Malta and Israel win Doubles titles at Mediterranean Challenge Cup

03/25/06

San Marino

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2006MCCLogo_small.jpg Sue Abela of Malta earned her second gold medal in the 9th Mediterranean Challenge Cup in San Marino when she teamed with Lorraine Casha to win the women's Doubles with 2588 six-game total and an average of 215,67. On the men's side, Israel Tener and Johnatan Geller from Israel cruised to victory with 2715 and an average of 226,25. The doubles from Greece settled for the silver medals while the Italians took bronze in both division each. Abela and Geller lead in All Events after 2/3 events.


Men's Doubles - Final Standings

Countries and players with position, 6-game total, average and game-by-game results

1. Israel (Israel Tener/Johnatan Geller), 2715, 226,25
(424-448-504-437-483-419)

2. Greece (Vretos Pachoulis/Stavros Parasakis), 2613, 217,75
(398-447-433-429-484-422)

3. Italy (Domenico Maddaloni/Antonio Di Francesco), 2487, 207,25
(400-414-381-396-438-458)

4. San Marino (Adriano Santi/Nico Gasperoni), 2415, 201,25
(396-388-426-383-401-421)

5. Malta (Brian Farrugia/Rankin Luke Camilleri), 2397, 199,75
(394-397-406-434-383-383)

6. Turkey (Mithat Siveliol/Burak Natal), 2320, 193,33
(375-397-353-418-403-374)

7. Cyprus (Costas Kyriakou/Charis Panagiotou), 2296, 191,33
(370-403-373-415-386-349)

8. Morocco (Mohammed Semmahi/Patrick Leroy), 2159, 179,92
(350-382-336-373-332-386)

9. Gibraltar (Kevin Stimson/Anthony Galea), 2043, 170,25
(370-319-357-358-306-333)


Women's Doubles - Final Standings

Countries and players with position, 6-game total, average and game-by-game results

1. Malta (Sue Abela/Lorraine Casha), 2588, 215,67
(390-452-473-471-372-430)

2. Greece (Natassa Rovithaki/Despina Chrysanthi), 2530, 210,83
(451-394-453-389-415-428)

3. Italy (M.Cristina Sgrosso/Chiara Roiati), 2487, 207,25
(414-386-412-415-401-459)


4. Israel (Mali Mizrahi/Sara Aviram), 2381, 198,42
(412-374-361-385-370-479)

5. Cyprus (Myria Kastori/Rania Praxitelous), 2334, 194,50
(348-390-466-387-368-375)

6. Turkey (Mine Karakullukcu/Ebru Ozogluuntur), 2152, 179,33
(339-303-397-358-417-338)

7. San Marino (Morena Barbieri/Romina Gasperoni), 1988, 165,67
(318-321-325-359-317-348)

8. Gibraltar (Kimberly Turnbull/Annabelle Turnbull), 1746, 145,50
(248-263-314-329-264-328)

9. Morocco (Daniele Amsellem), 1145, 190,83
(204-180-175-194-189-203)