Blog entry from 2022-01-31
The fifth tournament weekend of the Royal Pro Home Tour ended with clear start-finish victories for the favored teams Schurli's Base Camp (three cushion, Jan 29) and Ernst-Jan's Base Camp (five pins, Jan 30). In the line-up of Georg Schmied and Tay-Dien Truong, Schurli's Base Camp remained unbeaten in the three cushion tournament, with the German-Austrian doubles team from Rosenburg-Mold (AT) having to go the full distance twice and only winning in the decider with 4:3 sets. The next day the Oranje from Helmond (NL) were untouchable in the five pins tournament, Ernst-Jan Driessen and Marius Kroonen won with a flawless record of 4:0 matches and 8:0 sets.
The podium of the three cushion tournament:
- 1. Schurli's Base Camp: Schmied, Georg / Truong, Tay-Dien (Rosenburg-Mold, AT | € 200 prize money)
- 2. Power Turtles: Efler, Andreas / Efler, Brigitte (Hinterbrühl, AT | € 125 prize money)
- 3. Ratisbona Flukes: Bachmaier, Roman / Dmitriev, Ivan (Regensburg, DE | € 75 prize money)
Results of the Home Tour three cushion tournament (PDF)
The podium of the five pins tournament:
- 1. Ernst-Jan's Base Camp: Driessen, Ernst-Jan / Kroonen, Marius (Helmond, NL | € 200 prize money)
- 2. Power Turtles: Efler, Andreas / Efler, Brigitte (Hinterbrühl, AT | € 125 prize money)
- 3. BC Basel: Antonazzo, Cosimo / Steiner, Ernesto (Basel, CH | € 75 prize money)
Results of the Home Tour five pins tournament (PDF)
With their third win each in the current season, Georg Schmied and Marius Kroonen are leading the Home Tour discipline rankings. Schmied leads the three cushion ranking with a respectable distance, Kroonen shares the lead with his congenial team partner Driessen jr.
The three cushion ranking at halftime in the 2021/22 circuit:
- 1. Schmied, Georg: 24 pts
- 2. Truong, Tay-Dien: 16 pts
- 3. Efler, Andreas: 15 pts
... and the five pins ranking:
- 1. Driessen, Ernst-Jan: 12 pts
- 1. Kroonen, Marius: 12 pts
- 3. Driessen, Ernest: 9 pts
- 3. Efler, Andreas: 9 pts
- 3. Riml, Jimmy: 9 pts
The Royal Pro Home Tour is an international carom billiards tournament series that is played online via the MWS system at various MWS locations worldwide. On 05/06 March 2022 the next two Home Tour competitions will take place, all dates and details can be found on our dashboard. For the 2021/22 sports season, the Tour is endowed with prize money in a total height of € 10,000.
