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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$400,000 Corona Open
October 24 - 28, 2006

(23) Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand

Jason Lochhead
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1984 (41 yrs old)

Home Town:

Tauranga

Height:

178 cm (5'10")

Weight:

75 kg (165 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

117

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$167,875.00

Kirk Pitman
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Dec 13, 1981 (43 yrs old)

Home Town:

Whangarei

Height:

192 cm (6'4")

Weight:

85 kg (187 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

123

Career Best:

3rd (FIVB Kristiansand 2008)

Career Winnings:

US$166,125.00

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	57	Money
FIVB	114	0	0	1	1	1	0	8	14	28	24	23	13	1	US$332,250.00

Previous Acapulco Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	Kirk Pitman - 17th	Jason Lochhead - 17th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/2-6/2006	Austria Grand Slam	27, Q6	25th	80	US$3,400.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2006	Paris Grand Slam	28, Q8	13th	240	US$6,500.00
FIVB	7/19-23/2006	St. Petersburg Open	26, Q3	9th	240	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/12-16/2006	Canada Open	25, Q3	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	6/28-7/2/2006	Norway Grand Slam	Q7	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/21-25/2006	Switzerland Grand Slam	Q8	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/14-18/2006	Portugal Open	24, Q3	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	6/7-11/2006	Italian Open	Q4	57th	6	US$0.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2006	Croatia Open	Q4	41st	18	US$0.00
FIVB	5/23-27/2006	China Open	18, Q4	25th	60	US$2,000.00
FIVB	10/25-29/2005	Acapulco Open	19, Q4	17th	80	US$3,000.00

Mexico Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 10/25/2006	Winner 1	Pablo Guzman / Juan Virgen, Mexico (10)	Lost 17-21, 21-11, 9-15	0:59
Wed, 10/25/2006	Contender 1	Sean Scott / Kevin Wong, United States (7)	Lost 12-21, 17-21	0:41

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$)
World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	$30,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	42	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	7	12	0	$117,400.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	68	0	0	1	0	1	0	5	13	19	11	0	$184,350.00
Total	114	0	0	1	1	1	0	8	14	28	24	0	$332,250.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Jason Lochhead												Kirk Pitman
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$15,250.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	$15,250.00
43	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	13	0	$60,450.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	43	0	0	0	1	0	3	7	12	0	$58,700.00
69	0	0	1	0	1	18	19	11	0	$92,175.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	74	0	0	1	0	1	18	19	11	0	$92,175.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star
											Satellite	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											U21 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
117	0	0	1	1	1	22	29	25	0	$167,875.00	Total	123	0	0	1	1	1	22	30	24	0	$166,125.00

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	0	0	2	2	8	$10,000.00	13	16	44.8 %
2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	3	6	$29,000.00	28	23	54.9 %
2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	4	4	$24,900.00	19	20	48.7 %
Total	FIVB	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	6	9	18	$63,900.00	60	59	50.4 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Jason Lochhead													Kirk Pitman
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	FIVB C&S	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2001	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$0.00
											2002	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	$0.00
											2003	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	$0.00
12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	$5,000.00	2004	FIVB	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	8	$5,000.00
14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	6	$14,500.00	2005	FIVB	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	6	$14,500.00
11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	$12,450.00	2006	FIVB	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	4	4	$12,450.00
37	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	9	18	$31,950.00	Total	Total	46	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	9	25	$31,950.00

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	127	69.4%	28	15.3%	28	15.3%	155-28	84.7%	35	16.3%	47	21.9%	133	61.9%	35-180	16.3%	127-133	48.8%	63-75	45.7%	1	2	191-210	47.6%
2005-2006	37	75.5%	5	10.2%	7	14.3%	42-7	85.7%	5	12.5%	7	17.5%	28	70.0%	5-35	12.5%	37-28	56.9%	10-14	41.7%	0	1	47-43	52.2%
Against the Field	16	72.7%	4	18.2%	2	9.1%	20-2	90.9%	7	14.0%	10	20.0%	33	66.0%	7-43	14.0%	32-62	34.0%	22-24	47.8%	1	1	28-44	38.9%

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
World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	9
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	33	19	14	49	0	0	5	10	0	1	0	1	0	0	54	81
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	60	20	0	0	0	0	18	50	0	1	1	0	0	0	130	120
Total	0	0	93	39	19	53	0	0	24	64	0	2	1	1	0	0	191	210

Head to Head Results
Lochhead/Pitman trail the series against the field 7-11 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 7 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 6 Wu/Xu, China 0-2
6/21/06	FIVB	Switzerland Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Wu/Xu	21, Q9	Lochhead/Pitman	Q8	22-20, 21-18	0:44
10/25/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Qualifier 2	Wu/Xu	23, Q13	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	24-22, 21-10	0:43
Trail the series against # 7 Scott/Wong, United States 0-2
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Contender 1	Scott/Wong	7	Lochhead/Pitman	23	21-12, 21-17	0:41
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Scott/Wong	11, Q13	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	21-12, 22-20	0:43
Trail the series against # 8 Lione/Varnier, Italy 0-1
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Contender 1	Lione/Varnier	29, Q14	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-23, 21-11, 15-9	0:56
Trail the series against # 10 Guzman/Virgen, Mexico 0-1
10/25/06	FIVB	Mexico Open	Winner 1	Guzman/Virgen	10	Lochhead/Pitman	23	21-17, 11-21, 15-9	0:59
Trail the series against # 12 Horrem/Pettersen, Norway 0-2
8/4/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Pool F	Horrem/Pettersen	22	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	21-19, 17-21, 15-10	0:57
9/1/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Winner 1	Horrem/Pettersen	13	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	21-16, 21-16	0:47
Trail the series against # 17 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-2
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	15	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	23-21, 21-14	0:40
8/25/05	FIVB	Canada Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Kjemperud/Skarlund	14	18-21, 21-19, 15-13	0:59
5/19/05	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	12	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q11	17-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:51
Trail the series against # 19, Q2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 0-1
5/24/06	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	31, Q31	Lochhead/Pitman	18, Q4	21-12, 21-16	0:35
Lead the series against # 20 Leinemann/VanHuizen, Canada 1-0
5/20/04	FIVB	China Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	30, Q21	Leinemann/VanHuizen	Q5	21-17, 21-17	0:41
Lead the series against # 21 Cadieux/Heese, Canada 1-0
7/22/05	FIVB	Poland Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q10	Cadieux/Heese	24, Q3	18-21, 21-10, 15-12	0:51
Lead the series against # 22 Ces/Dugrip, France 1-0
6/15/05	FIVB	Switzerland Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q14	Ces/Dugrip	Q19	21-16, 21-18	0:37
Lead the series against # 24, Q4 Pedrosa/Rosas, Portugal 1-0
8/2/06	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	27, Q6	Pedrosa/Rosas	Q11	21-15, 21-15	0:47
Lead the series against # Q5 Brenha/Maia, Portugal 1-0
6/15/06	FIVB	Portugal Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q3	Brenha/Maia	9	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # Q11 Goranson/Hoidalen, Norway 1-0
7/26/06	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 3	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q8	Goranson/Hoidalen	Q24	21-16, 21-16	0:47