Brett Smitheram (#41) at WSC 2001

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Brett Smitheram (#41) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Brett Surname(s): Smitheram Home: Camborne, Cornwall, England Age: 22 Awards: 2000 UK NSC, 1999 2000 Highest Rated in UK Hobbies: Pool, Badminton, Reading, Computer stuff. Occupation: Student WSC 1999 Rank: 44 WSC 2001 Team: England

Tournament Ups and Downs

Each pole is labelled at the top with the tournament round. The player's rank that round is shown below.

Round-by-Round
High score: 523 Average for: 442 Average against: 415
Round 1	Larger photo available	Smitheram played #85 Alan Sinclair (Scotland) and won 456 to 418 (a spread of 38) . Current ranking: #32. Current record: 1-0, +38.
Round 2		Smitheram played #19 Robin Pollock Daniel (Canada) and won 503 to 356 (a spread of 147) . Current ranking: #10. Current record: 2-0, +185.
Round 3		Smitheram played #24 John Luebkemann (United States) and won 475 to 437 (a spread of 38) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 3-0, +223.
Round 4		Smitheram played #65 Margarida Ana de Souza (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 459 to 370 (a spread of 89) . Current ranking: #4. Current record: 4-0, +312.
Round 5		Smitheram played #03 David William Boys (Canada) and lost 392 to 459 (a spread of -67) . Current ranking: #14. Current record: 4-1, +245.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Smitheram played #14 Steven Gruzd (South Africa) and lost 348 to 430 (a spread of -82) . Current ranking: #23. Current record: 4-2, +163.
Round 7		Smitheram played #77 Joshua Otieno Manase (Kenya) and lost 350 to 449 (a spread of -99) . Current ranking: #40. Current record: 4-3, +64.
Round 8		Smitheram played #17 Naween Tharanga Fernando (Sri Lanka) and won 472 to 346 (a spread of 126) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 5-3, +190. Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 9		Smitheram played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and won 432 to 428 (a spread of 4) . Current ranking: #19. Current record: 6-3, +194.
Round 10	Larger photo available	Smitheram played #52 Trevor Mark Hovelmeier (South Africa) and won 497 to 295 (a spread of 202) . Current ranking: #9. Current record: 7-3, +396.
Round 11		Smitheram played #80 Andrew Perry (England) and won 426 to 419 (a spread of 7) . Current ranking: #7. Current record: 8-3, +403. Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Smitheram is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 12		Smitheram played #12 Andrew Fisher (England) and lost 377 to 470 (a spread of -93) . Current ranking: #16. Current record: 8-4, +310. Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Smitheram is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 13		Smitheram played #33 Roland Filio (Philippines) and won 507 to 431 (a spread of 76) . Current ranking: #10. Current record: 9-4, +386. Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 14		Smitheram played #26 Femi Awowade (Nigeria) and won 507 to 390 (a spread of 117) . Current ranking: #8. Current record: 10-4, +503.
Round 15		Smitheram played #01 Joel Wapnick (World Champion) and lost 406 to 480 (a spread of -74) . Current ranking: #9. Current record: 10-5, +429. Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (2 hits).
Round 16	Larger photo available	Smitheram played #35 Howard Warner (New Zealand) and won 432 to 403 (a spread of 29) . Current ranking: #9. Current record: 11-5, +458.
Round 17		Smitheram played #09 Adam Logan (Canada) and won 457 to 407 (a spread of 50) . Current ranking: #7. Current record: 12-5, +508. Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (2 hits).
Round 18	Larger photo available	Smitheram played #74 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka) and won 455 to 344 (a spread of 111) . Current ranking: #6. Current record: 13-5, +619.
Round 19		Smitheram played #17 Naween Tharanga Fernando (Sri Lanka) and lost 373 to 536 (a spread of -163) . Current ranking: #7. Current record: 13-6, +456.
Round 20		Smitheram played #20 Sammy Okosagah (Nigeria) and won 523 to 414 (a spread of 109) . Current ranking: #6. Current record: 14-6, +565. Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 21		Smitheram played #17 Naween Tharanga Fernando (Sri Lanka) and won 504 to 426 (a spread of 78) . Current ranking: #3. Current record: 15-6, +643. Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (3 hits). Smitheram is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 22		Smitheram played #04 Brian Cappelletto (United States) and lost 414 to 449 (a spread of -35) . Current ranking: #6. Current record: 15-7, +608. Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (2 hits). Smitheram is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 23		Smitheram played #20 Sammy Okosagah (Nigeria) and won 461 to 374 (a spread of 87) . Current ranking: #4. Current record: 16-7, +695.
Round 24		Smitheram played #38 Steve Polatnick (United States) and lost 386 to 425 (a spread of -39) . Current ranking: #7. Current record: 16-8, +656.
Final Game 1		Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Final Game 2		Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Smitheram is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Final Game 4		Smitheram is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
After the Finals		Smitheram is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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