James A. Cherry (#37) at WSC 2001

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James A. Cherry (#37) at WSC 2001

Background Information
	Given name(s): James A. Surname(s): Cherry Home: Ottawa, ON, Canada Age: 31 Awards: 1999 WSC competitor; 3rd at 1998 Canadian NSC; 6th at 2000 Canadian NSC Hobbies: Poker, programming Occupation: Electrical engineer WSC 1999 Rank: 38 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: 531 Average for: 409 Average against: 406
Round 1	Larger photo available	Cherry played #81 Kwame Poku (Ghana) and won 447 to 390 (a spread of 57) . Current ranking: #27. Current record: 1-0, +57.
Round 2	Larger photo available	Cherry played #15 John Holgate (Australia) and won 443 to 346 (a spread of 97) . Current ranking: #14. Current record: 2-0, +154.
Round 3		Cherry played #03 David William Boys (Canada) and won 421 to 330 (a spread of 91) . Current ranking: #9. Current record: 3-0, +245.
Round 4		Cherry played #77 Joshua Otieno Manase (Kenya) and lost 373 to 375 (a spread of -2) . Current ranking: #15. Current record: 3-1, +243.
Round 5		Cherry played #33 Roland Filio (Philippines) and won 422 to 384 (a spread of 38) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 4-1, +281.
Round 6	Larger photo available	Cherry played #66 David Delicata (Malta) and won 379 to 356 (a spread of 23) . Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-1, +304.
Round 7		Cherry played #46 Ganesh Asirvatham (Malaysia) and lost 399 to 413 (a spread of -14) . Current ranking: #11. Current record: 5-2, +290.
Round 8		Cherry played #64 Andrew Davis (England) and lost 342 to 453 (a spread of -111) . Current ranking: #28. Current record: 5-3, +179.
Round 9		Cherry played #08 Robert Felt (United States) and won 413 to 404 (a spread of 9) . Current ranking: #20. Current record: 6-3, +188.
Round 10		Cherry played #12 Andrew Fisher (England) and won 531 to 436 (a spread of 95) . Current ranking: #14. Current record: 7-3, +283.
Round 11		Cherry played #17 Naween Tharanga Fernando (Sri Lanka) and lost 370 to 446 (a spread of -76) . Current ranking: #20. Current record: 7-4, +207. Cherry is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Cherry is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 12	Larger photo available	Cherry played #16 David Acton (England) and won 523 to 362 (a spread of 161) . Current ranking: #14. Current record: 8-4, +368. Cherry is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Cherry is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Round 13	Larger photo available	Cherry played #13 Kendall Boyd (New Zealand) and lost 387 to 480 (a spread of -93) . Current ranking: #24. Current record: 8-5, +275.
Round 14		Cherry played #06 Joe Edley (United States) and won 419 to 308 (a spread of 111) . Current ranking: #13. Current record: 9-5, +386. Cherry is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Round 15		Cherry played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and lost 392 to 422 (a spread of -30) . Current ranking: #21. Current record: 9-6, +356.
Round 16	Larger photo available	Cherry played #22 David Wiegand (United States) and lost 367 to 424 (a spread of -57) . Current ranking: #30. Current record: 9-7, +299.
Round 17		Cherry played #84 Evan Simpson (England) and lost 415 to 435 (a spread of -20) . Current ranking: #36. Current record: 9-8, +279.
Round 18		Cherry played #11 Gareth Williams (Wales) and lost 400 to 438 (a spread of -38) . Current ranking: #41. Current record: 9-9, +241.
Round 19		Cherry played #43 Jere Mead (United States) and lost 415 to 452 (a spread of -37) . Current ranking: #48. Current record: 9-10, +204.
Round 20		Cherry played #28 Zev Kaufman (Canada) and lost 381 to 402 (a spread of -21) . Current ranking: #56. Current record: 9-11, +183.
Round 21		Cherry played #36 Randy Hersom (United States) and lost 425 to 460 (a spread of -35) . Current ranking: #62. Current record: 9-12, +148. Cherry is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 22	Larger photo available	Cherry played #51 Keiichiro Hirai (Japan) and lost 341 to 494 (a spread of -153) . Current ranking: #69. Current record: 9-13, -5.
Round 23		Cherry played #47 Peter (Pepito) Arreola (Saudi Arabia) and won 407 to 406 (a spread of 1) . Current ranking: #63. Current record: 10-13, -4. Cherry is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).
Round 24		Cherry played #27 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and won 400 to 334 (a spread of 66) . Current ranking: #57. Current record: 11-13, +62. Cherry is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).
Final Game 1		Cherry is mentioned in this round's commentary (2 hits).
Final Game 2		Cherry is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).
Final Game 3		Cherry is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit). Cherry is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).

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