FINAL
COUNTDOWN
After two sessions of the Open semifinal the honours
rest firmly with the players representing Bulgaria
who have three pairs in the top ten. Karaivanov and Trendafilov
are on top of the field, Hristo Ivanchev and Vladis Isporski
are sixth and Dessi Popova and Rosen Gunev are ninth.
Leon Pilar and Antun Wasik representing
Spain are in second place, whilst the home challenge
is led by Leandro Burgay and Carlo Mariani.
Italy's Franco Baroni and Marco Ricciarelli
moved up one place to head the qualifiers for the final in the Senior
Championship. Hot on their heels were Henri Szwarc and José
Damiani. Germany's Hans Humburgh and Goran Mattsson
maintained their overnight position of third.
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As part of the 'Bridge in School'
program jointly sponsored by the Italian Education Ministry
and C.O.N.I (Italian Olympic Committee), children from a local
school were shown round the tournament by Mr Rona Gianarrigo,
president of the EBL. They then had the chance to practise
the skills they had learnt in school. |
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