I calculate relative strength of sections at all tournaments where I get results, and I can determine the relative strength to which the section performed, compared to all other sections in the division. At the World Cup, since the players on the sections changed so much I could calculate the relative strength of the section when that particular individual was playing.
For each combination of players on a section, I calculated how much that section scored compared to all the sections they played against. Then I calculated what each player’s performance number should be to make it as close to the way they performed as possible. I used ’0′ as the standard, so the player(s) who had the lowest performance numbers were considered 0, then all other players were rated in comparison to them. Since the men only played the men and the women only played the women, I calculated them separately. The men’s numbers have no relation to the women’s numbers and vice-versa.
Throughout all the games of the tournament, when the following players played, their sections performed as if the player’s rating was:
Women:
6 – Jo Cocker ZA and Sophie Sargeant ZI
5 – Victoria Sharp ZA
4 – Erin Smoyer US, Jessica Jolly AU, Jossie Spilsbury SA, Sandra Weston AU, and Sue Gower NZ
3 – Alison Mathie AU, Audrey Logan ZI, Avis Wotton IR, Celicia Jacobs SA, Debbie Harris UK, Dori Johnson US, Heather Shuttles US, Jodi Tiver AU, Julie Royden-Turner SA, Laura Newman-Dempster NZ, Lizzie Shearing UK, Rona O’Dwyer IR, and Suzanne Sargent ZI
2 – Beth Peaker NZ, Charlotte Pykett UK, Joanne Lavery IR, Olivia Gloyn NZ, and Sarah Simkin UK
1 – Dara Mangan IR, Lauren Watson ZA, and Nikki Crooke SA
0 – Kirsten Michelson ZA and Rachael Gayler US
Men:
5 – Graham Maclarty SA
4 – Michael Krynauw ZI
3 – BJ Byrne IR, Danny Duhig UK, Eoin O’Donnell IR, and Travis Timm SA
2 – Cameron Shepherd AU, Danie Swan ZI, Dean Gower NZ, Gavin Cocker SA, Graham Keith ZI, Henry Beckett ZA, Jason Burbidge UK, Lance Anderson AU, Rob Shuttles US, Robert Sibley AU, Ryan Murphy US, and Will Weston AU
1 – Aidan McDonagh IR, Anthony Barker ZA, Gary Malcolm NZ, James Davidson UK, James Rae ZA, Regan Gloyn NZ, Ryan Strider US, Seth Alcott US, and Shane Hill NZ
0 – Murray Evans ZA and Seb Chambers IR
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