2005 FISTF Grand Prix & International Open
April 30-May 1 in Maryland, U.S.A.
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Saturday, April 30th: FISTF GRAND PRIX, 32 players
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The 32 players
Eddie works his charm out
with a French tourist...
The Connecticut Team:
Conturso, Benkart &
Davidson
Benkart & Marco Silva
before Quarterfinal action.
Wilcox & Deinhart: for
them, two quarterfinal
derbies in the weekend.
Rick Wilcox faces Marco
Silva for Saturday's ASA
Final (GP 3rd/4th place)
The Final:
Shorab J (ENG) 2-2 Wolfgang H (AUT)
1-0 after shoot-outs
Sunday, May 1st: FISTF INTERNATIONAL OPEN, 36 players
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Results (opponents from USA, unless indicated)
GROUP STAGE
Group 5:
Massimo Conturso 3-0 Bill Prantl
Massimo Conturso 6-1 Mike Marks
Conturso qualifies as group winner
Group 9:
Mike Benkart 3-0 Ryan Han (F)
Mike Benkart 1-0 Jun Youn
Benkart qualifies as group winner
Group 11:
Eddie Davidson 0-0 Patrick Sheridan
Eddie Davidson 0-0 Will Holliday (WALES)
Davidson is relegated to the Mary Jane

A.S.A. MARY JANE TOURNAMENT
Eddie Davidson 5-0 Alex Stewart
Eddie Davidson 5-0 Kevin Bao
Final
Eddie Davidson 5-0 Brian Comiskey

BARRAGE ROUND
Mike Benkart 3-0 Bill Prantl
ROUND OF 16
Mike Benkart 0-0 Eric Walton (2-1 after shoot-outs)
Massimo Conturso 3-0 Ed Morgans
QUARTERFINALS
Mike Benkart 1-4 Shorab Jadunandan (ENG)
Massimo Conturso 1-0 Robert Ramsay (SCO)
Other Quarterfinals:
Gregg Deinhart 2-1 Rick Wilcox (OT)
Wolfgang Haas 2-1 Paul Eyes
SEMIFINALS
Gregg Deinhart 0-2 Wolfgang Haas
Massimo Conturso 0-6 Shorab Jadunandan (ENG)
A.S.A. FINAL (IO 3rd/4th)
Massimo Conturso 2-3 Gregg Deinhart

FINAL
Wolfgang Haas 2-0 Shorab Jadunandan
Benkart is still thinking
about his Grand Prix game
with Marco Silva...
Overall, Sunday was a
better day for
Connecticut.
The CT Merenges pose
with Alien Shorab and
Robocop Wolfie
Eddie interviewed by Jim
Howard
The Game of the day:
Nick Giffen 3-3 Patrick Sheridan
(0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3 at the break/ 2-3, 3-3.
Then 0-1 after shoot-outs)
The weekend's hosts:
www.marylandsubbuteo.com
SC Connecticut weekend stats

15. Mike Benkart                              48. Massimo Conturso                              8. Eddie Davidson
Saturday
P5 W3 L2 D0 GF5 GA4
Sunday
P4 W2 L1 D1 GF5 GA4
Total
P9 W5 L3 D1 GF10 GA8
Saturday
P4 W3 L1 D0 GF17 GA2
Sunday
P6 W4 L2 D0 GF15 GA10
Total
P10 W7 L3 D0 GF32 GA12
Saturday
P4 W2 L2 D0 GF6 GA3
Sunday
P5 W3 L0 D2 GF13 GA1
Total
P9 W5 L2 D2 GF19 GA4
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Results (opponents from USA, unless indicated)
GROUP STAGE
Group 2:
Eddie Davidson 1-0 John Svensson
Eddie Davidson 4-0 Jay Richardson
Eddie Davidson 1-2 Wolfgang Haas (AUT)
Davidson qualifies as group runner-up
Group 3:
Mike Benkart 1-0 Conner Ryan
Mike Benkart 0-2 Rick Wilcox
Mike Benkart 2-0 Randy Grice
Benkart qualifies as group runner-up
Group 5:
Massimo Conturso 5-0 Tony Ping
Massimo Conturso 7-0 Matt Giffen
Massimo Conturso 5-1 Will Ryan
Conturso qualifies as group winner
ROUND OF 16
Eddie Davidson 0-1 Eric Walton
Massimo Conturso 0-1 Mike Benkart
QUARTERFINALS
Mike Benkart 1-2 Marco Silva

Other Quarterfinals:
Gregg Deinhart 0-1 Rick Wilcox
Wolfgang Haas 2-0 Nick Giffen
Shorab Jadunandan 5-0 Eric Walton
SEMIFINALS
Rick Wilcox 1-2 Wolfgang Haas (OT)
Shorab Jadunandan 8-0 Marco Silva

FINAL
Shorab Jadunandan 2-2 Wolfgang Haas (1-0 after shoot-outs)