Champion
Pekko (NZL)
Matt Peek (TGM) |
No. 1 seed Matt Peek TGM (AKL) put in the best ever performance by a reigning world champion to win his first NZ Championship, beating no. 5 seed Murray Pharaoh (WEL) in the Final by 71.8-48.2 TPs. Matt ended up with an almost unbelievable record of 23 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in the tournament. There is little doubt that he remains the strongest player in the world at the present time.
Runner-up Murray, the first non-Auckland player ever to make it into the top two, put in an exceptional performance too, edging out no. 2 seed and reigning champion Shaun Cooper (AKL) in the QFs, then no. 3 seed and previous World & NZ runner-up Jamie Sneddon (AKL) in the SFs. He then came back from three games down in the Final, winning the next two games to give himself a chance in game 6. "An incredible match," said Matt after the last game, "I almost threw it away completely. Thank God it's over!" Jamie beat unseeded Jenni Poortman (AKL) in the play-off for 3rd place. There were 21 entrants originally, of whom 18 actually played some games, including six of last year's quarter-finalists.
Archived data retrieved from The Original Pages.
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