DAY ONE OF the Dynamic Billard Tampere Open in Finland completed this evening at the Tampere Exhibition and Sports Centre and from 168 starting players, 118 remain; 32 on the winners’ side and the rest on the losers’ side. Those players will be returning on Sunday morning when play resumes at 10.00 local time.
There were a few Euro Tour veterans in the field including Mika Immonen who won the inaugural Tour event over 30 years ago. The Iceman is still in it, and although he was relegated to the one-loss side by the Netherland’s Jan Rempe he bounced back with a win over fellow Finn Kimmo Kamotskin to keep his hopes alive.
Another blast-from-the-past is four-time Euro Tour winner, Sweden’s Marcus Chamat. ‘Napoleon’ has had a storied career in pool and still keeps his hand in. Like Immonen, he is now on the one-loss side after going down 9-5 to the very capable Mats Schnetje in his second match, but lived to fight another day with a win over Jani Kela (Finland).
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There were a few Euro Tour veterans in the field including Mika Immonen who won the inaugural Tour event over 30 years ago. The Iceman is still in it, and although he was relegated to the one-loss side by the Netherland’s Jan Rempe he bounced back with a win over fellow Finn Kimmo Kamotskin to keep his hopes alive.
Another blast-from-the-past is four-time Euro Tour winner, Sweden’s Marcus Chamat. ‘Napoleon’ has had a storied career in pool and still keeps his hand in. Like Immonen, he is now on the one-loss side after going down 9-5 to the very capable Mats Schnetje in his second match, but lived to fight another day with a win over Jani Kela (Finland).
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