19] 3-0
MS1: Pontus Rengbo - Trym Aasness 6-11 11-8 11-8 12-10
MS2: Tor Christofferson - Bjørn Rune Østerhus 11-4 11-5 7-11 11-6
WS: Linnea Wallsten - Andrea Fjellgard 11-4 11-5

19/20: Turkey[20] - Austria[18] 0-3
MS1: Bahadir Firat - Paul Mairinger 8-11 7-11 9-11
MS2: Ergin Yörükoglu - Patrick Strobl 6-11 2-11 3-11
WS: Büsra Dokgöz - Jacqueline Peychär 2-11 3-11 4-11

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Day Two Results

Pool A
England (1] - Czech Republic (9] 3-0
Italy (8] - Sweden (16] 2-1
Czech Rep (9] - Netherlands (17] 3-0
England (1] - Italy (8] 3-0
Sweden (16] - Netherlands (17] 1-2

Pool B
Israel (10] - Austria (18] 2-1
Germany (7] - Scotland (15] 1-2
France (2] - Israel (10] 2-1
Scotland (15] - Austria (18] 2-1
France (2] - Germany (7] 2-1

Pool C
Spain (3] - Hungary (11] 3-0
Wales (6] - Belgium (14] 2-1
Hungary (11] - Norway (19] 3-0
Spain (3] - Wales (6] 3-0
Belgium (14] - Norway (19] 3-0

Pool D
Finland (4] - Switzerland (12] 3-0
Denmark (13] - Turkey (20] 3-0
Finland (4] - Ireland (5] 1-2
Switzerland (12] - Turkey (20] 3-0
Ireland (5] - Denmark (13] 2-1

Day One Results

POOL A
Czech Republic [9] - Sweden [16] 2-1
Italy [8] - The Netherlands [17] 2-1
Italy [8] - Czech Republic [9] 1-2
England [1] - The Netherlands [17] 3-0
England [1] - Sweden [16] 3-0

POOL B
Israel [10] - Scotland [15] 2-1
Germany [7] - Austria [18] 2-1
Germany [7] - Israel [10] 1-2
France [2] - Scotland [15] 3-0
France [2] - Austria [18] 3-0

POOL C
Wales[6] - Hungary[11] 1-2
Spain [3] - Norway [19] 3-0
Hungary [11] - Belgium [14] 2-1
Wales [6] - Norway [19] 3-0
Spain [3] - Belgium [14] 2-1

POOL D
Switzerland [12] - Denmark [13] 1-2
Ireland [5] - Turkey [20] 3-0
Ireland [5] - Switzerland [12] 2-1
Finland [4] - Denmark [13] 3-0
Finland [4] - Turkey [20] 3-0

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Teams - Day One, Thu 17th
Poku Salo reports

The European u19 Team Championship got under way on Thursday after a much appreciated rest day on Wednesday. The top 4 seeded teams all progressed without difficulties with two victories each.

Among the lower seeded teams there were a few uppsets with the Czech Republic (9) beating Italy (8), Israel (10( beating Germany (9), Hungary (11) beating Wales (6) in a match that lasted for nearly four hours and Denmark (13) beating Switzerland (12).

Nothoing is, however, decided yet as half of the pool matches are on the schedule on Friday. England, France and Spain look like probable pool winners and Pool D will most likely be decided in the match between Finland and Ireland.

Individual Finals:

[1] Nele Gilis bt [2] Marie Stephan          11/5, 11/5, 11/3
[1] Richie Fallows bt [2] Angus Gillams  11/5, 11/8, 11/6



3rd/4th:
George Parker bt Lyell Fuller       12-14, 11-8, 11-9, 11-5
Nada Elkalaawy bt Lily Taylor      11-4, 11-5, 11-7

Fallows and Gilis take Euro titles in Finland
Poku Salo reports

Out of the six medalists in European U19 Championships four come from England, solid evidence of the strong squash-culture and long-term systematic work done over the decades.

Richie Fallows, number 1 seed, played a strong tournament. He lost a couple of games on his way to the podium, but as he put it after the semifinal:

“These are my last Championships as a junior and I want to play as well as possible, even though I needed to play also against my team-mates.”

Angus Gilliams really didn’t have a chance. Fallows lost the second game, but after that Fallows dominated the game as he wished.

The Belgian Nele Gilis, also number 1 seed, showed again her talent and professionalism. Marie Stephan from France made only 13 points during the whole match.

Semi-Finals:  



[1] Richie Fallows (Eng) 3-1 [3/4] George Parker (Eng)
               11-7, 9-11, 11-4, 11-6
[2] Angus Gillams (Eng) 3-1 [5/8] Lyell Fuller (Eng)
                11-6, 11-7, 9-11, 11-0



[1] Nele Gilis (Bel) 3-2 [3/4] Nada Elkalaawy (Eng)
                 8-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-7, 11-7
[2] Marie Stephan (Fra) 3-2 [3/4] Lily Taylor (Eng)
                10-12, 2-11, 11-3, 11-9, 13-11

Down to the finals in Finland

The annual European U19 Championships head for Finland this year, with England favourites to retain the boys' and team titles, while the girls' final is expected to be a Belgium/France affair.

The Boys final will indeed be an all-English affair, and it took two tremendous comebacks from 0-2 dodn from Nele Gilis and Marie Stephan to deny the English girls ans the top seeds reached both finals.
  

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