European Club Championships 2003
Odense, Denmark, 17-20 Sep

20-Sep
Paderborn & Pontefract
take Euro Club Champs

It was England v Germany in the finals of the 16th European Team Championships in Odense, and it finished level with Paderborn claiming the men's title and Pontefract the women's.

In the men's final Germany's Paderborn beat English club champions Colets 8-6 on games countback, with Tim Garner, partnered by world number one Peter Nicol, clinching the victory in the final match.

English women's champions Pontefract added the European title to their impressive collection, with Sarah Fitz-Gerald and Becky Botwright sealing the title for the Yorkshire club before  Cassie Jackman won a consolation point for Mulheim in the dead rubber.

Men's Final:
Paderborn 2-2 Colets
  Peter Nicol
bt Scott Handley   9/4 9/0 9/0
  Tim Garner bt Mark Cairns   9/3 9/1 9/4
  Stefan Leifels lt Danny Meddings   3/9 4/9 3/9
  Edgar Schneider lt Chris Clare  10/8 5/9 10/8 4/9 5/9
Paderborn win on countback

Women's Final:
Mulheim 1-2 Pontefract

  Linda Charman lt Sarah Fitzgerald  5/9 9/1 2/9 9/0 1/9
  Cassie Jackman bt Janie Thacker   9/0 9/0
  Simone Korrell lt Becky Botwright   5/9 0/9 2/9

Men's semi-Finals:
Paderborn (Ger) bt Odense (Den)  4-0
Alex Gough bt Mikkel Korsbjerg
   9/6 3/9 9/4
Tim Garner bt Michael Hansen
   9/3 9/1 9/4
Stefan Leifels bt Anders Yeo
   9/4 6/9 4/9 9/0 9/7
Edgar Schneider bt Mark Burmeister
   9/4 9/1 9/3

Colets (Eng) bt Belgica SC (Bel) 3-1
Scott Handley bt Stefan Castelyn 
   1/9 9/6 9/4 9/4
Mark Cairns lt Jean-Michel Arcucci 
   4/9 7/9 9/5 2/2 rtd
Danny Meddings bt Fabian Kalaitzis 
   2/9 9/6 9/7 9/0
Clive Ewing bt Gilles Roger 
   9/0 2/9 9/2 9/1