April 2019: results from Belgium

The first tournaments of the month in Belgium had good turnouts in Templeuve, Hofstade and Vresse.

Players in Templeuve

The Templeuve regional tournament had a good field of 10 players with Geoffrey Marain winning all his games to claim another title. Matthias Averlant was once again runner-up while Eric Caillaux proved to be improving to finish in third place.

Top 3 of the evening

The final standings of the evening were as follows:
1. Geoffrey Marain
2. Matthias Averlant
3. Eric Caillaux
4. Michaël Dupret
5. Vincent Coppenolle
6. Jean-Luc Canfin
7. Arthur Clique
8. Jordan Bonte
9. Olivier Bodelle
10. Sébastien Sorge

In the Flanders, the Swiss system was also used to decide the winner. This time Jos Ceulemans proved to be in a good day to claim another tournament. Jos tied in the last session against Geert Leys but that was enough to win the trophy.

Final standings:
1. Jos Ceulemans
2. Geert Leys
3. Johan Lourdon
4. Philippe Thys
5. Willy De Bandt
6. Stéphane Lambert

The players in Vresse

In the South of Belgium, the club of Semois had a tournament with six players invovled in their premises of Vresse.

The event consisted in a league format and after five sessions, Pascal Droeven ended as winner with 13 points while Renaud Parisel was runner-up (13).

Philippe Thys was 3rd (8), Marc De Vos had 5 points, Tom Léonard 5 and Michaël Paquay 1.

Promotional event in Templeuve

Finally, in Templeuve, the "promotional event" held last Friday had 7 players involed with two of them not eligible to get WASPA ranking points. Among the five competitors, the younger boys did well and Arthur Clique (15) defeated Jordan Bonte (19) in the final to claim his very first WASPA trophy. Sébastien Sorge won the game for 3rd place against Djessy Dardenne.