Belgium, Indoor Open Championship
Genval, Belgium
8th - 9th January 2011.
Report by Tony Le Moignan
(from the Nottingham List - 13/1/2011)
Samir's NZ Open query email has reminded me that he won the Belgian Indoor Open last weekend. He's not the type of guy to mention that, so I'll do it instead.
T20pt games for the whole tournie (except for 3rd/4th place (26pt) - final was best-of-3 20pt).
Semis:
Samir bt Tony
Jimbo bt John Davies
Final:
Samir bt Jimbo 2-0
3rd/4th
Tony bt John +14tp
Only two TPs through the weekend - Jimbo got the first one which gave him the 3 bottles of wine and weeing-cherub sculpture chocolate prizes, but kindly gave me the sculpture for the 2nd tp. Nice touch.
V difficult and V entertaining. Highly recommended - well done to John Swabey for fronting it all, and well done to Allan Morris for the clever hoops and ball stops.
Results of the weekend:
John Davies bt DKO
and
Kevin Garrad bt James Hoopnogod (Stato - a potential top ten grade gap perhaps?)
Personal Lowlight of the weekend:
Staying off the booze (from 1st Jan) ALL WEEKEND (IN BELGIUM!!!), then my wife pointing out a Leffe-on-tap Bar at the airport. Carnage...
Shot of the weekend (and forgive the nepotism, but I think others who witnessed it would agree)
Paula half-jump peeling partner through 1-back, ending right next to the pivot between 1b + 2b.
Suggestion of the weekend:
(from Jimbo) When choosing your best ever result, choose the game you were most proud of winning. Excellent.
Cheers,
Tony ps Jimbo, can we swap the chocy for the wine, now I'm off the wagon?
Results
Initial Blocks
| Blue Block |
|---|
| James Death beat Don Gaunt 20-15 |
| James Death beat Paula Le Moignan 20-1 |
| Don Gaunt beat Paula Le Moignan 15-4t |
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| Red Block |
|---|
| Samir Patel beat James Hopgood 20-9 |
| Samir Patel beat John Swabey 20-2 |
| James Hopgood beat John Swabey 20-6 |
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| Black Block |
|---|
| Tony Le Moignan beat Arthur Forbes 20-9 |
| Tony Le Moignan beat Kevin Garrad 20-1 |
| Arthur Forbes beat Kevin Garrad 20-7 |
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| Yellow Block |
|---|
| John Davies beat David Openshaw 20-4 |
| John Davies beat Robert Moss 17-9t |
| David Openshaw beat Robert Moss 20-7 |
|
Secondary Blocks
| Green Block |
|---|
| Samir Patel beat Don Gaunt 17-12t |
| Samir Patel beat Robert Moss 20-1 |
| Robert Moss beat Don Gaunt 20-1 |
|
| Pink Block |
|---|
| John Davies beat Kevin Garrad 20-8 |
| James Hopgood beat John Davies 16-11t |
| Kevin Garrad beat James Hopgood 20-3 |
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| Brown Block |
|---|
| Tony Le Moignan beat David Openshaw 16-4t |
| Tony Le Moignan beat Paula Le Moignan 20-2 |
| David Openshaw beat Paula Le Moignan 20-5 |
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| White Block |
|---|
| James Death beat Arthur Forbes 20-3 |
| James Death beat John Swabey 20-6 |
| Arthur Forbes beat John Swabey 20-4 |
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Semi-finals
Samir Patel beat Tony Le Moignan 20 - 4
James Death beat John Davis : 20 - 9
Final
Samir Patel beat James Death 20 - 19, 16-14t
3rd/4th
Tony Le Moignan beat John Davis 26TP - 13
Plate (Alternate stroke doubles)
Arthur Forbes & Paula Le Moignan beat James Hopgood & Kevin Garrad 10 - 7t
David Openshaw & John Swabey beat Robert Moss & Don Gaunt 13 - 12t
Plate Final
David Openshaw & John Swabey beat Arthur Forbes & Paula Le Moignan 20 - 6
Plate 3rd/4th
James Hopgood & Kevin Garrad beat Robert Moss & Don Gaunt 14 - 10t