By, Danny Caro
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ByDanny Caro, Danny Caro
Team Maccabi GB became the most successful British team ever at a European Maccabi Games after winning an incredible 20 medals today, including gold in Futsal, Football, Tennis, Squash and Ten Pin Bowling in Berlin.
U16 FUTSAL - FINAL - GB 6 TURKEY 1
Jordan Green was the star man as GB struck gold after cruising to victory in the final against Turkey at Horst-Korber-Sportzentrum.
Joe Leslie, Alex Rose and Ethan Novack were the other marksman as the team, managed by Laurence Myers and Scott Warren, blew their opponents away with a stunning first-half display in which they ran in four goals.
Laurence Myers told JC Sport: "We were absolute quality and totally dominated from the first minute to the last. It's been an absolutely incredible journey and to take 10 boys who have never played futsal before and to transform them into gold medallists is just incredible."
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U16 FOOTBALL - FINAL - GB 1 ARGENTINA 0
Nathan Anders was the match-winner for GB Juniors as the football team completed a memorable U16 win double after edging past Argentina to take gold.
Nicknamed 'the Beast', Anders, the Maccabi London Lions centre back, broke the deadlock in the second minute of the second half with a shot following a free-kick from Jack Mattey.
Daren Nathan told JC Sport: "For the first 15 minutes we struggled to cope with their attack. We had a time-out and reminded the boys how we wanted them to play. We moved the ball around well and stretched them. Was always going to be a tight game. Tyler Smith was our man of the match.
"It was great that all the U16 came to watch us and it speaks volumes about the spirit in the GB camp. And to do it in Berlin, at the first Jewish-European tournament in Berlin makes it extra special.
"There's a really good crop of boys in this particular age group in GB. They don't all play for one particular team but we've managed to bring together and they've had the time of their lives."
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OPEN FUTSAL - SEMI-FINAL - GB 4 SOUTH AFRICA 0
GB have reached the final of the Open Futsal competition following a 4-0 success over South Africa.
The win saw Andy Landesberg's troops build on on Sunday's terrific semi-final success over Spain and they have now booked their place in the gold medal match against the highly-fancied Australia.
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U18 FUTSAL - GB 15 GIBRALTAR 1
Hat-tricks from Danny Stapleton and Aaron Diamond saw GB register their most emphatic victory of the competition as they put 15 past Gibraltar.
James Gordon, Asher Goldberg and Jordan Nathan all fired deadly doubles, with Dan Jacobs, Chaim Korman and an own goal adding the gloss.
Adam Lustigman's boys will meet Italy in the final tomorrow. The teams drew 5-5 earlier in the competition.
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TEN PIN BOWLING
GB's bowlers added to their already impressive medal tally with gold in the Team event after finishing 495 pins ahead of Sweden.
Craig Grant collected bronze in the Open event, with Richard Da Costa finishing fifth, Russell Snipper sixth, Russell Shear eighth and Brad Mervish 10th.
Russell Snipper, Craig Grant, Richard Da Costa, Bradley Mervish and Russell Shear have all qualified for tomorrow's Masters event, one of three competitions on the final day of action.
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TENNIS
Alan Rechtman and Steve Carlin secured gold in the Masters 65+ Doubles at the Steffi Graff Stadion.
Lee Meranda and Rochelle Boyne claimed silver in the Masters Mixed finals.
Samantha Cohen and Isaac Segalov won the bronze in the Open Mixed Doubles.
There were also bronze medals for Alan Rechtman (65+ Men's Singles), Nicola Buckwald & Rochelle Boyne (Women's Doubles), Rachel Benjamin & Samantha Cohen (Women's Doubles) and Adam Pacifico & Nicola Buckwald (Mixed Doubles).
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SQUASH
There was more medal joy for GB on the squash court as Matt Crawcour and Jonathan Leslie recorded gold in the Doubles event.
Daniel Wolfson and Daniel Kaitiff pocketed the silver, with Max Ettinger ensuring a clean sweep of the medals with a bronze, as part of a combination team.
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JUNIOR BASKETBALL - GB 71 CANADA 80
GB Juniors succumbed 80-71 against their counterparts from Canada.
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GOLF
GB golfers added several more medals to their tally, with Jeremy Lichtenfeld winning the Masters Individual Scratch. Russell Nathan impressed in the Masters Scratch, Simon Freer cementing a podium finish in the Masters, Ben Brownson in the Individual Open net, as well as the Open Team taking silver.
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TABLE TENNIS
JUNIORS - SINGLES
Jack Josephs beat Horowitz won 3-0
Carl Breidnel claimed a walkover against Zeleny of Slovakia who failed to turn up, giving Carl a bye to next round where he was beaten by German no. 1 Magit.
Doddy Steltzer was beaten 3-2 by Sokolova of Germany, while Judah Jackson lost 3-1 against Bezyma of Germany.
But there was better news for Matthew Gold who overcame German opponent Ishay.
Jamie Rosen went down 3-1 Sokolova as dud Jackson against Michajlova. But GB claimed two impressive victories, with Steltzer and Gold claiming respective 3-0 wins over Ahituv and Avadov.
Doubles Quarter-Finals
Matthew Gold and Jack Joseph progressed after beating German opposition 3-1. There were also wins for Jackson and Rosen and Stelzer and Breidnel, who beat Germany and Turkey 3-0 respectively.
Singles Quarter-Finals
Stelzer and Breidnel went down 3-0 against a German opponent, but there was better news for Gold and Jackson who progressed by the same scoreline against players from the host nation.
All GB athletes have reached the semi-finals of the Doubles competition and both Jack and Matt are in the Semi-Finals of the Singles competition.
OPEN
Yoni Caspi lost his latest match in the Singles event.
MASTERS
Dov Katz and Ivan Lewis reached the semi-finals of the Doubles, while there was also success in the last eight for Jason Tendler and Michael Gerrard.
Katz moved into the semi-finals of the Singles event with a 3-2 win over Ivan Lewis.
Jason Tendler lost his Singles quarter-final match 3-2 to Benjamin Feingold of Germany.
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MASTERS FUTSAL - 7th/8th PLAYOFF - GB 8 RUSSIA 5
A treble from Danny Reuben guided GB to a seventh place finish in the Masters Futsal competition following an 8-5 victory over Russia.
Reuben made it nine goals in four games with three impressive finishes, with Mark Wagman (2) and Jon Rayner adding the gloss.
Jamie Lustigman took the gloves in the absence of the injured Phil Caplin, but it's likely to be his one and only game in goal by all accounts.
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BRIDGE
Irving and Joy Blakey finished ninth overall in the Pairs competition, while Jeff Morris and Stuart Shalom finished 10th overall
Team Maccabi GB Medal total to date: 79
GOLD - 23 medals
SILVER - 30 medals
BRONZE - 26 medals