Standings at round 5 below
| 1 | Hilton_Bennett | 4.5 | +B23 | +W8 | =B4 | +W7 | +W2 |
| 2 | Milton_Severinsen | 4.0 | +B25 | +W9 | +B5 | +W3 | -B1 |
| 3 | Christopher_Symon | 4.0 | +W18 | +B6 | +W14 | -B2 | +B7 |
| 4 | Stefan_Wagner | 4.0 | +W22 | +B12 | =W1 | =B6 | +W9 |
| 5 | Richard_Dare | 4.0 | +W21 | +B14 | -W2 | +B11 | +W10 |
| 6 | Prashant_Mistry | 3.5 | +B15 | -W3 | +B23 | =W4 | +B8 |
| 7 | Graham_Nolan | 3.0 | +W13 | +B11 | +W17 | -B1 | -W3 |
| 8 | David_Whiting | 3.0 | +W26 | -B1 | +W13 | +B17 | -W6 |
| 9 | Chirag_Doshi | 3.0 | +W24 | -B2 | +W18 | +B21 | -B4 |
| 10 | Sivaram_Manoharan | 3.0 | +W16 | -B17 | +W21 | +B12 | -B5 |
| 11 | Gary_Judkins | 3.0 | +B20 | -W7 | +B15 | -W5 | +B22 |
| 12 | Richard_Jackson | 3.0 | +B19 | -W4 | +B24 | -W10 | +W20 |
| 13 | Lara_Heppenstall | 3.0 | -B7 | +W20 | -B8 | +W19 | +B18 |
| 14 | Ian_Kennedy | 2.5 | +B27 | -W5 | -B3 | =BYE | +W23 |
| 15 | Joel_Crombie | 2.5 | -W6 | +B26 | -W11 | =B16 | +W17 |
| 16 | Shilong_Yang | 2.5 | -B10 | -W23 | +B19 | =W15 | +B25 |
| 17 | Jenny_Xiang | 2.0 | +BYE | +W10 | -B7 | -W8 | -B15 |
| 18 | Cooper_Quinn | 2.0 | -B3 | +W25 | -B9 | +W27 | -W13 |
| 19 | Finlay_Buckell | 2.0 | -W12 | +B22 | -W16 | -B13 | +B26 |
| 20 | Adam_Hasan-Stein | 2.0 | -W11 | -B13 | +BYE | +W25 | -B12 |
| 21 | Matt_Crombie | 2.0 | -B5 | +W27 | -B10 | -W9 | +B24 |
| 22 | Sean_Clark | 2.0 | -B4 | -W19 | +B27 | +W24 | -W11 |
| 23 | Murray_Tuatini | 1.5 | -W1 | +B16 | -W6 | =BYE | -B14 |
| 24 | Matthys_Joubert | 1.0 | -B9 | +BYE | -W12 | -B22 | -W21 |
| 25 | Jeff_Xiang | 1.0 | -W2 | -B18 | +W26 | -B20 | -W16 |
| 26 | Dhusar_Chatterjee | 1.0 | -B8 | -W15 | -B25 | +BYE | -W19 |
| 27 | Jarvis_Xiang | 1.0 | -W14 | -B21 | -W22 | -B18 | +BYE |
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