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Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Ander

Interesting things about the first day:

- Lasse Münstermann made a 105. (High breaks)
- David Hogan, last year's winner, defeated 4-0 Michal Zielinski.
- Alex Borg won 4-0 with breaks of 54, 65, 61 and 72.
- Luca Brecel started 4-0 against Aki Suutari.
- David Pérez, one of the Spanish guys, whitewashed Tomasz Gieraltowski. :D

Men Group Results
Ladies Group Results
Masters Group Results

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby João_SnookerPlanet

Portugal's Paulo Pereira, who started playing a few months ago and has only played 3 or 4 hours since the national championship, whitewashed a local player! :D

Paulo's a pool player and he doesn't even play with a snooker technique but he's a terrific potter and that helps him a lot to win scrappy frames.

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Ander

SnookerFan wrote:
quintahunter wrote:Probably, two of the best players in the Championship:

David Hogan VS Lasse Münstermann (live scoring)


I remember The Monster Man from the World Series.

He wasn't bad, right? Yesterday one of the Spanish guys, Aram Bernaus, was leading 3-1 and ended 3-4. It's a pity but he'll have gained some experience. :roll:

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Monique

Janie Watkins EBSA press release. I have cut out the last paragraphs that where aimed at the national snooker associations and federations

Ice Cap In Europe

Kristjan Helgason from Iceland has been seeded Number One for the Knock Out stages of the 2010 European Championships in Bucharest

Seven of the eight men's group winners won all seven of their matches, with only Andrew Pagett of Wales dropping a match.

Former professional Kristjan Helgason lost only four frames during the group stages to edge Kurt Maflin and Jamie Jones into second place, as they dropped five frames.

A record nineteen countries have got players through to the knock out stages, another sign of the upsurge in the standard of snooker right across Europe.

For the first time Czechoslovakia and Ukraine qualified for the Last 32, while the European strongholds such as Germany, Finland, Belgium, Holland, Poland, Malta, Cyprus, as well as the UK countries, are all well represented.

Defending champion David Hogan from Ireland will face the European play off finalist of 2007, Roy Fernandez of Israel, while last year's runner up, Mario Fernandez, also of Ireland, takes on another Israeli, David Vitzman.


Hogan shares the high break at present with England's Kuldesh Johal. they have both knocked in a magnificent 141 total clearance. There have been 24 centuries so far in the Men's event.


In the Masters event there was a three way tie for Number One spot after the groups with the two Welshmen Darren Morgan and Philip Williams tied with Denmark's Allan Norvak. The names were drawn out of a hat and Norvak took the Number One spot, leaving the Welshmen seeded to meet in the semi finals.


Ireland's Brendan Thomas has posted the best break in the Masters Groups with 111, and Llanelli's Philip Williams has run in 106.


The Ladies also had three players tied at the top, for the first time ever. Defending champion Wendy Jans from Belgium had an identical record to Anna Mazhirina from Russia and newcomer Diana Stateczny of Germany. Stateczny recently partnered Ann-Katrin Hirsch to victory in the European Team Championship in Malta.



Wendy Jans currently holds the high break in the ladies event with 56




Many thanks

Janie E. Watkins

EBSA Media Officer

j.watkins781@btinternet.com


Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby SnookerFan

quintahunter wrote:
SnookerFan wrote:
quintahunter wrote:Probably, two of the best players in the Championship:

David Hogan VS Lasse Münstermann (live scoring)


I remember The Monster Man from the World Series.

He wasn't bad, right? Yesterday one of the Spanish guys, Aram Bernaus, was leading 3-1 and ended 3-4. It's a pity but he'll have gained some experience. :roll:


I can't remember. I just thought his name was funny. I kept calling him Monster Munch.

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Roland

I've only seen him play once and that was at the Crucible in what is still probably the worst performance ever seen at the World Championships. He must be able to play to some standard but he was diabolical in Sheffield!

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Roland

Yeah he's not that old. You probably know the one I'm talking about. Crucible pressure and having his family over clearly mashed his head and he played like someone playing for the very first time after watching on tv and thinking "easy"!

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Monique

Wendy Jans looks well set to defend her tittle. She's in the final having defeated last year runner-up Anna Mazhirina 4-2. She will now play Diana Stateczny from Germany.

Darren Morgan, Masters defending champion is currently in a all welsh hard fought semi final against Philip Williams. It very much looks like we will have a decider!

Men's semis will be

Kristjan Helgason v Luca Brecel
Roy Fernandez v Roy Stolk

Luca is freshly crowned Belgian Champion.
Roy Stolk was runner-up to Tony Drago in last years play-offs.

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Wildey

Sonny wrote:So exactly how good is Brecel now Monique? Will he be entering any PTC events?

yes will juniors be alowed to enter ?

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Monique

Luca is now really very good, technically he's ready for a try at the MT. I've heard he's indeed entering the PTCs but I've not got confirmation. He's still only 15 though and his temperament is sometimes "vulnerable".
Meanwhile it seems that Darren Morgan will be the Masters Champion. So he succesfully defended his title, beating Joe Delaney 6-0. Darren is really dominating that category.

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Monique

Wendy Jans is European Champion again. She wins 5-3. But Diana Stateczny really put a great fight and she had a terrific tournament.
Roy Stolk win 6-4 against Roy Fernandez.
So we have a benelux derby in the final Luca Brecel (BEL) vs Roy Stolk (NL)

@sonny: I'm actually amazed Darren is not in the Seniors Championship. He certainly would not disgrace himself or the event.

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Wildey

Monique wrote:Wendy Jans is European Champion again. She wins 5-3. But Diana Stateczny really put a great fight and she had a terrific tournament.
Roy Stolk win 6-4 against Roy Fernandez.
So we have a benelux derby in the final Luca Brecel (BEL) vs Roy Stolk (NL)

@sonny: I'm actually amazed Darren is not in the Seniors Championship. He certainly would not disgrace himself or the event.


good point about darren very surprising he must have been apeoached for qualifying atleast ?

Re: 2010 - European Championships (27 May - 5 June)

Postby Monique

Janie Watkins Press Release
Luca Brecel produced the performance of his life to recover from a 3-1 deficit against Kristjan Helgason to book his place in the 2010 European Championship final.

Former professional Kristjan Helgason from Iceland, made all the early running, opeing a 3-1 lead helped by a run of 54 in the fourth frame. Brecel hadn’t done much wrong at that stage but it appeared as if experience might be about to win over youth.

Brecel came back after the interval with a run of 49 to close the gap and controlled the next three frames to turn his deficit into a 4-3 lead.

An run of 42 in the ninth frame by Brecel left Helgason needing a snooker, which he couldn’t get and Brecel booked his place as the youngest ever European Championship finalist.

Earlier in the event Brecel came top of his group with 7 straight wins, before beating Austria’s Andrea Ploner, Rene Van Rijsbergen from Holland and Michal Zielinski of Poland, to book his place in the semi final.

Brecel will face another former professional, Dutchman Roy Stolk, in the final.

Stolk overturned a 4-1 lead held by Israel’s Roy Fernandez, running in breaks of 52, 79 and 66 before closing out a 6-4 win with a 47 break.

The Dutchman had performed similar heroics in his last 16 match to edge out Welshman Jamie Jones in the deciding frame. And he went on to beat Ireland’s John Torpey in the quarter finals.

Darren Morgan retained his Masters title with a 6-0 defeat of Ireland’s Joe Delaney, in a repeat of last year’s final. Morgan had a titanic struggle against fellow Welshman Philip Williams in the semi final. Williams ran in breaks of 78 and a brilliant 135 total clearance to force the decider. He got in first in the final frame but lost position on 33 and Morgan stepped in with a 101 clearance to seal victory.

Wendy Jans retained the Ladies title, but not before overcoming stiff opposition from Germany’s Diana Stateczny. Jans opened the match with a 58 break, but was pegged back to 2-2. She ran in a 33 clearance to regain the lead but Stateczny countered with 32 to level again at 3-3. Jans then found her form with runs of 55 and 68 to secure a 5-3 win.
It was remarkable performance by the German girl who only turned from pool to snooker ten months ago and in March partnered Anne-Katrin Hirsch to the European Ladies Team title in Malta.

The Men’s Final takes place at 10am local time at the Rin Grand Hotel, Bucharest. Live scores at www.global-snooker.com

Masters Final

Darren Morgan 6-0 Joe Delaney
107(45,40)-13, 73(40c)-23, 60-49, 65(48)-50(36), 66(44)-8, 89(84)-17

Semi Finals
Joe Delaney 5-4 MARK ROWING
24-79(49), 2-94(88), 73-51(47), 73-64(32), 42-77, 1-59, 71(31)-61, 66(44)-45(35), 57-27

DARREN MORGAN 5-4 PHILIP WILLIAMS
38(32)-57, 60-36, 60(42)-38, 8-77(77), 61(33)-59(45), 14-88(78), 83(43)-22, 0-135(135tc), 101(101c)-33(33)


Womens Final

Final
Wendy Jans 5-3 Diana Stateczny
73(58)-11, 32-40, 60-12, 27-57, 79(33)-17, 34-71(32), 89(55,34)-19, 74(68)-10

Semi Finals
Natascha Niermann 0-4 Diana Stateczny
13-71(39), 22-67(35), 7-77(42), 40-51

Wendy Jans 4-2 Anna Mazhirina
36-66, 58-36, 69-16, 40-71, 79(43)-8, 69(41)-1



Men’s Semi Finals

Kristjan Helgason 3-6 Luca Brecel
71-38, 55-51, 58-66, 67(54)-24, 15-72(49), 17-72, 23-62, 33-57, 59-68(42)

Roy Fernandez 4-6 Roy Stolk
58-47, 61(41)-37, 60-26, 8-81(46), 72-41, 48-56, 24-90(52), 6-79(79), 5-74(66), 23-86(47)

Quarter Finals
Kristjan Helgason 5-2 Andrew Pagett
64-39, 58-50, 0-111(72), 23-67, 71(71)-30, 65-16, 77-15

Luca Brecel 5-3 Michal Zielinski
73(61)-0, 63-6, 84-15, 42-75, 42-76, 95(63)-0, 11-56, 64-63

Kurt Maflin 3-5 Roy Fernandez
62-54, 11-88(62), 76-19, 29-65, 0-69, 89(56)-23, 17-54, 15-68

John Torpey 3-5 Roy Stolk
78(54)-18, 76-2, 17-71(50), 22-78(64), 54-45, 1-70(70), 0-77(77), 49-75

Last 16
Kristjan Helgason 5-3 Antony Brabin
46-71, 28-95(90), 71-33, 77(50)-31, 40-51, 86-1, 82(77)-1, 58-29

Alastair Wilson 0-5 Andrew Pagett
19-52, 12-96(52), 34-64, 19-69(64), 14-68

Luca Brecel 5-1 Rene Van Rijsbergen
75(59)-23, 86-1, 35-71, 64-6, 81-33, 80-57

Michal Zielinski 5-4 Sascha Lippe
42-64, 100(63)-35, 72-7, 71-29, 0-70(70), 10-107, 75-66, 26-75, 44-36

Kurt Maflin 5-2 Alex Borg
80-22, 22-67, 17-74(62), 75-25, 86(86)-4, 99(99)-32, 69-52

Roy Fernandez 5-2 Patrick Einsle
60-53, 42-63, 71(50)-41, 89(69)-43, 62(53)-57, 56-95, 56-46

John Torpey 5-3 Mario Fernandez
32-62(53), 80(68)-5, 48-35, 60-45, 18-72, 62-71(58), 73(52)-36, 68-29

Roy Stolk 5-4 Jamie Jones
72(72)-29, 8-64(50), 27-68, 31-69, 77-16, 70-53(53), 32-92(75), 80(80)-0, 59-38

Last 32
(Top 8 seeds in capitals) (Best of 7)

KRISTJAN HELGASON (Ice) 4-0 Clinton Franey (Ire)
64(51)-45, 83-25, 61-0, 105(105)-5

Mario Wehrmann (Neth) 2-4 Antony Brabin (Cyp)
77(77)-18, 24-85(49), 73-56, 36-57, 49-59, 0-70(50)

Kuldesh Johal (Eng) 1-4 Alastair Wilson (NI)
29-60, 41-72(51), 30-63, 84(84)-42, 50-53

ANDREW PAGETT (Wal) 4-1 Lasse Munstermann (Ger)
22-98, 92(64)-40, 81-60, 55-45, 72-18

LUCA BRECEL (Bel) 4-0 Andreas Ploner (Aut)
75-46, 69-17, 70(51)-62, 59-29

Rene Van Rijsbergen (Neth) 4-1 George Louca (Cyp)
121(77)-0, 31-75(65), 99-22, 100(86)-0, 56-4

Duncan Bezzina (Mal) 1-4 Michal Zielinski (Pol)
31-53, 52-74, 59-25, 5-66, 15-65

SASCHA LIPPE (Ger) 4-2 Aki Suutara (Fin)
49-55, 85-2, 89(73)-27, 92(86)-20, 41-62, 65-17

KURT MAFLIN (Nor) 4-0 Sergiy Isaenko (Ukr)
85-19, 94(46,48)-0, 68-53, 55-26

Alex Borg (Mal) 4-0 Kevin Van Hove (Bel)
103(91)-2, 75(69)-24, 75(62)-27, 112(111)-4

DAVID HOGAN (Ire) 2-4 Roy Fernandez (Isr)
55(55)-74, 66-29, 32-72, 37-78, 85-35, 19-66

Patrick Einsle (Ger) 4-2 Krzysztof Wrobel (Pol)
77-8, 38-74, 21-63, 77-23, 68-22, 54-16

JOHN TORPEY (Ire) 4-2 Tero Suvanto (Fin)
34-63, 82-6, 71-13, 63-48, 13-60, 71-62

David Vitzman (Isr) 1-4 Mario Fernandez (Ire)
61-82, 41-68, 67-19, 27-80, 48-83

Roy Stolk (Neth) 4-0 Rune Kampe (Den)
87(86)-16, 74-47, 50-38, 70-43

JAMIE JONES (Wal) 4-0 Lukas Krenek (Cze)
69-27, 93(93)-0, 69-9, 60-33


Photos attached: Luca Brecel with Kristjan Helgason before their semi final. And with fellow Belgian Ladies winner Wendy Jans



Janie E. Watkins
j.watkins781@btinternet.com


I will try to load the pictures later ... guys I'm on my way to Berlin :)