Opatija 2014: English Open and Senior Teams

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Andrew Robson
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52nd European Team Championships

The 52nd European Team Championships will be held in Opatija, Croatia from Saturday 21st June to Tuesday 1st July. It will be the first time that Croatia has organised such a large European event. For all the information about this event, please click here

England: Open and Senior Teams

Open team

The Open Team for the European Championships has been announced as: Tony Forrester & Andrew Robson; David Bakhshi & David Gold; Jason Hackett & Justin Hackett

England Open team 2014
England Open team 2014

The selection sees the reformation of the Forrester-Robson partnership, former European champions (in 1991) and arguably the most successful English pair of recent times. They are joined by Bakhshi & Gold who, with different partners, have represented England in the most recent European Championships and Bermuda Bowl, and by the Hackett twins who were part of the England team who finished second in the World Olympiad in 2008.

The NPC is Simon Cope and the coach is Ben Green.

Senior team

Hackett team: Paul Hackett, Colin Simpson, John Holland, Gunnar Hallberg, David Mossop and David Price won the final of the Senior European trials.