Barcelona Eurogames July 2008

The Eurogames have arrived: I received this at the registration. I felt like an Olympic athlete.




It is great to see that a gay/lesbian event is being advertised in public.
This sign was put in Montjuic Park and it advertises the Opening Ceremony.
Videos of that Ceremony you can see below.


I filmed the parade of me, amongst 5000 athletes, entering the Jordi Sports Palace:




There were only 6 seeds in the D-singles. I would have been nr 8 seed if there were 8 seeded players, because the initial seeded players list, had me up there as 8th seed.

These are pictures of my second round match: it was 30C, no wind, and the court had just been watered, so the clay was v..e..r..y.. s..l..o..w to play on.
In a long tiring match, I eventually lost in 3 sets (results below).






This is my opponent, Dutch guy Erwin, who lives in Zurich.


Good old Lies taking care of me, offering me a banana.


It feels very lonely when you miss a point, and later on the match even..........



Playing GLTA tournaments means you make friends. This is Frenchman Gilles, who played in many tournaments I played in too.




The Closing Ceremony was very boring, a big contrast to the Opening Ceremony and the Eurogames themselves. On stage, you see the organising Committee, presented by 2 drag queens, who made jokes in Spanish only.



Here are a few videos Lies made of that 2nd round match:




Here are the results for D-singles:
http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=21133&draw=18

And the D doubles:
http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/draw.aspx?id=21133&draw=20

My stats for this tournament:

http://glta.tournamentsoftware.com/sport/player.aspx?id=D80DBAA1-B548-4C57-94D3-91285E6C984E&player=1038