England started the 1st day of the 2006 World Championships in Portugal in true English style today with a fantastic 1st place team effort.

England individual results:

Will Raison 2 pts

Steve Gardner 2pts

Sean Ashby 3pts

Stu Conroy 4pts

Des Shipp 5pts

 

Full team results:

Pos

Team

Points

Section pos

Weight (KG)

1

England

16

2 2 3 4 5

15,955

2

Hungary

39

2 4 5 7 21

12,04

3

San Marino

48

1 8 8 15 16

9,16

4

Poland

58

3 7 10 12 26

9,265

5

Italy

66

1 7 8 24 26

9,715

6

Sweden

66.5

1 12 12 17 24½

6,665

7

Czech Republic

69.5

4 6 17½20 22

8,12

8

Belgium

70

7 14 15 15 19

6,91

9

Luxemburg

71.5

3 12 15½20 21

10,345

10

Netherland

72

3 6 18 22 23

6,965

11

France

73.5

5 9 14 16 29½

7,555

12

Bosnia/Hercegovina

74

9 9 13 19 24

6,585

13

Ireland

74

6 10 12 23 23

6

14

Spain

74.5

4½ 9 18 21 22

6,1

15

Serbia

76

1 10 20 21 24

8,055

16

Austria

77.5

1 6 14 25 31½

11,135

17

Bulgaria

80.5

4½11 18 19 28

5,29

18

Finland

82

11 13 13 17 28

5,435

19

Russia

82.5

11 11 16½17 27

5,425

20

Scotland

84

2 9 19 25 29

6,085

21

Wales

87

8 8 10 30 31

6,555

22

Slovakia

92.5

3 13 23 26½27

7,72

23

Portugal

94.5

15 15½18 20 26

4,86

24

Australia

97.5

6 11 23 26½31

5,992

25

Switzerland

99.5

2 17½20 28 32

5,755

26

Channel Islands

99.5

7 13 16 31½32

5,175

27

Germany

103

4 19 25 27 28

7,68

28

Croatia

104

14 14 24 25 27

4,925

29

Usa

110

5 21 26 29 29

6,11

30

Slovenia

115

10 22 22 30 31

3,415

31

South Africa

140.5

16½29 31 32 32

1,86

32

Latvia

142

24½28 29½30 30

2,455