European Team Championship 2015 Malta

So as the EBSA Under 21s finishes, the EBSA European Team Championship starts.

Some players from the Under 21s involved in this too, plus plenty of other familiar names - notably Tony Drago, who pairs with Brian Cini

British Isles teams
England Ryan Causton / Nick Jennings
Ireland 1 Rodney Goggins / Brendan O`Donoghue
Ireland 2 Michael Judge / Robert Murphy
Ireland 3 Greg Casey / Mark Owens
Scotland 1 Robert Carlisle / Scott MacFarlane
Scotland 2 Craig MacGillivray / Paul McPhillips
Wales 1 Gareth Allen / Duane Jones

Other teams of note include:
Austria Andreas Ploner / Markus Pfistermüller
Germany Roman Dietzel / Sascha Breuer
Iceland Kristján Helgason / Sigurdur Kristjansson
Israel 1 Shachar Ruberg . Roey Fernandez
Israel 3 Maor Shalom / Shay Arama
Malta 1 Alex Borg / Duncan Bezzina
Malta 3 Tony Drago / Brian Cini
Malta 4 Aaron Busuttil / Chris Peplow
Poland 1 Kacper Filipiak / Michał Zieliński
Poland 2 Kryzsztof Wrobel / Marcin Nitschke
Poland 3 Mateusz Baranowski / Kamil Zubrzycki

There are also Masters and Womens team competitions, as nearly always the case no British Isles teams in the womens

Apologies for the lack of updates, work a bit crazy...

Results from the knockouts...

Mens

Last 16
England 4 - 3 Malta Four
Malta Three 4 - 3 Wales Two
Ireland Three 4 - 0 Ireland One
Wales One 4-2 Malta One
Poland One 4-3 Israel Three
Ireland Two 4-1 Poland Four
Israel One 4-2 Poland Two
Scotland Two 4-2 Poland Three

Quarter finals
Malta Three 4 - 1 England
Wales One 4-3 Ireland Three
Ireland Two 4-3 Poland One
Israel One 4-3 Scotland Two

Semi finals
Malta Three 4 - 2 Wales One
Ireland Two 4-2 Israel One

Final
Ireland Two 5-3 Malta Three

Congratulations to Michael Judge and Robert Murphy!

Ladies

Last Six playoffs

Poland (Małgorzata Sikorska/Aleksandra Wojtecka) 4 - 3 France (Valerie Savonet/Christelle Pedat)
Russie Two (Irina Gorbataya/Svetlana Kozyreva) 4 - 2 Germany Two (Diana Schuler/Stefanie Teschner)

Semi finals
Russia One (Anastasia Nechaeva/Daria Sirotina) 4 - 0 Poland (Małgorzata Sikorska/Aleksandra Wojtecka)
Germany One (Diana Stateczny/Jennifer Zehentner) 4 - 3 Russia Two (Irina Gorbataya/Svetlana Kozyreva)

Final
Russia One (Anastasia Nechaeva/Daria Sirotina) 4 - 0 Germany One (Diana Stateczny/Jennifer Zehentner)

Congratulations to Anastasia Nechaeva and Daria Sirotina

Masters

Quarter finals
Wales Four (Darren Morgan/Elfed Evans) 4 - 0 Scotland One (Paul Jamieson/Mike Watson)
England (Jamie Bodle/Graham Beardmore) 4 - 2 Ireland Two (Alen Matic/Shane Gorman)
Wales Three (Wayne Morgan/Peter Roscoe) 4 - 2 Malta Four (Mario Brincat/ Mark Saffrett)
Wales One (Ian Sergeant/Neil Tomkins) 4 - 2 Malta One (Simon Zammit/Jason Peplow)

Semi finals
Wales Four (Darren Morgan/Elfed Evans) 4 - 1 England (Jamie Bodle/Graham Beardmore)
Wales Three (Wayne Morgan/Peter Roscoe) 4 - 1 Wales One (Ian Sergeant/Neil Tomkins)

Final
Wales Three (Wayne Morgan/Peter Roscoe) 4 - 2 Wales Four (Darren Morgan/Elfed Evans)

Congratulations to Wayne Morgan and Peter Roscoe!