RECAP: U19 Team European Championships 2016
Scotland’s U19 squad flew to Switzerland, over the weekend, to take part in the Team European Championships. Richard Hollins, Patrick O’Sullivan, Georgia Adderley, Carrie Hallam and Jamie Todd were the 5 players chosen to represent Scotland at the tournament.
Scotland were placed in Pool C alongside Switzerland, Ireland and Sweden.
Victories over Sweden and Ireland gave the Scottish squash the perfect start to the Championships, confirming qualification to the Top 8 phase of the competition. A tough loss to Switzerland ended the Pool C schedule.
Pool C Results
Switzerland [3] [SUI] 3-0 [IRL] Ireland [11]
Scotland [6] [SCO] 3-0 [SWE] Sweden [14]
Switzerland [3] [SUI] 3-0 [SWE] Sweden [14]
Scotland [6] [SCO] 3-0 [IRL] Ireland [11]
Switzerland [3] [SUI] 3-0 [SCO] Scotland [6]
Ireland [11] [IRL] 0-3 [SWE] Sweden [14]
Pool C Standings
| Points | Played | Won | Draws | Lost | |
| 1 |
|
6 | 3 | 3 | |
| 2 |
|
4 | 3 | 2 | |
| 3 |
|
2 | 3 | 1 | |
| 4 |
|
0 | 3 | 0 |
To begin the Top 8 phase Scotland faced Wales for a place in the semi-finals. Despite 3 close games, it was the Welsh team who progressed to the final 4, while Scotland were left to play Czech Republic in the 1st of 2 fixtures to determine final positions.
In a similar fashion to their previous game, Scotland found themselves on the wrong end of a 2-1 score line in a match against Czech Republic that could have gone either way. However, not feeling hard done by, the squad entered their final game with confidence knowing victory over Denmark would earn them 7th place.
Finishing the Championships as they had begun, the Scottish team secured a well earned 2-1 win to end in 7th place.
England took home gold with victory over France and Switzerland claimed Bronze having defeated Wales.
Top 8 Results
England [1] [ENG] 3-0 [CZE] Czech Republic
Wales [4] [WAL] 2-1 [SCO] Scotland [6]
Spain [9] [ESP] 1-2 [FRA] France [2]
Switzerland [3] [SUI] 2-0 [DEN] Denmark [12]
England [1] [ENG] 3-0 [WAL] Wales [4]
Czech Republic [7] [CZE] 2-1 [SCO] Scotland [6]
Denmark [12] [DEN] 0-3 [ESP] Spain [9]
Switzerland [3] [SUI] 1-2 [FRA] France [2]
Scotland [6] [SCO] 2-1 [DEN] Denmark [12]
Wales [4] [WAL] 0-3 [SUI] Switzerland [3]
Czech Republic [7] [CZE] 1-2 [ESP] Spain [9]
England [1] [ENG] 2-0 [FRA] France [2]
Individual Results
| Played | Won | Lost | Win % | Games | Win % | Points | ||||||
| Richard Hollins | 6 | 2 | – | 4 | 33.30% | 10 | – | 14 | 41.70% | 214 | – | 231 |
| Patrick O’Sullivan | 5 | 4 | – | 1 | 80.00% | 13 | – | 7 | 65.00% | 197 | – | 163 |
| Georgia Adderley | 4 | 2 | – | 2 | 50.00% | 7 | – | 8 | 46.70% | 132 | – | 144 |
| Carrie Hallam | 2 | 2 | – | 0 | 100.00% | 6 | – | 1 | 85.70% | 72 | – | 56 |
| Jamie Todd | 1 | 0 | – | 1 | 0.00% | 0 | – | 3 | 0.00% | 17 | – | 36 |
Image: C.Cox
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