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Lawn 2 Jenny & Greg. (nZ) V.s Ben & Rich ( USA) Plus lawn 2 Jamie (Eng) Vs Tim (Aus) by Gordon Smith

By the time I got this set up jamie was making 1back with Y. R is already on 4back. Crashes out of 2back!

While I have been writing this jenny and Greg were standing at 4 with Jenny's Y and B and K. She leaves K there takes B to middle of W By and sets in CII. Takes clip to 4 back,
Rich lifts B to shoot at K from ABaulk hits.

Tim has stopped with B in jaws of 3, R there.
Jamie gathers balls but play poor rush to 4back. Good approach and hoop.

Rich to CII balls but cuts rush on Y to midfield peg high.
Jamie eases round to peg.

02 Jan 2014 9:00AM (Tournament); 39 Readers

Rich tries long roll but goes too far, so joins 4 yards up from 4,
Jenny retires from near 1 to CIV

Jamoie has B at the long spot near 2 and K at peg - open? R. & Y to CIVll. Y with rush up field.

02 Jan 2014 9:05AM (Tournament); 38 Readers

Tim smacks Y in corner from peg!
Rich at 2 doesntlike the look of a 2-3yarder but has a go and bounces.
kAnd B clips both on 2 and Greg eyeing up alternatives.takes long shot at Y in CIV from N By above 2
Contact balls in CIV.
Rich shoots across at K near 3 and hits.
Tim has made 2 with K.

02 Jan 2014 9:10AM (Tournament); 44 Readers

Timm is back at Y and tries long split to B at 3 . Ends short but hits - gets good posy but ends against leg - doesm not look good from here.
Jamie hits R with Y

Rich tries long roll to 2 from near 4. Gets close angely hoop which squeezes thrul
Jamie has missed somehow to N By
Tim shoots from 8 yards below 3 at Y, hits and makes 3 off K

02 Jan 2014 9:18AM (Tournament); 44 Readers

Tim has made 4
Now has all balls in good break position and is making 1back.
Rich in the meantime has made 5 with all balls round 6

02 Jan 2014 9:24AM (Tournament); 42 Readers

Tim's approach to 2back is short but it crashes thru
He sends R to 4back
Pegout coming?
Hampered shot for tim after 3back
Plays a good sweep shot. Still going.
Jenny is in play. Looks as though Rich failed somehow at 1back. Setting up for Greg's R in CI. b peg high halfway between peg and E By. K near 2 shoots at and misses B.
Tim now making rover with R there.r
Damn thing wont send!!
r has been pegged out. y left near 5. k middle of E By, B in CII

02 Jan 2014 9:40AM (Tournament); 48 Readers

Tim's approach to 2back is short but it crashes thru
He sends R to 4back
Pegout coming?
Hampered shot for tim after 3back
Plays a good sweep shot. Still going.
Jenny is in play. Looks as though Rich failed somehow at 1back. Setting up for Greg's R in CI. b peg high halfway between peg and E By. K near 2 shoots at and misses B.
Tim now making rover with R there.r
Damn thing wont send!!
r has been pegged out. y left near 5. k middle of E By, B in CII

02 Jan 2014 9:53AM (Tournament); 54 Readers

I dont know what happened there, but with a little luck i will wander back and try again.

I am back

Y is on 4 back. Tim in play with K using all 3 balls. Now at 5,v
.greg is for 2back with R, but bounces. Y clip on penult.
Tim for 1back

02 Jan 2014 10:09AM (Tournament); 63 Readers

I lose the connection every now and then. Maybe iPads get tired.
Tim has K and B near hoop 2 k clip om 2 bacj. Jamie has missed shot at K to N By.

Ben in play with K for 6

Tim hit Y cut rushes B from behind 2 to W By 8 yards up from 1. Approach is short

02 Jan 2014 10:17AM (Tournament); 63 Readers

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