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...
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