Carom
BAD WILDUNGEN - The German multi-championships in all billiard disciplines is starting off at the famous German sports venue in Bad Wildungen on Saturday (4 November). In the tournament over 9 days, 37 national titles can be won, there is a field of 350 participants. The location is the Kurort in Bad Wildungen, the tournament hall is in the Wandelhalle.
With more than 20 billiard tables, the event is one of the biggest billiard events in Europe. All disciplines are played, not just carom billiards, also snooker and pool. The German championship in this form has been a big success story for the so-called marginal sports for over ten years.
The schedule includes six championships for men on the match table. Sven Daske, the most successful medalist, starts in four disciplines. This also applies to Carsten Lässig.
The highlight is the three-cushion battle, which is played with sixteen players, divided over four groups. The title defender is Ronny Lindemann. Christian Rudolph, last year's finalist, had to cancel because of the World championship in Bolivia at the same time. The timing is regrettable, because Rudolph can miss important ranking points. Martin Horn returns to the national championship and is undoubtedly one of the big favourites.
All championships and main participants:
Artistic, 4 and 5 November
Thomas Ahrens, Marvin Heinrich, Bernd Singer
Free game, 4 and 5 November
Sven Daske, Carsten Reading, Arnd Riedel, Christian Pöther
Three cushion ladies, 6 and 7 November
Steffi Daske, Helga Probst
Balk-line 47/2, 6 and 7 November
Thomas Nockemann, Arnd Riedel, Dieter Steinberger, Sven Daske, Carsten Lässig
Balk-line 72/2, 7 and 8 November
Dieter Steinberger, Christian Pöther, Carsten Lässig, Thomas Nockemann, Sven Daske, Arnd Riedel
One cushion, 8 and 9 November
Sven Daske, Carsten Lässig, Markus Dömer, Dieter Steinberger
Three cushion, 9 to 12 November
Ronny Lindemann, Carsten Raspel, Dustin Jäschke,
Martin Horn, Markus Schönhoff, Andreas Niehaus.
The location in Bad Wildungen