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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$580,000 1to1 energy Grand Slam
June 21 - 25, 2006

(23, Q1) Mark Heese/Rich VanHuizen, Canada

Mark Heese
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Aug 15, 1969 (56 yrs old)

Home Town:

Aurora, ON

Height:

184 cm (6'0")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

166

Career Wins:

1 (FIVB Berlin 1996)

Career Winnings:

US$518,387.50

Rich VanHuizen
Canada

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Nov 25, 1975 (50 yrs old)

Home Town:

Belleville

Height:

205 cm (6'9")

Weight:

105 kg (231 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Best:

5th (3 times)

Career Winnings:

US$124,925.00

Awards

Most Inspirational 2005

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	Money
FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	3	US$31,900.00

Previous Gstaad Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2001	John Child - 5th	Did not play
2002	John Child - 5th	Did not play
2003	John Child - 9th	Did not play
2004	Did not play	Ahren Cadieux - 41st
2005	John Child - 17th	Conrad Leinemann - 25th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	14	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	7/13-17/2005	Portugal Open	18	9th	160	US$6,000.00

Switzerland Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 6/21/2006	Qualifier 2	Michael Bleiker / Hannes Wyder, Switzerland (Q32)	Won 21-11, 21-11	0:32
Wed, 6/21/2006	Qualifier 3	Dmitriy Vorobyev / Pavel Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan (Q17)	Won 21-19, 21-16	0:44
Thu, 6/22/2006	Winner 1	Kristjan Kais / Rivo Vesik, Estonia (10)	Lost 20-22, 11-21	0:40
Thu, 6/22/2006	Contender 1	Sascha Heyer / Paul Laciga, Switzerland (26)	Won 21-19, 21-18	0:40
Fri, 6/23/2006	Contender 2	Patrick Heuscher / Stefan Kobel, Switzerland (9)	Lost 16-21, 16-21	0:43

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	1	0	0	$4,900.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$27,000.00
Total	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$31,900.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Mark Heese												Rich VanHuizen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
3	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games
6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	$14,537.50	World Championships	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	$13,950.00
29	0	1	3	0	2	4	3	11	0	$120,700.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	36	0	0	0	0	1	1	8	3	0	$35,300.00
125	1	4	4	8	31	41	24	10	0	$344,600.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	55	0	0	0	0	3	11	18	10	0	$75,675.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	Challenger
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,250.00	Goodwill Games
166	1	5	9	8	36	48	29	21	0	$485,387.50	Total	94	0	0	0	0	4	14	26	13	0	$124,925.00

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
2005	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$6,000.00	2	2	50.0 %
2006	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,400.00	5	4	55.6 %
Total	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	$15,400.00	7	6	53.8 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Mark Heese													Rich VanHuizen
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$2,250.00	1992	FIVB
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$3,562.50	1994	FIVB
17	0	0	3	0	7	6	1	0	0	$45,750.00	1995	FIVB
16	1	2	2	1	4	4	1	1	0	$108,250.00	1996	FIVB
9	0	0	1	1	3	3	1	0	0	$33,550.00	1997	FIVB
11	0	1	1	0	3	5	1	0	0	$40,550.00	1998	FIVB
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,300.00	1998	FIVB C&S
13	0	0	0	1	4	6	2	0	0	$35,500.00	1999	FIVB
13	0	1	1	1	4	3	3	0	0	$40,500.00	2000	FIVB
9	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	1	0	$27,375.00	2001	FIVB
9	0	1	0	1	4	2	0	1	0	$31,312.50	2002	FIVB
8	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	1	$14,812.50	2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
9	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	2	0	$16,500.00	2004	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	8	$9,000.00
13	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	2	4	$21,125.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	2	1	$33,550.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$4,700.00	2006	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,950.00
133	1	5	9	8	35	39	19	12	5	$427,037.50	Total	Total	32	0	0	0	0	0	10	7	5	10	$49,500.00

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	8	42.1%	6	31.6%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	8-10	44.4%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	18-18	50.0%
2005-2006	8	42.1%	6	31.6%	5	26.3%	14-5	73.7%	4	23.5%	3	17.6%	10	58.8%	4-13	23.5%	8-10	44.4%	10-8	55.6%	0	0	18-18	50.0%
Against the Field	6	46.2%	4	30.8%	3	23.1%	10-3	76.9%	2	16.7%	2	16.7%	8	66.7%	2-10	16.7%	12-16	42.9%	12-10	54.5%	0	0	12-13	48.0%

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	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	13
Total	0	0	6	4	0	0	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	18

Head to Head Results
Heese/VanHuizen lead the series against the field 7-4 (Lead 5 Series, Trail 3 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 3 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 1-0
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Heese/VanHuizen	18	Araujo/Magalhaes	2	21-19, 12-21, 19-17	1:04
Trail the series against # 4 Cunha/Neto, Brazil 0-1
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 2	Cunha/Neto	3	Heese/VanHuizen	14	21-17, 21-15	1:22
Trail the series against # 9 Heuscher/Kobel, Switzerland 0-1
6/23/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 2	Heuscher/Kobel	9	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	21-16, 21-16	0:43
Trail the series against # 10 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 0-2
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	10	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	22-20, 21-11	0:40
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	6	Heese/VanHuizen	14	21-18, 21-18	0:44
Lead the series against # 26 Heyer/Laciga, Switzerland 2-0
6/22/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Contender 1	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	Heyer/Laciga	26	21-19, 21-18	0:40
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Heese/VanHuizen	14	Heyer/Laciga	19	21-17, 17-21, 15-13	1:02
Lead the series against # Q2 Cadieux/Leinemann, Canada 2-0
6/16/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Contender 2	Heese/VanHuizen	14	Cadieux/Leinemann	20	21-16, 21-15	0:50
7/14/05	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Heese/VanHuizen	18	Cadieux/Leinemann	15	18-21, 21-18, 15-9	1:02
Lead the series against # Q17 Vorobyev/Zabuslayev, Kazakhstan 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	Vorobyev/Zabuslayev	Q17	21-19, 21-16	0:44
Lead the series against # Q32 Bleiker/Wyder, Switzerland 1-0
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Heese/VanHuizen	23, Q1	Bleiker/Wyder	Q32	21-11, 21-11	0:32