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WORLD INTERCLUB LEAGUE FINAL ROUND RESULTS.

Irish club St Patricks has won the third World Interclub League Championship, winning all five matches they played and setting the competition alight with a blaze of records in a stunning debut season.
But when they came to setting records the Irish club did not have it all to themselves with new entrant P&P Kardinge from Holland also adapting quickly to the competition and finishing a strong 2nd with Catalan club Sant Cebria a close third.

In the Championship division, so hot was the competition this year that seven of the lowest ten team scores ever were set this year. St Patricks lowered the world record to an amazing 179 when they defeated Sant Cebria in Round 2, and they now own the lowest three team scores with P&P Kardinge grabbing two of the next three lowest scores.

St Patricks player, John O'Rourke, set a world record for an individual in this competition with a 43 back in September, but four other players came in with 44's to see seven new entries in the top ten all time individual scores list.
Not to be outdone, Dutch pair Jenno Wolters and Niels Tiggelaar smashed the world record for pairs in September with an astonishing 40, three strokes lower than the previous record.

Three new World records for this competition were set in 2007, and a total of 15 new national marks were set for competition in WIL.

Final placings in the Champions Division were...
1st - St Patricks (Ireland), 2nd - P&P Kardinge (Holland), 3rd - Sant Cebria (Catalonia), 4th - Canberra International (Australia), 5th - Corinda ( Australia), 6th - Southern Cross (Australia).

The World Interclub League "Team of the Year", which honours the best players in the Championship division has been named.
John O'Rourke (St Patricks) has been named Captain as the top ranked singles player for the season, and is joined by Martin O'Neill(St Pats), Keiron Morrissey (St Pats) and Karl Bergh (P&P Kardinge). The pairs players in the Team of the Year are Jenno Wolters and Niels Tiggelaar (P&P Kardinge) and Peter Spelman and Gordon Crane (Corinda). **to qualify for selection, a player must have played at least three rounds in singles, or two rounds with the same partner in pairs.
The lowest singles score in the division was a 43 by John O'Rourke of St Patricks, the lowest pairs score by Jenno Wolters and Niels Tiggelaar of P&P Kardinge.

Division I also finished in a blast of excitement when the top two teams from each conference played off for the Divisional Championship. Danish club Horsholm, set out to defend their title against Sant Jaume and in a very close battle it was the Danish club who won by only two strokes to take the Division I Championship, 205 to 207. Amazingly the play off for third and fourth also produced a close contest with the Glanville Guns from Adelaide just holding off France's La Grande Motte, 206- 208. On the final day, the top four teams in this division were only separated by three strokes - and yet played their rounds on their own courses half a world apart!

Final placings in Division I were ...
1st - Horsholm (Denmark), 2nd - Sant Jaume (Catalonia), 3rd - Glanville Guns (Australia), 4th - La Grande Motte (France), 5th - Southern Cross B ( Australia), 6th - WPPF (International), 7th - Val St Jean (France), 8th - Valley View Bumble Bees(Australia),9th - Canberra International B (Australia), 10th - Waverley I (Australia).

The World Interclub League "Team of the Year" for Division I, has been named.
Glanville Guns' Shane McInerney has been named the Captain and top ranked player in the division and he is joined by Kristian Ravn (Horsholm), Jeremy Maurio (Val St Jean) and Luis Espinalt (Sant Jaume). The pairs players are Stephen Carden/ Michael Vienberg (Horsholm) and Jim Lynn/ Angus Mackenzie (Glanville).
The lowest singles score for the division was 48 by Jeremy Maurio of Val St Jean and the lowest pairs score was 45 by Sant Jaume's Francisco Garriga and Heribert Bernat.

Division II saw a surprise win for the Valley View Wasps when Sant Jaume 1994 put in their worst game of the season and let the Adelaide club slip in for the title, 221 -233. In the 3rd and 4th placed playoff, Glanville Magpies put in their best game of the year and convincingly defeated France's Le Totche, 207 - 248.

Final placings in Division II were ...
1st - Valley View Wasps (Australia), 2nd - Sant Jaume 1994 (Catalonia), 3rd - Glanville Magpies (Australia), 4th - Le Totche (France), 5th - Glanville Go Getters ( Australia), 6th - Riom (France), 7th - Southern Cross C (Australia), 8th - Country Golf Ees(Holland),9th - Colegio de Medico (Chile)

The World Interclub League "Team of the Year" for Division II, has been named.
Glanville Magpies Brenton Gaylard has been named the Captain and top ranked player in the division and he is joined by Galo Gasco and Jordi Vidal (Sant Jaume 1994),Mario Fizulic(Glanville Magpies). The pairs players are Miguel Moya/ Marc Adell (Sant Jaume 1994) and John Destro/ Jeff Pix (Glanville Magpies).
The lowest singles score in this division was 51 scored by many players and the lowest pairs score was 46 by Miguel Moya and Marc Adell of Sant Jaume 1994.

In Division III, the Glanville Cobras defeated Académie d'Hinges in the finalto win the title, 223- 238. The Valley View Villains picked up third place when they defeated the Sant Jaume 2008 team in the playoffs. Waverley won the play off for 5th and 6th against Bethune and Mannevillette won 7th place on a forfeit from Wednesday Chile.

Final placings in Division III were ...
1st - Glanville Cobras (Australia), 2nd - Académie d'Hinges  (France), 3rd - Valley View Villains (Australia), 4th - Sant Jaume 2008 (Catalonia), 5th - Waverley II ( Australia), 6th - Bethune (France), 7th - Mannevillette (France), 8th - Wednesday Chile (Chile)

The World Interclub League "Team of the Year" for Division III, has been named.
Glanville Cobras' John Wojick has been named the Captain and top ranked player in the division and he is joined by Kevin Bohar and Christopher Opigez and JM Malbranque(Académie d'Hinges ). The pairs players are Kaye Akerman/ Ray Schulte (Valley View) and Emilio Brusco/ Leila Braithwaite (Waverley).
The lowest singles score in this division was 53 scored by many players and the lowest pairs score was 53 by Akerman and Schulte.

A Ladies Team of the Year was selected from the results of all Divisions, using the same criteria as set above.

Captain of the Ladies Team of the Year is June Drury of the Southern Cross club, and she is joined by singles players Viv Dixon (SC), Robyn Humphries (Glanville) and Sandra Seeby (Glanville). The pairs players are Bonnie Creech/ Eunice Kirk (Canberra International) and Brenda and Julie Richardson of Waverley.

Over 400 players took part in WIL 2007, including 164 from Australia and 95 from France. Glanville had the most players take part from the one club with 42 players participating.

Again, congratulations to all teams and players and thank you for taking part in this exciting season.