The Starting List Standard

All things considered, luck was definitely on the side of the WDSF Managing Committee when it took an unprecedented decision on Monday 17 October, less than two weeks prior to the announced dates of the fifth regular leg of the 2016 GrandSlam Series, to move everything fom Moscow, RUS, to Platja d'Aro, ESP. First it was a matter of finding an organiser daring enough to take on an event of this calibre on such short notice. But that proved to be the easy part as two seasoned European organisers were ready to jump in. Second, none of the committee members could be anywhere close to certain that the couples would play along and move - together with the GrandSlam - from north to south, some of them foregoing the flight and hotel reservations for Moscow. But the way it looks, that has also happended - and in a fairly big way!

Nearly 60 couples are on the preliminary starting list for the GrandSlam Standard. Here they are!

26	ABEL, MADIS - GALKINA, ALEKSANDRA	ESTONIA
143	AGOVINO, ENRICO - MIRABELLA, PASQUALINA	ITALY
135	ALOE, DAVIDE - LOPES, NATACHA	PORTUGAL
149	BASIN, BORIS - SHCHEKINA, ELIZAVETA	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
110	BAUER, STEFAN MICHAEL - BARROSO VICENTE, SARA	SPAIN
156	BESEDIN, ANTON - STRELKOVA, EKATERINA	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
119	BLAZQUEZ LLISTOSELLA, JORDI - MODROVEJO I COLLELL, CRISTINA	SPAIN
118	BOCANEGRA GONZALEZ, JUAN - VINEGLAS DIAZ, MIREIA	SPAIN
154	BOSCO, ALESSANDRO - NOLAN, LAURA	IRELAND
130	BREDIKHIN, ALEXEY - DEMENKOVA, DARIA	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
121	BRUNI, MICHAEL - CASSAI, CHIARA	ITALY
158	CICCHITTI, MATTEO - BRECIKOVA, SIMONA	SLOVAKIA
147	COSTA, SERGIO - ALMEIDA, ANA RITA	PORTUGAL
123	DARIN, NIKOLAY - SEREDINA, NATALIA	MOLDOVA
108	DI MELFI, GIANLUCA - MADSEN, KRISTINE	DENMARK
114	DONATO, LUCIANO - DIODATI, ADELE	ITALY
104	DRHA, MICHAL - ZAMECNIKOVA, KLARA	CZECH REPUBLIC
132	DROBINA, NORBERT - VASAS, VIKTORIA	SERBIA
128	FAINSIL, TOMAS - POSMETNAYA, VIOLETTA	LITHUANIA
101	FALIBOGA, RAUL - RADU, ANDRA-MIHAELA	ROMANIA
150	FARINA, PASQUALE - KOBORG, SOFIE	DENMARK
103	FERRARO, ALDO - PAGLIA, LUISA	ITALY
106	FIDELFO, PIER FRANCESCO - SALOMON GAGNAIRE, MORGANE	FRANCE
122	GALUPPO, FRANCESCO - PACINI, DEBORA	ITALY
153	GLUKHOV, ALEXEY - GLAZUNOVA, ANASTASIA	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
100	GONCHAROV, NIKITA - MUSCHALIK, ALINA SIRANYA	GERMANY
157	IZHAK, YEHONATHAN - BASHAN, CHEN	ISRAEL
116	KAREL, MARTIN - SIMONOVA, MONIKA	SLOVAKIA
117	KECSKEMETI, DANIEL - FELLINGHAUEROVA, BARBORA	CZECH REPUBLIC
109	KHADIR, YOHAN - DUCAP, ANNE	FRANCE
129	KIRIN, VASILY - PROZOROVA, EKATERINA	AUSTRIA
141	KOLOBOV, DMITRI - BUSK, SIGNE	DENMARK
159	LACITIS, VAIDOTAS - GOLODNEVA, VERONIKA	LITHUANIA
145	LARCHER, PIERRE-HENRI - RIABUKHA, OLEKSANDRA	FRANCE
146	LINIS, EDGARS - ANCANE, ELIZA	LATVIA
148	LUSIN, VALENTIN - LUSIN, RENATA	GERMANY
137	MERENGUER, DAVID - CARREL, JULINE	FRANCE
120	MESTRE DAMIANS, FRANCESC - NEKRASOVA, VALERIA	SPAIN
124	MICK, LUBOMIR - DINDOFFEROVA, ADRIANA	SLOVAKIA
134	MOSHENIN, EVGENY - SPITSYNA, DANA	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
152	MYCKA, DARIUSZ - FREIBERGA, MADARA	POLAND
112	OLIVEIRA, RICARDO - BIRING-HALL, EMILY	PORTUGAL
102	PAFFILE, MATTIA LUCA - ROSE, CARMEN	ITALY
138	PETRILLI, GIULIO - KOPOKEN, RIIKKA	FINLAND
115	PULCINI, ALEX - DI LORENZO, SARA	ITALY
111	RUSCITO, DANIELE - CARTIGIANO, NICOLE	ITALY
113	SGROI, GIUSEPPE - LLORCA, MERCE	SPAIN
142	SHOLKOV, DAVID - BERI, NICOLE	CANADA
133	SHURIN, VADIM - MESHKOVA, ANASTASIA	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
139	SKURATOV, ANTON - UEHLIN, ALENA	GERMANY
127	SODEIKA, EVALDAS - ZUKAUSKAITE, IEVA	LITHUANIA
155	SPANO, MIRKO - ROMANO, PAMELA	ITALY
105	TARRADE, JOFFREY - DARGIER, MENDY	FRANCE
151	VARFOLOMEEV, IVAN - REMINA, VALERIA	RUSSIAN FEDERATION
144	VECE, CRHISTIAN - VORIA, MARIACHIARA	ITALY
131	VENCESLAU, BERNARDO - CAIRES, MAIRA	PORTUGAL
107	ZAPPIETRO, FABIO - MACCHI, SONIA	ITALY
125	ZHARKOV, DMITRY - KULIKOVA, OLGA	RUSSIAN FEDERATION