7.-9.10.2011, Bucharest

 

This time i was much more excited than usually, about the whole trip, because i did not know almost anything about Romania before going there. Anyway, i was curious to see what kind of country it is, and what kind of darts event they can arrange. So i bought a flight ticket and went there. And enjoyed my whole stay .

The arrangements of the event were good, the organizers were flexible when needed, and the neighbourhood was safe enough for me to walk alone late in the dark .

 

The venue from outside...

 

 

and inside...

 

The event started with warm-up singles. I got a bye, and then won two games -> ended up 9th.

The main event, singles, were on Saturday. The semi-finals of the men, and both the ladies' and men's final could be seen on the biggest sports channel in Romanian tv. The athmosphere in the audience was great :-) Even though i was bit disappointed of being only 9th, i did enjoy watching the finals.

 

Singles, women

1 LORRAINE FARLAM England

2 JANE SHEARING England

3-4 ANDREEA CONSTANTINESCU Romania; NICOLE DELIE Belgium

5-8 MADALINA TAPU Romania; KATHY GEERAERTS Belgium; SILVIA CARARUS Romania; MIHAELA IVAN Romania

9-16 MARET LIIRI FINLAND; MARIA LINDSTROM FINLAND; MERVI RINNE FINLAND

 

Singles, Men

1 JOE MURNAN England

2 PETER MARTIN Slovakia

3-4 VLAD CRISTIAN POPA Romania; FLOROS OIKONOMOU Cyprus

5-8 BORIS KROMAR CROATIA; JAMIE LEWIS England; GEERT DE VOS Belgium; CRISTIAN CIMPOCA Romania

 

Sunday was for pairs competitions. Nice thing was that on Sunday the games started at noon, so i could sleep bit longer in the morning :-) And, Sunday was better day for me, what comes to success. In the semi-finals me and Jane had a tough game against Belgian girls Kathy and Nicole, we won 4-3. In the final we were just a little bit more lucky than Finnish ladies Maria and Mervi :-)

 

Ladies Pairs

1 MARET LIIRI-JANE SHEARING FINLAND-ENGLAND

2 MERVI RINNE-MARIA LINDSTROM FINLAND 2

3-4 OANA BARSAN-OANA TAPU Romania 1; KATHY GEERAERTS-NICOLE DELIE Belgium 1

 

The best of the ladies pairs.

 

Mens Pairs

1 BORIS KRCMAR-DRAGAN MARTIC Slovakia 3

2 ACO BABIC-ZORAN CERGIC SERBIA 2

3-4 KOSTAS PANTELIDIS-MANOS VICHOS Greece 2; ANTROS IOSIF-STELIOS STYLIANOU Cyprus 9

 

Walking around in Bucharest...