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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Carolina Open presented by GlaxoSmithKline
June 9 - 13, 2004

(15) Colin Pocock/Gershon Rorich, South Africa

Colin Pocock
South Africa

Photo: www.beachsports.co.za

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 11, 1972 (53 yrs old)

Home Town:

Harare, Zimbabwe

Height:

195 cm (6'6")

Weight:

104 kg (229 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Athens 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$4,900.00

Gershon Rorich
South Africa

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Oct 23, 1973 (52 yrs old)

Home Town:

Cape Town

Height:

196 cm (6'5")

Weight:

99 kg (218 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB Athens 2004)

Career Winnings:

US$6,200.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	2	5	US$9,000.00

Previous Carolina Beach Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/2-6/2004	Portugal Open	Q23	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/26-30/2004	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Q24	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	5/19-23/2004	China Open	Q16	33rd	18	US$0.00
FIVB	3/23-28/2004	South Africa Open	10	17th	72	US$3,000.00

Puerto Rico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 6/11/2004	Winner 1	Katsuhiro Shiratori / Satoshi Watanabe, Japan (18)	Lost 10-21, 11-21	0:30
Fri, 6/11/2004	Contender 1	Mark VanZwieten / Steve VanZwieten, United States (31, Q11)	Lost 28-30, 21-17, 13-15	1:00

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	$9,000.00
Total	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0	$9,000.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Colin Pocock												Gershon Rorich
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	$4,900.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0	$6,200.00
15	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	$4,900.00	Total	22	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	0	$6,200.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,000.00	3	7	30.0 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$5,000.00	3	7	30.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Colin Pocock													Gershon Rorich
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											1995	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$250.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1996	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$750.00
											1997	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$700.00
											1998	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,500.00	2004	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	$2,500.00
6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	$2,500.00	Total	Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	$4,200.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	14	82.4%	1-16	5.9%	4-14	22.2%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	7-17	29.2%
2003-2004	4	57.1%	2	28.6%	1	14.3%	6-1	85.7%	1	5.9%	2	11.8%	14	82.4%	1-16	5.9%	4-14	22.2%	3-3	50.0%	0	0	7-17	29.2%
Against the Field	0		0		0		0-0		0	0.0%	2	25.0%	6	75.0%	0-8	0.0%	0-12	0.0%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	0-8	0.0%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	12
Total	0	0	4	7	2	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	17

Head to Head Results
Pocock/Rorich trail the series against the field 0-4 (Lead 0 Series, Trail 4 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 3 Rogers/Scott, United States 0-1
5/20/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Rogers/Scott	10, Q1	Pocock/Rorich	Q16	21-12, 21-18	0:36
Trail the series against # 9 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-1
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	Pocock/Rorich	10	21-16, 21-15	0:34
Trail the series against # 18 Shiratori/Watanabe, Japan 0-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Winner 1	Shiratori/Watanabe	18	Pocock/Rorich	15	21-10, 21-11	0:30
Trail the series against # 31, Q11 VanZwieten/VanZwieten, United States 0-1
6/11/04	FIVB	Puerto Rico Open	Contender 1	VanZwieten/VanZwieten	31, Q11	Pocock/Rorich	15	30-28, 17-21, 15-13	1:00