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LADIES

THREE OF THE QUARTER FINALS WERE WON WITH NO FRAMES BEING LOST BY THE WINNING TEAMS.  BELGIUM OVERCAME ROMANIA IN THE TOP HALF OF THE DRAW AND WILL NOW MEET BELARUS IN THE SEMI FINAL ON SUNDAY.  THE SECOND SEMI FINAL WILL BE A REPEAT OF THE 2016 FINAL WITH RUSSIA 1 PLAYING LATVIA.

 

MASTERS

SCOTLAND SEEMS TO HAVE STRUCK GOOD FORM AT THE RIGHT TIME AS THEY WON BOTH THEIR LAST 16 AND QUARTER FINAL MATCES WITHOUT DROPPING A FRAME. GERMANY AND ENGLAND 2 WERE THE TEAMS THEY BEAT.

ICELAND ALSO KEPT A CLEAN SHEET IN THEIR MATCH AGAINST BELGIUM 1 AND SO THEY FACE SCOTLAND FOR A PLACE IN THE FINAL.

IRELAND WASTED NO TIME IN DISPOSING OF THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN AGAIN WITHOUT LOSING A FRAME.

WALES 1 HAD A LATE FINISH TO BE THE LAST TEAM INTO THE SEMI FINAL. THEY LOST THE FIRST FRAME AGAINST BELGIUM 2 BEFORE WINNNG FOUR FRAMES IN SUCCESSION.

 

MEN

GERMANY WAS THE FIRST TEAM THROUGH TO THE SEMI FINAL. THEY LOST THE FIRST FRAME AGAINST FRANCE BUT THEN WON THE NEXT FOUR TO EASE THEIR WAY INTO THE LAST 4.

THE ALL IRISH CLASH WENT ALL THE WAY WITH IRELAND 1 RACING TO A 3 FRAME LEAD BEFORE BEING PULLED BACK TO ALL SQUARE WITH THE FINAL FRAME NEEDED TO GET THROUGH.

WALES 1 WERE NEXT TO GO THROUGH AFTER BEATING POLAND 1 BY 4 FRAMES TO TWO. WALES WON THE FIRST TWO FRAMES THEN POLAND WON 2 OUT OF THE NEXT 3 TO MAKE IT 3 – 2 TO WALES. THE SECOND PAIRS MATCH IN FRAME 6 WAS WON COMFORTABLY BY WALES TO TAKE THEM INTO THE SEMI FINAL.

POLAND 2 SUFFERED THE SAME FATE AS THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYMEN WHEN THEY WERE BEATEN BY ISRAEL 1. THE MATCH WAS KEENLY FOUGHT AND WENT TO THE FINAL FRAME. ISRAEL 1 NOW MEETS WALES 1 FOR A PLACE IN THE FINAL ON SUNDAY.

 

SEMI FINAL MATCHES SUNDAY 10 am LOCAL TIME (9am UK)

LADIES

BELGIUM 1 V BELARUS

RUSSIA 1 V LATVIA

MASTERS

SCOTLAND V ICELAND

IRELAND 1 V WALES 1

MEN

IRELAND 1 V GERMANY

ISRAEL 1 V WALES 1

 

Peter Thomas

10 June 2017