GERMAN INTERCLUBS – 5 in a row for Bischmisheim

Bischmisheim-Saarbrücken is again the winner of the German “Bundesliga” for the fifth consecutive time. In the final playoff match in Beuel, it was Dieter Domke (pictured) who secured the fifth […]

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Bischmisheim-Saarbrücken is again the winner of the German “Bundesliga” for the fifth consecutive time. In the final playoff match in Beuel, it was Dieter Domke (pictured) who secured the fifth championship in five years for Bischmisheim. With his victory against Rajiv Ouseph, he set the score to 5-2 after a 4-4 in the first match in Saarbrücken on Saturday.

Stories and photos: Sven Heise, Live from Beuel

Beuel was not able to compensate for the absence of Anthony Clark, who missed the match due to an injury sustained at last week’s European Championships in Manchester.

Marc Zwiebler (pictured below) proved again that he plays a spectacular doubles game, winning both matches with Rajiv Ouseph. But even his two straight victories against Kestutis Navickas didn’t help his team to get the “Hans-Riegel-Pokal”, the trophy named after the Haribo company’s famous founder, who was also German champion and president of the German association in the fifties.

GermanyIC2Winning the first men’s doubles and all the ladies’ matches with a strong Olga Konon, Bischmisheim had a 4-1-lead in both finals. Beside Dieter Domke, his teammate Marcel Reuter played an important role on Sunday. In a tough match, Marcel defeated Carl Baxter and celebrated his victory in what may well prove to have been the last third men’s singles in the German league.  Next year the system is likely to change such to  the one used in the Danish league, with only one match in every discipline plus a second men’s singles.

After the ceremony, the winning team was interviewed by television. A summary of the match and the interview is online HERE: http://sr-mediathek.sr-online.de/beitrag.php?id=1400

The best photos of the day are viewable HERE: http://www.badzine.de/fotoshows/bundesliga-playoff-endspiel-2010-beuel-gegen-bischmisheim.html

Raphaël Sachetat

About Raphaël Sachetat

Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.