4 Nations
Editor's Note
I hope everyone who visited this website enjoyed the information and updates i tried to give you during the 4 Nations tournament. The visitor statistic as been very good regarding the size of the Billiards Community and i hope everyone liked what s/he saw. This website, which i put together a few days before the start of the tournament, was a private project to support the sport and this tournament in particular because in my opinion the internet is an important medium to promote English Billiards where a small community is scattered over so many countries and continents.
Thanks to Felix, whom most of you will know as the Webmaster of billiard-junkies.co.uk - Felix ran the Livestream and takes care of the required hard/software, he provided me with ideas for improvement on the site and allowed me to host the site on our homeserver. Thanks to those who kindly provided me with information, logos or comments and to those who told me that i did a great job - a girl always loves compliments ;-)
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| got a very nice email from Paul Dunning, who watched his new teammate geoff brassington on the livestream ;-) |
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| i'm off watching topgear, hope you had a good time following the tournament on this website ;-) Godd Night. |
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| if you have anything to say about the tournament or the website, send me an email (see 'Imprint' for adress) |
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| the videoarchive with the streamed matches will be online tomorrow (thank you felix!!!) |
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| England won the 4 Nations tournament 2009 with Northern Ireland in 2nd place, Republic of Ireland 3rd and Austria in 4th place |
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| Austria 12 Points - we get more points in Billiards than in this Song Contest thing |
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Video Archive Online
Thanks to Felix Knoll the video archive with the matches that were played on table 2 are now online => Video Archive
Videos of the matches on table 1 are now available on the HSEBC Website!
Trophy Presentation
England won the 2009 4 Nations Tournament - Derick Townend's boyz scored 63 points. A strong Northern Irish delegation secured the runner-up position, gathering 38 points. The Republic of Ireland finished 3 with 31 points and Austria doubled last years score, finishing 4th with 12 points.
The highest break of the tournament was a 161 by Rob Hall. He and Jonathon Bagley (who had the highest 90 minutes score of the tournament: 753) were the only players who managed to score 100+ breaks on the rather difficult tables in Vienna.
Once again, as it can't be said too often: A big Thank you goes to the Referees, who did a great job and refereed a total of 72 matches - and to tournament director Clive Scott.
Day 2
Opening Ceremony
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It's an honour to have been choosen as the captain for the Austrian Team espc. in the year Austria is hosting the 4 Nations. I hope my experience as Upper Austrian youth-coach helps me to create a strong bond within the team. I feel very enthusastic and optimistic about the competiton where the Austrian team will do it's best to make it this weekend a successful one. |
| Günther Eckhart - Team Captain of the Austrian Billiards Team |
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As a referee with EABA I can't imagine what a great tournament is up and coming in the 4 Nations and I am very sorry I could not be there.
My tip would be England to win but after refereeing Paddy Donnelly recently I know he will take a lot of beating in his matches. ;-) Best of luck to all taking part and to all the organisers.