Magali Declunder retains title in 3-cushion

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:

1. Magali Declunder 0.657 (Or)
2. Christine Morel 0.464 (Argent)
3. Sonia Livebardon 0.346 (Bronze)
4. Aïda Lehbil 0,421 (Bronze)
5. Katy Mahu 0,417
6. Florence Edelin 0,294
7. Mélanie Hallier 0,394
8. Florence Maillet 0,250