England Women win Gold at European National Team Championships

The 57th European National Team Championships have now finished. The event started on 27th June in Riga, Latvia.

England were represented by teams in all four categories: Open, Women's, Seniors and Mixed.

The Women's Team (pictured) have won the Gold medal finishing 7 VPs clear of Netherlands in 2nd place, this is the first Teams Gold medal for England since 2016, congratulations to them! The Open team finished 6th (in a field of 30 teams) and the Mixed team finished 5th (out of 25 teams). The Women's, Open and Mixed Teams all qualify for the World Championships in Barbados next year, congratulations to all of them! The Senior Team narrowly missed out finishing 9th in their group with the top 8 qualifying, commiserations to them.

The teams were:

Open: David Gold, Tom Paske (replacing Andrew Robson who is no longer available), Michael Byrne, Kieran Dyke, Stefano Tommasini & Ben Norton, NPC: Paul Barden

Women: Helen Erichsen, Fiona Brown, Nicola Smith, Nevena Senior, Charlotte Bedford & Lucy Norman, NPC: Derek Patterson (picture)

Seniors team: Kay Preddy, Norman Selway, Patrick Shields, Richard Chamberlain, Alan Mould & Brian Senior, NPC: David Jones (picture)

Mixed: Abbey Smith, Martin Jones, Sally Anoyrkatis, John Atthey, Maggie Knottenbelt & Ben Handley-Pritchard, NPC: Michael Hornung (picture)

The Open Team matches started on 27th June with England facing Spain in round one. The Women's, Seniors and Mixed Teams events started on Wednesday 1st July.

There were also Pairs events that run alongside the teams championships. There were two English Pairs in the Mixed Pairs category: Chris Jagger & Jane Jensen and Claire Robinson & Daniel McIntosh, both of whom qualified for the A Semi-Final and Claire and Dan won gold in the A Final (picture). This is the first time a Mixed Pairs event has been held at the European National Championships.

Seniors team member Patrick Shields has been writing a blog about the experience, you can read it here: Riga Diary

There is also a blog from Seniors NPC David Jones: Day One

    Open Teams   Women's Teams   Seniors Teams   Mixed Teams
Current VP Total & Position   342.04 - 6th   294.78 - 1st   253.41 - 9th   303.14 - 5th
  R29 v Latvia
17.85 - 2.15		 R21 v Israel
19.25 - 0.75		 R23 v Croatia
9.69 - 10.31		 R25 v Sweden
14.80 - 5.20
  R28 v Switzerland
4.44 - 15.56		 R20 v Spain
16.88 - 3.12		 R22 v Iceland
15.92 - 4.08		 R24 v Scotland
8.24 - 11.76
Tuesday 7th July R27 v Turkey
9.39 - 10.61		 R19 v Turkey
14.60 - 5.40		 R21 v Norway
5.61 - 14.39		 R23 v Latvia
11.48 - 8.52
              R22 v Estonia
18.87 - 1.13
      R18 v Netherlands
2.55 - 17.45		 R20 v Netherlands
4.26 - 15.74		 R21 v Denmark
6.72 - 13.28
  R26 v Estonia
10.31 - 9.69		 R17 v Croatia
18.55 - 1.45		 R19 v Turkey
10.61 - 9.39		 R20 v Italy
8.24 - 11.76
Monday 6th July R25 v Denmark
7.71 - 12.29		 R16 v Finland
9.69 - 10.31		 R18 v Latvia
12.03 - 7.97		 R19 v Austria
17.97 - 2.03
      R15 v Poland
11.76 - 8.24		 R17 BYE
12		 R18 BYE
12
  R24 v Finland
5.61 - 14.39		 R14 v Greece
13.28 - 6.72		 R16 v Estonia
18.55 - 1.45		 R17 v Poland
0.31 - 19.69
Sunday 5th July R23 v Belgium
16.09 - 3.91		 R13 v Romania
11.76 - 8.24		 R15 v Switzerland
14.60 - 5.40		 R16 v Romania
3.58 - 16.42
          R14 v Romania
13.75 - 6.25		 R15 v Finland
16.88 - 3.12
      R12 v Sweden
10.31 - 9.69		 R13 v Belgium
10.31 - 9.69		 R14 v Turkey
10.31 - 9.69
  R22 v Netherlands
5.61 - 14.39		 R11 v Italy
15.74 - 4.26		 R12 v Bulgaria
8.80 - 11.20		 R13 v France
15.74 - 4.26
Saturday 4th July R21 v Poland
5.40 - 14.60		 R10 v Estonia
15.92 - 4.08		 R11 v Denmark
12.29 - 7.71		 R12 v Croatia
15.74 - 4.26    
  R20 v Sweden
9.69 - 10.31		 R9 BYE
12		 R10 v Ireland
11.48 - 8.52		 R11 v Norway
19.16 - 0.84
  R19 v Greece
15.56 - 4.44		 R8 v Iceland
19.61 - 0.39		 R9 v Portugal
15.00 - 5.00		 R10 v Portugal
16.58 - 3.42
Friday 3rd July R18 v Portugal
13.04 - 6.96		 R7 v Norway
16.73 - 3.27		 R8 v Germany
5.00 - 15.00		 R9 v Lithuania
2.41 - 17.59
          R7 v Spain
19.25 - 0.75		 R8 v Israel
17.85 - 2.15
  R17 v Scotland
18.33 - 1.67		 R6 v Latvia
14.60 - 5.40		 R6 v Israel
13.52 - 6.48		 R7 v Switzerland
10.31 - 9.69
  R16 v Austria
13.52 - 6.48		 R5 v France
14.60 - 5.40		 R5 v Sweden
2.03 - 17.97		 R6 v Ireland
19.43 - 0.57
Thursday 2nd July R15 v Ireland
20.00 - 0.00		 R4 v Denmark
14.60 - 5.40		 R4 v France
7.20 - 12.80		 R5 v Hungary
10.31 - 9.69
              R4 v Belgium 8.80 - 11.20
  R14 v Georgia 9.39 - 10.61 R3 v Germany 10.31 - 9.69 R3 v Scotland 12.55 - 7.45 R3 v Netherlands 13.28 - 6.72
  R13 v Croatia
13.28 - 6.72		 R2 v Ireland
13.97 - 6.03		 R2 v Italy
7.20 - 12.80		 R2 v Germany
15.00 - 5.00
Wednesday 1st July R12 v Germany
15.00 - 5.00		 R1 v Portugal
18.77 - 1.23		 R1 v Poland
8.24 - 11.76		 R1 v Spain
10.00 - 10.00
 

R11

 v Ukraine
16.26 - 3.74		            
 

R10

 v Hungary
13.75 - 6.25		            
Tuesday 30th June

R9

 v Israel
10.61 - 9.39		            
 

R8

 v Norway
16.09 - 3.91		            
 

R7

 v Iceland
14.60 - 5.40		            
Monday 29th June

R6

 v Romania
8.24 - 11.76		            
 

R5

 v Italy
7.71 - 12.29		            
  R4 v France
17.03 - 2.97		            
Sunday 28th June R3 v Bulgaria
1.45 - 18.55		            
  R2 v Lithuania
15 - 5		            
Saturday 27th June R1 v Spain
10.31 - 9.69		            

July 7, 2026