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In the second round of group “A” Germany
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played their first game and Andreas Hahn,
Erica & Annelie Wachholz gave the Irish
Triple quite a fright, with the Irish scoring
a four on the last end to win 12 - 10.
England beat Norway 16 - 5 and
Wales needed to score a two on the last
end to snatch a 12 - 11 victory over Swe-
den. The final game of the group saw Bel-
gium beat Canada 14 - 9.
In Group “B” Belgium played their
opening game, with Ils Belmans, Paula
Geens & Louis Helsen going down 13 - 5
to Ireland. After five ends England led 17 -
11 against Canada and finally won 27 - 7.
Sweden the beat Norway 15 - 7.
The last round of the day saw Ireland
“A” snatch a three on the last end to win
10 - 8 against Wales. England got the bet-
ter of Belgium 13 - 6 and Norway beat
Germany 16 - 10. In group “B” the roles
were reversed with Norway beating Bel-
Triples Champions gium 16 - 6.
Ryan Knight, Adam Smith Danny Langdon England meanwhile to no prisoners
against Sweden and romped home 21 - 4.
Another big score saw Wales beating Canada 34 - 1
and the first day was over. Two more rounds on the
second day was followed by a final round on Sunday.
When all the results were in England’s Adam Smith,
Ryan Knight & Danny Langdon were unbeaten on 14
points and easily won group “A”.
Three teams finished with 10 points and shots dif-
ference came into play, with Wales Ben Jackson, Chris
McWinnie & Andrew Jones taking second place. In
group “B”
Alan Evans,
J o n a t h a n
Gladstone &
A n d r e w
Evans were
unbeaten for
Triples Runners-up
Wales, head-
Andrew Evans, ing the group.
Jonathan Gladstone, Allan Evans
Taking second place and a semi-final spot were Eng-
land’s Ross Dunkley, Craig Strong & Adam Easthope.
This left an all-England Semi-final line-up and all-Wales
Semi-final line-up.
The latter turned out to be a one-sided affair with
Alan Evans, Jonathan Gladstone & Andrew Evans win- Triples Third Place
ning13 - 4 with the last end unplayed. Craig Strong, Ross Dunkley,
Adam Easthope