Ine Helvik

Photo Katrine Grotle

It has been a few extremly busy days. Normally I would write something before a tournament, but this is the first time I have been sitting down for more than a few minutes this week… I am beeing a torunament director, playing two torunaments and have been finishing of some pootables and lighting the last week…We are playing both the open division and the womens division and the women can participate in both.

In the open division I made it to the last 32 and then lost to first Anders Brannfjell, then Malvin Bjelland. 25th and ok. I am actually really pleased that i made it so far, the level is high and it is not easy to be the tournament director on top of playing.

In the womens division I lost against Martine Christiansen late at night. Exhausted after being in the hall playing and managing the tournament since eight in the morning. That ment the long road today and I won my matches 7-0 (Renate Backelin), 7-3 (June T Håndstad) and 7-4 (Mona Bergstø)

I will update again tomorrow, westart the semifinals in the womens division at 10:00

Now, watching Lines semifinals against Christian Johannessen and then off to bed! Heia Line:)

Thanks for reading

Ine:)

Last night was a disaster, I really did not play any good. I lost my confidence and ended up on 17th in the 9-ball. After a talk with Jörgen I focused on my preshot routine today and that helped a lot. I lost my first game in 10.-ball against Witzel, but she played good and I did not get any balls on the break. Monica (Webb) was watching my second match and have given me some pointers to what to do so the balls go down. I will try that on friday when I play again. I went to the local poolhall and had a few games with Marketa Mjlenkova and it seems to work. It felt really good to just shoot some balls without any tournament pressure:)

Tomorrow the day starts at 10 with Line playing the quarterfinals and hopefully semifinals at 12. After this the men will play their semifinals and finals live on Eurosport 2. This is a a good opportunity to promote our sport and the Norwegian team will be a good audience throughout the session. I think it is really sad that they do not broadcast the womens finals, but that is just the way it is.

Thanks for dropping by and have a good night

Ine:)

AAAARGHHHH. Line lost the semifinals against Marika Poikijokki. Ohwell, that means I can go to bed early to prepare for my 9 o’clock match:) So far she has two medals in two tournaments with two more to go. We have more chances.

I will play against Marketa Mljenkocva (CZE) tomorrow and I need to win that and one more to be in top 16 again. This time 9th is not an option! Mats play the winners qualification and the rest of the guys are hanging in there. Tomorrow it is 9-ball for all players and I am really looking forward to play. This is my discipline!

Time for bed, more updates and some pictures tomorrow.

Ine:)

Another long day is over. The 8-ball started yesterday and I lost my first match against Petra Stadelbauer (AUS) with 3-6. I played ok, but missed to many key shots. My next match was today, but Line played the finals in straightpool against Jasmin, and I was not in the room before veeery late. Line took silver in the straightpool by the way:)

I have played four matches today. Erim, Latife (NCY) 6-2, Bernadette Thot ( HUN) 6-2, Latitita Dos Santos (FRA) 6-5. Latitita and me played for more than two hours and I was down 3-5 and came back. Offcourse I had to meet Jasmin in top 16, thats just the way it is. She is something else… I was thinking, Im coming back on the table, Im coming back on the table, Im coming back on the table….. no. The impossible was made possible. I lost 1-6 and learned a lesson:)

Anyway,  17th in straightpool, 9th in 8-ball, this is the right direction. 9-ball start the day after tomorrow and the only way is up! Tomorrow I will be writng protocolls for the guys, they play in the morning. Line plays the quarterfinals 8-ball in the afternoon.

Thanks for taking the time to visit!

Ine:)

Me, Jörgen Sandman and Steffen Wolff waiting for the match to begin

Playing against Jasmin Ouschan