06-May-09: Arrival Day
Incredible weather here in Gerona!!!!! 32ºC gives the welcome to all teams.
The atmosphere here can't be better with all teams meeting at the restaurant
for dinner.
All teams have arrived before midnight. The last one was Portugal. After the
managers meeting where we gave the most important information to all teams
we made the toss for the team orders of each day. It is as follows:
Day 1 (thursday): Girl – Boy 1 – Boy 2
Day 2: (friday): Boy 2 – Boy 1 – Girl
Day 3 (saturday): Boy 1 – Girl – Boy 2
Finals Day 4 (sunday): Girl – Boy 1 – Boy 2
Tomorrow the action begins at 9:30 AM with these 4 matches:
U-15: ENG – ITA and NED – GER (Pool A)
U-17: ENG – ITA and SWI – SCO (Pool A)
Good luck to all teams!!!
07-May, Day One:
The first point of the day was the opening
ceremony with all teams next at the
swimming pool and the official picture to
support the squash candidacy for the
Olympics 2016.
Everything ihas been going well, the
swimming pool was full of players from
11:00am until 6:00pm and the matches are
going almost as scheduled.
There were some surprising results:
U-15
Finland beat France 2-1
Spain beat Israel 2-1
Germany beat Netherlands 2-1
Italy beat Netherlands 2-1
Tomorrow pools will be over and top two teams from all pools will go through to quarter
finals.
Good luck to everyone!!!
08-May, Day Two:
The second day of pool action with almost 75 matches saw a few major upsets. Now, the
first two teams go through quarter finals.
Today all matches were incredibly on time.
Both teams, the U-15 and U-17 from England
with four wins out of four came first in their
respective pools. If everything goes as pools
say they will meet Hungary and Netherlands
in semi-finals.
In the bottom half of the draw, Wales will
meet in the semi-finals Czech Republic in U-
15 and France in U-17.
09-May, Day Three:
Spain rewrites history
Spain, No. 11 seed, reached the semifinals in the U-15 for the first time in the history. The
Spaniards beat Hungary in a thrilling match. Pascal Gomez and Ana Arosa won their
respective matches to put Spain into semis.
The biggest upset:
Also it was the first time in history that Scotland reaches the U-17 final.
“I am more excited than my players are” says Claire Kidd.
"The tournament atmosphere and hospitality has been excellent for all the Welsh team.
Tino, David and Bruno are great hosts and no problem is too much trouble.
"The camp life brings all countries together and this is a fantastic way for our players to
mix with the best of Europe."
Wales Coach
10-May, Finals:
English double in Gerona
No surprises in the finals. England won in both U-15 and U-17. The English were too
strong for the Czech and Scottish teams, congratulations to them.
Everything went fine in the closing ceremony. The Czech Republic received the European
Federation flag as hosts for the next year's junior championships.
“I would like to thank all the staff of this tournament. It was a great experience to be here
and I can probably affirm that this was one of the best European Junior Teams
Championships I participate as a coach.
"The people involved was nice and competent. The atmosphere in the camping was
pleasant and juniors loved that.
"I can only hope to come again to Girona and enjoy again the Spanish hospitality”
(Denmark Coach)
Thank you to all teams for coming and hope to see you all some time in the future.