Christopher Sykes (#86) at WSC 2001

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Christopher Sykes (#86) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): Christopher Surname(s): Sykes Home: Cambridge, ON, Canada Age: 36 Awards: 3rd Canadian Nationals 2000 Hobbies: nothing in particular Occupation: Computer Programmer WSC 2001 Team: Canada

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: 633 Average for: 415 Average against: 404
Before Round 1		Sykes is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 1	Larger photo available	Sykes played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and lost 267 to 410 (a spread of -143) . Current ranking: #78. Current record: 0-1, -143.
Round 2		Sykes played #64 Andrew Davis (England) and lost 374 to 390 (a spread of -16) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 0-2, -159.
Round 3		Sykes played #87 Rodney Talbot (Australia) and won 633 to 284 (a spread of 349) . Current ranking: #43. Current record: 1-2, +190. Sykes is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 4		Sykes played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 460 to 289 (a spread of 171) . Current ranking: #31. Current record: 2-2, +361.
Round 5	Larger photo available	Sykes played #48 Taewan Sutthasin (Thailand) and lost 337 to 589 (a spread of -252) . Current ranking: #49. Current record: 2-3, +109. Sykes is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Sykes is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 6		Sykes played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 402 to 451 (a spread of -49) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 2-4, +60.
Round 7		Sykes played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and won 439 to 354 (a spread of 85) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 3-4, +145.
Round 8		Sykes played #65 Margarida Ana de Souza (Trinidad and Tobago) and won 474 to 358 (a spread of 116) . Current ranking: #34. Current record: 4-4, +261.
Round 9		Sykes played #34 Michael Gongolo (Kenya) and lost 428 to 436 (a spread of -8) . Current ranking: #46. Current record: 4-5, +253.
Round 10		Sykes played #11 Gareth Williams (Wales) and lost 320 to 402 (a spread of -82) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 4-6, +171.
Round 11	Larger photo available	Sykes played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and won 549 to 365 (a spread of 184) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 5-6, +355.
Round 12	Larger photo available	Sykes played #74 Harshan Lamabadusuriya (Sri Lanka) and lost 303 to 527 (a spread of -224) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 5-7, +131.
Round 13	Larger photo available	Sykes played #16 David Acton (England) and lost 320 to 454 (a spread of -134) . Current ranking: #66. Current record: 5-8, -3.
Round 14		Sykes played #47 Peter (Pepito) Arreola (Saudi Arabia) and won 352 to 346 (a spread of 6) . Current ranking: #59. Current record: 6-8, +3. Sykes is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Sykes is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 15		Sykes played #39 Karl Khoshnaw (Kurdistan-Iraq) and lost 413 to 480 (a spread of -67) . Current ranking: #65. Current record: 6-9, -64.
Round 16		Sykes played #60 Siu Hean Cheah (Singapore) and lost 408 to 466 (a spread of -58) . Current ranking: #71. Current record: 6-10, -122.
Round 17		Sykes played #53 Dan Laurentiu Sandu (Romania) and won 509 to 308 (a spread of 201) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 7-10, +79.
Round 18		Sykes played #54 Dixon Assesa (Kenya) and won 435 to 418 (a spread of 17) . Current ranking: #58. Current record: 8-10, +96.
Round 19		Sykes played #69 Samuel Fomum Tanee (Cameroon) and won 413 to 365 (a spread of 48) . Current ranking: #51. Current record: 9-10, +144.
Round 20		Sykes played #57 Isaac Apindi Adhero Lang'o (Tanzania) and lost 442 to 464 (a spread of -22) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 9-11, +122.
Round 21		Sykes played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and won 454 to 439 (a spread of 15) . Current ranking: #50. Current record: 10-11, +137.
Round 22		Sykes played #57 Isaac Apindi Adhero Lang'o (Tanzania) and won 408 to 388 (a spread of 20) . Current ranking: #42. Current record: 11-11, +157.
Round 23		Sykes played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and won 410 to 345 (a spread of 65) . Current ranking: #37. Current record: 12-11, +222.
Round 24		Sykes played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and won 410 to 373 (a spread of 37) . Current ranking: #32. Current record: 13-11, +259. Sykes is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

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