[<<] [>>] by Jenny Williams
4th July 2001 (World Championship)

With all but one of the block games completed, the qualifiers for most of the knockout round have been sorted out. The remaining game is between Maugham and B.Fleming, but won't change any standings.

The top 4 from each block qualify for the knockout, they are:

Block A:
J.Dawson
Fulford
Louw
Meatheringham

Block B:
Bamford
M.Clarke
Farthing
M.McInerney

Block C:
Bulloch
B.Fleming
Maugham
R.McInerney

Block D:
Burrow
Fournier
Mulliner
one of: Davis, Sands, Curry

Block E:
Hort
Jackson
McBride
Patmore

Block F:
Brown
Garrison
Tibble
S.Williams

Block G:
C.Clarke
Cunningham
Gibbons
Suter

Block H:
Dyer
Trimmer
two of: T.Bassett, Johnson, Irwin

playoffs will take place in the morning to sort out the qualifiers from Blocks D and H.

The top two qualifiers from each block will be seeded in the knock out, and players will be separated by country. The seeding is done from the world rankings as at 20 May 2001. With Mulliner and Irwin not qualifying in the top two of their respective blocks, the seeds are (in order):

Fulford
Bamford
Jackson
Garrison
Maugham
Cunningham
C.Clarke
B.Fleming

Breakdown of qualifiers by country is approximately:
E: 12-14, I: 4, NZ: 3-5, A: 3-5, SA 3, US: 1, Scot: 1, Jer: 1, Can: 1

The lawns were pretty quick today, and the hoops on the cricket pitch at Hurlingham very unforgiving, and there were no more sextuples. However, the forecast for London for the read of the week and weekend is for rain and showers, so the lawns may be slower for the later stages.

Weather from uk.weather.yahoo.com (in deg C):
Thur: 19-25, rain
Fri-Sun: 16-24, showers

Schedule for tomorrow:

Hurlingham:

Playoffs

Single-Banked Knockout Matches (the Draw Will be Done Sometime Tomorrow)

Other venues:

1st Round Plate Matches