The English Women's Team competed in the 2006 European Women's Teams Championships in Warsaw Poland

Click the image for a larger picture, showing (from the left) Nicola, Rhona, Martin, Catherine, Sarah, Heather, Michelle)

The team was:

Michelle Brunner & Rhona Goldenfield
Nicola Smith & Heather Dhondy
Sarah Teshome & Catherine Jagger
NPC:  Martin Jones
Coach: David Burn

The team won the bronze medal defeating Germany in the play-off for third place. This gave them an automatic berth to play in the 2007 World Teams Championships, the Venice Cup, to be held in Shanghai, China

Medal Table:

Open Series (33 Teams)

Gold : Italy - Norberto Bocchi, Giorgio Duboin, Fulvio Fantoni, Lorenzo Lauria, Claudio Nunes, Alfredo Versace, Coach Massimo Ortensi, NPC Maria Teresa Lavazza,

Silver : Ireland - John Carroll, Nicholas Fitzgibbon, Tommy Garvey, Tom Hanlon, Hugh McGann, Adam Mesbur, NPC David A Jackson

Bronze : Norway - Boye Brogeland, Bjørn Olav Ekren, Geir Helgemo, Tor Helness, Erik Saelensminde, Ulf Haakon Tundal, Coach: Vegard Brekke, NPC Sten Bjertnes

The English Open Team (John Armstrong, David Gold, John Holland, David Price, Colin Simpson, Tom Townsend, Coach David Burn, NPC John Williams) finished in 10th place

Women's Series (22 Teams)

Gold : France - Bénédicte Cronier, Catherine D’Ovidio, Catherine Fishpool, Danièle Gaviard, Fabienne Pigeaud, Sylvie Willard, NPC Gerard Tissot
Silver : Netherlands - Carla Arnolds, Marion Michielsen, Jet Pasman, Anneke Simons, Bep Vriend, Meike Wortel, Coach Hans Kelder, NPC Ed Franken
Bronze : England - Michelle Brunner, Heather Dhondy, Rhona Goldenfield, Catherine Jagger, Nicola Smith, Sarah Teshome, Coach Christine Duckworth, NPC Martin Jones

The English Open Team (John Armstrong, David Gold, John Holland, David Price, Colin Simpson, Tom Townsend, Coach David Burn, NPC John Williams) finished in 10th place in a field of 33 teams

Senior Series (16 Teams)

Gold : Germany - Hans Humburg, Ulrich Kratz, Göran Mattsson, Werner Schneider, Bernhard Sträter, Horst-Dieter Uhlmann
Silver : Sweden -Sture Ekberg, Sune Fager, Sven-Olov Flodqvist, Hans-Olof Hallén, Bernt-Åke Jansson, Åke Sjöberg
Bronze : France - Patrick Grenthe, Patrice Piganeau, Jean-Marie Py, Jean-Louis Stoppa, François Stretz, Philippe Vanhoutte, NPC Yves Aubry

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