Neetzow junior bike ballers surprise with a strong 5th place!

Neetzow junior bike ballers surprise with a strong 5th place!

Anklam, Deutschland - Henning Wire and his team-mate Teo Müller from RSV Großkoschen made a combative appearance at the German Championships of U-15 cycling. In Wiesbaden, where the final tournament took place, the two young athletes won the respectable 5th place. Even if it was not enough for a medal, club chief Matthias Falk was absolutely satisfied with the performance of his protégés. "You played well against the best young teams and show a positive development in bike ball sport in Neetzow," he emphasized.

Right from the start were hungry and Müller for victory. Her opening game against RFV Wiednitz ended convincingly with 3-0. In this first game, the duo showed that they had come through the qualification rounds unbeaten. However, the following games had some challenges, including a narrow defeat against RV Gärtringen and other close games against SG Suderwich and Tollwitzer SV, which were all lost 2: 3. Ultimately, wire and Müller also lost 1-2 to the later German champion RV Laubach. However, there are also victories on the positive side, including an 8: 3 against RMC Stein.

round for round

The tournament was the second participation in a national championship finals for Henning Wire, who already took 5th place with partner Finley Gladrow last year. "It is a valuable experience that will help us to cut even better in the future," said Wire. Although the 5th place missed the podium, the view is directed to the front.

But how did other teams go? For example, the team from Ehrenberg competed in the German U-13 and U-15 age groups. They had a similar fate and had to give up in the initial phase against Neetzow, but were able to celebrate success in the course of the tournament. Her first game against Reideburg ended 4: 1 for Ehrenberg, which secured the first victory in the championship.

The context of the championships

This year the German indoor cycling championships take place in Amorbach, where not only bike ball, but also other categories such as art bike and unicycle play a major role. Manfred Lindner from Mörfelden was able to look forward to the silver medal in junior bike ball, while Simon Halter from Erlenbach brought the title with 200.35 points home.

The highlight of these championships was the various performance of young talents, which were able to convince with a lot of skill and commitment. The future of sports is also taken care of: the new national coach for the young squad of the art cyclist, Florian Blab, succeeds Marcel Jüngling. Blab brings experience as a national team member and as a national coach, which gives hope for further success in German bike ball sport.