| 60th & 61st CHALLENGE CUP July 1-8, 2005 in Farmington Photos from July 1 (click to enlarge): |


| 61st CHALLENGE CUP July 8, 2005 in Farmington, CT Group Stage Massimo Conturso 4-0 Jeff Davidson Mike Eylward 1-0 Eddie Davidson Mike encores April 10 win over Eddie in the Cup's opener. Massimo Conturso 1-1 Rick Marques Mike Eylward 2-1 Jeff Davidson Mike keeps on rolling on a 1.000 avg while Rick blows it against Mass: goes up 1-0 with 30" to go, but allows the tying goal after 25" ! Massimo Conturso 2-1 Mike Eylward Eddie Davidson 1-0 Rick Marques While Rick does it again on his own goal, Mike goes at the break up 1-0... Massimo Conturso 2-0 Eddie Davidson Rick Marques 2-1 Jeff Davidson Massimo gets the pass to the final. Rick is half way there. Jeff Davidson 2-0 Eddie Davidson Rick Marques 1-0 Mike Eylward The Derbies round: Jeff outplays his father, while Mike can't hold on to his 6-4 point-lead and Rick goes to the final. Standings: Conturso...........10 Marques..............7 Eylward...............6 Davidson E..........3 Davidson J..........3 Final Massimo Conturso 0-2 Rick Marques Finally, Rick beats Massimo in a final. This time, to avoid blow-ups, the young Portuguese scores twice before the break to claim victory in the Challenge # 61. Rick previously won edition # 41 and # 51 |
| 60th CHALLENGE CUP July 1, 2005 in Farmington, CT Group A Eddie Davidson 1-1 Alex Lencastre Rick Marques 1-1 Eddie Davidson Alex Lencastre 0-1 Rick Marques Standings Marques...........4 Davidson E.......2 Lencastre.........1 Group B Massimo Conturso 5-1 Mike Eylward Jeff Davidson 0-2 Massimo Conturso Mike Eylward 2-2 Jeff Davidson Standings Conturso..........6 Davidson J.......1 Eylward............1 MaryJane Final A3 vs B3 Alex Lencastre 0-1 Mike Eylward Semifinals A1 vs B2 Massimo Conturso 1-0 Eddie Davidson B1 vs A2 Rick Marques 4-0 Jeff Davidson Final Massimo Conturso 1-0 Rick Marques |
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| Italian Flag flying high on July 1st. Not so a week later.. |