The World Tambourelli
Championships took place near Totnes in Devon this year on the 5th
and 6th of August. Once again the Scottish Tambourelli team sent
representatives to compete for the trophies against players from
England, Germany, Spain and Japan.
In the Men's Singles
tournament, Bazil Hughes (from just outside Kirkcowan) was able to
take home his 4th championship title, avenging last year's agonizing
defeat to the defending champion Marco Zink (from Dresden in
Germany).
In the Women's Singles
tournament, Chloe Bruce (who runs the weekly tambourelli club in
Newton Stewart) was defeated in the final by Katrin Ueberfuhr.
The Doubles tournament
was won by Chloe Bruce and Ringo Sobiella (from Dresden) completing a
shut-out for the combined forces of Scotland and Germany in the adult
competitions.
The children's singles
was won by the 13-year-old Haruka Takamura, who travelled all the way
from Tokyo to compete, while the Doubles was won by Nuno Priestman
(12) and Noi Priestman (10), two brothers from London whose father
grew up playing tambourelli near Newton Stewart and carried the sport
with him when he moved away.
Next year the
tournament will take place in Newton Stewart. Newton Stewart is the
home town of Tambourelli, it was devised here in the 1970s. The 2018
World Championships will be held in the final weekend of July, where
Bazil, Katrin, Chloe, Ringo, Haruka, Nuno and Noi will attempt to
defend their World Championship titles against the ever-growing crowd
of players from the UK and abroad.
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Wonderful catering was
provided by Julia Elliott, and Nigel and Melody Kinch, along with
exotic contributions from our Japanese guests. Thanks to you all.
We should like to thank
Oliver and Esther Watson for their generous hospitality, Luscombe
Organic Drinks and South Devon Rural Housing Association for
sponsorship, and TamSports for prizes. Thanks too, to all those who
participated and made it such a delightful event.
For further
information, please contact:
Oliver
Tringham on…e-mail: olivertringham@yahoo.co.uk
