The players are practicing. Lawn 2 is the lawn directly in front on the pavilion, so I'll have a good view of this one. Trimmer may be playing for a place in the English Mac team

Play starts at 9.38
1. Chapman K to 10y N of C4
2. Trimmer Y Duffer just NE of hoop 6
3. Paddy U driibles at Y from end of B-Baulk...............hits, but Y finishes on the wire of penult.........he'll have to leave it there. Takes off to partner and gets a rush that he takes to 10y W of C4. Approaching h1............immaculate. Runs a very short straight h1 to partner up near 2, getting a rush. Now making h2. Is yellow in penult or rushable to h3????? Paddy looking at maybe bouncing it off the left hand wire to near h3...........he's opted not put out a h4 pioneer in order to get perfect position for the tricky rush......rushes it 7feet E of h33 and approaches well. Makes h3 and has partner just E of h6. Rushes to 4y W of h4 and takes off to 3 foot 15 degrees,........through to the boundary ........6 yard return.........hits and now has 3 ball break

3. Paddy is on 4-b and is making a 3 ducks. I prefer a defensive spread - he can make those for me in the Mac!!

4. Pete taking some time to decide on which shot to take. Opts to go to B-Baulk..........shoots at the in-lawn ball......................restalks...................hits

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Pete (turn 4) has turned down the tpo and looks like he's just going to 4-b.

Pete (turn 4) to 4-b with an NSL leaving Paddy's h1 ball near the W boundary

Paddy lifts his h1 ball and takes the short lift..........misses

Pete has made h1 and should have a standard tp ahead of him

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Pete has full control of his triple after h3

Pete is hampered after h4.............not easy

Opts to shoot at h5 pioneer...............hits

Now picking up break again. Should still finish

Pete has a 4 foot 30 degree h5.......blobs.

Paddy has all the balls for a standard tp, although may opt to have partner at h2

Paddy takes longer shot and makes h1 off partner and has all the balls

Paddy in full control, peeling penult after h6.........hmmmm.....peelee finishes on left hand wire - that was very short peel to fail to jaws

Paddy rushes to N boundary, sends pioneer to 2-b going to ball at 1-b............dreadful shot........strikers ball heading towards hoop............runs 1-b!!!!

Apparently the peelee will rush peel - yes it's through and Paddy chooses to send it to 3-b to tidy up his break

After 3-b rushes back and tries the rover peel.........fails and bounces a yard away. Straight rover peel left.

Paddy takes the first +12tp

Game 2
1. Pete 13y narrow supershot
2. Paddy just S of C2
3. Pete shoots at Paddy from B-Baulk................misses leaving fairly big double
4. Paddy takes double..................misses

5. Pete rushes from C2 to spot where 5 is in the way of getting a good rush to 1, longish rush, sticks in 1 from 1yd @ 30deg

6. Paddy misses from H2 to H3

7. Pete completes running of 1, rushes to ball on E boundary, makes 2 with rush back to E boundary, has a break

7. Pete to 4b, spread. K a long way N, so close to B baulk if Paddy fancies it

8. He does, misses

9. Pete approaches H1 from 1 ft to the side. Makes it, standard tp ahead

Jawses penult peel after 6, approaching 1b from position worse than death. Copes

Poor croquet stroke, has to roquet peelee back out of the jaws

Does penult peel with death roll going to 3b, makes long angled hoop

Finishes +26tp for 1-1

Lunch

GAME 3

1. Paddy K to short supershot
2. Pete Y to C2
3. Paddy U hits Y, rolls Y out, plausible rush to 1, makes it, going round...

Goes to 4b, Dream Leave. Don't know why he didn't have this leave in in Game 1

4. Pete misses long shot from C3 to 2yds N of C4

5. Paddy jawses 4b peel after 3

Completes peel after 4, overolls after 5 sending 1b pioneer 2yds off N boundary and leaving 3yd rush on peelee.
Has to use peelee as 1b pioneer.

Penult peel after 1b

Straight rover peel, +26tp

Chapman 2 Trimmer 1

GAME 4

1. Pete Y to supershot
2. Paddy K to 6inches S C2
3. Pete R misses K
4. Paddy U hits R in C2, cannon. R along N boundary to 2yds E of H2, K S of Y, so K to H2, rushes Y to 1, four ball break

Paddy around to 4back with a spread.
5. Pete has shot from near the middle of the north boundary at the ball at the peg .... miss.
6. Paddy making hoop 2 off partner, but strong favourite to take the match this turn

Paddy has the first peel after 3 - rushed back to about level with hoop 6 on the east boundary - looks in great nick

Second peel after 6 - looked like he might have been happy in the jaws from a bit of an angle - peels by about 16 inches.

Rolls peelee to 3back to look to have a go at rushing across for the peel after 3b.... rushes it across, leaves it very close to rover after 3b

Straight rover peel... +26TP for a very solid win to Paddy Chapman!!