Peter Boecker wins First Tournament of the Open German Carrom Championship 2015, Berlin

German Champion Peter Boecker once again proved that he is the best carrom player in Germany in an all-German finals. The First tournament of the Open German Carrom Championship of the German Carrom Federation was organised on the 14th of March in Berlin. Participated by thirty nine (39) players including five (5) from Poland and two (2) from Czech Republic. The matches were held using the Swiss system (Round Robin). In the 7 rounds where the Swiss system was applied, Peter Boecker who hails from Dortmund, was the only undefeated player. In the finals Peter defeated Johannes Joerg of Koeln (Cologne) in 9 boards. After the 7th board Johannes was leading 17-13 and was about to win the 8th board with at least nine (9) points, but a minor mistake in pocketing the Queen proved too costly and he lost that board. In the 9th board Peter was in his "element" so to speak and found no difficulty in wrapping up this nail-biting match and winning the championship.

In the meantime, young Tobias Krueger of Dortmund came on third (3rd) place and Jan Geister of Berlin 4th.

Jakub Nowakowski of Poland was 5th, while the newly elected G.C.F. President Dirk Polchow finished 6th.The tournament was very well organised by the Carrom Sports Association of Berlin.

Swiss League (Round Robin) matches in progress

All German finals in progress - (From L-R) Johannes Jorg (Player_Germany), Umpire from Poland, Peter Boecker (Player_Germany) & Jakub Nowakowski (Umpire_Poland)

Final Score - First to 25 points