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US$1,000,000 SWATCH FIVB World Championship presented by ConocoPhillips
June 26 - July 5, 2009

(26) Jason Lochhead/Kirk Pitman, New Zealand

Jason Lochhead
New Zealand

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 12, 1984 (40 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 (42 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 Stavanger Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2002	Did not play	Hayden Jones - 57th
2003	Did not play	Hayden Jones - 41st
2004	Kirk Pitman - 41st	Jason Lochhead - 41st
2005	Kirk Pitman - 33rd	Jason Lochhead - 33rd
2006	Kirk Pitman - 33rd	Jason Lochhead - 33rd
2007	Kirk Pitman - 25th	Jason Lochhead - 25th
2008	Kirk Pitman - 33rd	Jason Lochhead - 33rd

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	5/26-31/2009	Myslowice Open	19	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	5/12-17/2009	Rome Open	13	17th	120	US$2,800.00
FIVB	8/26-31/2008	Kristiansand Open	10	3rd	480	US$14,000.00
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

Stavanger World Championships Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Sat, 6/27/2009

Pool B

Jake Gibb / Sean Rosenthal, United States (23)

Lost 17-21, 21-19, 13-15

1:00

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	Total	31	15	7	0.258	0	15	1	5
	1	10	5	2	0.300	0	4	0	0
	2	14	6	3	0.214	0	9	1	3
	3	7	4	2	0.286	0	2	0	2
Kirk Pitman	Total	42	19	7	0.286	2	7	1	1
	1	12	8	2	0.500	1	2	1	0
	2	16	7	1	0.375	1	1	0	1
	3	14	4	4	0.000	0	4	0	0

Mon, 6/29/2009

Pool B

Morais Abreu / Mario Silva, Angola (47)

Won 21-14, 21-14

0:37

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	Total	23	15	1	0.609	0	6	2	3
	1	11	5	1	0.364	0	3	0	1
	2	12	10	0	0.833	0	3	2	2
Kirk Pitman	Total	13	9	3	0.462	4	4	2	2
	1	8	6	1	0.625	1	3	2	1
	2	5	3	2	0.200	3	1	0	1

Wed, 7/1/2009

Pool B

Phil Dalhausser / Todd Rogers, United States (2)

Won By Forfeit

Thu, 7/2/2009

Winner 1

Sebastian Dollinger / Mischa Urbatzka, Germany (18)

Won 21-17, 23-21

0:42

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	Total	23	15	4	0.478	0	12	0	2
	1	10	8	2	0.600	0	7	0	1
	2	13	7	2	0.385	0	5	0	1
Kirk Pitman	Total	24	13	2	0.458	5	3	0	1
	1	10	6	1	0.500	2	0	0	0
	2	14	7	1	0.429	3	3	0	1

Fri, 7/3/2009

Winner 2

Adrian Gavira / Pablo Herrera, Spain (15)

Lost 11-21, 12-21

0:36

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	Total	39	16	12	0.103	0	6	0	3
	1	20	9	5	0.200	0	5	0	3
	2	19	7	7	0.000	0	1	0	0
Kirk Pitman	Total	7	3	2	0.143	0	1	0	2
	1	3	1	1	0.000	0	1	0	2
	2	4	2	1	0.250	0	0	0	0

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Jason Lochhead	116	61	24	0.319	0	39	3	13
Kirk Pitman	86	44	14	0.349	11	15	3	6
Total	202	105	38	0.332	11	54	6	19
Opponents	196	95	25	0.357	21	45	6	19

World Championships Results

Year	Event	Location	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2005	World Championships	Berlin	Kirk Pitman - 25th	Jason Lochhead - 25th
2007	World Championships	Gstaad	Kirk Pitman - 17th	Jason Lochhead - 17th
2011	World Championships	Rome	Kirk Pitman - 17th	Jason Lochhead - 17th

World Championships Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	6/22-26/2005	Berlin World Championships	41	25th	100	US$5,500.00
FIVB	7/24-29/2007	Gstaad World Championships	46	17th	200	US$7,000.00
FIVB	6/26-7/5/2009	Stavanger World Championships	26	9th	400	US$11,000.00
FIVB	6/13-19/2011	Rome World Championships	26	17th	200	US$7,000.00

Head to Head Results
Lochhead/Pitman trail the series against the field 20-33 (Lead 8 Series, Trail 13 Series, 3 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Series tied with # 2 Dalhausser/Rogers, United States 1-1
7/1/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Lochhead/Pitman	26	Dalhausser/Rogers	2	By Forfeit
7/12/07	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool D	Dalhausser/Rogers	4	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q5	21-15, 21-19	0:39
Trail the series against # 3 Brink/Reckermann, Germany 0-2
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	3	Lochhead/Pitman	19	22-20, 18-21, 15-13	0:59
5/14/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Winner 2	Brink/Reckermann	4	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-19, 21-12	0:44
Trail the series against # 5 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-2
8/3/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Bronze Medal	Rego/Santos	1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-13, 14-21, 19-17	1:01
5/29/08	FIVB	Barcelona Open	Winner 2	Rego/Santos	1	Lochhead/Pitman	16, Q2	21-18, 21-14	0:42
Trail the series against # 6 Klemperer/Koreng, Germany 0-1
6/13/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Winner 1	Klemperer/Koreng	7	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	17-21, 21-16, 15-10	0:56
Trail the series against # 8 Nummerdor/Schuil, Netherlands 0-1
3/27/08	FIVB	Adelaide Australia Open	Winner 2	Nummerdor/Schuil	8	Lochhead/Pitman	24, Q5	23-21, 21-18	0:38
Trail the series against # 9 Barsuk/Kolodinsky, Russia 1-2
8/3/08	FIVB	Klagenfurt Grand Slam	Semi-Finals	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	4	Lochhead/Pitman	19	21-17, 21-11	0:40
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	11	22-20, 16-21, 22-20	1:07
6/14/07	FIVB	Espinho Open	Winner 1	Barsuk/Kolodinsky	5	Lochhead/Pitman	28, Q4	21-14, 18-21, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 10 Araujo/Magalhaes, Brazil 0-2
7/24/07	FIVB	Gstaad World Championships	Pool P	Araujo/Magalhaes	3	Lochhead/Pitman	46	21-16, 21-19	0:44
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Araujo/Magalhaes	13	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q6	21-13, 17-21, 15-10	0:52
Series tied with # 11 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 # 12 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 # 14 Hoidalen/Kjemperud, Norway 0-1
5/21/04	FIVB	China Open	Contender 1	Hoidalen/Kjemperud	14	Lochhead/Pitman	30, Q21	16-21, 22-20, 15-10	0:53
Trail the series against # 15 Gavira/Herrera, Spain 0-2
7/3/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 2	Gavira/Herrera	15	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-11, 21-12	0:36
5/29/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Contender 2	Gavira/Herrera	13	Lochhead/Pitman	19	17-21, 21-12, 15-8	0:51
Trail the series against # 16 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
Lead the series against # 18 Dollinger/Urbatzka, Germany 1-0
7/2/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	26	Dollinger/Urbatzka	18	21-17, 23-21	0:42
Lead the series against # 20 Wu/Yin, China 1-0
8/3/05	FIVB	Austria Grand Slam	Qualifier 1	Lochhead/Pitman	Q5	Wu/Yin	Q28	21-19, 21-18	0:38
Lead the series against # 22 Baracetti/Salema, Argentina 1-0
5/28/09	FIVB	Myslowice Open	Winner 1	Lochhead/Pitman	19	Baracetti/Salema	14	21-19, 21-16	0:42
Trail the series against # 23 Gibb/Rosenthal, United States 0-4
6/27/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Gibb/Rosenthal	23	Lochhead/Pitman	26	21-17, 19-21, 15-13	1:00
7/3/08	FIVB	Moscow Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	11	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-17, 21-15	0:40
6/12/08	FIVB	Berlin Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Rosenthal	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22, Q7	21-17, 21-19	0:39
5/22/08	FIVB	Zagreb Open	Winner 2	Gibb/Rosenthal	7	Lochhead/Pitman	23, Q5	21-18, 22-20	0:41
Series tied with # 24 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
Trail the series against # 28 Heuscher/Heyer, Switzerland 0-3
8/16/07	FIVB	Aland Open	Winner 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	27	23-21, 21-17	0:43
6/28/07	FIVB	Stavanger Grand Slam	Pool D	Heuscher/Heyer	4	Lochhead/Pitman	29, Q6	21-13, 21-16	0:34
5/24/07	FIVB	Italian Open	Contender 1	Heuscher/Heyer	6	Lochhead/Pitman	22	21-18, 21-19	0:40
Lead the series against # 29 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 # 30 Lario/Mesa, Spain 0-1
5/15/09	FIVB	Rome Open	Contender 2	Lario/Mesa	19	Lochhead/Pitman	13	21-17, 21-19	0:46
Lead the series against # 33 "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 # 39 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
Lead the series against # 45 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 # 47 Abreu/Silva, Angola 1-0
6/29/09	FIVB	Stavanger World Championships	Pool B	Lochhead/Pitman	26	Abreu/Silva	47	21-14, 21-14	0:37