8-ball competition completed
Thursday, 09 August 2012: Jesse Thehu (NED) and Katja Kahl (GER) have taken the Gold Medals in the Dynamic Billiards European Championships 8-ball discipline.
Thehu defeated Peter Eriksson (SWE) in the final of the seniors division. The match was open until the 9th rack. At 4:4, Thehu gained momentum and won the match with 7:4.
Kahl dealt with Wienke Thamsen (GER) in the final match. Thamsen was trailing 3:4 in a race to five racks when she played her last ball and lined the cue ball up for the 8-ball. But she ran out of position and snookered herself so that she had to play a jump shot. She fouled during that attempt which gave ball-in-hand to Kahl with two balls remaining on the table. That was the victory for Kahl.
RESULTS:
SENIORS:
1) Jesse Thehu
2) Peter Eriksson
3) Reiner Wirsbitzki, Stefano Bazzana
5) Christophe Creter, Heiko Mueller, Giorgio Margola, Andreas Bucher
LADIES
1) Katja Kahl
2) Wienke Thamsen
3) Ann-Sofie Löfgren, Monika Oeschger
5) Ortenzia Haefliger, Ilona Zalmanova, Anja Hehre, Susanne Wessel
The Dynamic Billiards European Championships for seniors and ladies will continue
tomorrow morning at 09:00 CET with the matches of the seniors team competition.
The event is hosted by the European Governing Body for Pool, the European Pocket
Billiard Federation (EPBF) and organized by International Billiard Promotion (IBP). For further information and reference please go to the federation website www.epconline.eu , follow us on twitter @EPBF_News or contact our press office.
