Marie Gauton, Elise Bretteville, Alain Nicolas and Xavier Lotthe were the sole team that averaged over 200 en route to capture the first gold medal for the host country France in the 12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup in Montpellier. The French team combined for 4809 (200.25) to beat out Catalonia (4621) and Greece (4616) for the top spot. After three silver medals in Singles, Doubles and Team, Lluis Montfort, Catalonia, won gold in All Events with 4002. Liat Vizenfeld, Israel, had 3566 to win the women's All Events title. The top 8 players advance to the Masters finals. Photos courtesy of FFBSQ.

 

12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup - Men's All Events

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Team	Total	Ave.
1.	Lluis Montfort	Catalonia	18	1350	1306	1346	4002	222.33
2.	Ioannis Stathatos	Greece	18	1425	1289	1221	3935	218.61
3.	Evaggelos Krizinis	Greece	18	1265	1200	1245	3710	206.11
4.	Federico Rossi	Italy	18	1194	1297	1203	3694	205.22
5.	Habib Dogan	Turkey	18	1205	1112	1311	3628	201.56
6.	Brian Farrugia	Malta	18	1130	1162	1278	3570	198.33
7.	Xavier Lotthe	France	18	1083	1237	1246	3566	198.11
8.	Charis Panayiotou	Cyprus	18	1213	1210	1140	3563	197.94
9.	Daniele Fiorentini	Italy	18	1202	1232	1128	3562	197.89
10.	Raul Galvez	Catalonia	18	1214	1211	1120	3545	196.94
11.	Costas Kyriakou	Cyprus	18	1098	1247	1160	3505	194.72
12.	Izhak Dekel	Israel	18	1120	1169	1152	3441	191.17
13.	Justin Caruana Scicluna	Malta	18	1149	1282	998	3429	190.50
14.	Alain Nicolas	France	18	1199	1013	1193	3405	189.17
15.	Nico Gasperoni	San Marino	18	1133	1101	1122	3356	186.44
16.	Gediz Ege	Turkey	18	1151	1125	1069	3345	185.83
17.	Mattia Colonna	San Marino	18	1002	1089	1149	3240	180.00
18.	Orry Sonnenschein	Israel	18	1028	1081	1081	3190	177.22
19.	Michael Wood	Gibraltar	18	942	1009	1039	2990	166.11
20.	Charles De La Rosa	Gibraltar	18	960	1046	947	2953	164.06

 

12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup - Women's All Events

Pos	Player	Country	Games	Singles	Doubles	Team	Total	Ave.
1.	Liat Vizenfeld	Israel	18	1169	1141	1256	3566	198.11
2.	Alessandra Morra	Italy	18	1207	1160	1130	3497	194.28
3.	Sue Abela	Malta	18	1209	1115	1127	3451	191.72
4.	Avgi Nicolaou	Cyprus	18	1127	1157	1095	3379	187.72
5.	Monica Boldo	Catalonia	18	1084	1149	1125	3358	186.56
6.	Marie Gauton	France	18	1099	1120	1137	3356	186.44
7.	Elise Bretteville	France	18	1042	1065	1230	3337	185.39
8.	Anastasia Rovitakhi	Greece	18	1056	1168	1099	3323	184.61
9.	Georgia Papadimitriou	Greece	18	1095	1166	1051	3312	184.00
10.	Roni Aharonovitch	Israel	18	1073	1091	1123	3287	182.61
11.	Joanna Attard	Malta	18	1128	1066	1080	3274	181.89
12.	Elena Grazia	Italy	18	1155	1059	1046	3260	181.11
13.	Morena Barbieri	San Marino	18	1095	1063	1057	3215	178.61
14.	Nantia Irodotou	Cyprus	18	1112	1051	1017	3180	176.67
15.	Gülhan Aksular	Turkey	18	1051	1077	1040	3168	176.00
16.	Cristina Sanz	Catalonia	18	1028	1040	1030	3098	172.11
17.	Duygu Gurkan	Turkey	18	999	978	1026	3003	166.83
18.	Joanne Poulter-Ward	Gibraltar	18	993	958	943	2894	160.78
19.	Julie Jackson	Gibraltar	18	966	1004	888	2858	158.78
20.	Milva Piva	San Marino	18	850	945	882	2677	148.72

 

12th Mediterranean Challenge Cup - Four-player Mixed Team

Pos	Country	G1	G2	G3	G1-3	G4	G5	G6	G4-6	Total	Ave.
1.	France	773	729	836	2338	888	787	793	2468	4806	200.25
	Marie Gauton	182	158	245	585	223	139	190	552	1137	189.50
	Elise Bretteville	180	181	203	564	231	233	202	666	1230	205.00
	Alain Nicolas	213	236	142	591	200	211	191	602	1193	198.83
	Xavier Lotthe	198	154	246	598	234	204	210	648	1246	207.67
2.	Catalonia	780	810	785	2375	718	746	782	2246	4621	192.54
	Monica Boldo	178	200	205	583	148	210	184	542	1125	187.50
	Cristina Sanz	180	200	160	540	181	147	162	490	1030	171.67
	Raul Galvez	187	175	212	574	164	199	183	546	1120	186.67
	Lluis Montfort	235	235	208	678	225	190	253	668	1346	224.33
3.	Greece	780	789	826	2395	719	737	765	2221	4616	192.33
	Anastasia Rovitakhi	190	190	189	569	192	169	169	530	1099	183.17
	Georgia Papadimitriou	170	181	164	515	145	201	190	536	1051	175.17
	Evaggelos Krizinis	193	234	234	661	204	168	212	584	1245	207.50
	Ioannis Stathatos	227	184	239	650	178	199	194	571	1221	203.50
4.	Israel	774	773	747	2294	784	781	753	2318	4612	192.17
	Liat Vizenfeld	213	217	196	626	214	204	212	630	1256	209.33
	Roni Aharonovitch	176	213	197	586	176	183	178	537	1123	187.17
	Izhak Dekel	240	151	183	574	184	201	193	578	1152	192.00
	Orry Sonnenschein	145	192	171	508	210	193	170	573	1081	180.17
5.	Italy	705	744	782	2231	795	743	738	2276	4507	187.79
	Elena Grazia	163	160	181	504	207	156	179	542	1046	174.33
	Alessandra Morra	200	180	201	581	210	156	183	549	1130	188.33
	Daniele Fiorentini	159	185	200	544	176	215	193	584	1128	188.00
	Federico Rossi	183	219	200	602	202	216	183	601	1203	200.50
6.	Malta	715	780	744	2239	758	742	744	2244	4483	186.79
	Sue Abela	174	194	178	546	213	188	180	581	1127	187.83
	Joanna Attard	176	200	169	545	178	165	192	535	1080	180.00
	Justin Caruana Scicluna	130	184	189	503	160	164	171	495	998	166.33
	Brian Farrugia	235	202	208	645	207	225	201	633	1278	213.00
7.	Turkey	741	786	712	2239	702	749	756	2207	4446	185.25
	Duygu Gurkan	175	180	140	495	170	205	156	531	1026	171.00
	Gülhan Aksular	181	159	166	506	158	188	188	534	1040	173.33
	Habib Dogan	206	243	225	674	189	225	223	637	1311	218.50
	Gediz Ege	179	204	181	564	185	131	189	505	1069	178.17
8.	Cyprus	766	773	721	2260	700	709	743	2152	4412	183.83
	Nantia Irodotou	159	167	160	486	190	163	178	531	1017	169.50
	Avgi Nicolaou	204	192	188	584	160	179	172	511	1095	182.50
	Costas Kyriakou	224	181	215	620	170	189	181	540	1160	193.33
	Charis Panayiotou	179	233	158	570	180	178	212	570	1140	190.00
9.	San Marino	651	693	721	2065	666	767	712	2145	4210	175.42
	Morena Barbieri	150	171	224	545	201	176	135	512	1057	176.17
	Milva Piva	128	146	177	451	116	140	175	431	882	147.00
	Mattia Colonna	183	184	154	521	166	232	230	628	1149	191.50
	Nico Gasperoni	190	192	166	548	183	219	172	574	1122	187.00
10.	Gibraltar	658	701	596	1955	604	631	627	1862	3817	159.04
	Julie Jackson	160	167	163	490	95	133	170	398	888	148.00
	Joanne Poulter-Ward	181	154	129	464	188	147	144	479	943	157.17
	Michael Wood	161	224	172	557	145	194	143	482	1039	173.17
	Charles De La Rosa	156	156	132	444	176	157	170	503	947	157.83