European AC Championship

Semi-finals James Le Moignan produced two "last shots" totalling 58 yards to take the opening game of his semi-final against Stephen Mulliner. Stephen laid a DSL when for 2 and 4-b but James, who knows the east boundary of Jersey's Court 4 as well as anyone, was spot on with his lift. He embarked on a delayed TP with B on K but rushed K out of position at rover. However, Stephen missed the lift and James made rover off B but failed to get a good rush to the peg. The lengthy roll peg-out missed and he decided to peg out K. Stephen hit the 12 yarder on B with R and took that to the peg having wired B from the peg on the S boundary (2yds E C1), laying rush to 4-b in C3. However, James hit from 38 yards to snatch victory. Game 2 was a rapid 5th turn TP for Stephen. Game 3 featured an attempted sxp by Stephen which came to grief when his roll of the peelee to 2-b while approaching the hoop 4 pioneer from near H2 swerved into the peg and glued. James missed from 10yds, Stephen laid and James now hit from 24yds and went to 4-b. Stephen missed but James failed to approach hoop 1. Stephen cornered and eventually James bounced off 3 with K. Stephen then joined wide, James cornered leaving his K near 3. Stephen Y to the peg, James took the aggressive lift with K, missed and Stephen finished. In the other semi, Jose Riva won his 24th and 25th consecutive games in beating Richard Griffithes. by Stephen Mulliner