The germans put on a good event and tried to accommodate us as best they could and despite awful weather in the morning I think everybody had a good time.
The qualifier had really, really bad weather. Holland last year was nothing compared to what the first hitters had to face. 8.00 there was no wind, Stef stepped onto the teebox 8.05 and in 30 seconds it went to the worst kind of rain and really strong headwind. He hit 235m into that and later in the day he had only a fairly strong headwind and hit 315m, one of the longest of the day. That´s how bad it was.
A couple of guys was unfortunate and had to qualify early and it turned out that hitting late was a big advantage. Longest results in the morning was Konyk 285m, A german pro 284m ( he hit before Stef with no wind
) Adam 281m and a bunch of us around 260-265m.
I don´t remember the exact way but to the final 6 it was:
Daniel Konyk, Andreas Persson, Niklas Fredriksson, Adam Stacey, Mikael Lindblom and Morgan Sären
Konyk ob, Persson 319m, Adam 304m I think, Fredriksson ob, Mikael ob and Morgan ob
So me and Adam was in the final competing for the win and the other 4 had a shoot-out for 2 spots in the Europeans and a match for 3:rd and 4th. Everybody hits 3 balls. Konyk killed his first around 314m I think, Niklas 312m, Mikael ob and Morgan 288m. Morgan should be getting a spot because Dan already is qualified through Gothenburg.
Konyk hit ob and Niklas hit 313 or 316m to take 3:rd. In the final Adam started with a 320m, I hit 317m, then Adam hit his last 3 but not further and my last ball only reached 314m. Congrats Adam to the win and for a great performance after a 16 hours drive from England
They had a Flightscope set up and hopefully we will get the numbers later. Dan had a 209 mph as the highest and Adam not far behind with a 207 mph. To answer how wide the grid was then it depends on how far you hit. It was 50m narrowing to 40m at the end.
Cheers
Andreas
