Sam Flanagan (Naseby, NZL) needed a tiebreaker to advance to the playoffs, failed to advance to the playoff round, losing in the tiebreaker round, Flanagan finished 3-1 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Flanagan defeated
Kieran Grieve (Naseby, NZL) 12-3, then went on to lose
12-7 against
Peter De Boer (Naseby, NZL). Flanagan responded with a
8-3 win over
Sean Becker (Naseby, NZL). Flanagan won
7-4 against
Dean Fotti (Naseby, NZL) in their final qualifying round match.
Flanagan earned
4.000 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the New Zealand National Championships. For week 1 of the event schedule, Flanagan did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the
World Ranking Standings with
total points. Flanagan ranks th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
points earned so far this season.
