Race to the World Cup

The Order of Merit page lists all players who have accumulated points during the current season. The top ranked players in each country represented are shown in the tables below. The top 4 players are the ones provisionally occupying the four World Cup places for their country. Once finalised, the line-ups for the World Cup will be published.

Belgium Belgium

Rank Player Points
1 Jonathan Payne 474.00
2 Sibe Laureys 343.00
3 Pieterjan Stevens 340.00
4 Johan Bleus 143.25
5 Luc Schorpion 113.00
6 Ils Belmans 34.00
7 Katie Steele 7.00
8 Suzanne Steele 4.00
9 Nico Segers 3.00
9 Elisabeth Hus 3.00
11 Stijn Michiels 0.00
11 Sebastiaan Abtahi 0.00

England England

Rank Player Points
1 Craig Burgess 462.00
2 Stephen Proctor 380.25
3 David Studden 314.00
4 Matty Worden 306.00
5 Darren Brown 302.00
6 Daniel Sands 300.50
7 Tom Morris 298.00
8 Mitchell Young 272.00
9 Keith Lackford 270.00
10 Jim Trott 269.00
11 Nigel Nicholls 250.00
12 Chris Coates 247.00
13 Andrew Shorney 246.00
14 Mark Slack 237.00
15 Mark Spalding 231.25
16 Peter Sayer 203.00
17 Greg Wade 194.25
18 Martin Boraston 192.00
19 John Lax 174.00
20 John Pye 172.00
21 Jason McLean 171.00
21 Martin Nash 171.00
23 Alex Kley 165.00
24 Jason Martin 161.00
25 Paul Seaman 160.50
26 Nigel Froud 159.50
27 Elise Daniell 156.00
28 George Hume 155.50
29 Michael Hall 154.00
30 Ian Crossett 126.50
31 Ben Pay 125.00
32 Alan Trubshaw 122.00
33 Martin Grange 116.00
33 Steve Smith 116.00
35 Steve Burrows 115.00
35 Michael Doorey 115.00
37 Connie Coates 110.00
38 Lynn Orlando 108.75
39 Peter Hore 108.50
40 Peter Roberts 105.00
41 Ryan Knight 102.00
41 Steve Buckett 102.00
43 Thomas Coles 101.00
44 Chris Willies 95.00
44 Matt Sifford 95.00
46 Bob Taylor 92.00
46 Matthew Leaf 92.00
48 Dave Jelley 91.00
49 Rob Wade 88.00
50 Greg Webb 87.00
51 Karl Hudson 86.25
52 Ben Holbrook 85.00
52 David White 85.00
54 Steve Puttock 82.00
54 Royston Lewis 82.00
54 Tom Lowndes 82.00
54 Karl Newby 82.00
54 David Hall 82.00
54 Annabelle Almond 82.00
60 John Manley 81.25
60 John Cooper 81.25
62 Ryan Fox 80.00
62 Carol Taylor 80.00
62 Luke Gardner 80.00
65 Ryan Marks 79.00
65 Tony Wall 79.00
67 Roderick Dawson 77.50
67 Saul Featherstone 77.50
69 Chris West 77.00
70 Caroline Trubshaw 76.00
71 Ken Taylor 75.25
72 Paul Reed 73.00
73 Melissa Morris 65.75
74 Steve Whiting 59.75
75 Shaun Morley 54.00
76 Edward Law 50.00
77 Nick Wyatt 47.50
78 Luke Jolly 47.00
79 Melvin Simpson 46.00
80 Phillip Arthurs-Thompson 45.00
81 Peter Ainslie 44.00
81 Gary Payne 44.00
83 John Kyle-Price 41.25
84 Graeme George 40.00
85 Dave Goddard 39.00
85 Phil Spry 39.00
87 Mike Wright 37.00
88 Keith Johns 36.00
88 Christopher Hatch 36.00
88 Les Dunster 36.00
88 Eliane Jarvis 36.00
92 Martin Simcock 35.00
93 Morgan Barrett 34.75
94 Brenda Crowe 34.00
94 Angela Midgley 34.00
94 Douglas Simmonds 34.00
94 Andy Gomersall 34.00
94 Sarah Briscoe 34.00
99 Jo Featherstone 33.75
100 Lorraine Shorney 32.00
101 Beverley Morley 31.75
102 Chris Banfield 31.00
102 Dawn Parkes 31.00
102 Ava Cattell 31.00
102 Paul Hutson 31.00
102 Joseph Peters 31.00
102 Roger Stevens 31.00
102 Peter Thompson 31.00
102 Hazel Spry 31.00
110 Jonathan Dawson 28.75
111 Eileen Williams 28.00
112 David Blundell 25.00
113 Terry Mead 21.00
113 Dave Bignall 21.00
115 Pat Goodchild 15.00
116 Colin Willis 13.00
117 Barry Bates 12.00
118 Gareth Hill 10.00
118 Dave Long 10.00
120 Stephen Marks 9.00
120 Jack Marshall 9.00
120 Richard Williams 9.00
120 Susan Banfield 9.00
120 Steve Collins 9.00
120 Sylvia Poulter 9.00
120 Adam Hawkings 9.00
120 Santo Orlando 9.00
128 Steve Pickin 6.00
128 Grace Doorey 6.00
128 Dave Almond 6.00
128 Ed Kyle-Price 6.00
128 Ron Smith 6.00
128 David Hobden 6.00
134 Millie Froud 4.00
134 Graham Jassy-Catton 4.00
134 Glen Partridge 4.00
134 Ray Bell 4.00
138 Derek Coates 3.00
138 Steven Roberts 3.00
138 Peggy May 3.00
138 Charles Waling 3.00
138 Ray Niblock 3.00
138 Ronald Smith 3.00
138 Nigel Taylor 3.00
138 Fay Crossett 3.00
138 Neil Jarvis 3.00
138 Linda White 3.00
138 Hannah Leaf 3.00
138 Ruzmila Haque 3.00
150 Deborah Jarvis 1.25
151 John Jeffery 0.00
151 Alastair McCrea 0.00
151 Robert Doorey 0.00
151 Sarah Sarling 0.00
151 Marcus Cattell 0.00
151 Chris Adams 0.00
151 Kenny Baxter 0.00
151 Mandy Long 0.00
151 Robin Bell 0.00
151 Lee Rowland 0.00
151 Mark Payne 0.00
151 Sally Dewdney 0.00
151 Kathryn Jones 0.00
151 Faye Crossett 0.00

Ireland Ireland

Rank Player Points
1 Gary McNabb 422.00
2 David McBride 305.00
3 Glenn Harvey 248.00
4 Billy Chapman 212.00
5 Pauline Beattie 210.00
6 Joseph Beattie 207.00
7 Sam Moore 199.00
8 Matthew Hamilton 184.00
9 Paul Doherty 177.00
10 Sean Trainor 165.00
11 Mark Beattie 164.00
12 Raymond Stubbs 142.00
13 Gareth Wilkinson 141.00
14 Adam Hunter 133.00
15 Alistair Mahaffy 131.00
16 Malcolm Cunningham 115.00
16 Mark Hamilton 115.00
16 Damian McCabe 115.00
19 Bobby Archibald 112.25
20 Andrew Leckey 105.00
21 David Moore 103.00
22 Shane Clyde 100.00
23 Shane Hand 95.00
23 Adam Rankin 95.00
23 Adam Dyche 95.00
26 Ciaran Green 94.00
27 Brandon Sayer 93.00
28 Jason Hand 92.00
28 Stevie McCall 92.00
28 Kevin McNamee 92.00
28 Adam Gilmour 92.00
32 Chris Duncan 85.00
32 Jamie West 85.00
32 Mark Lowry 85.00
35 Nigel Norris 83.00
36 Jal Richardson 82.00
36 Alan Paul 82.00
36 Jonathan Jacob 82.00
36 Seamus McGillion 82.00
36 Martin McNicholl 82.00
36 Sean Quinn 82.00
36 Kyle Blakely 82.00
36 Jamie Cochrane 82.00
36 David McCullough 82.00
36 Gerard Mccloskey 82.00
36 Mark Granleese 82.00
36 Sean Breslin 82.00
36 Luke Donaldson 82.00
36 Shea Trainor 82.00
36 Gary Merron 82.00
51 Stuart Scott 81.25
52 David Peden 80.00
52 Dean Foley 80.00
52 John Graham 80.00
55 Paddy McElvaney 79.00
55 Stephen Clarke 79.00
55 Stephen O'Neill 79.00
58 Don McNamara 78.00
59 Declan Hegarty 73.00
60 Alexander Magowan 70.00
61 Denis Doherty 68.00
62 Ivan McClintock 67.00
62 Shaun Amrein 67.00
64 Robbie Foster 62.00
65 Lee Hall 54.00
66 Nigel Charles 51.00
67 Derek Johnston 49.00
67 Steven Stafford 49.00
69 Jamie Glackin 47.00
70 Paul Duff 46.00
70 Jarlath Shaw 46.00
72 Ian McElroy 44.00
72 David Smyth 44.00
74 James Stevenson 41.00
75 Tony McHugh 40.00
75 Vince O'Donnell 40.00
77 Nathan Haire 39.00
77 Alan McCombe 39.00
77 Colin Glackin 39.00
77 Conan O'Neill 39.00
81 Stuart Pierce 37.00
82 Ronan Smyth 36.00
82 Dean Craig 36.00
82 Alan J. Lyttle 36.00
82 Nigel Graham 36.00
86 Chris Mcilmoyle 35.00
87 Norman Noble 34.00
87 Timothy Franklin 34.00
87 Ricky Cochrane 34.00
87 Jamie Beatty 34.00
87 Dáire Trainor 34.00
87 Paul Hagan 34.00
87 David Miller 34.00
94 Richard Glass 32.50
95 Antony Lewis 32.00
96 Valerie Witherow 31.00
96 Rachel McDonnell 31.00
96 Mark Benson 31.00
96 Louis O'Hara 31.00
96 Ethna Smyth 31.00
101 Joshua Jamison 29.00
102 Andy Howard 28.75
103 Steven Jeffers 28.00
104 Anthony Tennyson 27.00
105 Aaron Graham 21.00
106 Gary Burke 18.00
106 Katrine McDermott 18.00
108 Catherine McCrossan 16.00
109 Lucas Moore 13.00
110 Caoimhe Doherty 12.00
110 john Carson 12.00
112 Angus Barnes 9.00
112 Charlie Clarke 9.00
112 Trevor Stubbs 9.00
112 Jonny Wilkinson 9.00
112 Keith Middleton 9.00
112 David Harman 9.00
118 Robert Young 7.00
118 Edward Jamison 7.00
120 Paul Noble 6.00
120 Gemma Hamilton 6.00
120 Noel Hall 6.00
120 Robert McNulty 6.00
120 Leslie Addis 6.00
120 Paddy Bonner 6.00
120 Matthew Williamson 6.00
127 Joan Donaldson 4.00
128 Robin Gamble 3.00
128 Justin Rafferty 3.00
128 Reggie Collen 3.00
128 Sara Johnston 3.00
128 Fiona McDermott 3.00
128 Brian Mccoy 3.00
128 William Wilkinson 3.00
128 Darren Mullarkey 3.00
128 Dan Bonner 3.00
128 Damian Scanlon 3.00
128 Fred Dempster 3.00
128 Stuart Smyth 3.00
128 Noel Dempster 3.00
141 Jake Cunningham 1.00
141 Joey Amrein 1.00
143 Ivan Craig 0.00
143 Derek McCann 0.00
143 Darin Graydon 0.00
143 Aoife Fay 0.00
143 Anne Mullarkey 0.00
143 Caolan McKenna 0.00
143 Niall McGreevy 0.00
143 Liam Sweeney 0.00
143 Eoghain Browne 0.00
143 Raymond Bell 0.00

Norway Norway

Rank Player Points
1 John Ingar Larsen 171.00
2 Gunnar Frantzen 161.00
3 Robert Kristiansen 144.00
4 Cato Larsen 133.00
5 Tommy Mikkelsen 132.00
6 Sander Johansen 112.00
7 Sten Jensen 102.00
8 Morten André Coll 95.00
9 Tom Holte 92.00
9 Kai-Aslak Holte 92.00
9 Simon Larsen 92.00
12 Adrian Opheim 89.00
13 David Ryste 85.00
13 Kjell Bjerkseth 85.00
15 Tina Mali 83.00
16 Siw Amundsen 82.00
16 May Britt Nilsen-Zinder 82.00
16 Anne Lene Nilsen 82.00
16 Bjørn Åge Larsen 82.00
20 Ferdinand Frantzen 79.00
21 Rune Kløvtveit 54.00
22 Olav Jeremiassen 44.00
22 Tom Erik Johnsen 44.00
22 Henning Borgersen 44.00
25 Ronald Andersen 40.00
26 Rune Lifjeld 39.00
27 David Bråthen 36.00
27 Robin Jensen 36.00
29 Andrea Busk 34.00
29 Freddy Forland 34.00
29 Robin Nyman 34.00
32 Bjørn H Haukjem 31.00
32 Thore Amundsen 31.00
32 Hans Bamle 31.00
32 John Egil Stanes 31.00
36 Roger Torper 29.00
36 Birgitte Karlsen 29.00
38 Finn Arild Zinder Aarnes 21.00
39 Gunn Ellen Bekkevold 12.00
39 Anja Ehmke Jeremiassen 12.00
39 Roy Tore Knutsen 12.00
42 Linda Christensen Knutsen 9.00
43 Lars-Rune Lauritzen 6.00
43 Hege Strand Aarnes 6.00
43 Mariann Kristoffersen 6.00
46 Alf Dammen 4.00
47 Christoffer Ruud-Hegg 3.00
47 Christer André Arneberg 3.00
47 Kjeld Marcussen 3.00
47 Ida Marie Haukjem 3.00
47 Bjørn Ivar Holt 3.00
52 Bjørn Arne Olsen 0.00
52 Marion Gauslaa 0.00
52 Rikke Iversen 0.00
52 Anette Nordli Marcussen 0.00
52 Aileen Mali 0.00
52 Arild Johansen 0.00

Scotland Scotland

Rank Player Points
1 Scott White 178.50
2 Lawrence Moffat 168.00
3 Robert Lenza 112.00
4 James Pickthall 107.00
5 Jonathan Ritchie 102.00
6 Gary Stewart 101.25
7 Pam Neilly 98.00
7 Bob Naylor 98.00
9 Craig Allan 82.00
10 Marc Miskimming 79.00
11 Graeme Allan 51.00
12 Kevin Lawley 49.00
13 Debbie Cochrane 44.00
14 James Bethune 42.00
15 Brian Weir 34.00
16 Kate Kirkpatrick 31.00
17 Charlie Bethune 28.75
18 Emma Russell 9.00
19 William Lenza 6.00
19 Alastair Ritchie 6.00
19 Ashley Geddes 6.00
22 Kelvin Anderson 0.00
22 Christine Doherty 0.00

Sweden Sweden

Rank Player Points
1 Joel Häger 318.00
2 Carin Carlsson 301.00
3 Jonas Häger 294.00
4 Benny Sjögren 190.00
5 Bjarne Andersson 174.00
6 Jim Broberg 115.00
7 Joel Wikland 102.00
8 Bengt Runholm 92.00
9 Johan Andersson 85.00
9 Fredrik Waljehorn 85.00
11 Fredrik Larsson 82.00
11 Christer Nilsson 82.00
13 Leif Linder 80.00
14 Bo Johansson 79.00
15 Anders Jerkeryd 54.00
16 Jörgen Karlsson 49.00
17 Bengt-Olov Hansson 48.00
18 Vincent Constant 39.00
18 Sven Johansson 39.00
18 Dick Almén 39.00
18 Christer Nordin 39.00
18 Mikael Larsson 39.00
23 Jan Nyman 34.00
23 Jerry Nilsson 34.00
23 Marcus Medaglia 34.00
23 Jesper Johansson 34.00
23 Jörgen Sundberg 34.00
23 Conny Svensson 34.00
23 Ingvar Nelson 34.00
30 Rosa Albrektsson 32.00
31 Bill Hjoberg 31.00
31 Alexander Olofsson 31.00
31 Kenneth Eriksson 31.00
31 Marianne Granquist 31.00
31 Irené Fredriksson 31.00
31 Paul Persson 31.00
31 Eva Nelson 31.00
31 Dennis Hjoberg 31.00
39 Christopher Moss 24.00
40 Eroll Morina 15.75
41 Pontus Guldestam 12.00
41 Kerstin Eriksson 12.00
43 Kerstin Carlsson 9.00
43 Lars Johansson 9.00
43 Tommi Carlsson 9.00
46 Daniel Wennberg 6.00
46 Tommy Sandin 6.00
46 Margareta Larsson 6.00
46 Bertil Larsson 6.00
46 Roger Myrström 6.00
46 Göran Permudd 6.00
46 Urban Mathiasson 6.00
46 Kenneth Gustafsson 6.00
46 Monica Lidberg 6.00
55 Peter Strandquist 4.00
56 Annelie Sigfridsson 3.00
56 Elin Sörman 3.00
56 Urban Sunesson 3.00
56 Tony Aldén 3.00
56 Jessica Brimark 3.00
56 Conny Sander 3.00
56 Mattias Söderberg 3.00
56 Tobias Egestrand 3.00
64 Bengt-Goran Clemensson 1.00
64 Ing-Marie Törnros 1.00
66 Åke Almli 0.00
66 Hasse Karlsson 0.00
66 Leo Algepeus 0.00
66 Julia Haraldsson 0.00

Wales Wales

Rank Player Points
1 Stephen Williams 317.00
2 Arwel Morgan 269.00
3 Damion Ellis 213.00
4 Cennydd Howell 211.00
5 Andrew Jones 210.00
6 Chris McWhinnie 200.00
7 Rory Gittoes 184.00
8 Jamie Stiles 182.00
9 Andrew Hudson 177.00
10 John Jillings 167.00
11 Andrew Coghlin 139.50
12 Richard Arran 136.50
13 Dorian Hudson 133.00
14 Dafydd Howell 126.00
15 Sam Harvey 95.00
16 Andy Riley 93.00
17 Alan Evans 89.00
18 Andrew Evans 73.00
19 Edward Gittoes 61.00
20 Kate Morgan 58.00
21 Ian Young 46.00
22 Mark Williams 44.00
23 Samantha Jones 39.00
24 Cameron Leyshon 34.00
24 Sharon Harper-Green 34.00
24 Natalie Evans 34.00
27 Fran Harper-Green 32.00
28 Carron Riley 9.00
28 Antony Mills 9.00
28 Alun Thomas 9.00
31 Sioned Ann Owen-Braniff 6.00
31 Cath Thomas 6.00
31 Alan Braniff 6.00
34 Kevin Collins 3.00
34 William Bowcutt 3.00
36 Sara Davies 0.00
36 Alwyn Thomas 0.00
36 Sue Thomas 0.00
36 Rebecca Young 0.00

Rest of the World Rest of the World

Rank Player Points
21 Simon Pridham Cyprus 259.00
33 Stephen Gale Isle of Man 209.00
146 Emily Poulter USA 82.00
175 Mio Kontic Serbia 81.25
243 Shannon Mead USA 41.00
245 Frans Roberts Netherlands 40.00
265 Jesper Rosenbom Denmark 36.00
279 Mario Iñiguez Cueto Bolivia 34.00
373 Terry Bradshaw Canada 9.00
485 Erika Dressel Germany 0.00
485 George-Ann Smith Canada 0.00
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