Amidst much anticipation the inaugural European Shuffleboard Championship took place last weekend (3rd & 4th March) in Hohenroda Germany. A squad of 5 men and 5 women represented the UK in this singles format event. They were competing primarily against players from Norway and Germany whose extensive tournament experience was bound to be a major factor. Despite this, good results were achieved by Trevor and Cathy Seaman who both finished 11th in their category and Martin Wanger who came 12th.
The men’s champion was Torben Hussmann and the women’s event was won by the diminutive 12 year-old Fabienne Fluck. It was great to see them prove that shuffleboard is far from being just a senior’s sport.
The presentation of the entire tournament was absolutely superb and much credit should go to the German Shuffleboard association for this. The Hohenroda resort hotel is perfect both as a competitive venue and as a location for the players to enjoy one another’s company in the evenings. It was unanimously agreed to return there in two years time to do it all again.
