Inspired by (and eager to match) the wonderful
performances of the Open and Women’s teams, the Seniors got off to an excellent
start to their campaign. They had a good
20-10 revenge win against Estonia (including a grand slam bid by Gunnar Hallberg and John Holland that was only reached at three of the other 17 Senior tables) and
an even better 21-9 win against the Netherlands. The net result is that we share the lead with Belgium.
The answers to the two questions raised in yesterday's blog are: the Estonian revenge was chilled and, yes, John Holland did sit out against the Netherlands.
We
only have one match tomorrow, but it’s a toughie. Our opponents, Poland, are the defending
champions in the Senior event, and highly fancied for a podium finish. They have the same team as they had in the
last two European Championships, in Pau and Ostend. A lot may depend on how late the Poles stay
up celebrating (or drowning their sorrows) after tonight’s match against the
Czech Republic in Wroclaw, in those other European Championships.
After
Sunday things get much busier; we have a full schedule of three matches a day from
Monday to Friday.
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