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John Hurst Takes UK Masters Title at First Event of WSOB - Season 2
by Michael Strato - 19 November 2007

JOHN HURST

John Hurst of England defeated Christian Plenz of Germany to take the title of 2007 UK Masters Champion this past weekend - it was the first of three events scheduled for Season 2 of the World Series of Backgammon.

Here are the results of the UK Masters held from November 15 to 18, 2007 at Casino at the Empire in London, England.

UK MASTERS - WSOB Event 1

Masters Flight - 128 (123 players with five rebuys)

Masters Main Flight

Winner - John Hurst (England)

Runner-Up - Christian Plenz (Germany)

Semi-finalists - Kazuhiro Shino (Japan) and Allan Westermann (Denmark)

Masters Consolation

Winner - Rida Hassan (Egypt)

Runner-Up - Neil Davidson (England)

Semi-finalists - Maria Krancheva (Bulgaria) and Mario Sequeira (Portugal)

Masters Last Chance

Winner - Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria)

Runner-Up - Andreas Olsen (Denmark)

Semi-finalists - Fabrizio Lo Surdo (Italy) and Matvey "Falafel" Natanzon (Israel)


Intermediate Flight (26 players)

Intermediate Main Flight

Winner - Alain de Foucher (France)

Runner-Up - Louise Kortbek (Denmark)

Semi-finalists - Felix Vink (Holland-Ireland) and Per Kummervold (Denmark

Intermediate Consolation

Winner - Gareth Owen (England)

Runner-Up - Regina Dodge (England)

Intermediate Last Chance

Winner - Chris Rogers (England)

Runner-Up - Richard Biddle (England)

 


Doubles Consulting (16 teams)

Winners - Nicky Check (England) and Lawrence Powell (England)

Runner-Ups - Hans-Uli Koch (Germany) and Ed O'Laughlin (USA)

Semi-finalists - Karsten Bredahl (Denmark) and Steen Grønbech (Denmark) Semi-finalists - Maya Peycheva (Bulgaria) and Philip Vischjager (Holland)


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