World IMP Pairs Championship - 1998 World Series Components

1998 World Series Components

This section in progress extends the footer Note. When complete most of it must move to our general coverage of the new so-called World Series.

IMP Pairs. The world championship status of this event is debatable and it may be debated by WBF online editors! The first two renditions covered above are from 1998 and 2002, whose tournament record is "No Data Found" online. (Select the event name in the Ekeblad record; see also the IMP Pairs To Date table.) The player record for Ekeblad does include his 1998 win. ... perhaps medalists alone are in the database?

Contemporary coverage. What is covered on page one of the contemporary website?
10th Championships 1998 (page one) - linked schedule at bottom of page

• pictures the gold medalists in knockout Teams and matchpoint Pairs, Open and Women flights (4 events);
• names the gold medalist Seniors, both teams and pairs, and Mixed Pairs (3 events);
• names the gold pair in the unheralded "Junior Triathlon" (one secondary event).

As listed in the three-column schedule (bottom of the same page), those are 3 Team Events (9-, 8-, and 4-day), 4 Pair Events (7-, 7-, 4-, and 3-day), and 1 Other Events (three Triathlon components over five days).
Alternatively, 7 events plus the complex triathlon result.

The schedule "Days and Rounds" (bottom of page) lists nine more events whose winners are not pictured or named on page one.

• Teams (2): two-day junior (J), two-day zonal (Z)
• Pairs (4): one-day zonal mixed (ZM), two-day junior (J), two-day zonal open (ZO), two-day IMP (IMP)
• Other (3+): two-day Par + Booklet, 11-day Continuous Pairs, one-day Junior Individual

That is 16 events in all, 17 results including the triathlon complex.

Results - typically covering the final session and overall

TEAM

Junior Triathlon teams "J teams (29)". ; 116+ players

Zonal Teams "(60 of 60+50)".

PAIR

(major) Mixed Pairs "final (260)".

Zonal Mixed Pairs "final (276)".

Junior Triathlon pairs "final (66 pairs)". ; 132 players

Zonal Open Pairs "final (220)".

IMP Pairs "(149 pairs)". ; 160 pairs yesterday, evidently no cut

OTHER

Jean Besse Par Contest "final (ranked scores for top 18 of 34)". - linked to list of all players; evidently include 1 of 4 women placed

Continuous Pairs - skip that (six and five days, 22 session results with no overall standings online)

Junior Triathlon individual "(112 players)". ; 112

Junior Triathlon overall "(78 who scored overall)". - the winners did not score points in the Individual segment; first in Teams, second in Pairs!

Daily (for the Bulletin, select the date from the schedule)

Thu 0827 No.: 7 • Thursday, 27 August 1998