Contesting – European Cable Championships
Text and Photos by James Young
Last week we travelled out to Belgrade in Serbia on the Tuesday hoping to get some riding in at the cable before the contest started, little did we know that after landing in Budapest, Hungary where we were catching a coach to Belgrade, that we had an 8-hour journey ahead of us. As you may of guessed we didn’t get to ride that day, on the upside we all lost weight due to the air con on the coach breaking a few hours into the journey.
Wednesday was Training day for the team’s and we managed to secure ourselves a respectable 11am session rather than previous 6am slot. Everybody was riding good even though the cable was a little lower than expected. Coming from here right off the back of the Telecom Extreme Playgrounds the weekend before to this was a huge difference for the likes of Declan Clifford, Jamie Smith and myself.
Thursday Friday and Saturday were the days of the main riding. Riding in WWA and IWWF events is tough as you have to change your riding style for each of the federations. Regardless of this Declan rode sick throughout but an unexpected fall in the final left him missing out on podium of which I think he is one of the people that deserved it the most right now, that boy is such a machine!
In the end Lior Sofer stood out on top with a mobe 5 and 315 as his main combo, props to him. Tor Young rode solid through the comp with roll to blind and 3’s both ways on the kicker, and Chloe Goudie took the 2nd spot going big and with style as usual.
The UK did claim a few top spots too, as Jack Battleday and Tor Young brought home the gold and titles of European Champions in Boys and Junior Girls. The rest of the Team rode well all weekend as a result secured third place in the overal team event with a nice bronze medal.
Well done to the other Podium finishers Katie Batchelor, Kirsteen Mitchell, Ollie Moore and Chloe Goudie.
Results
Team
1st Germany
2nd Holland
3rd Great Britain
Open Men
1st Lior Sofer
2nd Mike Ketellapper
3rd Szebasztian Szolath
Open Woman
1st Denise De haan
2nd Cosima Giemza
3rd Kirsteen Mitchell
Junior Men
1st Niko Kasper
2nd Felix Schneider
3rd Janick Otto
Junior Women
1st Tor Young
2nd Chloe Goudie
3rd Anna Laura-Brabrander
Boys
1st Jack Battleday
2nd Sam De Haan
3rd Christopher Klein
Girls
1st Sanne Meijer
2nd Vanessa Weinhauer
3rd Katie Bachelor
Masters Men
1st Andreas Bottcher
2nd Matthieu Chanal
3rd Erik Munchmeyer
Veterans Men
1st Alexander Gamayunov
2nd Jochen Thiele
3rd Planinko Dekovic
Wakeskate
Open Men
1st Jan Kissman
2nd Kevin Kobb
3rd Espada Tomas
Open Women
1st Michaela De Waern
2nd Zuzana Vrablova
3rd Ori Messeri
Junior Men
1st Moritz Thiele
2nd Marcel Tilwitz
3rd Ollie Moore
December 4, 2011
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