2004 World Championships Pocatello, IDAHO Round :17: Court : 3: Date: 8/7/2004 1.Alan Francis-OH vs 8.Andre Leclerc-PQ |Ringers|Points|Score|Shoes|Ringers|Points|Score| | X X | | | 2 | X X | | | | O X | 3 | 3 | 4 | X - | | | | X - | | | 6 | X 1 | 1 | 1 | | X X | | | 8 | X X | | | | X X | | | 10 | X X | | | | O X | 3 | 6 | 12 | X - | | | | X - | | | 14 | X - | | | | X - | | | 16 | O X | 3 | 4 | | O X | 3 | 9 | 18 | X - | | | | - - | | | 20 | O O | 6 | 10 | | O X | 3 | 12 | 22 | X - | | | | O X | 3 | 15 | 24 | X - | | | | X 1 | 1 | 16 | 26 | X - | | | | X - | | | 28 | O X | 3 | 13 | | O X | 3 | 19 | 30 | X - | | | | X X | | | 32 | X X | | | | X X | | | 34 | X X | | | | O X | 3 | 22 | 36 | X - | | | | O X | 3 | 25 | 38 | X - | | | | X - | | | 40 | O X | 3 | 16 | | - - | | | 42 | O O | 6 | 22 | | X X | | | 44 | X X | | | | O X | 3 | 28 | 46 | X - | | | | X X | | | 48 | X X | | | | X X | | | 50 | X X | | | | X X | | | 52 | X X | | | | X - | | | 54 | O X | 3 | 25 | | - - | | | 56 | O O | 6 | 31 | | X - | | | 58 | O X | 3 | 34 | | X X | | | 60 | X X | | | | X X | | | 62 | X X | | | | O X | 3 | 31 | 64 | X - | | | | X X | | | 66 | X X | | | | X X | | | 68 | X X | | | | X X | | | 70 | X X | | | | X X | | | 72 | X X | | | | X - | | | 74 | O X | 3 | 37 | | X X | | | 76 | X X | | | | O X | 3 | 34 | 78 | X - | | | | X - | | | 80 | X 1 | 1 | 38 | | X - | | | 82 | O X | 3 | 41 | 34 Score 41 65 Ringers 67 82 Shoes 82 79.27 Percentage 81.71 This was Alan Francis' last loss (as of September 2007) in the Championship Division at the World Tournament. After trailing 25-13, Andre ended the game with 40 ringers out of 44 shoes to give Alan his only loss of the tournament. Since then, Alan has won 67 consecutive games and is now 3 wins away from breaking the record of 69 straight wins set by Fernando Isais from 1950-52. See longest winning streaks: http://www.horseshoepitching.com/publicity/worldrecords/winstreak.html From 1999 to 2007, Alan has lost but 6 games overall. Three of his last 5 losses came at the hand of Canadians: 2000 - Colin Finnie (70.8) defeated Alan (70.8) 40-38 in 72 shoes 2002 - Tom Gallina (82.1) defeated Alan (79.5) 40-35 in 78 shoes