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World cup 2006 India vs Sri Lanka


13 EUROPEAN CUP - LENK IM SIMMENTHAL - SWITZERLAND

Invitation to attend the 13th European Carrom Championships
(under the auspices of the European Carrom Confederation)
from 9th to 13th July 2009 in Lenk, Switzerland
Dear Carrom friends
We would like to invite you to the 13th European Carrom Championships from 9th to 13th July 2009 in Lenk/Simmental. The international premiere tournament will take place at KUSPO (Kurs- und Sportzentrum, www.kuspo.ch), located in the beautiful countryside in the middle of the Alps (close to the Bern).
In total, approximately 110 participants from all around Europe are expected to attend this tournament.
Accommodation, meals and the tournament itself are all at the same venue. Most of the rooms are 4-bedded rooms.
Registration:
Registrations are to be sent by Email by the corresponding federation to the address below. It is not possible to consider registrations from individual players!!!
When you register please provide for every player the following information:
1. Personal Data: Name, Sex, Date of Birth, Player or Non-Player.
2. Meals: You can choose between vegetarian and non-vegetarian meals.
3. Journey and time of arrival: Please let us know what mode of transport you intend to use and what time you expect to arrive.
Remittance:
The entry fee is 333 sFr. (about 220 Euro) for shared accommodation from Thursday evening, the 9th until Monday morning, the 13th. The price for Non-Players is same as for Players.
Each federation has to pay the complete entry fee for all registered players by 1st May 2009.
Discount for under 18: 20%
Discount for under 7: 50%
Discount for under 2: 100%
What is included:
The package includes the following:
· 4 nights in 4-bedded rooms
· all meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
· Ice-Tea at the tournament
· all starting fees
· prizes / souvenir for every participant
· evening program

Player quotas
The player quotas per country are according to the regulations of the European Carrom Confederation. We can accept registrations up until 1st May 2009. The total number of players is 110. The maximum number of participants from each country is about 20.
Please note that once registered, the remittance for the entry fee has to be received by 1st May 2009. Registrations without remittance will not be considered after this date.
Free places after the registration deadline:
Once the registration date has expired, free player contingents will be sent to those countries participating and in a second round any free places will be given to those on the waiting list. This will take place according to ECC directives once the deadline has expired. Any subsequent registrations will be handled according to the above.
The Swiss Carrom Association looks forward to seeing you at the tournament.
Registrations should be sent as soon as possible by email to Swiss Carrom Association at info@carrom.ch In urgent cases it is possible to call 0041 79 715 00 22 (Kurt Scherrer) Remittances to be sent by 1st May 2009 to
Post-Clearing No.: 9000
BIC / Swift-Code: POFICHBEXXX
IBAN: CH92 0900 0000 8001 2093 5
Post-Address: Swiss Post, CH-3030 Bern
Post-Account-No.: 80-12093-5
Carrom Club Zürich
CH-8037 Zürich

You will find more information on the order of events of the tournament, fringe events, how to get to the tournament etc. on a separate web page.

Swiss Carrom Association Viktor Baumgartner Kurt Scherrer Chief of Management-Board Eurocup 2009 Swiss Carrom Association



12th EUROPEAN CARROM CUP SUTTON UK

The 12th Carrom Euro Cup was held under the Authority of the European Carrom Confederation from 1st to 3rd. August 2008 at Sutton, Uk. It was hosted by the UK Carrom Federation. The tournament was a fantastic display of the growing standard of the game of Carrom in Europe. While UKCF President Mr. Vijay Sharma welcomed the guests, the Opening Ceremony of the 12th Euro Cup was addressed by the President of the European Carrom Federation Mr. Arif Naqvi (who is also President of the International Carrom Federation)who announced that the next Euro Cup will be held in Switzerland in 2009 and informed that Carrom organisation have been formed in Poland, Czech Republic and Sweden als. Mr. SK Sharma, Secretary General of the International Carrom Federation, who attended as guest conveyed greetings from ICF and a former Mayor of Sutton Councillor Mrs. Meckenzy wlcomed the players in Sutton.
The first days matches on 1st August were concentrated in three disciplines: Team Event, Doubles Event and Women Singles Event. While UK team dominated from the very begining, the German and French had to fight hard for the second position in Team Event,having equal points. However the difference of the coins favoured the French Team.
In Doubles Event the French pair Fabian Pareira and Jonathan Leau was the most successful.
In the Women's single, held for the first time , there was an excellent performance of a sixteen year old UK player Ruhen Begum, who beat all senior players .
On the second day the singles event was held which went on for ten rounds of Swiss System on 2nd and 3rd August and saw the top favourite Karnal Abdin of UK who was unbeaten, while the other UK, German, French and Italian players struggled hard to reach Final. People were delighted to see an exiting and high standard final match between Sonahar Ali and Karnal Abdin (both UK). While Sonahar Ali dominated in the first match beating Karnal Abdin clearly, Karnal won the 2nd match without any trouble. The deciding game of the final was draw after 8 boards (16:16). Finally the fate was decided with an extra board, which Karnal Abdin snatched with great difficulties.
During the whole tournament three white slams (break to finish) were scored by different players.
The Prize Distribution Ceremony was held on 3rd.August evening, in which Mr. Arif Naqvi, hoped that the European players will give very impressive performances at the International Carrom Federation Cup in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in October this year, which will be held as part of the Golden Jubilee of the carrom Federation of Sri Lanka and 20th Anniversary of the foundation of International Carrom Federation. Elisa Martinelli, Secretary General of the European Carrom Confederation, Mr. Paul Scally a Councillor of Sutton and UKCF President Mr. Vijay Sharma also spoke at the closing ceremony. The tournament was conducted in a very friendly and cordial atmosphere and all players, coming from different parts of Europe, appreciated it.
Following are the results of the 12th Carrom Euro Cup at Sutton, 31st July - 3rd. August 2008
Singles Event: (69 players) Winner: Abdin Karnal Runner-up: Ali Sunahar 3rd: Miah Shomsu
Final Match between Karnal Abdin and Sunhar Ali: 2:1 (Best of three)
Doubles Event Winner: Fabian Pereira & Jonathan Leau (France) Runner-up: Sunahar Ali & Shaheen Miah (UK) 3rd. Chandan Narkar & Ish Kumar (UK)
Teams Event: Winner: U.K. 2nd.: France 3rd. : Germany
Women Singles Event Winner: Begum Ruhena Runner-up: Martinelli Elisa 3rd.: Emilie Neuhauser
White Slams: 3
A. Naqvi Chairman Media Commission of the ICF




II WORLD CUP NEW DELHI - 17-21 NOVEMBER 2006

The All India Carrom Federation, as part of its Golden Jubilee celebrations, organised Rajiv Gandhi 2nd World Cup Carrom Tournament from 17th to 21st November, 2006 at Tivoli Garden Resorts Hotel, Chattarpur Mandir Road, New Delhi. The World Cup is organized under the authority granted by the International Carrom Federation. The Federation has decided to dedicate the prestigious international event to the former Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi.
16 countries took part U.S.A., UK, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Switzerland, Netherlands, UAE, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Maldives and India. Sadly Pakistan at the last minute was unable to make it.
SWiss System Singles open event results:
Yogesh Pardeshi defeated compatriot M. Nataraj 17-13 to clinch the title . P. Nirmala also of India won the best Women player medal with 5th position overall.
The placings: 1. Yogesh Pardeshi, 2. M. Nataraj, 3. Ravinder Gaud, 4. Ali Nathar (UAE), 5. P. Nirmala, 6. Kubendra Babu, 7. Chamail Coora (Sri) and 8. Humayun Kabir (Ban).
Results Open Doubles : M Natraj and D Kubendra Babu beat their Indian compatriots Yogesh Pardeshi and Ravinder Goud in a well contested finals 25-16, 25-22.
Sri Lanka got the bronze when WDN Fernando and Chamil Cooray beat H Rahaman and KGH Kabir of Bangladesh 25-2, 25-4.
Open Doubles Female: The women doubles final was a marathon affair lasting nearly three hours. I Ilavazhaki and Ayesha Mohammad were in the lead through the first game at 15-6 at one stage and at 23-15 at another stage. But Nirmala and Rashmi made it 23 all and went to a notional lead of 24-23 in the next board. But the break advantage was for Ila and Ayesha who took the first game at 25-24. In the second game Nirmala and Rashmi had a stranglehold throughout winning at 25-11 with relative ease before going on to take third easily to emerge champions.

Singles Results: Yogesh Pardeshi (India) defeated compatriot Ravinder Gaud (India) in two straight games, 25-15 and 25-16, to clinch the title. The top four: 1. Yogesh Pardeshi (India) 2. Ravinder Gaud (India) 3. Kubendra Babu (India) 4. M. Nataraj (India). The women's finals saw I. Ilavazhaki (India) beat Ayesha Mohammad (India) to lift the women's title. Rashmi Kumari in 3rd place and P. Nirmala 4th.

Of all the European players the best result was obtained by Pierre Dubois who ranked 24/76 in the Swiss system Singles. Of the Italian players Claudio Motta had best poition 45/76.

During the ICF Congress and BOM meetings the following international events were assigned: International Open 2007 to be held in november in Malaysia, IV World Championships in February 2008 in France and III World cup 2010 in USA.

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X EUROCUP FRANCE 2006

Saint Rome de Dolan FROM 29 TO JUNE to 3 JULY

PROGRAMME COUPE D’EUROPE DE CARROM 2006 : St Rome de Dolan (Gorges du Tarn) - France

This year, France has this honour to organise the 10th Eurocup. Here are main elements set up at this time.
Organising team, helped by our partner Carrom Art and all voluntaries are proposing you the following program, under the auspices of the European Carrom Confederation:
- from monday June 26 to thursday 29: coaching given by Arun Deshpande, the famous international champion that everybody knows
- thursday 29 and friday 30th of June: international umpire examination. Exact dates and times for writing, oral and practice will be given by ECC
- friday 30: opening ceremony, followed by double and team events
- saturday July 1rst and sunday 2: single event (11 rounds)
- sunday evening: prize distribution and closing ceremony, followed by the gala dinner and, depending on budget, magician show, fireworks and orchestra
- monday 3: end of Eurocup after having cleared everything before 11.30 am for school group arriving at 12 am
- housing reserved until monday morning, but if some players (/families) want to stay longer we'll have to be informed for booking
- several activities will be proposed during the week before competition. See "other features" in the "tourism" section
A detailed program will be available on our web site before June 15, and a booklet will be given to each participant at arrival, including rules, organisation, housing, etc.
. Maximum number of participants will be:
- 120 for double and single tournament. Number of French players can not be over half of total competitors
- 20 for Arun's coaching
- 10 for umpire examination
Booking
Booking list is opened since today 6 March, until May 22
The number of competitors for each country is given in the following table and has been based on number of players in Eurocup 2005. This table needs to be validated by ECC to be official.
By the end of May, this list will be adjusted depending on waiting lists for each country after regular contacts with European Federations and ECC. Priority to adjustment will be given to countries that are given now less than 15 participants.
Italia 20
Germania 20
UK 20
CH 17
NL 5
CAT 5
Francia 30
Due date for receiving registrations and payments is on June 1rst
After that day, non validated (payed) registrations will open waiting list. For French players the order will be the national official ranking.

MEALS AND HOUSING
Two buildings ("Grande Maison" and "Les Cèdres") plus two lodges for 6 people will be available. See web pages for more details at http://www.carrom.net/eurocup/
All meals will be taken in the Main House
Ticket will be given at arriva land required for each meal

PRICES
The folllowing prices are full board, until monday morning:
170 EUROS INCLUDES:
- Required registration to CEI Pierre Monestié
- housing
- breakfasts
- lunches
- week diners
- gala dinner
- gala evening and show
- Eurocup fees
fOR discounts and training/exam prices contact Elisa at FIC
The campground is just 100 meter from competition site (see slides on web site), dominating the Gorges du Tarn. Negociation are on the way for discount pricesThe campground is just 100 meter from competition site (see slides on web site), dominating the Gorges du Tarn. Negociation are on the way for discount prices

Warning
Breakfasts, lunches and gala dinner cannot be retrieved from payment
Due to sensitive smoke detectors in all buildings, smoking is strictly forbidden inside any building. Respect of site and cleanness will be greatly appreciated (papers, plastic, cigarettes, bottles …)
Geographical site :
• Dominating the river and the Gorges du Tarn, the Pierre Monestier center is ideal for our competition:
- unique site for all activities: this small typical stone houses village is wonderful. All buildings for Eurocup are close to each other among the village, only one small touristic road passes close to it. No cars are needed during the whole stay.
- no noise, a large room with a great view over the river will be a magic place for the competition
- the restaurant is downstairs the main building with real meals made by professionals
- an easy access by road (motorway exit not far from village), plane or train
- lots of facilities on site: washing and drying machines, pay phone …
• lots of leasure equipment:
- large swimming pool by th main house with a wonderful view over the gorges du Tarn
- foot-ball ground, tennis, badminton, pétanque, kids place …
- TV, foot table, electronic darts game, video games, flipper …
• the best time in the year:
- days are the longest in the year, with beautiful sunsets and very warm weather
- the world football cup that we will share together
TOURISM
You'll see on web site a lot of various activities if you want to stay for some vacation in the area.
We will propose you some activities during the week before competition:
- "acrobranche" circuit
- rafting over the Tarn
- some visits (château de Séverac, pont de Millau, caves de Roquefort, ...)
- walking excursion
All the organisation team members will do their best to offer you a memorable Eurocup. Many thanks to all those who will join us and help us making it a great jubilee competition.
All best Laurent Prost French Federation President





9th EUROCUP IN ITALY

Please see the web pages on this link eurocup 2005

autori: claudia gianfriglia & elisa zucchiatti
realizzazione a cura della F.I.C.
info@carromitaly.com