SF: (4) Dave Rice WR 317 defeated (7) Antal van der Duim (NED) WR 426 by 6-2 7-6(4)

Ed & Dan S back to even stevens in the second set: *3-3.

SF:  (5) Dan Smethurst WR 377 defeated (3) Ed Corrie WR 296 by 6-7(6) 6-4 6-3

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Final:  (5) Dan Smethurst WR 377 vs (4) Dave Rice WR 317

I wonder whether Dave will get his revenge tomorrow.

paulisi wrote:

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Fancy Dan is set for a career high and will get close to 300 with a win.

He is currently on 126pts(inc. last weeks win) with at least 10pts for this week and only 10pts to defend from Wirral final last year until March.(I think there may be an issue on Steven's table with points to defend)

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I wouldn't put it past me to have messed something up, obviously, but I can't see anything obviously wrong - what do you think the issue is?

As far as I can see, both Dan and Dave reached the SFs in Sheffield last year, so they will both get a +4 point swing on Monday week as things stand, with total points as follows:

Dave: 138 now + 10 from Sunderland - 3 (current 18th best) + 10 - 6 (Sheffield 2014 - 2013) = 149

Dan: 108 now + 18 from Sunderland - 0 (only had 17 counters) + 10 - 6 (Sheffield 2014 - 2013) = 130

So, based only on the points needed for each position in the current rankings, approximate rankings will be:

Dave: WR 301 if he loses, WR 287 if he wins (already sure of a CH either way)

Dan: WR 330 if he loses, WR 317 if he wins (current CH is 331, so a new one if he wins, may scrape one if even if he loses)

RJA wrote:

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Unfortunately Ed's ranking is in danger of heading in the opposite direction at a pretty similar rate.

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Very true - who'd have thought after his stunning first quarter last year that he'd still be doing Futures now Another example of the dangers of not taking advantage of a good Futures run to move up and kick on quickly. At the start of the year, more than half of his points were due to come off in the first quarter.

steven wrote:

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paulisi wrote:

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Fancy Dan is set for a career high and will get close to 300 with a win.

He is currently on 126pts(inc. last weeks win) with at least 10pts for this week and only 10pts to defend from Wirral final last year until March.(I think there may be an issue on Steven's table with points to defend)

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I wouldn't put it past me to have messed something up, obviously, but I can't see anything obviously wrong - what do you think the issue is?

As far as I can see, both Dan and Dave reached the SFs in Sheffield last year, so they will both get a +4 point swing on Monday week as things stand, with total points as follows:

Dave: 138 now + 10 from Sunderland - 3 (current 18th best) + 10 - 6 (Sheffield 2014 - 2013) = 149

Dan: 108 now + 18 from Sunderland - 0 (only had 17 counters) + 10 - 6 (Sheffield 2014 - 2013) = 130

So, based only on the points needed for each position in the current rankings, approximate rankings will be:

Dave: WR 301 if he loses, WR 287 if he wins (already sure of a CH either way)

Dan: WR 330 if he loses, WR 317 if he wins (current CH is 331, so a new one if he wins, may scrape one if even if he loses)

 

 

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 It may just be the weeks are out - i was looking at points to defend from Wirral next week as the next to come off and Dan had 10 and Ed 18. If they are not due for another week then it's my mistake.