Euro Vets' Roundup
Monday 2nd July 2007
70-74 Singles/Doubles
Johnny Campbell, after qualifying for the knockout stage of this event, lost in Round 1 to Martin Butenhoff (Germany). He lost in three ends, the first two to deuce. It was a similar story in the doubles where Johnny and his partner, Gianfran Palazzoli (Italy) lost to a Luxemburg/German team. Great effort Johnny, qualifying for the knockout stage of these tournaments is an achievement in itself.
50-59 Doubles
After a fifth end win against a German team in round 2, Derek Lundie paired with Tony Needham (Wales) lost in the next round 3-1 to Jindrich Kozeluh, and Milan Duracka (Czech Republic).
50-59 Consolation
This event is for the group stage losers and always includes some excellent players. Derek Lundie had a great run in this event winning through four rounds along with a walk over in the second round to reach the quarter final stage. There he lost to the eventual winner, Juris Silins (Latvia), three games to nil - 3, 6, 10. A great effort Derek.
Derek and Johnny at the Double - Thursday 28th June 2007
In the 50-59 Men’s Doubles event Derek Lundie, paired with Tony Needham of Wales, secured first place in their group beating a Dutch/Greek team followed by a German/Italian combo and qualified for the first round. They won both matches 3-0.
Enjoying similar success, Johnny Campbell, paired with Italian GianfrancoPalazzoli, finished second in their group and qualified for the main event. They beat a Czech Republic and a German/Croatian pair 3-1 to secure second spot in the group. They lost however, to a very strong German team (Klaus Krüger/Richard Luber) 3-0 who qualified in first place.
Derek and Johnny fly the flag - Thursday 28th June 2007
Derek Lundie and Johnny Campbell are both on duty for Scotland at the European Table Tennis Championships in Rotterdam.
In the 70-74 age category, Johnny found himself in a group with two players from Germany and one from the Czech Republic. He finished a very creditable second beating the two German players but losing out to the group winner Anton Stancek
Category 70-74
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Results
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A. Stancek - J. Campbell 11 : 8 11 : 7 11 : 5 3 : 0
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L. Sooß - W. Kuchendorf 11 : 7 11 : 3 11 : 2 3 : 0
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L. Sooß - J. Campbell 10 : 12 10 : 12 4 : 11 0 : 3
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A. Stancek - W. Kuchendorf 11 : 2 2 : 11 11 : 3 11 : 0 3 : 1
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L. Sooß - A. Stancek 7 : 11 3 : 11 8 : 11 0 : 3
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J. Campbell - W. Kuchendorf 11 : 6 11 : 5 11 : 4 3 : 0
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He now qualifies for the first knockout round of the tournament.
Derek didn’t fair so well in his group where he was up against players from Russia, Belgium and Germany. He recorded a solid 3-1 win against Francis Trefois of Belgium but lost 3-0 to both Eduard Kozlovski (Russia) and Helmut Schneider (Germany). Good effort, but Derek will now be depending on the consolation and doubles to do some damage.