Milton Keynes, 17-18.3.07

[Eliot Kennedy]

Moi kaikki

Sorry this is in English, mutta minä en puhu Suomea!!

As some of you might know, Jani 'Puppe' Mustonen and I are playing in the Milton Keynes International Open in England on 17 and 18 March. There is an individual tournament on Saturday 17 March, and a teams event on the Sunday. Puppe and I are both entered in the Open category on Saturday - I hope to play both Open and Veterans, but that probably won't be possible.

The tournament is quite large, with the following entrants so far:

71 Open
12 Vets
7 Under 19
2 Ladies

There are players from 16 countries so far registered! The website for the tournament is www.subbuteoplayersforum.co.uk/home.html

Entries close on 13 March. If one more player from Finland could make it, we could enter a 'Helsinki All Stars' team for the Sunday competition (you really need 4 for a team, but can play with 3 players). If we don't have enough for a team, Puppe and I hope to play for one of the other teams on the Sunday and/or some friendlies, maybe against the guys from Norway and Denmark for some Scandinavian action....

Let me know ASAP if you might be interested in coming along.

[Epis]

Ain't Miku coming?

[Eliot Kennedy]

Unfortunately not  :cry: He could not get the time off from work.....

[miku]

Good luck to Milton Keynes. I'm very sad because I have to work that weekend.

[Eliot Kennedy]

Kiitos Miku! It's a real shame you can't be there, but I'm sure Puppe will have a beer or three for you  :beer:

[Masa]

Is Puppe drinking beer nowadays? Anyway good luck to Milton Keynes.

Kiitos Miku! It's a real shame you can't be there, but I'm sure Puppe will have a beer or three for you  :beer:

[Puppe]

nope....In my mouth...the only smooth and mellow taste comes from Irish Whiskey...so I can have one (bottle) to Miku in England...

[miku]

nope....In my mouth...the only smooth and mellow taste comes from Irish Whiskey...so I can have one (bottle) to Miku in England... :lol:

[Hönkki]

ok Eliot and Puppe. Just remember ALSO in the games : no mercy - ei mersua.    

[Eliot Kennedy]

No worries! I shall be as merciless as the Finnish winter's day is cold - and short!! :wink:.

Seriously, I think Puppe and I can play without fear and should try not show too much respect to our opponents. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain....

[Eliot Kennedy]

Lads

For your information, final numbers for Milton Keynes are:

Open: 71
Vets: 20
Under 19: 5
Under 15: 5
Ladies: 2
Team: 19

They are having 9 groups of 4 and 7 groups of 5 for the Open on Saturday, so we'll get lots of games  

Will let Hönkki know how we go by text....

[Hönkki]

Lohkoarvonnat:

lohko 12:
Puppe
P. Shearman (ENG)
K. Kechris (GRE) ranking 100.
O'Hare (CYP) 177.
Ab. Hansen (NOR)

lohko 14:
Eliot
S. Hawkins (ENG) 85.
S. Sioylas (GRE)
C. Walker (USA) 521.
P. Barone (ITA)

tulokset:
Puppe-Hansen 0-4
Puppe-Kechris 3-5
Puppe-Shearman 7-1  
Puppe-O'Hare 4-1

Eliot-Hawkins 1-1
Eliot-Sioylas 4-1
Eliot-Walker 0-0
Eliot-Barone 2-2

Eliot jatkossa , Puppe ei.

Congratulatios Eliot. Puppe, not so bad. First win for a finn for a long time.

[Masa]

Good job, Puppe! Next time You will be at second round
Puppe-O'Hare 4-1

Eliot-Hawkins 1-1
Eliot-Sioylas 4-1
Eliot-Walker 0-0
Eliot-Barone 2-2

Eliot jatkossa , Puppe ei.

Congratulatios Eliot. Puppe, not so bad. First win for a finn for a long time.[/quote]

[Hönkki]

Eliotin pudotuspeli pääsystä kuudentoista joukkoon:
Eliot - C. Thomas (ENG) ranking 26.  1-6

Puppe pelasi lohdutus-cuppia:
Puppe - R. Damasco (ITA) 2-3

Huomenna Eliotin ja Pupen pelit jatkuvat joukkuekisassa.

[Hönkki]

Tuloksia joukkuekisasta:

Puppe - Max Wright (SCO) 0-0
Puppe - Stemitsiotis (GRE) 0-1
Puppe - P. Sutton (ENG) 2-3

Eliot - D. Mavromitros (GRE) 0-6
Eliot - D. Pawsey (ENG) 1-3
Eliot - L. Licheril (ITA) 1-2