BC Deurne stays on top after attack Geox

HERENTALS - The attack on the top postion of BC Deurne failed. Eddy Merckx, Jef Philipoom, Ludo Dielis and Therese Klompenhouwer survived the away match against BC Geox Herentals without any damage. The leader won 6-2, Merckx (against Nelin) and Dielis (against Meylemans) shared the points, Philipoom and Klompenhouwer won their matches. BC Geox couldn't appear in his strongest composition. Christian Rudolph, who also had to cancel his participation in the World Cup in Trabzon, also didn't play in Belgium. The German tubs with a hernia.

KBC Zanzibar maintains the tension on top of the ranking: the number two won his away match against BC Lugo Deurne. Roland Forthomme, Dave Christiani and Paul Stroobants secured the win against BC Lugo Deurne, which team had his best man in Henk Habraken. The only winner was Erik Hendrickx.

Three players came to an average of exactly 2.000 in the sixteenth round of the competition. Frédéric Caudron and Eddy Leppens both finished in 25 innings in the home match for BC Kasteeldreef against BC Biljart Express. Peter Rodts was the only player who lost for Kasteeldreef, he played against Johan Claessen.

Caudron defeated Frans van Kuik (50-40) Leppens had a narrow escape against Gerwin Valentin (50-47).

Jean Paul de Bruijn plays good and sometimes even better in recent weeks. With a lot of confidence he left for the World Cup in Trabzon last week after his victory in the Dutch League against Torbjörn Blomdahl. But in Turkey Nikos Polychronopoulos was on his best against the Dutchman, who didn't reach the main tournament.

In the Belgian league De Bruijn again showed a lot of quality. He beat Allan Jensen 50-27 in 25 inngs and thus contributed to the victory of BC Quality in the match with BC De Ploeg.

Mister 100 Lier lost by surpris to Koninklijke Kortrijkse. Peter Ceulemans gave a good example by beating Ronny Brants 50-27 in 41 innings. Kurt, Raymond and Koen Ceulemans were not in the shap to grab the victory for Mister 100.

Op de Meir is playing tonight against Koninklijke Eeklose.