Morning all.

Sorry for the delay to the comms.

Another fine ish day here at the Mount.

Play has started. I will get to that now.

Please feel free to email comments requests etc etc to me at [email protected]

Oh bugger.. a whole load of commentary got deleted..

Jamie to EB

Toby to just sth crn II

Jamie hit down EB, took of to crn II and went out in the corner, giving Toby a double

toby hit and made 1, went out himself in Crn II with beside Jamies ball

Jamie made a break and just when things looked well under control, stuck in hoop 6 after just grovelleing thru 5..

Rob Fulford has informed me that the lawns are running at 9.5 - 10 seconds, thanks Rob

Thanks for the feedback on the commentary, the "spoiler " comments have been taken on board.. I just assumed everyone was reading "live"

Toby now has hit in after Jamies stuck hoop 6.. has just smashed thru in a controlled manner thu hoops 1 and 2, and has the semblance of a break..

Toby is R and Y, Jamie is B anf K

R is approaching hoop 3, Y clip is on 2

K is on 1 and B is now on 1b after Toby rushed it thu 6..

Toby now stop shot approach of 3, sending K to 4.. looks ok.. sails thru 3 and all tne way down to the sth bdy maybe 3 yards W of corner IV

Shoots at K which was 4 yards N of hoop 4 and hits....

B is 4 yards S of hoop 3 Y is 2.5 yards north of Crn I

gets a rush on blue to his hoop, still no real break out, a few good shots required here.. rushes B to 3 yards NNW of hoop 4..

sends B deep.. smashes thru hoop 4.. its the 4th smashed hoop this break...now has a rush back up towards the K ball, rushes to E bdy hoop 6 high.. should be able to load 6 and get a rush on K (which is between 3 and 4) to hoop 5

rushes K to 2.5 yards WNW of hoop 5.. takes off to hoop, lands 1yard straight in front.

goes thru hoop 5 all the way to hoop 6, collects B and is now rolling to 6, sends B deep, im picking another smash here...

smashes thru no sides to the north bdy.. rushes B south but it hits hoop 6 to 1 yard E of the hoop, now taking off to his ball left at hoop 5..

cuts black into crn 1

stops it infield and gets a nice rush to 1b

ends up 2.5 yards W of 1b..

has an angly 1b// goes thru by miles to level with hoop 5.. shoots back at Y misses to about 3.5 yards W of the end of B baulk..

update.. K is 2.5 WSW of hoop 1

B is 2 yards E of hoop 6

R is 3.5 yards W of B baulk

and Y is 4 yards south of hoop 2.

Jamie picks up B and hits R, B is for 1b now

gets onto Y and rushes 3 yards NE of the hoop..

lovely hoop approach and makes 1b

making 2 back off K

R and Y lurking at 3b

makes 3b,

now having a think about the leave...

Y going to between 1 and 2, R to peg....

B and K to E bdy, rush for K infield..

Toby lifts R and shoots down the E bdy and missed by ohh so little..

a loud groan from Toby.. ends in crn IV

a big shout out to Graham Beale.. glad you enjoying the comms.. good to hear from you mate, hope all is good..

Jamie is back in.. approaching hoop 2 with partner, has Y somewhere near hoop 3...

makes 2, springs B to deep 4, gets a nice rush to 3 but it cuts the wrong way and is approaching from 5 yards W of the hoop..

ends up very angly, hands on hips in the teapot position.. looking to jump.. looks very angly..

how do you spell angleie?? angly.. angley??

Misses the hoop.. clangs off the wires and ends up 3 yards due nth of hoop 2

Toby hits in with his R ball at the deep hoop 4 ball (B)

collects Y and rolls Y to midway hoop 2 and crn 2 and gets a nice rush south on K..

Rushes K to as perfect as position as you could hope for given K was dead behind the hoop..

runs 2b to Bdy and gets rush back towards crn III, nails rush to corner, stops K to near penult and rushes Y to 6 inches away from B which is 1.5 yards N of 3b

rushes B into jaws of 3b, is ok though..

little stop shot..

oh no has he stuck ?????

down on his knees .. looks to be just thru.. wants a ref out to check..

QUICKLY please ref.. there is a stiffish wind blowing and Toby doesn't want the ball to blow back.. must be bloody close..

ref TROTTS out, and confirms it is thru...

WHEW !!!

Toby now setting up his leave, stopping at 4b, has B (fro 4b) lurking at hoop 2, has K (for hoop 3) lurking at hoop 4

laying up in corner 1 with a rush for Y to maybe midway sth Bdy

I should say that Tobys balls are a bit out of the corner actually

Jamie shooting B at Y and misses (by not much) ends up in the corner..

Toby has sprung B out of the corner, got R to 3 and done a lovely rush from hoop 4 to within a yard of hoop 2..

makes 2 but cuts K to 2 yards SW of hoop 5, was looking at crn I.. not too pleased, but he has a fabulous temperament and will be OK..

Takes off to behind B rushes short of R, making 3 off R

grovels thru 3 but can hit R

Lines up peel ,

will have to be careful where Y goes as needs a rush to K, and B is quite close to hoop 3,

peels R and gets lovely rush towards K, puts B to 5, and gets lovely rush on K,

Rushes K to 1.5 Yard NE of hoop 4..

makes 4, gets rush back to hoop 3, rushes Y to 2 yards off south bdy about 2 yards off the end of A baulk..

sends R to N of hoop 6 and gets onto B.. a bit of a groan out of Toby but he is all good..

sails thru 5 and hits 4 yard return at B

Sends B to 1b and clips K in his croquet shot..

still all good.. making 6 off R

gently thru 6, lining up penult peel now..

nice peel, goes about 4 yards thru, gets rush on K to end of B baulk..

K to 2b nicely, but Y is a bit short of B

hits it but sends to maybe 3 yards almost due south of 1b.

lovely take off and thru 1b

Rushes B INTO the HOOP..

looks right in the middle, looking at his options ..

ref going out.. (not trotting this time)

taking off from the Nth side don't know how close he can get to R which is as I said about 3 yards Nth of the peg

Nice shot.. B still close to the hoop (cant really tell from here) but gets to within a yard of R, cuts R to the south bdy right behind hoop 1..wanted it closer to the corner, lets out a small groan..

shunts R to a foot NE of 3b and gets to K 1.5 yards NE of 2b. a controlled smash thru 2b and gets a rush pointing at mid of W bdy, wanting to cut it up towards hoop 2..

Hits it centre ball and is now taking croquet from mid of W bdy

K goes to 4b, picks up B from hoop 2 and rolls it to 3 yards SE of hoop 5 getting onto R at 3b

safely thru 3b, sending R to rover taking B to Penult, going to K lurking at 4b..

Looking good Toby..

safely thru 4b

K goes to 2 yards E of peg..

thru penult, rushes reception ball to midway between 6 and 3

sends it to 6 yards off the south bdy..

lining up rover peel, not dead straight, but only a foot out..

down on his tummy

checking again..

Red is thru to 5 yards off south bdy

Y into jaws.. NICE

gets a 18 inch rush onto R for the peg..

R to 2.5 yards from peg...

lining up peg out..

Nails it !!!!!

26-11 TP

Game 1 to Kiwis

Hoops being checked

update on the weather.. cloudy but no real threat of rain.. I have left the top down on the MG so I am pretty confident.

Its quite breezy at times though..

Not a Wellington wind, but annoying just the same..

game 2 has begun

Toby playing B now (swapped colours) to 10 yards up E bdy

R to just south of crn II

K down the EB, misses to corner IV

Jamie takes Y to B baulk and shoots at R..

HITS

takes off for B and JUST stays in.. maybe less than a couple of inches.. cuts B to south bdy almost dead south of hoop 1

rolls to 1 foot a bit angly (theres that word again)

makes 1 and splits B to 3 and gets to corner 2 ,

rolls out of corner II

gets to 2 yards in front of hoop 2..

Smacks into the E wire.. not sure if its makeable.. Toby having a look.. decides to shoot B at K which is in corner IV

Jamie has informed me that hoop 2 is easy ..

B and K aretouching in corner IV

ref called, Jamie goes thru 2.. no worries.

taking off from end B baulk to B and K

ends up maybe 5 yards short. hits B and should have a cannon.. .

cannon ends up with B 3 yards due south of 5 and K 7 yards SE of hoop 3

takes of to the hoop, nicely in position.. sails thru peg high and hits return on K

roll K to 1 yard NE of 5 and gets a nice positon on B which he cuts to 4..

looking good..

Jamie is a lovely quick player, flows real well..

making 5 now, will probably pick up the R ball after making 6..

Y smashes thru 6 to the north bdy

picks up R

Jamie is quite up to "Death" speed, but with a few more years and a bit of training I reckon he could go close

A cruise liner is hooting its horn rather loudly, meanwhile Jamie has sailed thru 1b, partner at 2b K going to 3b now..

Jamie is *NOT * quite up to "Death" speed, but with a few more years and a bit of training I reckon he could go close

getting the leave sorted now..

approaching 3b..

makes 3b

K going towards hoop 2, B 1 yard E of Peg, R and Y on EB.

Toby lifts K (his hoop 1 ball) to B baulk.. shooting down the line at R

likes it..

likes it.......

YES.. snicks R

gets Y nicely to 2, but has a cut rush on B to hoop 1..

does well. B ends up 2.5 SE of the hoop..

thru the hoop to 2 yards north of reception ball..

Rolls B to 3 and goes to R a few yards off the E bdy

takes off to Y which is maybe 2 yards SW of hoop 2

goes sailing past.. maybe a 4 yard roquet.. hits and is approaching from 3 yards SE

Nails hoop to Nth bdy, Very clean..

Sorry folks, wifi problems..

Im down on lawn 5 which is as far as you can get from the hub..

toby has got to 2b with K...left R near EB behind hoop 2...

Y is a foot from 3b

making 2b off partner..

Hi Ian B in Manchester.. I will be filing my report on Stoke v Liverpool very soon..

Toby making 3b off Y

Y goes onto hoop 4.. I think this is the NSL.. really need to brush up on this stuff..

a fair amount of Y poking out as seen from A baulk, a shake of the head from Toby..

B and K lurking on EB rush for B towards hoop 2

Jamie heading up to R, lifts it to the B baulk..

sorry folks.. more wifi issues..Jamie hit and is now away on a TP

approaching 4having peeled 4b already

wind is getting up, as a fellow "solomoner" I can see that Jamie is having a few issues with the wind affecting his swing..

Jamie has all 4 balls at 6 now, grovels thru the hoop.. lining up the peel..

peels Y and gets K to 2b, gets a nice cut rush on B to 1b and is back in control

Jamie now approaching 2b, no chance of peel yet.. but Y is now close to rover (1yard NW)

Tony hall has the same wifi issues as me, stay with us folks, we are doing our best

Jamie has MISSED his reception ball after making 3b..was maybe a 4yarder.. ended up due south of hoop 4.. Tobys balls are 2 yards Nof hoop 4, 2 yards south of hoop 3 with jamies Y on the wire at rover..

he lifts the hoop 4 ball (B) which is for hoop 1 and looks to be making a double of K and Y

misses K on the left and Y on the right.. looks very dejected..

Jamie now looks to make R.. it wasn't on the wire as previously reported

cheers Chris O'Byrne, glad you are enjoying the comms..

Jamie made rover to the south bdy and has picked up B which narrowly missed the lift shot .. takes off to R on sth bdy behind 4. rolls R to EB (withing the yard line ) hoop 3 high and collects K, rushing that to end of B baulk.. Toby shooting 33 yards from Nth Bdy to Sth bdy and HITs to a smattering of applause

now making 4b

toby now making rover with his black ball sails thru to South bdy.. (toby has asked for a different adjective to "smashed"

recap of hoops.

B on 1

K on peg

R on 4b

Y in box

Jamie lifts R to B baulk.. shooting at K

misses to the right.. will come up touching

Jamie lifts R to B baulk.. shooting at K

misses to the right.. will come up touching

Toby takes off to his B ball, gets a rush towards Hoop 1

wants to lay up near corner IV

Jamie lags to between 3 and 4

toby rushes to hoop 1, makes it.. cuts R to Nth bdy about 2.5 yards E of the hoop 2

big shot here.. he is maybe 1.5 yards out from the hoop..

strokes it thru. goes through Straight.. collects red and has a 3 ball break