European championship: My belgium boys doing GREATH!!

Solartje

Solartje

the Brunswick BUG bit me
Silver Member
Hiya all :)

just wanted to chear and let the world know a bit more about belgium players, as im sure 99% coudnt give a single name of a good belgium poolplayer, (wich is normal, as we are SUCH as small country), and pool is a pritty new sport

Serge Das

Maybe you have seen his picture on the mainpage of AZB, after his performances in the straight pool.


14-1

Round1:
Serge Das 125 vs 0 Walk over

Winners Round1
Serge Das 125 vs 27 Boyle, Ronnie

Winners Qualification
Serge Das 125 vs 46 Mattila, Mikko

Last 32
Serge Das 125 vs 70 Lyng, Jakob

Last 16
Kaplan, Jorn 125 vs 1 Das, Serge

9th place in the straight pool section.

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8-ball

Round1:
Serge Das 8 vs 0 Walk over

Winners Round1
Serge Das 8 vs 5 Talu, Juri

Winners Round2
Serge Das 8 vs 7 Foldes, Vilmos

Foldes, Vilmos
Cons. runs 8-ball 5
Cons. runs 9-ball 6
Highest Run 14/1 259
3rd place 9-ball Men EC 2003


Winners Qualification
Serge Das 8 vs 5 Saylam, Rasit


Last 32
Serge Das 8 vs 4 Cohen, Stephan

Stephan Cohen
2 times runner-up in E.C in 8ball and straight pool
Cons. runs 8-ball 8
Cons. runs 9-ball 10
Highest Run 14/1 295


Last 16
Serge das 5 vs 5 Ortmann, Oliver (still playing now)

Ortmann, Oliver
Cons. runs 9-ball 13
Highest Run 14/1 326
3 times World Champion
28 times European Champion
2 times US Open Champion 1989 & 1993


edit: das lost 8-5 in the last16 vs probably the man to beat in 8ball, and my #1 choice of the 8ball EC 2007 winner.


Another 9th place for Serge Das :) im proud of him !

other players who didnt make it to the quarter finals:
Hohmann, Thorsten
Niels Feijen
Stepanov, Konstantin
Facquet, Vincent


.. these european championships are really a TOUGH field
 
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to give an example,

in his match: Serge Das 8 vs 7 Foldes, Vilmos

in the 15 frames they player, there where 11 Break and Runs.


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Jan Dulst from belgium also finished 17th, with a greath win over Imran Majid, who isnt just a starter either.
his parcour was:
Dulst, Jan 8 vs 0 Walk-Over
Dulst, Jan 7 vs 8 Ouschan, Albin
Dulst, Jan 8 vs 0 Walk-Over
Dulst, Jan 8 vs 5 Majid, Imran
Dulst, Jan 8 vs 0 Solymosi, Gabor
Dulst, Jan 8 vs 6 De Falco, Vittorio
Dulst, Jan 8 vs 6 Marinko, Joze
Stepanov, Konstantin 8 vs 1 Dulst, Jan

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And Kurt Declerck just won his match 5-0 to get a place in the 8-ball quarterfinals. Maybe he can add another medal. Untill now he has a hostory of:
2 x European Champion Weelchairs
4 x Runnerup European Champion Weelchairs
4 x 3th place European Champion Weelchairs

Duffy, Matt 5 vs 1 Deklerck, Kurt
Deklerck, Kurt 5 vs 2 Schuler, Joachim
Deklerck, Kurt 5 vs 4 Kapsimalis, Doykakis
Deklerck, Kurt 5 vs 4 Kapsimalis, Doykakis
Deklerck, Kurt 5 vs 0 McNeil, Mark
Deklerck, Kurt 0 vs 0 Kimberley, Roy

Maybe another Titel as european champion for Kurt
 
Any news/report on Estelle? She won our first Hunter Classics Tour event of 2007 and turned down the WPBA invite (for this week in Michigan City) to attend the European Championship.

Shayla Neris will now be taking her spot at the WPBA. :)
 
Ralf Souquet also didnt make it to the quarter finals !
amazing :)

there are like 20 people who have a chance to win the titel. man i'd love to go to a EC once.


estelle? mmm the dutch player u mean? she is really a top woman class player.and she is doing VERY fine

14-1
Bijnen, Estelle 75 vs 35 Jensen, Katrine
Bijnen, Estelle 75 vs 53 Krasnozhon, Darya
Bijnen, Estelle 75 vs 38 Stateczny, Diana
Bijnen, Estelle 75 vs 38 Cacciamani, Tiziana
Bijnen, Estelle 75 vs 69 Kibaroglu, Eylul
Bijnen, Estelle 10 vs 75 Naverschnig, Sabrina (lost in the semi finals)

3th place ! (yasmin won the final 75 vs 30 Naverschnig, Sabrina who is a felow player from Austria)

8ball
Bijnen, Estelle 6 vs 2 Nagorna, Viktoria
Bijnen, Estelle 6 vs 2 Kibaroglu, Eylul
Bijnen, Estelle 6 vs 3 Mischitz, Mary Luiza
Bijnen, Estelle 6 vs 0 Kurzen, Eliane
Bijnen, Estelle 5 vs 1 Dederding, Sabina (can't check final score for the moment)
Bijnen, Estelle 0 vs 0 Sorensen, Charlotte (Semi final)
 
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Thank you, Solartje. I am glad she played well!

I hear she is coming to our next Hunter Classics Tour tournament - March 31-April 1 at Magoo's Billiards in Tulsa, OK.

We also just received an email that Rebecca (Meng Meng) Zhou [who won the 2004 Junior World Championship] will be coming as well! It will be her first WPBA Qualifier event.

Melinda
 
Solartje said:
to give an example,

in his match: Serge Das 8 vs 7 Foldes, Vilmos

in the 15 frames they player, there where 11 Break and Runs.

Where do these guys come from? :rolleyes: They must be playing on 5" pocket tables with soft shoulders. :rolleyes:
Seriously, great matches...thanks.
JoeyA
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Europe is full with talented players, and countrys like holland, germany, england have at least 10 top quality players each. there are loads of world class players, but exept from the eurotour's, u wont see many of them in the big tournaments, because the cost is just to expensive. if they could win enough $ with hometournaments, save it, and then use it to travel abroad im sure they could do some real damage, but its hard to find a tournament that gives more then 1k$ for a first place, and traveling abroad can easily cost 2k+.

also pool not being a national sport of any kind, and is considered as a barr game for drunk guys doesnt really help to get big sponsers. When serge das qualified for the world championships in dubay some days ago and had some greath wins vs the best players in the world, you really had to dig into small local papers to even find anything written about it. Its just stupid. the only sport that gets recognision is socker and tenis. Yes, we have a 2 great worldchampions in tenis, but we also have wendy jans who got world snooker champion 2007, we have serge das who is doing greath, we have Kurt declerck who has won over 10 medals in the european championship, but u dont hear ANYTHING about them.

well if the press isnt doint it right, maybe my posts here will make a difference and help our poolcountry, and no matter if only 10 people read it, thats 10 more people who know about belgium players.

but yes, there are loads of good players no one knows about. thats why i like to post some results of players of my country, to try to give them some recognision where they deserve it.


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to give an example, only 4 players of the 200+players, have made it into the last16 on both straightpool and 8ball.
the players are:

Niels Feijen,
Nick Vandenberg
Oliver Ortmann
and...

SERGE DAS :D
 
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9ball is on the way, and after the first round, already big guns on the loser side.

- niels Feijen
- imran majid
- Hohmann

TOUGH TOUGH field out there :) really amazing matches, and life on bwin :D

ps special thanks to yasmin oushan and tony drago for the $ i won from there matches :p. Tony drago was quoted vs nick vandenberg at 1.10 vs 5.00. Amazing odds, seeing that tony drago isnt JUST a beginner, i mean, he is in the semi finals with a match i think he will win, and should play the 8ball final vs ortmann if he wins his semi final. And yasmin Oushan her worst match was a 8-2 win :p even with a handicap op 5 frames, bwin gave good odds :) some more and i might have enough to buy a new shaft and send it to Kevin
 
Serge Das

Solartje said:
Europe is full with talented players, and countrys like holland, germany, england have at least 10 top quality players each. there are loads of world class players, but exept from the eurotour's, u wont see many of them in the big tournaments, because the cost is just to expensive. if they could win enough $ with hometournaments, save it, and then use it to travel abroad im sure they could do some real damage, but its hard to find a tournament that gives more then 1k$ for a first place, and traveling abroad can easily cost 2k+.

also pool not being a national sport of any kind, and is considered as a barr game for drunk guys doesnt really help to get big sponsers. When serge das qualified for the world championships in dubay some days ago and had some greath wins vs the best players in the world, you really had to dig into small local papers to even find anything written about it. Its just stupid. the only sport that gets recognision is socker and tenis. Yes, we have a 2 great worldchampions in tenis, but we also have wendy jans who got world snooker champion 2007, we have serge das who is doing greath, we have Kurt declerck who has won over 10 medals in the european championship, but u dont hear ANYTHING about them.

well if the press isnt doint it right, maybe my posts here will make a difference and help our poolcountry, and no matter if only 10 people read it, thats 10 more people who know about belgium players.

but yes, there are loads of good players no one knows about. thats why i like to post some results of players of my country, to try to give them some recognision where they deserve it.


edited:
to give an example, only 4 players of the 200+players, have made it into the last16 on both straightpool and 8ball.
the players are:

Niels Feijen,
Nick Vandenberg
Oliver Ortmann
and...

SERGE DAS :D
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How much English does SERGE DAS speak? What is his age?
JoeyA
 
Solartje said:
i think he must speak fluent english. Almost anyone in our country can. but ive never bothered to ask really. :)

about his age... mm not sure either. should be around 30.

weird questions :rolleyes:

u can see him here:
http://www.azbilliards.com/2000storya.cfm?storynum=4195
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Not as wierd as you might think. It might be beneficial to stake horses or managers if they know that their horse speaks English, just in case they were to be interested in making a road trip across America doing some gambling and playing in pool tournaments. A 20 year old player could present some challenges for a road manager whereas a 40 year old may not have some of the "youthfulness" left in him and may be easier to manage the player and the money. Youth has many benefits and also a few downfalls. 30 is about the time when most young men get a little more serious about getting ahead.

That's all the English and age was about. Does that still sound weird to you?
JoeyA
 
joeyA, not at all :)

if u like to get in contact with him and ask him some questions, feel free to pm me. He should be ariving back home from the EC soon and ill be glad to put you or other people in contact with him.

i know he is open for idea's... the right person just never came across him.


chilli66: the pleasure is ALL mine really.
 
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