2009 WSC Player Roster: Brief, Geographical

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2009 WSC Player Roster:
Brief, Geographical

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Name	Represents	Rating/Record
David Eldar	Australia	Rating: 2088 Record: 11th (2005), 11th (2007)
Naween Fernando	Australia	Rating: 1986 Record: 23rd (1995), 19th (1997), 13th (1999), 11th (2001), 8th (2003), 3rd (2005), 31st (2007)
Andrew Fisher	Australia	Rating: 1973 Record: 20th (1991), 20th (1995), 22nd (1997), 5th (1999), 5th (2001), 29th (2003), 21st (2005), 16th (2007)
Trevor Halsall	Australia	Rating: 1897 First-time competitor
Peter Kougi	Australia	Rating: 0 First-time competitor
Edward Okulicz	Australia	Rating: 2087 Record: 23rd (2001), 13th (2007)
Victor Ikawa	Bahrain	Rating: 1731 First-time competitor
Irfan Siddiqui	Bahrain	Rating: 1754 First-time competitor
David Boys	Canada	Rating: 2043 Record: 3rd (1991), 1st (1995), 11th (1997), 3rd (1999), 39th (2001), 16th (2003), 7th (2005), 17th (2007)
Andrew Golding	Canada	Rating: 1834 Record: 37th (2003)
Ron Hoekstra	Canada	Rating: 1959 Record: 45th (2001), 61st (2003), 50th (2005), 37th (2007)
Tony Leah	Canada	Rating: 1774 Record: 89th (2007)
Max Panitch	Canada	Rating: 0 First-time competitor
Dielle Saldanha	Canada	Rating: 1832 First-time competitor
Mark Schellenberg	Canada	Rating: 1913 Record: 53rd (2007)
Joel Wapnick	Canada	Rating: 2061 Record: 27th (1991), 2nd (1993), 15th (1995), 36th (1997), 1st (1999), 2nd (2001), 17th (2003), 33rd (2005), 4th (2007)
Paul Allan	England	Rating: 2014 Record: 9th (2003), 12th (2005), 42nd (2007)
Phil Appleby	England	Rating: 2000 Record: 33rd (1991), 12th (1995), 14th (1999), 14th (2003), 41st (2005), 43rd (2007)
Craig Beevers	England	Rating: 2004 First-time competitor
Martin Harrison	England	Rating: 1936 First-time competitor
Harshan Lamabadusuriya	England	Rating: 1950 Record: 56th (2001), 17th (2005), 55th (2007)
Lewis Mackay	England	Rating: 2211 First-time competitor
Mikki Nicholson	England	Rating: 2019 First-time competitor
Mark Nyman	England	Rating: 2008 Record: 22nd (1991), 1st (1993), 17th (1995), 5th (1997), 2nd (1999), 4th (2003), 52nd (2005)
Phil Robertshaw	England	Rating: 2010 Record: 39th (2007)
Herve Bohbot	France	Rating: 1611 Record: 87th (2003), 93rd (2005), 94th (2007)
Michael Akonor	Ghana	Rating: 1850 First-time competitor
Chrys Placca	Ghana	Rating: 1849 Record: 28th (1995), alternate (2001), 40th (2003), 22nd (2005)
Michael Quao	Ghana	Rating: 1969 Record: 35th (2001), 50th (2003), 15th (2005)
Abigail McDonald	Guyana	Rating: 0 First-time competitor
Sherwin Rodrigues	India	Rating: 1932 Record: 70th (2005), 78th (2007)
Ferdy Anthonius	Indonesia	Rating: 1696 Record: 49th (2003), 98th (2005), 79th (2007)
Kevin McMahon	Ireland	Rating: 2018 First-time competitor
Warodom Geamsakul	Japan	Rating: 1397 First-time competitor
Michael Gongolo	Kenya	Rating: 1861 Record: 30th (1999), 13th (2001), 70th (2003), 30th (2007)
Patrick Litunya	Kenya	Rating: 1974 Record: 67th (2001), 15th (2003), 57th (2005), 6th (2007)
Willy Mwangi	Kenya	Rating: 1956 First-time competitor
Allan Oyende	Kenya	Rating: 1872 First-time competitor
Rohaina Tanveer	Kuwait	Rating: 1575 Record: 97th (2005)
Vannitha Balasingam	Malaysia	Rating: 1893 Record: alternate (2007)
William Kang	Malaysia	Rating: 1714 First-time competitor
Jocelyn Lor	Malaysia	Rating: 1730 First-time competitor
Suanne Ong	Malaysia	Rating: 2007 Record: 12th (2007)
Michael Tang	Malaysia	Rating: 1697 Record: 65th (1999), 58th (2001)
Kian Hung Yeo	Malaysia	Rating: 1946 Record: 74th (2005)
Theresa Brousson	Malta	Rating: 1950 Record: 35th (2005), 26th (2007)
David Delicata	Malta	Rating: 1694 Record: 74th (2001), 33rd (2003), 82nd (2007)
Anand Buddhdev	Netherlands	Rating: 1701 Record: 86th (2005), 74th (2007)
Joanne Craig	New Zealand	Rating: 1898 Record: 90th (2007)
Jeff Grant	New Zealand	Rating: 1981 Record: 17th (1991), 24th (1993), 3rd (1995), 13th (1997), 41st (1999), 33rd (2001), 13th (2003), 59th (2005), 63rd (2007)
Blue Thorogood	New Zealand	Rating: 1874 Record: 20th (1993), 43rd (1995)
Howard Warner	New Zealand	Rating: 2024 Record: 33rd (1999), 19th (2001), 20th (2003), 18th (2005), 22nd (2007)
Dennis Ikekeregor	Nigeria	Rating: 1994 Record: 41st (2003), 66th (2007)
Wellington Jighere	Nigeria	Rating: 2003 Record: 3rd (2007)
Chinedu Nosike Okwelogu	Nigeria	Rating: 0 Record: alternate (2001)
Ayorinde Saidu	Nigeria	Rating: 2003 First-time competitor
Rik Kennedy	Northern Ireland	Rating: 1848 First-time competitor
Cecil Fernandes	Oman	Rating: 1544 Record: 83rd (2001), 82nd (2005)
Rodney Judd	Pakistan	Rating: 1787 Record: 78th (1999)
Rashid Ateeq Khan	Pakistan	Rating: 1832 Record: 48th (1997), 69th (1999), 71st (2001), 83rd (2005)
Waseem Khatri	Pakistan	Rating: 1694 First-time competitor
Chris Abordo	Philippines	Rating: 1790 Record: 77th (2001), 64th (2003)
Roger Parchamento	Philippines	Rating: 1674 First-time competitor
Bartosz Pieta	Poland	Rating: 0 First-time competitor
Anthony Gomes	Qatar	Rating: 1313 First-time competitor
Mihai Pantis	Romania	Rating: 1718 First-time competitor
Adrian Tamas	Romania	Rating: 1868 Record: 36th (2007)
Ricardo Gonzalez	Saudi Arabia	Rating: 0 Record: 62nd (1999), 75th (2003)
Helen Gipson	Scotland	Rating: 2067 Record: 49th (1999), 11th (2003), 29th (2005), 15th (2007)
Neil Scott	Scotland	Rating: 1951 Record: 24th (1995)
Allan Simmons	Scotland	Rating: 1814 Record: 25th (1995), 21st (2001), 75th (2005), 40th (2007)
Siu Hean Cheah	Singapore	Rating: 1926 Record: 61st (2001), alternate (2003), 10th (2005), 33rd (2007)
Marlon Prudencio	Singapore	Rating: 1889 First-time competitor
Ricky Purnomo	Singapore	Rating: 1777 First-time competitor
Ming Hui Hubert Wee	Singapore	Rating: 1972 Record: 7th (2007)
Dylan Early	South Africa	Rating: 1897 Record: 61st (1999), 72nd (2005)
Trevor Mark Hovelmeier	South Africa	Rating: 1893 Record: 73rd (1999), 52nd (2001), 53rd (2003), 87th (2005), 34th (2007)
Yusuf Oyekunle	South Africa	Rating: 2011 Record: 10th (2007)
Shaila Amalean	Sri Lanka	Rating: 1616 Record: 79th (2005)
Lakshan Wanniarachchi	Sri Lanka	Rating: 1815 Record: 94th (1999), 80th (2003), 80th (2005), 81st (2007)
Marc Roddis	Sweden	Rating: 0 First-time competitor
Mushtak Esmail	Tanzania	Rating: 1617 Record: 89th (2003), 99th (2005), 95th (2007)
Pichai Limprasert	Thailand	Rating: 1725 First-time competitor
Pakorn Nemitrmansuk	Thailand	Rating: 2005 Record: 40th (1999), 16th (2001), 2nd (2003), 2nd (2005)
Komol Panyasophonlert	Thailand	Rating: 1966 Record: 6th (2003), 18th (2007)
Marut Siriwangso	Thailand	Rating: 1867 First-time competitor
Panupol Sujjayakorn	Thailand	Rating: 1961 Record: 1st (2003), 16th (2005), 50th (2007)
Charnwit Sukhumrattanaporn	Thailand	Rating: 2092 Record: 33rd (1997), 14th (2007)
Leslie Charles	Trinidad and Tobago	Rating: 1764 Record: 86th (1999), 63rd (2005), 77th (2007)
Phillip Edwin-Mugisha	Uganda	Rating: 1633 First-time competitor
Akshay Bhandarkar	United Arab Emirates	Rating: 1901 Record: 26th (1995), 8th (1997), 57th (1999), 21st (2003), 26th (2005), 5th (2007)
Ralph Lobo	United Arab Emirates	Rating: 1868 Record: 36th (2003), 67th (2005), 41st (2007)
Nick Ball	United States	Rating: 1974 Record: 31st (2005)
Nathan Benedict	United States	Rating: 1990 Record: 32nd (2007)
Brian Bowman	United States	Rating: 1846 First-time competitor
Marty Gabriel	United States	Rating: 1966 Record: 64th (2007)
Jason Idalski	United States	Rating: 0 First-time competitor
Sam Kantimathi	United States	Rating: 2002 Record: 71st (2003), 29th (2007)
Jason Katz-Brown	United States	Rating: 2025 Record: 60th (2005), 44th (2007)
Mark Kenas	United States	Rating: 1879 Record: 66th (2003), 51st (2005), 68th (2007)
Jim Kramer	United States	Rating: 1933 Record: 81st (1997), 3rd (2001), 5th (2003), 61st (2005), 24th (2007)
Robert Linn	United States	Rating: 1876 Record: 31st (2003), 67th (2007)
John OLaughlin	United States	Rating: 1986 Record: 28th (2003), 14th (2005), 28th (2007)
Sam Rosin	United States	Rating: 0 First-time competitor
Geoff Thevenot	United States	Rating: 1907 Record: 21st (2007)
Dave Wiegand	United States	Rating: 2048 Record: 17th (1999), 9th (2001), 55th (2003), 8th (2005)
Neil Green	Wales	Rating: 1761 Record: 85th (2005)
Nigel Richards	World Champion	Rating: 2079 Record: 8th (1999), 47th (2005), 1st (2007)
Charnrit Khongthanarat	World Youth Champion	Rating: 1902 First-time competitor
Patrick Mulemena Mpundu	Zambia	Rating: 0 First-time competitor

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2009 WSC Player Roster:Brief, Geographical

2009 WSC Player Roster:
Brief, Geographical