British Open Champion, Stephen Mulliner, adds the 2000 European Championship to his titles for the 6th time

[<<] [>>] by Chris Williams at Jersey
26th September 2000 (AC - Championships)

The 2000 European Championships, held in Jersey and sponsored by HSBC bank, were won by Stephen Mulliner of England, who defeated 20 year old local player Matthew Burrow in a very exciting final that went to three games. Matthew, who had taken the first game by 26 looked to be in with a great chance of winning the title for the first time when he laid up on penult and peg with Stephen's 4 back ball at penult and his hoop 1 ball at rover. However Stephen hit the lift and finished with a delayed triple. 4 back was peeled before 3 back and he finished with a straight double to take the European title for the 6th time.

Paul Duckworth of Jersey finished third when he beat Tony Mrozinski of Wales in the third place play off.

The plate event was won by Don Gaunt of England

Final
SN Mulliner beat MVM Burrow (Jersey)-26, +17tp, +4tp

Semi Finals
Mulliner beat AJ Mrozinski (Wales) +6, +5tpo
Burrow beat P Duckworth (Jersey)+20tp, +15

Quarter Finals
Mulliner beat CS von Schmieder (Ireland) -25tp, +24tp, +16tp
Mrozinski beat AS Le Moignan (Jersey) +22, -3, +12
Duckworth beat CN Williams (Wales) -15, +13, +26tp
Burrow beat P de Petra (Italy) +23tp, -12, +16tp

20 players from all over Europe were arranged in 4 blocks of 5 with the top 2 qualifying for the knockout.

Blue Block
1 Mulliner 4 wins
2 Duckworth 3 wins
3 Peter Payne (Switzerland) 2 wins
4 Fernando de Ansorena (Spain) 1 win
5 Felicitas Olk (Germany) 0 wins

Red Block
1 Burrow 4 wins
2 Mrozinski 3 wins
3 Gordon Hopewell (Scotland) 2 wins
4 Dave Underhill (Switzerland) 1 win
5 Rutger Bijderwellen (Netherlands) 0 wins

Black Block
1 Le Moignan 4 wins
2 de Petra 3 wins
3 Ronan Rogerson (Ireland) 2 wins
4 Juan Ojeda (Spain) 1 win
5 John Swabey (Belgium) 0 wins

Yellow Block
1 Williams 4 wins
2 von Schmieder 3 wins
3 Don Gaunt (England) 2 wins
4 Kevin Garrad (Isle Of Man) 1 win
5 Philip Archer (Guernsey) 0 wins