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squads for EC in Belgium need some insider information

#1 User is offline   Tomi2 

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Posted 2010-April-16, 01:46

Ole BERSET (Norway)
player
Boye BROGELAND (Norway)
player
Thomas CHARLSEN (Norway)
player
Bjorn Olav EKREN (Norway)
player
Thor Erik HOFTANISKA (Norway)
player
Odin SVENDSEN (Norway)
player
Christian WENNEROD (Norway)
non-playing captain
Kjell Gaute FYRUN (Norway)
coach

Can somebody explain me how this comes? Helgemo, Helness and other members of the teams that won WC and EC in recent years missing?


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Norberto BOCCHI (Italy)
player
Giorgio DUBOIN (Italy)
player
Lorenzo LAURIA (Italy)
player
Antonio SEMENTA (Italy)
player
Alfredo VERSACE (Italy)
player
Maria Teresa LAVAZZA (Italy)
non-playing captain
Massimo ORTENSI (Italy)
coach

playing as a team of 5 and dropping Nunes Fantoni again? If I remember correctly last time N-F were out, they nearly missed the Bermuda Bowl spots

Anyway Italy will be a strong team this year, while I cant be sure about Norway...

Sweden will have Fredin-Fallenius playing and Poland Balicki-Zmudzinski, thats some better news for the fans.
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Posted 2010-April-16, 01:59

Tomi2, on Apr 16 2010, 02:46 AM, said:

Anyway Italy will be a strong team this year, while I cant be sure about Norway...

Any team with Brogeland = the nuts.
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Posted 2010-April-16, 02:30

Tomi2, on Apr 16 2010, 02:46 AM, said:

Can somebody explain me how this comes? Helgemo, Helness and other members of the teams that won WC and EC in recent years missing?

Some of the players have turned down an offer to play this year. This was quite expected for some (like Grøtheim - Tundal) who have other obligations (job/family) and have said early they don't have time to go to all the championships, including the preparations that is needed. This may have influenced the decision from the professionals Helgemo - Helness, who after representing in almost all championships for 20 years have also taken a break.

The "new" players are also very strong, but got a little less experience at this level. They all got some international experience however and deserved a chance to represent when there was an opening. They have all produced excellent results in the top Norwegian championships.

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Posted 2010-April-16, 02:57

Tomi2, on Apr 16 2010, 08:46 AM, said:

Norberto BOCCHI (Italy)
Giorgio DUBOIN (Italy)
Lorenzo LAURIA (Italy)
Antonio SEMENTA (Italy)
Alfredo VERSACE (Italy)


playing as a team of 5 and dropping Nunes Fantoni again? If I remember correctly last time N-F were out, they nearly missed the Bermuda Bowl spots

I wonder if Madala is not yet eligible but would be for the next Bermuda Bowl?
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Posted 2010-April-16, 04:53

I wonder a bit about team Poland. Apparently they are going to play the entire tournament four-handed.
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Posted 2010-April-16, 05:24

Aberlour10, on Apr 16 2010, 05:53 AM, said:

I wonder a bit about team Poland. Apparently they are going to play the entire tournament four-handed.

I heard, that they will add another pair, either Kwiecien-Jagniewski or Kalita-Kotorowicz but not sure about that
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Posted 2010-April-16, 05:53

Portugal:

Jorge Castanheira/Sofia Pessoa
Juliano Barbosa/António Palma
P.G. Pereira/Jorge Cruzeiro

Not a peaceful choice, though.
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Posted 2010-April-16, 06:48

Tomi2, on Apr 16 2010, 01:24 PM, said:

Aberlour10, on Apr 16 2010, 05:53 AM, said:

I wonder a bit about team Poland. Apparently they are going to play the entire tournament four-handed.

I heard, that they will add another pair, either Kwiecien-Jagniewski or Kalita-Kotorowicz but not sure about that

Correct. They will be adding one of the two pairs after a practise match against the Netherlands on April 23-25. The two Polish pairs will team up with two pairs from Israel, Barel-Zack and Ginossar-Pachtman, already selected for the European Championships alongside the Herbst brothers.

That match will be broadcast on BBO (schedule not listed yet).

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Posted 2010-April-16, 10:50

Go Spain!
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Posted 2010-April-17, 15:31

Tomi2, on Apr 16 2010, 09:46 AM, said:

Norberto BOCCHI (Italy)
player
Giorgio DUBOIN (Italy)
player
Lorenzo LAURIA (Italy)
player
Antonio SEMENTA (Italy)
player
Alfredo VERSACE (Italy)
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Maria Teresa LAVAZZA (Italy)
non-playing captain
Massimo ORTENSI (Italy)
coach

Looks like Madala is in the team after all. This is taken from our Italian forum:

Dal sito FIGB:

15 aprile 2010
Il Commissario Tecnico della squadra Open, M.T. Lavazza, ha comunicato la formazione che ci rappresenterà ai prossimi campionati:

cng Maria Teresa Lavazza
coach Massimo Ortensi

Agustin Madala
Alfredo Versace
Antonio Sementa
Giorgio Duboin
Lorenzo Lauria
Norberto Bocchi
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Posted 2010-April-18, 01:11

Walddk, on Apr 17 2010, 04:31 PM, said:

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Looks like Madala is in the team after all. This is taken from our Italian forum:

Dal sito FIGB:

15 aprile 2010
Il Commissario Tecnico della squadra Open, M.T. Lavazza, ha comunicato la formazione che ci rappresenterà ai prossimi campionati:

cng Maria Teresa Lavazza
coach Massimo Ortensi

Agustin Madala
Alfredo Versace
Antonio Sementa
Giorgio Duboin
Lorenzo Lauria
Norberto Bocchi

I am surprised that Fantoni-Nunes are not in the team. Any comments from Italian forum members about this?
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Posted 2010-April-18, 02:36

peachy, on Apr 18 2010, 02:11 PM, said:

Walddk, on Apr 17 2010, 04:31 PM, said:

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Looks like Madala is in the team after all. This is taken from our Italian forum:

Dal sito FIGB:

15 aprile 2010
Il Commissario Tecnico della squadra Open, M.T. Lavazza, ha comunicato la formazione che ci rappresenterà ai prossimi campionati:

cng Maria Teresa Lavazza
coach Massimo Ortensi

Agustin Madala
Alfredo Versace
Antonio Sementa
Giorgio Duboin
Lorenzo Lauria
Norberto Bocchi

I am surprised that Fantoni-Nunes are not in the team. Any comments from Italian forum members about this?

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Posted 2010-April-18, 03:37

peachy, on Apr 18 2010, 07:11 AM, said:

Walddk, on Apr 17 2010, 04:31 PM, said:

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Looks like Madala is in the team after all. This is taken from our Italian forum:

Dal sito FIGB:

15 aprile 2010
Il Commissario Tecnico della squadra Open, M.T. Lavazza, ha comunicato la formazione che ci rappresenterà ai prossimi campionati:

cng Maria Teresa Lavazza
coach Massimo Ortensi

Agustin Madala
Alfredo Versace
Antonio Sementa
Giorgio Duboin
Lorenzo Lauria
Norberto Bocchi

I am surprised that Fantoni-Nunes are not in the team. Any comments from Italian forum members about this?

The answer (I think) is very simple, Fantoni-Nunes ain't playing for Lavazza, they are now in Zimmerman's team.
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Posted 2010-April-25, 04:31

you can find all registered teams here:

http://www.eurobridge.org/competitions/10O...articipants.asp

as for Fantoni/Nunes not playing for Italy, Mrs Lavazza decides who plays on the team. there are no selections in Italy. Fantoni/Nunes play for Zimmermann on the Transnational Team when available only. priority has always been playing on the national team.
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Posted 2010-April-25, 05:19

I didn't see Madala in the Italian team...

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Posted 2010-April-25, 15:23

IIRC, Lavazza have issues with Fantoni-Nunes since they lost BB QFs with South Africa, in 2007.

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Posted 2010-April-26, 11:21

Bocchi's view on the team can be found at neapolitanclub web site.
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Posted 2010-April-26, 13:59

bocchi does not say much . this is more fun to read : http://neapolitanclub.altervista.org/eng/f...as-opinion.html
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Posted 2010-April-28, 13:39

marcD, on Apr 26 2010, 02:59 PM, said:

bocchi does not say much . this is more fun to read :  http://neapolitanclub.altervista.org/eng/f...as-opinion.html

here Sbarigia's answers about his first interview on Fantunes:

http://neapolitanclub.altervista.org/eng/a...econd-part.html
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Posted 2010-April-28, 14:24

Very interesting, thanks for posting.
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