CLUB HELENSVALE, GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
Men: Sec.1: Rd.10: Ben Sherwen (ENG) bt John Bjornson (CAN) 5-8 8-4 3-1, Mohammad Soufi Rusli (MAS) 17-2 13-3, Frank de Vries (NED) bt Phil Jones (NFI) 9-9 10-6, Ronnie Chia (SIN) bt Pete Bonsor (ESP) 8-6 15-5. Rd.11: Jones bt Des Hipa (NIU) 14-2 10-3, Bonsor bt Sherwen 14-2 11-7, Rusli bt Rudi Jacobs (RSA) 9-3 10-5, De Vries bt Chia 6-6 12-3. Final standings: Rusli 21 points +97 shots, Bonsor 21 +77, De Vries 18 +5, Jacobs 15 +12, Sherwen 15 +6, Jones 12 -6, Bjornson 12 -11, Chia 12 -7, Preston 9 -44, Hipa 0 -129.
Sec.2: Rd.10: Rahman Omar (BRU) bt Scott Thulborn (AUS) 10-5 8-5, Ken Chan (HKC) bt Zvika Hadar (ISR) 13-4 9-4, Jon Tomlinson (WAL) bt Ozkan Akar (TUR) 7-6 6-6, Bill Brault (USA) bt Terry Bowes (ZIM) 7-7 6-6 4-1, Koko Ontong (THA) bt Clive McGreal (IOM) 11-5 5-13 5-0. Rd.11: Chan bt Brault 15-4 8-4, Hadar bt Ontong 3-8 10-6 4-2, McGreal bt Akar 11-4 8-6, Omar bt Bowes 8-5 16-1. Final standings: Thulborn 24 points +68 shots, Tomlinson 24 +23, Omar 18 +42, Chan 15 +50, McGreal 15 +3, Ontong 12 +7, Hadar 9 -32, Brault 9 -9, Akar 9 -42, Bowes 0 -106.
Qualifiers: Sec.1: Rusli (MAS), Bonsor (ESP), De Vries (NED); Sec.2: Thulborn (AUS), Tomlinson (WAL), Omar (BRU).
Tomorrow 10am: Tomlinson v Bonsor – winner to play Rusli in semi final at 2.00pm; Omar v De Vries – winner to play Thulborn in semi final at 2.00pm.
Women: Sec.1: Rd.10: Rosie Brown (IRE) bt Yoko Goda (JPN) 3-9 9-2 3-1, Mali Reuven (ISR) bt Catherine Papani (NIU) 11-4 10-2, Anne Nunes (USA) bt Debbie Robertson (ZIM) 5-5 12-6, Virginia Longfellow (SIN) bt Judith Wason (WAL) 10-8 10-8, Diane Roberts (CYP) bt Foster Banda (ZAM) 9-7 7-11 5-0. Rd.11: Natasha Scott (AUS) bt Banda 13-5 9-6, Longfellow bt Reuven 6-6 10-5, Roberts bt Wason 6-10 11-6 2-1, Goda bt Papani 10-10 10-1, Nunes bt Brown 7-6 9-7. Final standings: Scott 27 points +150 shots, Nunes 27 +50, Longfellow 21 +38, Wason 18 +56, Roberts 18 +17, Brown 15 +8, Robertson 12 -27, Banda 12 +14, Goda 9 -64, Reuven 6 -68, Papani 0 -174.
Sec.2: Rd.10: Sophie Tolchard (ENG) bt Harriette Pituley (CAN) 17-2 10-7, Ainie Knight (PHI) bt Saskia Schaft (NED) 13-6 9-6, Carmen Anderson (NFI) bt Eileen McEwan (SCO) 11-5 10-5, Amalia Matali (BRU) bt Tai Jim (CKI) 7-5 9-4, Trish Young (RSA) bt Rahsan Akar (TUR) 18-2 14-1. Rd.11: Knight bt McEwan 12-5 7-4, Tolchard bt Akar 14-5 11-2, Matali bt Pituley 15-4 8-5, Anderson bt Young 10-7 10-5, Schaft bt Sue Bryant (THA) 16-3 8-3. Final standings: Anderson 30 points +63, Tolchard 24 +106, Matali 21 +5, Schaft 18 +71, Knight 18 +49, Bryant 15 -24, Young 12 +17, Jim 12 -36, McEwan 9 -14, Pituley 6 -75, Akar 0 -162.
Qualifiers: Sec.1: Scott (AUS), Nunes (USA), Longfellow (SIN); Sec.2: Anderson (NFI), Tolchard (ENG), Matali (BRU)
Tomorrow 10am: Longfellow v Nunes – winner to play Scott in semi final at 2.00pm; Matali v Tolchard – winner to play Anderson in semi final at 2.00pm.
Photo: Section winners Natasha Scott (AUS), Scott Thulborn (AUS), Carmen Anderson (NFI) and Mohammad Soufi Rusli (MAS).
