STUTTGART/MAGDEBURG - In the three cushion German bundesliga, the Stuttgart team remains the leader and Magdeburg is number two. In the run-up to the World championship for national teams in Viersen, the Germans welcomed a strong Martin Horn, who played to a draw, 40-40 against Frédéric Caudron in 14 innings. That was the best match in the double weekend in Germany. The Belgian also showed his form with a victory over Dick Jaspers: 40-37 in 17.
Martin Horn's team BC International took 3 match points this weekend with a victory over Bergisch-Gladbach and a draw against Elversberg. The Berline team therefore leave the last position in the highest class.
BC Stuttgart tops the table. The Baden-Württemberger team took its tenth and eleventh victory this season and now leads by four points over BC Magdeburg. Tayfun Tasdemir and Thorsten Frings played excellent matches for the league-leader in 20 innings. Filippos Kasidokostas won in 27 innings. Bottrop, which in its strongest line-up can show up with the Dutch Hofman and Van Erp, is now in last place.
On Sunday, Stuttgart defeated Witten 6-2 and again, Tasdemir was outstanding: he bested Ronny Lindemann 40-14 in 14. BC Witten defeated BC München on Sunday 6-2, thanks partly by Eddy Leppens' victory over Papakonstantinou 40-30 in 25. BC Magdeburg won its two home matches against BC Elversberg 6-2 and Bergisch Gladbach 8-0.
The most striking match was that between the numbers one and two on the world rankings, Dick Jaspers and Frédéric Caudron. The Belgian won the battle 40-34 in 17. Dion Nelin beat Savas Bulut 40-36 in 25, Markus Schönhof beat Klaus Bosel 40-29 and Michael Puse was the better of Volker Marx in 35 innings. Dick Jaspers won against Pierre Soumagne on Sunday. The Frenchman started with a run of 13, Jaspers later in the match answered with 15. BC Magdeburg will be facing two tough away matches in the coming weeks against Munich and Stuttgart.
15th round:
BSV Velbert - ABC Merklinde 8-0
BC International - Bergisch-Gladbacher BC 6-2
BC Magdeburg - BC Elversberg 6-2
BCC Witten - BC Munich 6-2
Bottroper BA - BC Stuttgart 2-6
16th round:
BC International - BC Elversberg 4-4
BC Magdeburg - Bergisch-Gladbacher BC 8-0
BCC Witten - BC Stuttgart 2-6
Bottroper BA - BC München 4-4.