The Womens Semifinals and the Open Preliminaries were the first events of the 2004 FPA Worlds in Rimini, Italy. Thursdays windy conditions left the area and the morning was calm with just a hint of breeze. The wind built throughout the day to a wonderful, steady wind perfect for the first day of this years world championships.
It is rare that no one seedbusts in the Open Pairs division, but on Friday every seed held its position. There was one seedbusting team in the Womens division. Complete results are below.
There are four competitions tomorrow – Intermediate, the Mixed Pairs Semifinals, the Open Co-p Semifinals and the Open Pairs Semifinals.
FPA World Championships
Rimini, Italy
July 30, 2004
Womens Semifinal
1. Cindy Kruger/Lisa Silvey (T: 62.6 D: 19.0 E: 20.5 A: 23.1)
2. Sarah Bergman/Mary Lowry (T: 48.8 D: 14.2 E: 21.9 A: 12.7) *
3. Lori Daniels/Bethany Sanchez (T: 47.6 D: 13.4 E: 22.4 A: 11.8)
4. Qxhna Titcomb/Hila Yaniv (T: 38.1 D: 9.7 E: 21.9 A: 8.0)
* seeded third, busted to second place.
Open Pairs Pool A
1. Arthur Coddington/Dave Lewis (T: 71.98 D: 20.8 E: 28.1 A: 23.8)
2. Matteo Gaddoni/Rodney Sanchez (T: 65.81 D: 17.91 E: 27.7 A: 20.3)
3. Joakim Arveskär/Stefan Karlsson (T: 64.16 D: 18.16 E: 25.0 A: 21.0)
4. Paolo Mirabelli/Jan Soerensen (T: 54.07 D: 13.87 E: 25.9 A: 14.3)
5. Andrea Jaderyd/Luca Mazzucuto (T: 43.08 D: 12.58 E: 18.9 A: 11.6)
Open Pais Pool B
1. Tom Leitner/Pat Marron (T: 63.4 D: 18.9 E: 24.7 A: 19.8)
2. Clay Collera/Tommy Gereben (T: 57.1 D: 16.6 E: 23.9 A: 16.6)
3. Lorenzo Apriani/Roland Karlsson (T: 54.6 D: 15.3 E: 23.4 A: 15.9)
4. Luca Medri/John Titcomb (T: 42.1 D: 13.2 E: 17.7 A: 11.2)
5. Andrea Stazi/Danilo Torzelloni (T: 38.8 D: 11.7 E: 18.1 A 9.0)
Open Pairs Pool C
1. Paul Kenny/Reto Zimmerman (T: 69.15 D: 21.15 E: 27.7 A: 20.3)
2. Matt Gauthier/Randy Silvey (T: 62.9 D: 18.9 E: 25.3 A: 18.7)
3. Alessandro Damiano/Edoardo Favorini (T: 61.5 D: 18.2 E: 26.2 A: 17.1)
4. Fernando Botrugno/Mauro Mercuri (T: 52.7 D: 16.1 E: 23.7 A: 12.9)
5. Oriel Heled/Dan Lustiger (T: 44.1 D: 14.4 E: 21.1 A: 8.6)
Open Pairs Pool D
1. Larry Imperiale/Jeff Kruger (T: 67.42 D: 18.12 E: 28.5 A: 20.8 )
2. Toddy Brodeur/Pipo Lopez (T: 64.32 D: 17.72 E: 27.0 A: 19.6)
3. Piccio Cusma/Andrea Meola (T:59.4 D: 13.8 E: 28.3 A: 17.3 )
4. Stefano Mestroni/Fabio Sanna (T: 57.02 D: 13.32 E: 26.2 A: 17.5)