Margola brings the Gold Medal home to Italy

Aug 10, 2012

Katja Kahl wins the ladies 9-ball
In the final match of the seniors 9-ball division, Giorgio Margola (ITA) came out on top of Jan Lundell (SWE) with 9:5. Margola dominated the match from the start. He took a comfortable 3:1 lead before Lundell was able to strike back. Lundell even overtook Margola and took a 5:3 lead over the Italian. But then Margola shifted into overdrive. After 13 racks, Margola was on the hill leading 8:5. He received a very bad position from Lundell and had to go over three rails with the cue ball before he could even hit it. But Margola did not only hit it… he pocketed it and ran the rack. That was a strong performance by Margola in a match that had its ups and downs.
Katja Kahl (GER) and Giorgio Margola (ITA)
In the ladies division, Katja Kahl (GER) defeated Anja Hehre (GER) with 5:1. The top four ladies are all teammates from Germany. Kahl seemed to have smooth sailing in the final match. Her opponent was too nervous. Hehre was only able to take the third rack off Kahl who simply played more solid and better than Hehre.
Top eight finishers in 9-ball:



1.
Giorgio Margola
ITA

Katja Kahl
GER


2.
Jan Lundell
SWE

Anja Hehre
GER


3.
Reiner Wirsbitzki
 
Marko Hartikainen
GER
 
FIN

Susanne Wessel
 
Wienke Thamsen
GER
 
GER


5.
Werner Scheu
AUT

Tuija Tiihonen
FIN



Mauro Vialetto
ITA

Ann-Sofie Löfgren
SWE



Ralf Wack
 
Stefano Bazzana
GER ITA
7.
Ilona Zalmanova
 
Manon Melief
CZE NED



The Dynamic Billiards European Championships for Seniors and Ladies will continue tomorrow morning at 09:00 CET with the senior’s team competition.
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