Ireland proved convincing winners in
their quarter finals as they won all three singles matches to complete a 5-0
whitewash of oppononts Switzerland. Full results of Saturday morning singles.
John Walsh (Ireland) bt Silvano Umberg
(Switzerland) 7&6, Ray Murphy (Ireland) bt. Helmut Roth (Switzerland)
5&4, John Crangle (Ireland) bt. Ueli Lamm (Switzerland) 6&5
Final Result: Ireland 5 Switzerland 0
In the second quarter final Holland
defeated Great Britain by a 4-1 margin as they won the Saturday morning singles
by a 2-1 margin to add to the two point they had scored on Friday. Full
results of Saturday morning singles.
Marcel Ahuis (Holland) bt Ron Cope
(Gt. Britain) 6&5, Patrick Luning (Holland) bt. Jamie Deeble (Gt. Britain)
2&1, Steve Deeble (Gt. Britain) bt Rolf Kwant (Holland) 3 & 2
Final Result: Holland 4 Great Britain 1
In the third quarter final Australia defeated
Galicia by a 4-1 margin as they won their morning singles by a 2½-½ margin to
add to their 1½-½ lead overnight
Tom Ricket (Australia) halved with Enrique
Rama (Galicia), James Rogerson (Australia) bt. Peter Mervin Henry (Galicia)
4&2, Brendon Underwood (Australia) bt Juan Carlos Inglesias Surribas
(Galicia) 2&1
Final Result: Australia 4 Galicia 1
The fourth quarter final threw up the first major shock of the competition as 7th Seed Norway defeated 2nd Seed (and fancied) Catlaonia by 3½-1½. The two sides were level after the Friday session but Norway won two and halved the third match to claim a famous victory.
John Djup (Norway) bt Antonio Penalava
(Catalonia) 1up, Anders Laneland (Norway) bt Marc Lloret (Catalonia) 1 up,
Brent Kristland Nerland (Norway) halved with Fernando Cano (Catalonia).
Final Result: Norway 3½ Catalonia 1½
FULL QUARTER FINAL SCOREBOARD
With the Quarter
Finals completed, the proceedings to follow now are:
Semi Finals:
Ireland v Holland
Australia v Norway
Place Matches:
Switzerland v
Great Britain
Galicia v
Catalonia
Round Robin
Matches:
Andorra v Chile
There has been a
slight delay but the action has just resumed again with Ireland v Holland first
out.
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