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European Championship Tour
€ 100,000 English Masters
September 11 - 14, 2008

(5) Steve Grotowski/Gregg Weaver, England

Steve Grotowski
England

/ United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

May 30, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

London

Height:

198 cm (6'6")

Weight:

93 kg (205 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career CEV Best:

13th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$20,971.45

Gregg Weaver
England

Photo: eurobeachtour.com

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 3, 1982 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Poole, England

Height:

191 cm (6'3")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

9th (FIVB C&S Geroskipou 2007)

Career CEV Best:

13th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$18,996.45

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	21	25	29	33	41	Money
CEV	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	2	0	0	US$4,534.24
CEV C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$277.94
FIVB	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	5	0	4	8	US$24,200.00
FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$1,750.00
Overall	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	5	4	5	2	4	8	US$30,762.18

Previous Blackpool Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	28, Q7	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	30, Q8	25th	60	US$1,800.00
FIVB C&S	7/3-6/2008	Brno Challenger	9	13th	24	US$700.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	Q17	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/28-6/1/2008	Dutch Masters	Q12	21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	5/22-25/2008	Swiss Masters	Q14	29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q30	41st	18	US$0.00
CEV	5/9-12/2008	Austrian Masters	Q13	21st	60	€ 0.00
CEV	4/17-20/2008	Spanish Masters	Q25	29th	30	€ 0.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	Q19	41st	18	US$0.00

English Masters Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Fri, 9/12/2008	Winner 1	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (12, Q2)	Lost 9-21, 13-21	0:36
Fri, 9/12/2008	Contender 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (13)	Lost 17-21, 16-21	0:40

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$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,800.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	$22,400.00
Challenger	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00
Total	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	5	0	$25,950.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Steve Grotowski												Gregg Weaver
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	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$2,650.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$900.00
32	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	7	0	$14,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	34	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	5	0	$14,725.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	$1,225.00	Challenger	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$875.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
45	0	0	0	0	0	3	7	8	0	$18,475.00	Total	49	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	6	0	$16,500.00

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
2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2	3	40.0 %
2007	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$1,050.00	3	2	60.0 %
2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$3,600.00	6	7	46.2 %
2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$700.00	1	2	33.3 %
2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$1,200.00	2	6	25.0 %
Total	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	$3,600.00	8	10	44.4 %
Total	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$1,750.00	4	4	50.0 %
Total	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$1,200.00	2	6	25.0 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Steve Grotowski													Gregg Weaver
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2001	CEV Under Age	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2002	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	$0.00	2007	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$875.00	2007	FIVB C&S	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	$525.00
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	$0.00	2007	CEV	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$1,800.00	2008	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	$1,800.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00	2008	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$350.00
5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$600.00	2008	CEV	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	$600.00
24	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	2	16	$3,625.00	Total	Total	21	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	12	$3,275.00

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	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	4-0	100.0%	3	20.0%	4	26.7%	8	53.3%	3-12	20.0%	4-8	33.3%	3-4	42.9%	0	0	7-12	36.8%
2007-2008	2	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	33.3%	4	66.7%	0-6	0.0%	2-4	33.3%	0-2	0.0%	0	0	2-6	25.0%
Against the Field	3	100.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	3-0	100.0%	0	0.0%	2	28.6%	5	71.4%	0-7	0.0%	6-10	37.5%	0-4	0.0%	0	0	3-7	30.0%

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
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	16	8	0	0	0	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	28
Challenger	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Total	0	0	19	11	0	0	0	0	2	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	36

Head to Head Results
Series tied against the field 3-3 (Lead 3 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 7 Fijalek/Prudel, Poland 1-0
7/4/08	FIVB C&S	Brno Challenger	Contender 1	Grotowski/Weaver	9	Fijalek/Prudel	7	23-21, 21-13	0:37
Trail the series against # 12, Q2 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 0-1
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Winner 1	Hoyer/Soderberg	12, Q2	Grotowski/Weaver	5	21-9, 21-13	0:36
Trail the series against # 13 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-1
9/12/08	CEV	English Masters	Contender 1	Kais/Vesik	13	Grotowski/Weaver	5	21-17, 21-16	0:40
Trail the series against # 14, Q5 Blauel/Huber, Austria 0-1
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 2	Blauel/Huber	13, Q4	Grotowski/Weaver	Q13	21-10, 19-21, 15-9	1:00
Lead the series against # 16, Q14 Casadei/Ficosecco, Italy 1-0
5/29/08	CEV	Dutch Masters	Qualifier 1	Grotowski/Weaver	Q12	Casadei/Ficosecco	Q21	21-19, 21-15	0:42
Lead the series against # Q13 Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds, Latvia 1-0
5/10/08	CEV	Austrian Masters	Qualifier 1	Grotowski/Weaver	Q13	Freidenfelds/Freidenfelds	Q20	21-16, 21-13	0:37