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As you know we sent two Espoir teams to mainland Europe this weekend
This was the first stage (qualifiers) for the CEP Championship - Espoirs 2011, for our female team that meant a trip to Italy whilst the male team went to Germany .
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Both teams were up against strong opposition, in Italy (Group A, Female) - Spain , Netherlands , Italy whilst in Germany (Group A, Male) - Sweden , Israel , Belgium , Germany .
Unfortunately our teams came third in both groups and so did not qualify for the finals. But take a look at the results (EPA Website, News Page), it was close especially for the men who tied with Israel on wins.
When two teams tie in this competition the result when they met (round 5) is used as the decider, Israel beat our team 2 - 1 so they took second place.
A good performance from both teams, I'm sure you join me is saying well done!
Report: Mike Pegg
The EPA Male and Female Espoir Champions 2010.
Stan Quaia, Dean Seville, Gary Atkinson & Alex Bruce
Clare Brooks, Sarah Huntley & Jennifer Cooter.
Picture courtesy of event organiser Chris Barron.
The EPA qualifiers for the European Espoirs (Under 23) Championships were held at Burnham Pétanque Club, Thames Valley Region on the 17th October 2010. The format was as per the European (CEP) rules for the competition, i.e. one triple game followed by a double and at the same time a singles game.
In the Mens event Kent were represented by Alex Bruce (Vale PC) and Gary Atkinson (The George PC), who teamed up with Dean Seville (Southern Counties) and Stan Quaia (London), while Jennifer Cooter (Meadow PC) played with Sarah Huntley (Chiltern) and Clare Brooks (East Midlands) in the Ladies event.
After the first two rounds against their same sex opponents both teams had won 5 out of six games. For the Ladies this was enough for them to be crowned EPA Ladies Espoirs Champions 2010 but as the male competition was tighter the lads had to win their final match by at least 2 games to 1 to be victorious, which they did.
At the end of the event the winning teams were invited to represent the EPA at the European Championship Qualifiers being held in March 2011. The male team will play against Germany (host nation), Israel, Belgium and Sweden whilst the female team will play against Italy (host nation), Netherlands and Spain.
Report: Mark Cooter
Kent Classic 2009Sunday 23rd August 2009
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