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Ron Hoekstra (#71) at WSC 2001

Background Information

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Given name(s): Ron
Surname(s): Hoekstra
Home: Canada
Age: 33
Awards: 2000 CNSC, 2001-11 Port Huron MI
Occupation: Accountant
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.

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Round-by-Round

High score: 561
Average for: 401
Average against: 395

Before Round 1  

Hoekstra is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

Round 1

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Hoekstra played #27 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and lost 346 to 500 (a spread of -154) .

Current ranking: #82.

Current record: 0-1, -154.

Round 2

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Hoekstra played #49 Michael Tang (Malaysia) and lost 272 to 469 (a spread of -197) .

Current ranking: #87.

Current record: 0-2, -351.

Round 3

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Hoekstra played #61 Aaron Clottey (Ghana) and won 529 to 333 (a spread of 196) .

Current ranking: #67.

Current record: 1-2, -155.

Hoekstra is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

Round 4

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Hoekstra played #85 Alan Sinclair (Scotland) and lost 330 to 429 (a spread of -99) .

Current ranking: #74.

Current record: 1-3, -254.

Round 5

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Hoekstra played #70 Sanath Hemachandra (Oman) and won 513 to 347 (a spread of 166) .

Current ranking: #57.

Current record: 2-3, -88.

Round 6

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Hoekstra played #32 Tony Sim (Singapore) and won 433 to 376 (a spread of 57) .

Current ranking: #48.

Current record: 3-3, -31.

Round 7

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Hoekstra played #22 David Wiegand (United States) and lost 306 to 361 (a spread of -55) .

Current ranking: #52.

Current record: 3-4, -86.

Hoekstra is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

Round 8

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Hoekstra played #33 Roland Filio (Philippines) and lost 365 to 444 (a spread of -79) .

Current ranking: #62.

Current record: 3-5, -165.

Round 9

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Hoekstra played #07 Jeff Grant (New Zealand) and lost 365 to 488 (a spread of -123) .

Current ranking: #71.

Current record: 3-6, -288.

Hoekstra is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).

Round 10

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Hoekstra played #63 Chris Cree (United States) and won 483 to 429 (a spread of 54) .

Current ranking: #61.

Current record: 4-6, -234.

Hoekstra is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

Hoekstra is mentioned in this round's photo captions (2 hits).

Round 11

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Hoekstra played #29 Allan Simmons (England) and lost 350 to 425 (a spread of -75) .

Current ranking: #67.

Current record: 4-7, -309.

Round 12

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Hoekstra played #31 Ronald Credo (Philippines) and won 436 to 378 (a spread of 58) .

Current ranking: #61.

Current record: 5-7, -251.

Round 13

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Hoekstra played #83 Mario Shalendra Ranasuriya (Bahrain) and won 391 to 305 (a spread of 86) .

Current ranking: #55.

Current record: 6-7, -165.

Round 14

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Hoekstra played #42 John Grayson (Wales) and won 561 to 309 (a spread of 252) .

Current ranking: #46.

Current record: 7-7, +87.

Hoekstra is mentioned in this round's commentary (1 hit).

Round 15

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Hoekstra played #21 Suresh Thevakumar Samuel Chinnaiyah (Sri Lanka) and won 361 to 316 (a spread of 45) .

Current ranking: #38.

Current record: 8-7, +132.

Round 16

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Hoekstra played #13 Kendall Boyd (New Zealand) and lost 378 to 419 (a spread of -41) .

Current ranking: #46.

Current record: 8-8, +91.

Round 17

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Hoekstra played #82 Michael Arthur Quao (Ghana) and lost 400 to 484 (a spread of -84) .

Current ranking: #53.

Current record: 8-9, +7.

Round 18

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Hoekstra played #25 Mohan Verghese Chunkath (India) and lost 383 to 410 (a spread of -27) .

Current ranking: #60.

Current record: 8-10, -20.

Round 19

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Hoekstra played #79 Edward Okulicz (Australia) and lost 302 to 488 (a spread of -186) .

Current ranking: #64.

Current record: 8-11, -206.

Round 20

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Hoekstra played #75 Patrick Litunya (Kenya) and lost 338 to 415 (a spread of -77) .

Current ranking: #72.

Current record: 8-12, -283.

Round 21

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Hoekstra played #48 Taewan Sutthasin (Thailand) and won 423 to 308 (a spread of 115) .

Current ranking: #65.

Current record: 9-12, -168.

Round 22

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Hoekstra played #85 Alan Sinclair (Scotland) and won 380 to 272 (a spread of 108) .

Current ranking: #60.

Current record: 10-12, -60.

Round 23

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Hoekstra played #27 Paul Stephen Cleary (Australia) and won 444 to 417 (a spread of 27) .

Current ranking: #51.

Current record: 11-12, -33.

Round 24

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Hoekstra played #16 David Acton (England) and won 523 to 368 (a spread of 155) .

Current ranking: #45.

Current record: 12-12, +122.

Hoekstra is mentioned in this round's photo captions (1 hit).


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