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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
XXVIII Olympic Games
August 14 - 25, 2004

(19) 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 Athens Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/28-8/1/2004	Austria Grand Slam	Q15	41st	16	US$0.00
FIVB	7/14-18/2004	France Grand Slam	Q13	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	7/7-11/2004	Spain Open	31	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/30-7/4/2004	Norway Open	31	25th	36	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/23-27/2004	Germany Grand Slam	Q24	41st	20	US$0.00
FIVB	6/16-20/2004	Switzerland Open	Q23	41st	12	US$0.00
FIVB	6/9-13/2004	Puerto Rico Open	15	25th	36	US$2,000.00
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

Athens XXVIII Olympic Games Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 8/14/2004

Pool F

Pavlos Beligratis / Thanassis Michalopoulos, Greece (6)

Won 21-16, 24-26, 15-10

1:18

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Colin Pocock	Total	34	18	0	0.529	2	8	0	0
	1	34	18	0	0.529	2	8	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Gershon Rorich	Total	43	22	0	0.512	1	20	0	0
	1	43	22	0	0.512	1	20	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
	3	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Mon, 8/16/2004

Pool F

Mariano Baracetti / Martin Conde, Argentina (7)

Lost 13-21, 15-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Colin Pocock	Total	14	8	0	0.571	1	2	0	1
	1	14	8	0	0.571	1	2	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Gershon Rorich	Total	18	9	0	0.500	0	3	1	1
	1	18	9	0	0.500	0	3	1	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Wed, 8/18/2004

Pool F

Joao Brenha / Miguel Maia, Portugal (18)

Won 22-20, 22-20

0:49

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Colin Pocock	Total	20	10	0	0.500	2	5	0	2
	1	20	10	0	0.500	2	5	0	2
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Gershon Rorich	Total	34	16	0	0.471	1	16	0	1
	1	34	16	0	0.471	1	16	0	1
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Sat, 8/21/2004

Winner 1

Julien Prosser / Mark Williams, Australia (17)

Lost 14-21, 10-21

0:35

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Colin Pocock	Total	14	6	0	0.429	3	3	0	0
	1	14	6	0	0.429	3	3	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0
Gershon Rorich	Total	30	10	0	0.333	0	5	0	0
	1	30	10	0	0.333	0	5	0	0
	2	0	0	0		0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Colin Pocock	82	42	0	0.512	8	18	0	3
Gershon Rorich	125	57	0	0.456	2	44	1	2
Total	207	99	0	0.478	10	62	1	5
Opponents	227	128	0	0.564	10	79	6	17

Olympic Games Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2004	Olympic Games	Athens	Gershon Rorich - 9th	Colin Pocock - 9th

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	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	7	$9,000.00	7	17	29.2 %
Total	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	7	$9,000.00	7	17	29.2 %

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
12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	$4,500.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	7	$4,500.00
13	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	8	$4,500.00	Total	Total	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	5	9	$6,200.00

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	1	50.0%	1	50.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	2-12	14.3%	2-2	50.0%	0	0	2-7	22.2%

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 2-7 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 4 Dieckmann/Reckermann, Germany 0-1
7/9/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Winner 1	Dieckmann/Reckermann	2	Pocock/Rorich	31	21-13, 21-13	0:36
Lead the series against # 6 Beligratis/Michalopoulos, Greece 1-0
8/14/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Pocock/Rorich	19	Beligratis/Michalopoulos	6	21-16, 24-26, 15-10	1:18
Trail the series against # 7 Baracetti/Conde, Argentina 0-2
8/16/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Baracetti/Conde	7	Pocock/Rorich	19	21-13, 21-15	0:36
7/2/04	FIVB	Norway Open	Winner 1	Baracetti/Conde	2	Pocock/Rorich	31	23-21, 19-21, 15-8	0:52
Trail the series against # 11 Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug, Germany 0-1
3/26/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 2	Dieckmann/Scheuerpflug	9	Pocock/Rorich	10	21-16, 21-16	0:36
Trail the series against # 17 Prosser/Williams, Australia 0-1
8/21/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Winner 1	Prosser/Williams	17	Pocock/Rorich	19	21-14, 21-10	0:35
Lead the series against # 18 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
8/18/04	FIVB	Athens XXVIII Olympic Games	Pool F	Pocock/Rorich	19	Brenha/Maia	18	22-20, 22-20	0:49
Trail the series against # 21 Hernandez/Papaleo, Puerto Rico 0-2
7/14/04	FIVB	France Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Hernandez/Papaleo	21, Q4	Pocock/Rorich	Q13	21-14, 21-17	0:40
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Winner 1	Hernandez/Papaleo	23, Q2	Pocock/Rorich	10	21-16, 21-15	0:34