European Team Challenge in Feldkirch (AT) This year's European Championships for teams, similar to the Champions League in football, took this year from 02-06.09.2008 in Austria, Feldkirch instead. The BSG Osnabrück who qualified under the German league title for the tournament and made the trip with the usual cast Ruwe, stone location, Hebert and west.
Since a day earlier took the trip could make the team become familiar with the environment and a workout on the material in "Patrick's Tavern. This was sorely needed, since the tables were very uncomfortable. A very fast cloth with very snappy bags caused more errors in the game, it was inaccurate positions or hole defects. Despite a long training phase could never be achieved domestic security.
On Wednesday was the first game of Osnabrück, the only team had to be played all other teams had a bye in the 17er field. Jolo Pool Club of Stockholm was the first opponent was played on the 2 TV tables in the Show Arena. Of blocks began with his 8-Ball game, while played on the 2.Tisch Hebert to be 9-ball. Both players were clearly dominate their game, so Ruwe was used and also played his 9-ball. Shortly after winning his stone layer 8-ball to 2-0 for the SPA. West could now resume his 8-ball, but had not attribute this to an end. Ruwe as his teammates also won his game and increased the lead to 3-0 team. Now was canceled because only four points were always forgive. was due to the many byes now our next Opponents have been: BCS 35 Strasbourg
This ought to be a feasible task, given Strasbourg had no major players in the squad. Nevertheless, Osnabrück did hard rock layer could only be experienced down play 8-ball match and let his quite weak opponent no chance. Parallel Hebert played his 9-ball, was not the same but his rhythm. The first set went to 5-1 for the first time clearly Strasbourg. Only in the following two sentences could Hebert play his class and won both sets of 2-0 team lead. Now, the games began at at Ruwe and west, with the West did at the beginning very hard. Ruwe, but could just 5-4 the first set to land give off the West had the first set. The 2nd movement Ruwe also could decide for themselves, so the team thus went 3-0 in the lead and the match was broken off from the west, which was tantamount to a redemption right. West had lost the plot completely and committed but some, so not necessarily often sighted error. Now the team had
first a little break that next match had to be met until the following day. Here then was the Belgian champion Bon Aparte "on the plan that could come up with its top player Serge's.
Hebert began right here in confidence and could immediately decide both sets for itself. Stone layer, however, had the first set to zero his opponent left, while Ruwe already started his 9-Ball Match. But Stein was able to win with plenty of bite and concentration of the 2nd movement, parallel Ruwe also went 1-0 in sets in the lead. Both Osnabrück reeled in the remainder of their program down and we won the games. Thus, Osnabrück again went 3-0 in front, so the match-The West no longer had to be started. The victory was enormously important, it had now moved into the quarter-final and had to have a prize money of 1000 € safe.
This was also the only game of the day Osnabrück, next Friday should then take place around 14.00 clock the draw, in which the four winners of the main round each a loser were drawn against.
got here Osnabrück not necessarily the dreamless, the enemy was: "Dijkje FM Tornadoes" from the Dutch Pro League team. This team played in Tom Storm and Rico Diks, which have both been international successes and are considered veterans.
Osnabrück played under the motto "Never touch a running system" and kept the list in all the games before. The Dutch team, however, surprisingly moved to set up and the two best players and Diks Storm made the first two games.
stone location, it got to do with Diks in the 8-Ball was able to look at the complete first movement of his chair. Diks shot all the games from flawless, and the two games, the stone layer nudged unsuccessful. Parallel Hebert played his 9-ball against Storm. After an initial 2-0 minor errors crept in Klaus, and he was the pressure of nearly flawless play Storm could not withstand. Both of blocks and their duels Hebert clearly lost in 2 sets.
Now it had to the west and Ruwe judge, to at least get a draw and thus to obtain the penalty shoot as a decision on a tie. While
West against Kevin Lannoye, the son of former professional snooker Mario Lannoye, played, had Ruwe contest against the little-known Mi-Len Pan (no, not Asian) to be 9-ball. During the 1st movement
West win could, found his form, and also in the 2nd movement, led Ruwe not played his usual game and made it more errors than expected. He lost his match in two sets, so the defeat of the team was sealed. Osnabrück was now eliminated in the second round and had to settle for a 5th place.
certainly a great success that we have achieved on a European Championship, but each team was clear that here was surely more to it. Another opponent or even a different list would turn the tide and ausehen the result can have different, yet the team has great days spent in Austria and had fun at the tournament.
happy again next year, perhaps with a More victory that would have indeed been introduced a medal.
