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Banks and Self live up to favourites tag at WDF Europe Cup Youth, Turkish winners in girls' pairs tournament
WDFSaturday, 08 July 2023 at 14:30
Thomas Banks and Archie Self won the boys' pairs tournament at the WDF Europe Cup Youth in Vienna. They lived up to their favourites tag by defeating a German duo in the final.
The two Englishmen won 4-0 over Connor Phillips and Ieuan Halsall at the last 16, but then came away well against Riley Rees-Tucker/Evan Wishart (4-3) and Rajmund Papp/Balazs Szotak (4-3). Then in the final, Banks and Self were too strong 5-2 against Alexander Steinmetz and Yorick Hofkens of Germany.
The girls' pairs tournament was surprisingly won by a Turkish duo. Zehra Gemi and Belinay Pelivan won 4-2 over Paige Pauling and Hannah Meek in the final, preventing another title for England.
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Results WDF Europe Cup Youth 2023
Boys pairs
Quarterfinals
Rajmund Papp/Balazs Szotak 4-3 Andras Borbely/Zsombor Baranyi
Thomas Banks/Archie Self 4-3 Riley Rees-Tucker/Evan Wishart
Sean McKeon/Aidan O'Hara 4-1 Jenson Walker/Callum Beddow
Alexander Steinmetz/Yorick Hofkens 4-2 Pim van Bijnen/Cas Maessen
Semi-final
Thomas Banks/Archie Self 4-3 Rajmund Papp/Balazs Szotak
Alexander Steinmetz/Yorick Hofkens 4-3 Sean McKeon/Aidan O'Hara
Final
Thomas Banks/Archie Self 5-2 Alexander Steinmetz/Yorick Hofkens
Girls pairs
Semi-final
Paige Pauling/Hannah Meek 3-2 Aurora Fochesato/Giada Macchi
Zehra Gemi/Belinay Pelivan 3-1 Rebecca Allen/Christina Byrne
Final
Zehra Gemi/Belinay Pelivan 4-2 Paige Pauling/Hannah Meek
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