From the 4th
until the 7th of September this year the European Individual
Championships will be held just around the corner from me, in Herentals
Belgium. This is approximately a 90 minute drive from my current location, so
after some brilliant logistics from our Sport Manager and coach Mark Hornby, we
arranged a rental car for transport and local accommodation at friends of mine.
This helped keep the costs down for all of us.
The
Norwegian representatives this year consist of Sindre Roaldsøy, myself and
giant killer Lotte Eriksen. They will be flying in Tuesday, pick me up in den
Haag to race down to Breda where we will be staying with 2 of the Dutch
players, Tessa and Marc ter Sluis. We really appreciate you helping us out guys
J
The draw
can be seen above. Lotte has a bye on her first day, due to a good seeding, and
might be playing on of the most talented junior players on the second day of
play Tinne Gilis from Belgium. Sindre has to play a Russian player in his first
match on Wednesday at 2pm. If he succeeds he will be playing Dutch no1 and
world top 20 player Laurens Jan Anjema. This would be a great experience… for
LJ. Because Sindre is a force to be reckoned with.
I will be
playing top 50 world player Gregoire Marche from France. He is known for his
fitness, athletic abilities and has made a name for himself in the top of the
squash world. What he probably will not remember is that I was the head referee
when he won his U19 European individual gold medal in Stavanger, Norway.
However, I will not be in the same good mood when we meet on court Wednesday at
1800.
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