Magali Declunder (Saint-Maur-des-Fossés) retained her title as French women's three-card champion in Toul on Monday. She beat Christine Morel (Marines) 25-17 in 32 innings in the final. The podium was completed by Sonia Livebardon (Saint-Etienne) and Aïda Lehbil (Courbevoie).
The best statistics were in favour of the champion with an overall average of 0.657 (2m80), a best average in the final and semi-final of 0.781 and a highest series of 6 shared with Christine Morel and Katy Mahu (Troyes).
In the Group A qualifiers, Magali Declunder remained unbeaten in three matches and Sonia Livebardon won twice. Florence Edelin (Montargis) and Florence Maillet (Colbert Saint-Pierre) were 3rd and 4th in this group, in which Florence Edelin won.
In a very tight Group B, Christine Morel was 1st with 4 match points and 0.476, Aïda Lehbil was 2nd with 3 points and 0.453 just ahead of Katy Mahu with 3 match points and 0.417. Mélanie Hallier (Andernos) came last with 2 points and 0.394.
In the semi-finals, Magali Declunder first beat Aïda Lehbil 29-9 in 32 and Christine Morel beat Sonia Livebardon 24-21 in 60.
The final score:
- Magali Declunder 0.657 (Or)
- Christine Morel 0.464 (Argent)
- Sonia Livebardon 0.346 (Bronze)
- Aïda Lehbil 0,421 (Bronze)
- Katy Mahu 0,417
- Florence Edelin 0,294
- Mélanie Hallier 0,394
- Florence Maillet 0,250