European Championships All-Tournament Team:

0.5 - Koen DELEN (BEL)
1.0 - Bo PETERSEN (DEN)
1.5 - Ronny VERHAEGEN (BEL)
2.0 - Peter GENIJN (BEL) / Justin FRISHBERG (GBR)
2.5 - Troye COLLINS (GBR)
3.0 - Ludwig BUDENERS (BEL)
3.5 - Mauri VIRONMÄKI (FIN)
MVP - Max STROBLMAIR (AUT)


Vancouver Invitational All-Tournament Team:

0.5 - Jason REGIER, California Quake
1.0 - Mike BACON, Sasksquash
1.5 - Patrice SIMARD, Canada East
2.0 - David WILLSIE, Canada East
2.5 - Justin PATTERSON, California Quake
3.0 - Ian CHAN, San Diego Bushwhackers
3.5 - Garett HICKLING, California Quake
MVP - Garett HICKLING, California Quake

Hello all! New photo galleries have come from these past two tournaments.  For a closer look at each check out the following links:

Vancouver Invitational Photo Gallery - by professional photographer Kevin Bogetti-Smith

European Championships Photo Gallery - by the Irish Team, courtesy of Garrett Culliton

P.S. I heard in the rumour mill that the Greeks were trying to put together a team for the Athens Paralympics.  Has anyone heard any more about this?

P.P.S. There is a COMMENT BOX on each thread in this online journal.  Don't be shy about using it...

~That is all~

Here is a look at the pool results from the 2003 European Championships, which were recently held in Lommel, Belgium.

The Brits ended up winning the final by a single point over the Belgians, in what was apparantly a great game.  Here are the final results and the games won/lost.

1. Great Britain (7-0)
2. Belgium (6-1)

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3. Germany (5-2)
4. Denmark (4-3)

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5. Sweden (5-2)
6. The Netherlands (4-3)
7. Switzerland (3-4)
8. Austria (2-5)

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  9. Poland (3-4)
10. Finland (2-5)
11. Ireland (1-6)
12. Norway (0-7)

In addition to the previously mentioned Brits whose classifications changed (Lilley and Frishberg), the Irish team lost their new 2.5, Philip Gibson, who was rated a 3.75 after re-classification.  The Danes got some good news when Bernhard Sorenson was classed down to a 2.5.  As for Lilley, it was his 3rd reclassification, so I suspect that he will be out of the sport internationally until 2006.  It is anticipated that Lilley will continue to train and compete within his home country as a 4.0, in hopes that he can get re-classified as a 3.5 in three years.