Alan Sinclair (#85) at WSC 2001

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Alan Sinclair (#85) at WSC 2001

Background Information
Larger photo available	Given name(s): Alan Surname(s): Sinclair Home: Edinburgh, Scotland Age: 50 Awards: 2000 Scottish NSC Hobbies: Crosswords, quizzes and squash Occupation: Civil servant WSC 2001 Team: Scotland

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: 519 Average for: 388 Average against: 405
Round 1		Sinclair played #41 Brett Smitheram (England) and lost 418 to 456 (a spread of -38) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 0-1, -38.
Round 2		Sinclair played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and lost 350 to 475 (a spread of -125) . Current ranking: #70. Current record: 0-2, -163. Sinclair is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Sinclair is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 3	Larger photo available	Sinclair played #50 Peter Sinton (New Zealand) and lost 349 to 461 (a spread of -112) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 0-3, -275.
Round 4		Sinclair played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and won 429 to 330 (a spread of 99) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 1-3, -176.
Round 5	Larger photo available	Sinclair played #72 Paul Yandisha Kalumba (Zambia) and lost 352 to 434 (a spread of -82) . Current ranking: #76. Current record: 1-4, -258.
Round 6		Sinclair played #56 Chris Abordo (Bahrain) and won 416 to 386 (a spread of 30) . Current ranking: #68. Current record: 2-4, -228.
Round 7	Larger photo available	Sinclair played #07 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and lost 387 to 417 (a spread of -30) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 2-5, -258.
Round 8		Sinclair played #30 David Webb (England) and lost 310 to 514 (a spread of -204) . Current ranking: #82. Current record: 2-6, -462.
Round 9		Sinclair played #58 Lewis Singh (Guyana) and lost 417 to 433 (a spread of -16) . Current ranking: #83. Current record: 2-7, -478.
Round 10		Sinclair played #54 Dixon Assesa (Kenya) and won 519 to 362 (a spread of 157) . Current ranking: #73. Current record: 3-7, -321.
Round 11	Larger photo available	Sinclair played #68 Cecil Fernandes Prabhu (Gulf Champion) and lost 367 to 391 (a spread of -24) . Current ranking: #79. Current record: 3-8, -345.
Round 12		Sinclair played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and won 493 to 304 (a spread of 189) . Current ranking: #72. Current record: 4-8, -156.
Round 13	Larger photo available	Sinclair played #88 James Charles Wright (Gibraltar) and won 445 to 382 (a spread of 63) . Current ranking: #67. Current record: 5-8, -93.
Round 14		Sinclair played #39 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and lost 345 to 385 (a spread of -40) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 5-9, -133.
Round 15		Sinclair played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and won 464 to 325 (a spread of 139) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 6-9, +6.
Round 16	Larger photo available	Sinclair played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and lost 346 to 521 (a spread of -175) . Current ranking: #72. Current record: 6-10, -169.
Round 17		Sinclair played #60 Siu Hean Cheah (Singapore) and won 422 to 347 (a spread of 75) . Current ranking: #64. Current record: 7-10, -94.
Round 18	Larger photo available	Sinclair played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 427 to 372 (a spread of 55) . Current ranking: #61. Current record: 8-10, -39.
Round 19		Sinclair played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and won 426 to 353 (a spread of 73) . Current ranking: #53. Current record: 9-10, +34.
Round 20		Sinclair played #67 Maor Eichler (Israel) and lost 323 to 398 (a spread of -75) . Current ranking: #59. Current record: 9-11, -41.
Round 21	Larger photo available	Sinclair played #23 Jakkrit Klaphajone (Thailand) and lost 249 to 448 (a spread of -199) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 9-12, -240. Sinclair is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 22		Sinclair played #71 Ron Hoekstra (Canada) and lost 272 to 380 (a spread of -108) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 9-13, -348.
Round 23	Larger photo available	Sinclair played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and lost 402 to 417 (a spread of -15) . Current ranking: #75. Current record: 9-14, -363.
Round 24		Sinclair played #78 Mario Miranda (Philippines) and lost 385 to 434 (a spread of -49) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 9-15, -412. Sinclair is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

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