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| 54th Challenge Cup February 18, 2005 |
| 55th Challenge Cup February 25, 2005 |
| Group A Rick Marques 3-0 Mike Eylward Jim Taylor 3-0 Mike Eylward Jim Taylor 0-0 Rick Marques (0-0 OT; 2-1 so) standings: Taylor J...........4 Marques R......4 Eylward M.......0 |
| Group Stage Massimo Conturso 2-0 Eddie Davidson Rick Marques 1-0 Mike Eylward Massimo Conturso 0-0 Rick Marques Eddie Davidson 1-1 Mike Eylward Massimo Conturso 5-0 Mike Eylward Rick Marques 1-0 Eddie Davidson standings: Conturso M...........7 Marques R.............7 Davidson E...........1 Eylward M.............1 |
| Group B Massimo Conturso 2-0 Eddie Davidson Eddie Davidson 3-0 Ostap Mishtal Massimo Conturso 3-0 Ostap Mishtal* *Mike Eylward replaced Ostap Mishtal in the last match of Group B. standings: Conturso M..........6 Davidson E..........3 Mishtal O...............0 |
| Wallingford - Back-2-Back for Conturso and 38th Challenge Cup title for the veteran Italian. In a league night dominated by the Taylor-Marques Sr. show-down (0-0), Massimo and fellow senior club members, Rick Marques, Eddie Davidson and Mike Eylward played the traditional CT competition and gave chance the other players to catch up with some league action. While the final Conturso-Marques was not a surprise, it was interesting following the Group Stage's development as Mike Eylward (tonight first league win for him over Mishtal, 2-0) almost caused major upsets with his performance. The U19 lost only 1-0 to Rick and earned an 1-1 draw with Eddie that basically closed the door to the Challenge for the Farmington's senior. The final was well played by both players, with the Italian taking an early lead. Rick tied before the break with a nice chip. The balance remained until the first sudden death shoot-out, when Conturso picked the jolly from the far corner, then saved on the Portuguese shot. 55th Cup Championship Match MASSIMO CONTURSO 1-1 (4-3 so) RICK MARQUES |
| Wallingford - Jim Taylor made his first apperence since January 2nd (2005 ASA New England RBI) and reached the Challenge Cup final for the second time this season (9th time ever). Like in the previous 8, Massimo Conturso was there to prevent him from bringing back to Bloomfield his first title. The Italian legitimized his 1-0 win with a crossbar after a few seconds in the game. For the Scot, only a constant but sterile ball possession. In his 37th Challenge Cup victory, Conturso played with his C5 Profi bi-base and a brand new hand-painted Cameroon national team, made by SubbuteoUSA's Paul Eyes. 54th Cup Championship Match MASSIMO CONTURSO 1-0 JIM TAYLOR |
| Challenge Cup Titles (after 55): Massimo Conturso.........38 Miguel Marques...............9 Luis Silva.........................6 Rick Marques...................2 The presence of 3 seniors is necessary to have a Challenge Cup. |