This is a short blog for Day 7.
It was a roller coaster day for the open team starting with a small 13-17 loss to a tough Finnish squad who outplayed most of the field equalling the relatively strong play of the Canadian lineup (Lebi/Jacob and Fergani/L'Ecuyer). This round dropped us back into sixth place.
Round 2 had looked like the key match of the day with us taking on Denmark another team fighting for a playoff spot. Lebi/Jacob and Demuy/Fourcaudot headed into the fray. A strong match led to a 20-10 victory putting us back into the 4th and final qualifying spot, 4VPs ahead of the French with one match to go.
Firmly in control of our own destiny heading into the final match against Trinidad and Tobago the 5:10 curse bit again. The 5:10 match has not been kind to our Open Team this year with only 12/75 VPs in the previous 3 evening matches. A 7-23 loss in this match caused our roller coast to crash into 9th place and out of the playoffs in the final round.
Surprisingly the Romanian squad in 7th before the final round and only 18VPs to come from their BYE, captured the last playoff spot as teams from the bottom of the table including Pakistan, China Macau, and Trinidad and Tobago acted as giant killers taking out Ireland, France and Canada respectively.
Although a disappointing finish to a solid week the team was only 5 points out of qualifying. The pairs played very well overall and were supportive of the other pairs throughout.
Thanks for reading and look for a longer update sometime over the weekend.
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