CLUB HELENSVALE, GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA
Men Sec.1: Rd.8: Rudi Jacobs (RSA) bt Ronnie Chia (SIN) 9-4 6-5, Pete Bonsor (ESP) bt Phil Jones (NFI) 12-3 7-5, Jim Preston (CYP) bt Ben Sherwen (ENG) 6-11 10-4 5-0, Mohammad Soufi Rusli (MAS) bt John Bjornson (CAN) 10-6 10-6. Rd.9: Bonsor bt Des Hipa (NIU) 14-2 17-2, Jacobs bt Sherwen 10-4 7-6, Chia bt Preston 3-9 9-8 6-4, Bjornson bt Frank de Vries (NED) 9-6 10-5. Current standings: Bonsor 18 points +73 shots, Rusli 15 +61, Jacobs 15 +23, Sherwen 12 +21, Bjornson 12 +10, De Vries 12 -4, Jones 9 -21, Chia 9 -14, Preston 9 -44, Hipa 0 -85.
Sec.2: Rd.8: Ozkan Akar (TUR) bt Bill Brault (USA) 13-6 4-9 3-1, Jon Tomlinson (WAL) bt Koko Ontong (THA) 6-7 8-7 3-1, Scott Thulborn (AUS) bt Clive McGreal (IOM) 10-7 17-4, Zvika Hadar (ISR) bt Terry Bowes (ZIM) 11-10 14-0. Rd.9: Thulborn bt Ken Chan (HKC) 8-5 8-4, Tomlinson bt Hadar 11-8 7-6, Rahman Omar (BRU) bt Akar 14-4 7-8 3-1, Ontong bt Bowes 10-7 12-3. Current standings: Thulborn 24 points +76 shots, Tomlinson 21 +22, Omar 12 +12, McGreal 12 -8, Ontong 9 +8, Chan 9 +21, Akar 9 -32, Hadar 6 -17, Brault 6 +6, Bowes 0 -88.
Women: Sec.1: Rd.7: Anne Nunes (USA) bt Mali Reuven (ISR) 7-5 12-7, Natasha Scott (AUS) bt Yoko Goda (JPN) 13-4 8-4, Foster Banda (ZAM) bt Catherine Papani (NIU) 16-2 9-2, Debbie Robertson (ZIM) bt Diane Roberts (CYP) 7-6 7-6, Virginia Longfellow (SIN) bt Rosie Brown (IRE) 8-3 6-5. Rd.8: Judith Wason (WAL) bt Papani 14-4 9-6, Banda bt Brown 10-1 5-10 3-1, Robertson bt Goda 10-3 10-5, Scott bt Reuven 18-3 12-4, Nunes bt Longfellow 9-3 7-7. Rd.9: Scott bt Brown 14-0 13-1, Nunes bt Roberts 11-5 6-9 4-1, Wason bt Goda 15-4 9-6, Robertson bt Papani 7-7 11-2, Banda bt Reuven 14-1 11-6. Current standings: Scott 24 points +139 shots, Nunes 21 +41, Wason 18 +61, Longfellow 15 +29, Brown 12 +10, Robertson 12 -21, Roberts 12 +18, Banda 12 +23, Goda 6 -72, Reuven 3 -78, Papani 0 -150.
Sec.2: Rd.7: Carmen Anderson (NFI) bt Sue Bryant (THA) 10-10 14-6, Eileen McEwan (SCO) bt Harriette Pituley (CAN) 10-8 9-4, Tai Jim (CKI) bt Rahsan Akar (TUR) 9-8 10-2, Amalia Matali (BRU) bt Ainie Knight (PHI) 3-12 7-6 3-2, Trish Young (RSA) bt Saskia Schaft (NED) 7-6 6-7 6-0. Rd.8: Sophie Tolchard (ENG) bt Jim 9-3 7-5, McEwan bt Akar 17-1 12-5, Bryant bt Young 15-3 1-13 3-2, Anderson bt Matali 7-8 10-4 3-1, Schaft bt Pituley 10-1 7-6. Rd.9: Tolchard bt Bryant 10-3 9-3, Knight bt Akar 12-7 11-4, Anderson bt Pituley 17-2 9-9, Jim bt Young 9-6 4-18 3-2, Schaft bt Matali 11-3 19-2. Current standings: Anderson 24 points +44 shots, Tolchard 18 +70, Schaft 15 +63, Bryant 15 -6, Matali 15 -16, Knight 12 +29, Jim 12 -29, McEwan 9 +7, Young 9 -4, Pituley 6 -43, Akar 0 -115.
Photo: Big Spaniard Pete Bonsor is clear leader in men’s Section 1.