AT CLUB HELENSVALE, GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA

Men: Sec.1: Rd.4: Mohammad Soufi Rusli (MAS) bt Frank de Vries (NED) 13-4 11-8, Ronnie Chia (SIN) bt John Bjornson (CAN) 6-5 7-5, Ben Sherwen (ENG) bt Des Hipa (NIU) 13-3 11-5, Phil Jones (NFI) bt Jim Preston (CYP) 5-6 12-4 5-0. Rd.5: Chia bt Hipa 13-4 11-2, Preston bt Rusli 7-6 6-11 3-2, Rudi Jacobs (RSA) bt Jones 5-9 9-4 3-0, Sherwen bt De Vries 12-11 7-5. Current standings: Rusli 9 points +40 shots, Sherwen 9 +22, Jacobs 9 +19, De Vries 9 -12, Bonsor 6 +11, Chia 6 +7, Bjornson 6 +1, Jones 6 -7, Preston 3 -32, Hipa 0 -49

Sec.2: Rd.4: Jon Tomlinson (WAL) bt Terry Bowes (ZIM) 8-5 16-3, Rahman Omar (BRU) bt Koko Ontong (THA) 9-9 11-6, Scott Thulborn (AUS) bt Bill Brault (USA) 15-5 11-5, Clive McGreal (IOM) bt Ken Chan (HKC) 10-7 6-14 2-1. Rd.5: Ozkan Akar (TUR) bt Zvika Hadar (ISR) 9-5 6-13 2-1, Thulborn bt Tomlinson 5-7 11-4 3-1, Brault bt Ontong13-1 9-5, Chan bt Omar 8-6 14-6. Current standings: Thulborn 12 points +38 shots, Tomlinson 9 +14, Brault 6 +11, Ontong 6 -4, Chan 6 +14, Omar 6 -9, Akar 6 -6, McGreal 6 -10, Hadar 3 -2, Bowes 0 -46.

Women: Sec.1: Rd.3: Anne Nunes (USA) bt Yoko Goda (JPN) 10-4 6-6, Natasha Scott (AUS) bt Diane Roberts (CYP) 10-10 15-4, Virginia Longfellow (SIN) bt Catherine Papani (NIU) 14-4 15-4, Debbie Robertson (ZIM) bt Rosie Brown (IRE) 8-75-11 5-0, Judith Wason (WAL) bt Mali Reuven (ISR) 9-3 9-8. Rd.4: Roberts bt Goda 14-4 11-4, Wason bt Robertson 16-2 13-7, Nunes bt Scott 11-7 8-8, Longfellow bt Foster Banda (ZAM) 9-7 9-6, Brown bt Reuven 8-7 18-0. Current standings: Wason 12 points +56 shots, Brown 9 +41, Longfellow 9 +30, Scott 9 +47, Roberts 6 +5, Nunes 6 -8, Goda 6 -19, Robertson 3 -43, Banda 0 -19, Reuven 0 -27, Papani 0 -63.

Sec.2: Rd.3: Harriette Pituley (CAN) bt Tai Jim (CKI) 9-5 4-9 3-2, Sophie Tolchard (ENG) bt Amalia Matali (BRU) 10-5 5-5, Carmen Anderson (NFI) bt Rahsan Akar (TUR) 12-3 8-8, Eileen McEwan (SCO) bt Trish Young (RSA) 9-3 10-10, Sue Bryant (THA) bt Ainie Knight (PHI) 10-8 7-6. Rd.4: Knight bt Tolchard 9-6 9-8, Anderson bt Saskia Schaft (NED) 5-10 10-8 3-2, Matali bt Bryant 7-6 7-8 4-2, Young bt Pituley 13-5 7-9 3-2, Jim bt McEwan 13-5 7-10 4-2. Current standings: Anderson 12 points +18 shots, Tolchard 9 +30, Bryant 6 +1, Knight 6 +8, Pituley 6 -2, Jim 6 +2, Matali 6 -6, McEwan 3 +1, Schaft 3 +1, Young 0 -23, Akar 0 -27.

Photo: Australia’s Scott Thulborn is the only unbeaten player in the men’s field, while Norfolk Island’s Carmen Anderson and Judith Wason from Wales are unscathed after two days of fierce combat in the women’s competition at Club Helensvale.