Balkline 47/2

Posted by George Sakkas on facebook
December 16, 2021

Balkline 47/2 was the most popular Carom Billiard’s discipline, far beyond the others, during the first years of the Greek Federation’s foundation…

Cadre 47/2 in French, is the original name of the game, and is one of the most sophisticate disciplines ever invented!

In 1981, the first Open 47/2 tournament was organized in “Free time” billiard club, in Patisia-Athens.
Since then, and till 1990, a dozen of Open tournaments took place, and all of them had been won by George Sakkas.
But today, finding the Federation’s lost archives, only the official Greek Championships results are going to be presented, with the exception of our National team’s historic winning in the friendly game against the world class, Austrians…

There was a very fast improvement during this short period of six years…
From the complete ignorance of 1981, some Greeks managed to score 48.0 general average, 150.0 particular average, (George Sakkas), 300 maximum brake series (Nick Tremoulis), and big overturns (Sakis Tsokantas), even before the end of the decade… (*) and (**)… those two average results have been published in a valid European magazine, by mistake, upside down… Below you see them in right order…
(***) This average result is published as 48.0 but also once more by mistake as 40.0…

TOURNAMENTS ORGANISED BY G.B.F. BETWEEN 1984 AND 1990

1984 CADRE 47/2 (From Harris Glenis Triathlon - Distance 300 points-8 games)

  • SAKKAS GEORGE

  • ARGIRIOU CHRISTOS

  • CHIMARAS DIMITRIS

  • G.A. 22.90

  • 11.70


1984-85 GREEK CHAMPIONSHIP

  • SAKKAS GEORGE

  • KRIKELAS NICK

  • TREMOULIS NICK

  • G.A. 23.40 (*)



2-5/5/1985 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP CADRE 47/2 OLYMPIC STADIUM OF ATHENS

  • SAKKAS GEORGE

  • G.A.15.0 (Penultimate position)

1-3/11/1985 GREECE - AUSTRIA NATIONAL TEAMS - FRIENDLY GAME WON BY GREECE

PLAYER'S PERFORMANCE RANKING

  • TREMOULIS NICK

  • TSOKANTAS SAKIS

  • KALANTARIDIS YANNIS

  • SAKKAS GEORGE

  • (CADRE 47/2)

  • (FREE GAME)

  • (FREE GAME)

  • (CADRE 47/2)

1985-86 GREEK CHAMPIONSHIP

  • SAKKAS GEORGE

  • TREMOULIS NICK

  • ANASTASIADIS SAVVAS

  • G.A. 25.90 (**)



1986-87 GREEK CHAMPIONSHIP

  • TSOKANTAS SAKIS

  • TREMOULIS NICK

  • SAKKAS GEORGE

  • G.A. 21.70


  • G.A. 34.90

1987-88 GREEK CHAMPIONSHIP

  • SAKKAS GEORGE

  • TREMOULIS NICK

  • THALASSINOS GEORGE

  • G.A. 41.70



1988-89 CADRE 47/2 (From Triathlon du serie) (Free game, Cadre 47/2 and 47/1)

  • SAKKAS GEORGE

  • TREMOULIS NICK



1988-89 GREEK CHAMPIONSHIP

  • SAKKAS GEORGE

  • TSAKLIDIS NICK

  • TREMOULIS NICK

  • G.A. 48.00 (***)



Γιώργος Σακκάς