Alpina Wellness & Sporthotel
Alpendorf 8 - 5600
Sankt Johann im Pongau
Austria
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16-25 April 2009
Gerda Hofstatter celebrates with European 14.1 Trophy and Gold Medal
Photograph © Bethan Louise Sage / EPBF.
Hofstatter beats Jasmine Ouschan by narrowest of margins
An all Austrian final in the Women's Straight Pool event kept the home crowds happy in the Alps this weekend, as Gerda Hofstatter scored the requisite 75 points to take the gold medal and the prestigious title, beating fellow Austrian, Jasmin Ouschan by a thrilling 5 points margin. Unlike Ouschan, Hofstatter's victory came the hard way, battling though the one-loss side of the draw. Germany's Janine Schwan and Louise Furberg from Sweden filled out the bronze medal positions.
In the men's 14.1 event Switzerland's Dimitri Jungo had a narrow escape in the very first preliminary round with a marginal 125-121 win over Poland's Radoslaw Babica, but from then on it was plain sailing, as he appeared to cruise through the opposition, finally beating Niels Feijen from the Netherlands by a more comfortable 125-74 score in the final, despite a strong performance from Feijen throughout.
In fact, it was the Dutchman who actually looked good for the title as he was rarely pushed in the whole event. From his premature victory in the prelims with only 57 points on the scoreboard, a result of Drago's match forfeit, through to the semi-finals, none of his opponents managed to threaten the second half of the scoreboard - until Jungo of course!
As for the Brit's, it was World 10 Ball Champion Darren Appleton who had high hopes for this event, and he was the one who got deepest into this event, but the dreaded early morning matches put paid to his ambitions, eventually bowing out to Poland's Thomasz Kaplan in the Last 16 stage.
GB9 supremo Imran Majid fell to another Pole, Mateusz Sniegocki in the round before the single elimination, and London resident Tony Drago lost out by a slim 125-111 margin in the same round to Swede, Jan Lundell.
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Gerda Hofstatter in action during the tense final match
Photograph © Bethan Louise Sage / EPBF.
The European Pool Championships 14.1 Winner's Podium
Photograph © Bethan Louise Sage / EPBF.
The moment of victory, Jungo celebrates his achievement in Austria
Photograph © Bethan Louise Sage / EPBF.
Men's Straight Pool Winner, Dimitri Jungo from Switzerland
Photograph © Bethan Louise Sage / EPBF.
The Men's 14.1 Winners Podium
Photograph © Bethan Louise Sage / EPBF.
The European Pool Championships 14.1 Trophy
Photograph © Bethan Louise Sage / EPBF.
THE 2009 EUROPEAN POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||||
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THE 2009 EUROPEAN POOL CHAMPIONSHIPS | ||||
14.1 Pool | ||||
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| 1st | Dimitri Jungo |  | Switzerland |
| 2nd | Niels Feijen |  | Netherlands | |
| 3rd | Oliver Ortmann |  | Germany | |
| 3rd | Andreas Roschkowsky | | Germany | |
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14.1 Pool | ||||
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| 1st | Gerda Hofstatter |  | Austria |
| 2nd | Jasmin Ouschan | | Austria | |
| 3rd | Janine Schwan | | Germany | |
| 3rd | Louise Furberg |  | Sweden | |
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