Buntz saw off Fallon Sherrock 4-2, Nick Crouwel 4-1, Noa-Lynn van Leuven 4-0, Devon Petersen 4-0 and James Richardson 4-2 to take over the top spot from the overnight leader.
But Van Leuven is now four points ahead of Devon Petersen with a poor day for Fallon Sherrock relegating her to bottom behind James Richardson and Nick Crouwel after 10 matches played with Petersen sat on 10 points. All to play for with the top three on the final day but two seem to have stood out.
Play commences in Group A on a Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday starting at 9:30 each day. The player who finishes first after three sessions qualifies directly for finals night on Saturday evening.
Group B plays on a Thursday and Friday evening from 22:00 and Group C plays on a Thursday and Friday during the day from 9:30. The top three players from Group B and the top two players from Group C qualify for finals night, the rest of the players are eliminated.
Finals night is played on Saturday evening starting at 22:00 where the players compete in a small group stage followed by semi-finals and a final to determine the weekly winner.
The winner from Group A goes straight through to the final while the five that don't qualify go into Group B or C to face the remaining six players which are Paul Hogan, Terry Nash, Justin Hood in Group B and Thomas Lovely, Ricky King and Darren Armstrong in Group C.
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