GB Juniors finally got it all together and pulled off a great win over Finland in the World Junior Championships. Having lost to USA, Australia, Columbia (surprise package of the tournament) and a very close game to Sweden, GB came back from 4-0 down against Finland to trade to 13-10 down before scoring 5 in a row and eventually winning 18-16. They had beaten Israel earlier in the week, but they proved to be the whipping boys in the division losing every game they played.
GB cannot make the semis, but if Columbia beat Finland in the morning as expected when GB meet Canada, then that should set up a final 5/6 playoff game for GB against the much improved Sweden. Sweden started the tournament badly losing 14-12 to Columbia and looking rather poor until they beat GB, then ran Australia very close. The winner of the match gets the pride of being the top European team as the semis look like being USA Vs Columbia (score when they met in the pool stage, 17-0) and Canada Vs Australia (score in pool stage was 17-13). Maybe it wont be an all North American final if Australia can get in on the show, but it does emphasise how far behind certain countries our European juniors are. To see how everyone is doing, and what tricks the score-o-matic can do with player stats, checkout http://www.wjuc2006.org/home.htm Kev PS Good luck to all the guys getting their A level results in the morning. It will be interesting to see who gets their results text through and who plans to wait until they return. So many off to different Universities this year, many taking 3 years playing experience with them. -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ __________________________________________________ BritDisc mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.ranulf.net/mailman/listinfo/britdisc Staying informed - http://www.ukultimate.com/informed.asp
