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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$350,000 Otera Open Kristiansand
August 26 - 31, 2008

(10) 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 Kristiansand Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2007	Kirk Pitman - 33rd	Jason Lochhead - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	7/29-8/3/2008	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	19	4th	560	US$18,400.00
FIVB	7/22-27/2008	Gstaad Grand Slam	17	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	7/15-20/2008	Marseille Open	12	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	7/1-6/2008	Moscow Grand Slam	22	25th	80	US$3,500.00
FIVB	6/24-29/2008	Stavanger Grand Slam	Q6	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/17-22/2008	Paris Grand Slam	Q5	33rd	40	US$0.00
FIVB	6/10-15/2008	Berlin Grand Slam	22, Q7	17th	160	US$5,100.00
FIVB	6/3-8/2008	Stare Jablonki Open	13	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/27-6/1/2008	Barcelona Open	16, Q2	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/20-25/2008	Zagreb Open	23, Q5	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	5/13-18/2008	Italian Open	Q7	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	5/6-11/2008	Prague Open	Q4	33rd	30	US$0.00
FIVB	4/28-5/3/2008	China Shanghai Open	23	13th	180	US$3,900.00
FIVB	3/25-30/2008	Adelaide Australia Open	24, Q5	17th	120	US$2,500.00
FIVB	9/26-30/2007	Brazil Open	23	13th	180	US$4,500.00
FIVB	9/5-9/2007	Stare Jablonki Open	20, Q2	17th	120	US$3,000.00
FIVB	8/29-9/2/2007	St. Petersburg Open	Q3	33rd	30	US$0.00

Kristiansand Open Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Thu, 8/28/2008	Winner 1	Francesco Giontella / Paolo Nicolai, Italy (23)	Lost 20-22, 21-15, 12-15	0:57
Thu, 8/28/2008	Contender 1	Oivind Hordvik / Bjorn Ingeborgrud, Norway (26)	Won 21-14, 21-14	0:32
Fri, 8/29/2008	Contender 2	Iver Horrem / Bjorn Maaseide, Norway (9)	Won 23-21, 21-16	0:45
Fri, 8/29/2008	Contender 3	Renato "Geor" Gomes / Gia Terceiro, Georgia (2)	Won 25-23, 24-22	0:53
Sat, 8/30/2008	Contender 4	Benjamin Insfran / Franco Neto, Brazil (3)	Won 21-18, 21-23, 15-13	1:06
Sat, 8/30/2008	Contender 5	Anders Lund Hoyer / Bo Soderberg, Denmark (22, Q2)	Won 21-19, 25-23	0:48
Sat, 8/30/2008	Contender 6	Clemens Doppler / Peter Gartmayer, Austria (8)	Won 25-23, 19-21, 15-10	0:55
Sun, 8/31/2008	Semi-Finals	Joao Maciel / Bruno Schmidt, Brazil (6)	Lost 10-21, 21-23	0:45
Sun, 8/31/2008	Bronze Medal	Florian Gosch / Alexander Horst, Austria (13)	Won 21-19, 22-24, 15-12	1:13

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 %
2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	6	$40,500.00	26	30	46.4 %
2008	FIVB	15	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4	4	1	4	$66,700.00	34	31	52.3 %
Total	FIVB	69	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	9	14	14	28	$171,100.00	120	120	50.0 %

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
17	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	6	$20,250.00	2007	FIVB	17	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	4	6	$20,250.00
15	0	0	1	1	0	4	4	1	4	$33,350.00	2008	FIVB	15	0	0	1	1	0	4	4	1	4	$33,350.00
69	0	0	1	1	0	11	14	14	28	$85,550.00	Total	Total	78	0	0	1	1	0	11	16	14	35	$85,550.00

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%
2007-2008	42	72.4%	8	13.8%	8	13.8%	50-8	86.2%	10	15.9%	14	22.2%	39	61.9%	10-53	15.9%	42-39	51.9%	18-22	45.0%	0	0	60-61	49.6%
Against the Field	20	57.1%	10	28.6%	5	14.3%	30-5	85.7%	4	12.1%	7	21.2%	22	66.7%	4-29	12.1%	40-44	47.6%	28-24	53.8%	0	0	34-34	50.0%

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
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
Series tied against the field 22-22 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 8 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 1 Marques/Solberg, Brazil 0-2
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Marques/Solberg	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-14, 21-15	0:39
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 3	Marques/Solberg	2	Lochhead/Pitman	23	16-21, 21-18, 15-12	0:58
Lead the series against # 2 "Geor" Gomes/Terceiro, Georgia 4-2
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 3	Lochhead/Pitman	10	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	2	25-23, 24-22	0:53
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	6	21-19, 19-21, 15-6	0:57
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	16, Q2	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	17	21-15, 21-10	0:39
9/28/07	FIVB	Brazil Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	23	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	9	21-13, 21-14	0:47
7/13/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	"Geor" Gomes/Terceiro	20	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q5	24-22, 21-16	0:46
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 # 3 Insfran/Neto, Brazil 1-0
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 4	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Insfran/Neto	3	21-18, 21-23, 15-13	1:06
Trail the series against # 4 Kais/Vesik, Estonia 1-3
6/6/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Contender 3	Kais/Vesik	6	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-12, 21-15	0:37
5/2/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	10	Lochhead/Pitman	23	17-21, 21-17, 15-8	0:55
7/20/06	FIVB	St. Petersburg Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	26, Q3	Kais/Vesik	7	21-15, 16-21, 15-11	0:55
10/26/05	FIVB	Acapulco Open	Winner 1	Kais/Vesik	14	Lochhead/Pitman	19, Q4	21-14, 21-19	0:48
Trail the series against # 5 Kjemperud/Skarlund, Norway 1-3
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Winner 1	Kjemperud/Skarlund	10	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q1	24-22, 21-18	0:48
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 # 6 Maciel/Schmidt, Brazil 1-2
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Semi-Finals	Maciel/Schmidt	6	Lochhead/Pitman	10	21-10, 23-21	0:45
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Winner 1	Maciel/Schmidt	19, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	17	21-17, 21-16	0:44
5/30/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	16, Q2	Maciel/Schmidt	31, Q16	21-19, 21-12	0:39
Trail the series against # 7 Herrera/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Winner 1	Herrera/Mesa	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	22-20, 21-15	0:49
Trail the series against # 8 Doppler/Gartmayer, Austria 1-2
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 6	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Doppler/Gartmayer	8	25-23, 19-21, 15-10	0:55
6/29/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Doppler/Gartmayer	20	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q6	21-17, 21-18	0:35
5/10/07	FIVB	Bahrain Open	Contender 2	Doppler/Gartmayer	12	Lochhead/Pitman	22	14-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:50
Lead the series against # 9 Horrem/Maaseide, Norway 2-1
8/29/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Horrem/Maaseide	9	23-21, 21-16	0:45
5/23/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Contender 2	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q5	Horrem/Maaseide	25	24-22, 21-18	0:45
5/3/07	FIVB	Shanghai Open	Contender 2	Horrem/Maaseide	24	Lochhead/Pitman	23	21-17, 21-18	0:57
Lead the series against # 11 Dyachenko/Kulinich, Kazakhstan 2-0
8/2/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 2	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Dyachenko/Kulinich	25, Q5	21-16, 21-19	0:56
8/31/05	FIVB	Greece Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	20, Q2	Dyachenko/Kulinich	Q15	24-22, 21-18	0:49
Series tied with # 13 Gosch/Horst, Austria 2-2
8/31/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Bronze Medal	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Gosch/Horst	13	21-19, 22-24, 15-12	1:13
8/1/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Gosch/Horst	10	21-15, 21-19	0:46
7/4/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gosch/Horst	27, Q3	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-13, 18-21, 15-12	1:00
6/20/07	FIVB	Paris Grand Slam	Qualifier 2	Gosch/Horst	25, Q10	Lochhead/Pitman	Q7	21-17, 21-11	0:39
Series tied with # 20 Ces/Ces, France 1-1
7/17/08	FIVB	Marseille Open	Winner 1	Ces/Ces	21	Lochhead/Pitman	12	21-16, 21-11	0:41
7/5/07	FIVB	Montréal Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q1	Ces/Ces	26, Q2	26-24, 17-21, 24-22	1:08
Trail the series against # 21 Gavira/Lario, Spain 0-1
6/5/08	FIVB	Stare Jablonki Open	Winner 1	Gavira/Lario	20, Q11	Lochhead/Pitman	13	27-25, 16-21, 15-6	0:54
Lead the series against # 22, Q2 Hoyer/Soderberg, Denmark 1-0
8/30/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 5	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Hoyer/Soderberg	22, Q2	21-19, 25-23	0:48
Trail the series against # 23 Giontella/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Winner 1	Giontella/Nicolai	23	Lochhead/Pitman	10	22-20, 15-21, 15-12	0:57
Lead the series against # 24 Brizida/Pedrosa, Portugal 1-0
7/7/04	FIVB	Spain Open	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	Q16	Brizida/Pedrosa	Q17	22-20, 21-9	0:34
Lead the series against # 26 Hordvik/Ingeborgrud, Norway 2-0
8/28/08	FIVB	Kristiansand Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	10	Hordvik/Ingeborgrud	26	21-14, 21-14	0:32
5/7/08	FIVB	Prague Open	Qualifier 2	Lochhead/Pitman	Q4	Hordvik/Ingeborgrud	Q29	21-15, 21-8	0:33
Series tied with # Q1 Berg/Brinkborg, Sweden 1-1
5/1/08	FIVB	China Shanghai Open	Contender 3	Berg/Brinkborg	18	Lochhead/Pitman	23	32-30, 16-21, 15-13	1:13
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Contender 1	Lochhead/Pitman	27	Berg/Brinkborg	22	21-17, 21-15	0:45
Lead the series against # Q4 Blauel/Huber, Austria 1-0
7/25/08	FIVB	Gstaad Grand Slam	Pool A	Lochhead/Pitman	17	Blauel/Huber	32, Q9	23-25, 21-18, 15-10	1:07