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16 BOWLS INTERNATIONAL November 2017TOURNAMENT EUROBOWLS
THE EUROPEAN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS
AT LES CREUX
The eleventh European Bowls Championships were hosted by Jersey
from 24 to 29 September, 2017.
It was actually the third time the largest of the Channel Islands has
staged the event, having previously done so in 1999 and 2001.
The Les Creux Bowls Club in St Brelade was again the venue for the
competition as it was 15 years ago.
As well as the home nations, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland,
bowlers from Guernsey, Isle of Man, Spain, Turkey, Cyprus, Germany,
Netherlands and Israel were joined by teams from fledgling
nations France, Switzerland and Hungary. Next time - in 2019, the
championships will be staged in Guernsey, where the very first
championships were held in 1997.TEAMS
Jersey: Chris Grimes, Rachel Macdonald, Jamie Macdonald, Thomas Greechan.
Cyprus: Bob Manson, Diane Roberts, Loukas Paraskeva, Linda Ryan.
England: Jamie-Lea Winch, Rebecca Wigfi eld, John McGuinness, Chris Yeomans.
France: Damien Sonney, Cindy Royet, Audrey Vyt, Marc Pivard.
Germany: Hartmut Kirmse, Annett Kohler, Jana Zapp, Mirko Limmer.
Guernsey: Matt Solway, Jackie Nicolle, Lucy Beere, Matt Le Ber.
Hungary: Zoltan Pavelka, Rita Perlaki, Boglar Szrapko, Gabor Foti.
Ireland: Megan Wilson, Catherine Beattie, Mark Wilson, Andy Kyle.
Isle of Man: Charlotte Dutton, Bernice McGreal, Mark McGreal, Clive McGreal.
Israel: Shira Eshel, Tami Kamzel, Boaz Markus, Allan Saitowitz.
Netherlands: Guurtje Copier, Saskia Schaft, Ralph De Rooij, Frank De Vries.
Scotland: Greg McLachlin, Emma McIntyre, Natalie Docherty, Jason Banks.
Spain: Velia Wood, Carol Bloomfi eld, Tom Rogers, Graham Cathcart.
Switzerland: Sitanan Zaller, Simone Kunz, Christian Haldimann, Beat Matti.
Turkey: Rahsan Akar, Havva Konanc, Vulsat Arac, Ozkan Akar.
Wales: Bethan Russ, Chris Klefenz, Emma Gittins, Chris Ashman.words they will not like reading!
It was good to see Pauline
Biddlecombe, who has
encountered some health issues, in
Jersey in her role as EBU secretary,
which she has now relinquished. At
the EBU AGM, Ledbury's Don Pugh
took over as secretary, Dublin's
Brian Morton moved up as EBU
President, Wiltshire's Adie Lloyd
came in as Senior Vice President,
and Scotland's Bob Christie is the
new Junior Vice.
The next championships, in
2019, will be staged in Guernsey,
where they were first played in- Talk of new countries adding
themselves to the list was rife. In
two years time, we could be seeing
Austria, Belgium, Norway, Sweden,
Malta - and possibly even Iran.
And it is quite likely that Portugal,
who were missing this year, will be
back in the fold.
A small criticism - this time
concerning the format. Yes, I
know the final result is not the
be-all and end-all of this event.
As we have already agreed, it's all
about development. But, if you
are going to give out medals in
a Closing Ceremony, the way in
which you award points and arrive
EUROPEAN BOWLS CHAMPIONSHIPS IN JERSEY:
Mixed fours: Guernsey bt Ireland 10-0, 5-5; Israel bt Germany 14-4, 17-0; Netherlands
bt Switzerland 10-3, 9-3; England bt Hungary 12-5, 7-5; Isle of Man t/w Cyprus 6-5, 5-6;
Scotland bt Jersey 9-2, 5-4; Turkey bt Spain 9-2, 8-5; Wales bt France 15-0, 13-1. Wales bt
Turkey 12-4, 10-7; Jersey bt France 11-5, 17-11; Scotland bt Isle of Man 7-6, 11-3; Cyprus
t/w Spain 7-11, 7-5; England bt Ireland 9-9, 9-3; Germany t/w Guernsey 7-9, 6-5; Israel bt
Netherlands 8-6, 14-3; Switzerland bt Hungary 5-5, 8-7. France bt Turkey 5-3, 9-4; Ireland
bt Hungary 11-5, 14-4; Israel t/w England 7-4, 3-9; Guernsey t/w Netherlands 4-6, 8-4;
Scotland bt Spain 10-3, 8-6; Switzerland bt Germany 6-6, 8-7; Wales bt Cyprus 8-6, 13-4;
Jersey bt IoM 12-2, 12-2. Ireland bt Israel 5-4, 6-5; IoM bt Spain 8-4, 7-7; Jersey t/w Turkey
6-7, 13-5; Scotland t/w Wales 5-7, 5-4; Guernsey bt Hungary 7-3, 9-5; Cyprus t/w France
3-6, 12-4; Netherlands bt Germany 8-3, 13-1; England bt Switzerland 9-5, 15-2. Ireland
bt Netherlands 11-3, 15-3; Israel bt Hungary 7-2, 10-4; Guernsey bt Switzerland 6-4,
7-3; England bt Germany 14-3, 5-3; Turkey bt Scotland 8-5, 11-8; Cuprus t/w Jersey 5-8,
9-8; IoM bt France 7-3, 10-6 Wales bt Spain 5-5, 11-1. Wales bt IoM 6-5, 8-4; Jersey t/w
Spain 3-12, 11-3; Scotland bt France 15-5, 8-2; Cyprus bt Turkey 8-3, 13-4; Netherlands
bt Hungary 13-1, 15-4; Israel bt Switzerland 14-1, 10-4; Ireland bt Germany 12-1, 12-2;
Guernsey bt England 7-4, 10-4. Israel t/w Guernsey 9-4, 6-11; England bt Netherlands 18-
2, 6-5; Germany bt Hungary 10-2, 8-6; Ireland bt Switzerland 10-3, 10-6; Spain bt France
10-3, 7-5; Turkey bt IoM 9-8, 7-6; Wales bt Jersey 8-1, 8-6; Scotland bt Cyprus 10-4, 6-3.
Mixed fours - fi nal standings: 1 Wales 25pts (+74 shots); 2 Ireland 22 (+54); 3 Scotland
22 (+44); 4 England 21 (+59); 5 Guernsey 21 (+36); 6 Israel 20 (+65); 7 Jersey 14 (+33); 8
Netherlands 14 (+1); 9 Turkey 14 (-21); 10 Cyprus 12 (-5); 11 Spain 10 (-21); 12 Isle of Man
9 (-24); 13 Germany 7 (-73); 14 Switzerland 6 (-64); 15 France 6 (-80); 16 Hungary 1 (-78).
Men's pairs - fi nal standings: 1 Guernsey 23pts (+67 shots); 2 Ireland 23 (+58); 3
Scotland 23 (+56); 4 Israel 18 (+26); 5 Wales 17 (+52); 6 Netherlands 17 (+3); 7 England
16 (+40); 8 Turkey 16 (+26); 9 Cyprus 16 (-8); 10 Spain 15 (+1); 11 IoM 14 (+2); 12 Jersey 10(+25); 13 Switzerland 8 (-55); 14 Germany 4 (-88); 15 Hungary 2 (-95); 16 France 2 (-110).
Women's pairs - fi nal standings: 1 England 24pts (+99 shots); 2 Ireland 24 (+62);
3 Cyprus 22 (+70); 4 Guernsey 20 (+43); S Wales 20 (+20); 6 Netherlands 18 (+31); 7
Scotland 17 (+57); 8 Spain 17 (+51); 9 Jersey 14 (+32); 10 Turkey 10 (-32); 11 Israel 9
(-18); 12 France 8 (-37); 13 Hungary 8 (-103); 14 IoM 6 (-73); 15 Switzerland 4 (-105); 16
Germany 3 (-97).
Overall team event - fi nal standings: 1 Ireland 69pts (+174 shots); 2 Guernsey 64
(+146); 3 Scotland 62 (+157); 4 Wales 62 (+146); 5 England 61 (+198); 6 Cyprus 50 (+57); 7
Netherlands 49 (+35); 8 Israel 47 (+73); 9 Spain 42 (+31); 10 Turkey 40 (-27); 11 Jersey 38
(+90); 12 Isle of Man 29 (-95); 13 Switzerland 18 (-224); 14 France 16 (-227); 15 Germany
14 (-258); 16 Hungary 11 (-276).Wales won the mixed foursat your ranking order has got to
be fair.
In Jersey, in the mixed fours
(and also in the men's and
women's pairs) everyone played
seven matches. Because there
are 16 countries involved, there
are eight teams that you DON'T
play. Therefore, the statistics
that read like this - Played - Won- Lost - Sets Won - Shots Scored
- Shots Conceded - do not mean
very much, because you are not
comparing like with like.
The solution? - Two groups of
eight. This would mean seven
matches in each group. That way,
you end up with two winners, fair
and square. These can then meet
in a final.
I have heard it said that the EBU
organisers want to give everyone
as much time as possible on
the green, and that the weaker
countries would not want to watch
a final.
I understand where they are
coming from. However, I do believe
they would learn a lot by watching
a final between two teams of
world-class players - and that
the sense of occasion would be
enhanced.
“The next championships, in 2019, will be staged in Guernsey, where they were
first played in 1997. Talk of new countries adding themselves to the list was
rife. In two years time, we could be seeing Austria, Belgium, Norway, Sweden,
Malta - and possibly even Iran.”
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