CLUB HELENSVALE, GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA

Men: Sec.1: Rd.6: Ben Sherwen (ENG) bt Phil Jones (NFI) 8-7 12-6, Jim Preston (CYP) bt Des Hipa (NIU) 12-1 5-7 2-1, Pete Bonsor (ESP) bt Mohammad Soufi Rusli (MAS) 8-5 8-14 3-2, John Bjornson (CAN) bt Rudi Jacobs (RSA) 5-13 8-7 3-2. Rd.7: Bonsor bt Preston 20-1 14-6, Rusli bt Ronnie Chia (SIN) 8-4 10-4, Frank de Vries (NED) bt Jacobs 15-2 8-5, Jones bt Bjornson 6-4 9-7. Current standings: Rusli 12 points +53 shots, Sherwen 12 +29, Bonsor 12 +35, De Vries 12 +4, Jacobs 9 +10, Jones 9 -10, Bjornson 9 +10, Chia 6 -3, Preston 6 -50, Hipa 0 -58.

Sec.2: Rd.6: Scott Thulborn (AUS) bt Ozkan Akar (TUR) 9-7 6-4, Jon Tomlinson (WAL) bt Ken Chan (HKC) 10-3 3-9 5-0, Clive McGreal (IOM) bt Terry Bowes (ZIM) 5-9 19-0 3-1, Rahman Omar (BRU) bt Zvika Hadar (ISR) 5-7 18-1 4-1. Rd.7: Thulborn bt Hadar 8-9 17-5 4-0, Chan bt Akar 7-7 16-1, Tomlinson bt Omar 10-9 7-5, McGreal bt Bill Brault (USA) 8-6 8-7. Current standings: Thulborn 18 points +53 shots, Tomlinson 15 +18, McGreal 12 +8, Chan 9 +28, Omar 9 +3, Brault 6 +8, Ontong 6 -4, Akar 6 -25, Hadar 3 -28, Bowes 0 -61.

Women: Sec.1: Rd.5: Natasha Scott (AUS) bt Judith Wason (WAL) 14-1 7-5, Anne Nunes (USA) bt Catherine Papani (NIU) 13-2 22-3, Diane Roberts (CYP) bt Mali Reuven (ISR) 5-6 10-5 2-1, Virginia Longfellow (SIN) bt Yoko Goda (JPN) 11-6 12-3, Foster Banda (ZAM) bt Debbie Robertson (ZIM) 6-9 9-6 2-1. Rd.6: Scott bt Longfellow 14-4 10-5, Nunes bt Banda 7-5 6-5, Rosie Brown (IRE) bt Wason 10-4 8-7, Reuven bt Robertson 9-9 8-7, Roberts bt Papani 10-2 10-4. Current standings: Scott 15 points +77 shots, Brown 12 +48, Longfellow 12 +29, Wason 12 +34, Nunes 12 +25, Roberts 12 +23, Goda 6 -33, Reuven 3 -30, Robertson 3 -54, Banda 3 -22, Papani 0 -107.

Sec.2: Rd.5: Carmen Anderson (NFI) bt Sophie Tolchard (ENG) 2-10 10-4 3-0, Saskia Schaft (NED) bt Tai Jim (CKI) 6-5 13-3, Amalia Matali (BRU) bt Rahsan Akar (TUR) 21-3 12-2, Trish Young (RSA) bt Ainie Knight (PHI) 11-6 9-5, Sue Bryant (THA) bt Eileen McEwan (SCO) 6-4 10-7. Rd.6: Tolchard bt McEwan 14-1 8-4, Knight bt Jim 9-6 12-5, Bryant bt Harriette Pituley (CAN) 11-4 8-6, Schaft bt Akar 13-4 12-5, Matali bt Young 10-4 5-11 5-0. Current standings: Anderson 15 points +16 shots, Bryant 12 +15, Tolchard 12 +49, Matali 12 +22, Schaft 9 +28, Knight 9 +9, Young 6 -15, Pituley 6 -11, Jim 6 -19, McEwan 3 -23, Akar 0 -71.

Photo: Norfolk Island’s diminutive Carmen Anderson, the reigning World Cup singles champion, remains the only undefeated female competitor at Club Helensvale following today’s come-from-behind victory over hot favourite Sophie Tolchard from England.