Foreign Tournament Report
UK Beat Slovenia
— Tony AtkinsThe UK team was matched against Slovenia in round six and won three games to one. Ireland beat Norway, with wins for Karl Irwin, Philippe Renaut, John Courtney and Matei Garcia, all by resignation. So Ireland stayed two points clear at the top of the C-League, with the UK still second and only one match remaining (against Georgia). [See here for League Page with game records.]
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UK Beat Denmark
— Tony AtkinsThe UK team was matched against Denmark in round five and won three games to one; as Ireland also beat Spain 3-1 the UK remains second in League C behind Ireland, with two matches to play. [See here for League Page with game records.]
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UK Lose to Ireland
— Tony AtkinsThe UK team was matched against Ireland, the other top C-League team, in round four. The teams agreed to play three of the games early, on the Monday, to avoid playing on Saint Valentine’s Day. Unfortunately the Irish team won all three and this left Tim Hunt to try and salvage a single game on the day itself. He kept the crowd entertained for a couple of hours until finally the massacre was complete. This put Ireland back on top and moved UK down to second or third on tie-break. [See here for League Page with game records.]
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UK Beat Norway to Move Top
— Tony AtkinsThe UK team beat Norway 3-1 in the third match of the Pandanet Go European Team Championship C League season. Unfortunately for Ireland their top board didn’t show up and, despite wins for Gavin Rooney and Philippe Renaut, they could only draw, with penalty points for the missing game. However this meant that the UK team moved up from second to top place. [See here for League Page with game records.]
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UK Beats Spain
— Tony AtkinsIn the second match of the season in the C League, the UK team played Spain. Unfortunately for them their number one player, Óscar Anguila, was ill and so the team order was shuffled up with a reserve on board three. In the match the UK players outplayed their opponents to win all four games which moved the team up to second place.
Leading the C League with two wins is Ireland who beat Slovenia three games to one, with wins for Karl Irwin, Philippe Renaut and John Courtney, but a loss for Gavin Rooney.
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UK Draws with Bulgaria
— Tony AtkinsIn the first match of the season, now in the C League, the UK team played Bulgaria. Des Cann's game ended quickly with a win and new captain Bruno Poltronieri also won. Unfortunately Jamie Taylor and Scott Cobbold both lost, leaving the match drawn and the team in third position out of 8.
However later the Bulgarian board 4 player's results were discounted in all matches so the UK gained an extra board win changing the match into a 3-1 win.
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Korean Prime Minister's Cup Brief Report
— Jon DiamondOur representative in this year's KPMC, Bruno Poltronieri, came 28th out of 52 in this prestigious event, with 3 wins out of 6.
He beat players from Lithuania, Italy and Brazil, and lost to Colombia, Sweden and Singapore.
Full results at http://kpmc.kbaduk.or.kr/eng/result/gameTable.asp
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UK Win but Get Demoted
— Tony AtkinsThe UK team beat Croatia 4-0 in the Pandanet Go European Team Championship on 24th May to give the team its first and only win of the season. Congratulations to Daniel Hu, Bruno Poltronieri, Alex Kent and Des Cann for this convincing win in the last round. To avoid relegation they needed South Africa to lose their last round match, but South Africa defeated a weakened Italian team 3-1. This meant that the UK team ended bottom of League B and have therefore been relegated to League C for the 2022-2023 season. Germany and Austria both won to take first and second places respectively.
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UK Lose to Germany
— Tony AtkinsThe UK team lost to Germany 0-4 in the Pandanet Go European Team Championship on 3rd May. The cemented Germany in second place in the B League behind Austria. The UK stayed bottom behind South Africa in 9th and Croatia in 8th, the opponents in the last match on 24th May.
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UK Lose to Finland
— Tony AtkinsThe seventh match of the season was against Finland. At their request Bruno played board one on the previous Saturday and the games on the Tuesday were at staggered times. In the end Bruno was the only winner and the loss put the team in bottom place of the B League, on tie-break behind South Africa.
Because Russia and Belarus have been removed from the leagues, there is only one relegation place now this season.
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