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Eddy Merckx forces way to title for Deurne

03/08/2011

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Raymond Ceulemans took the only win for his team with 1.615 average.

ZOERSEL - Frédéric Caudron played the best match of the evening, Eddy Merckx made the highest run. At the top of the ranking almost nothing has changed after the eighteenth day in Belgium. BC Deurne won with Merckx as the frontman his match against De Ploeg (6-2) and KBC Zanzibar, the only serious pursuer with still four matches to play, defeated Op de Meir (6-2).

Once again was proved that it's almost impossible to beat Eddy Merckx for weeks and even months. Martin Horn made an attempt last night, but ended up at eleven caroms from his opponent. Merckx made the fifty points in 22 innings with a highest run of fifteen.

The match between BC Deurne and BC De Ploeg was played in a fraught atmosphere, as Jef Philipoom makes the transition from Deurne to De Ploeg after this season and so he leaves the presumably champion. Jean van Erp will make a transfer to De Ploeg too, which will mean almost certainly that Allan Lys Jensen and Bart Ceulemans will loose their place in the team. The Dane Jensen especially is not happy with the situation, because he meant a lot for the team in the past few years.

Jef Philipoom and Allan Jensen faced each other last night in a dragon of a match. Philipoom eventually won in 57 innings (50-46), but it was just enough for Deurne to win the match, because Therese Klompenhouer had lost to Bart Ceulemans (42-32 in 36) before the break.

BC Biljart Express gathered the maximum score against BC Lugo. Guy van Litsemborg showed himself the best man of the team in his match against Erik Hendrickx with a big victory (42-16 in 28). Dave Christiani made a run of eleven in the team of KBC Zanzibar, though he was the only one who lost for the team. Rudy de Laet beat his Dutch opponent to the bunch: 50-46 in 31 innings.

Frédéric Caudron and Eddy Leppens both played at a high level against Mister 100 Lier. Caudron beat Peter Ceulemans 50-21 in 21 and a run of thirteen. Leppens was a bridge too far for Kurt Ceulemans (50-28 in 23) and equaled Caudron with his run of thirteen. Raymond Ceulemans was the only winner at the Mister 100 team. Piet Rodts ultimately took the full win for Zanzibar defeating Koen Ceulemans.

Koninklijke Kortrijkse beat BC Geox in the duel for the third place in the ranking with a maximum score 8-0. Richard Bitalis was remarkably strong for the home team. The Frenchman defeated Leon Smolders (42-28 in 31), including a run of thirteen.

BC Quality Zele-K. Eeklose will be played tonight.

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