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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$180,000 Portugal Open
June 2 - 6, 2004

(Q23) 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 Espinho Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
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

Portugal Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 6/3/2004	Qualifier 2	Julius Brink / Kjell Schneider, Germany (21, Q10)	Lost 15-21, 18-21	0:39

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	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,000.00	3	5	37.5 %
Total	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$3,000.00	3	5	37.5 %

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
4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00	2004	FIVB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	$1,500.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	$1,500.00	Total	Total	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	5	$3,200.00

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	2	50.0%	1	25.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	6.7%	14	93.3%	0-15	0.0%	4-28	12.5%	2-4	33.3%	0	0	3-16	15.8%

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 1-5 (Lead 1 Series, Trail 5 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 7 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 # 10 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
Lead the series against # 16 Berger/Doppler, Austria 1-0
3/25/04	FIVB	South Africa Open	Contender 1	Pocock/Rorich	10	Berger/Doppler	7	21-14, 21-19	0:42
Trail the series against # 17 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 # 21, Q10 Brink/Schneider, Germany 0-1
6/3/04	FIVB	Portugal Open	Qualifier 2	Brink/Schneider	21, Q10	Pocock/Rorich	Q23	21-15, 21-18	0:39
Trail the series against # Q6 Cadieux/Holden, Canada 0-1
5/27/04	FIVB	Serbia and Montenegro Open	Qualifier 2	Cadieux/Holden	Q9	Pocock/Rorich	Q24	21-17, 23-21	0:38