CNZ Open Championships
Semi Final 2. Skinley vs Demurgue by Brian Boutel
Hi all, this is Jared Keeman (using Brian's account) and I'll be giving a bit of a commentary for the second semi final of the NZ open on a glorious Chch morning
17 Jan 2015 9:37AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Ian (R+Y) opens with red to the east boundary levelish with 4
Paul to CNR2
Ian is shooting down the line at partner
17 Jan 2015 9:39AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Conditions look like they could be quite challenging today. Lawns are running at about 11.5 at the moment and the Atkins hoops provided plenty of failed hoops during the warmup
17 Jan 2015 9:41AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Ian hits partner cutting it a yard in lawn, takes off to K in CNR2
17 Jan 2015 9:41AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Pass rolls K 4 yards south of 2 and looking to set a rush back to it, trying to decide if he wants to put yellow off the boundary or lag back to red
17 Jan 2015 9:44AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Small crowd at this stage of the day, only 3 or 4 here. I blame the Buskers across the park for the low patronage
17 Jan 2015 9:46AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Ian plays yellow off the lawn, leaving a 1 yard straight rush to black
17 Jan 2015 9:46AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Lawns could get very toasty today, nice breeze to dry them out, no clouds at all and it's supposed to crack 30 today. Chris reckons 13+ seconds is very likely
17 Jan 2015 9:47AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Paul is shooting down the east boundary
17 Jan 2015 9:48AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Misses, only going 2 yards off the lawn, didn't hit that with much venom
17 Jan 2015 9:49AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Ian clips the peg with a promising looking rush, to 3 yards south of 6, good roll gives him a 1 yard straight rush to 1
17 Jan 2015 9:50AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Overhits the rush to a yard off the south boundary straight
17 Jan 2015 9:51AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Half roll approach is a a touch long
17 Jan 2015 9:52AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Has a 4 inch 40 degree hoop, weighing up his options
17 Jan 2015 9:53AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Declines the hoop and returns to partner guarding the K at R 11 harder
17 Jan 2015 9:54AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Yarder*
17 Jan 2015 9:56AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Paul shooting at partner in CNR 4
17 Jan 2015 9:56AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Middles it
17 Jan 2015 9:56AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Takes off to R and Y, leaves a 6 harder at Y on the line and a 4 harder at R
17 Jan 2015 9:58AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Auto correct is giving me a bit of a yard time
17 Jan 2015 9:58AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Hits yellow rolls yellow foot west of 2 and a 1 yard rush to 1
17 Jan 2015 9:59AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Cuts to rush, approaching from 4 yards north of 1 on the W boundary
17 Jan 2015 10:00AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
playing it as a pass roll, leaves black 2 feet west of 1, looking for a spot in CNR4 to retire to that doesn't leave a double
17 Jan 2015 10:01AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Joins 1 yard north of
CNR4
17 Jan 2015 10:02AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Ian is shooting at Y, 12 yarder
17 Jan 2015 10:03AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gets lucky and gets a snick off the left hand wire of 2 to make the rocket
17 Jan 2015 10:05AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Roquet* gah
17 Jan 2015 10:05AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Take off to B + K is a bit short, leaving a 8 harder at the CNR ball
17 Jan 2015 10:06AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Hits Northern B and cuts it into CNR4 not sure if theres a cannon here or not
17 Jan 2015 10:07AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Bit of discussion between Paul and Ian, K isn't a CNR ball but right be close enough here. Brian has been called over to determine the exact yard line
17 Jan 2015 10:08AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Must be pretty close. In the other game greg is having a ball around, looks to be trying tidy up after getting hampered out of 2b and hitting one of his 3b pioneers
17 Jan 2015 10:09AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Off to do some snooping on this cannon situation, brb
17 Jan 2015 10:10AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Has a cannon
17 Jan 2015 10:11AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Calls a ref for th shot but it looks fairly easy from my position
17 Jan 2015 10:15AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Lost a comment above I think - cannon left B 5 yards SE of hoop 1 but hoop approach was rather good giving 1 inch almost straight position
17 Jan 2015 10:16AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Runs the hoop with a rush to the peg, has all 4 balls in lawn now and this should be a break
17 Jan 2015 10:17AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
K is 4 yards N of 4, takes off behind it and plays a very good rush into CNR2 with Y 3 yards NW of hoop 2, should have enough room here to develop a bit of a pioneer and still hold for the rush to 2
17 Jan 2015 10:19AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Stop shot has a great ratio, leaves a longer rush to 2 than he would have liked and gets K 2 yards W of 3
17 Jan 2015 10:21AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Cuts the rush to a yard W of 2 but deals with the approach and hoop stroke to make 2, 4bb established
17 Jan 2015 10:21AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Leaves his hoop 4 pioneer 3 yards short but shouldn't be too mush of an issue
17 Jan 2015 10:24AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
4 yard return out of 3
17 Jan 2015 10:25AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Hits, with B 3 yards east of 6 he's loading 6 early with K (2 foot straight pioneer) rushes B to Y
17 Jan 2015 10:27AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
hes rushed it to within a foot of Y but in line to 5 which makes his h5 pioneer a bit awkward, gets it 2 yards East of the hoop
17 Jan 2015 10:28AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Makes 4 to the line. puts yard behind 5 and gets the rush to 5, looks like he'll h=e having an early 2b pioneer
17 Jan 2015 10:30AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Runs it with control
17 Jan 2015 10:32AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
All pretty standard, will be interesting to see what leave he goes for here, I haven't caught much play so Im not sure what he favours
17 Jan 2015 10:33AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
K goes 3 yards SW of 1b so looking like a Standard leave variation, he's got a good approach so theres room to put B into MSL position
17 Jan 2015 10:36AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
clubs through the hoop though to leave a 2 yard return at B
17 Jan 2015 10:37AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Dribbles it off and should be able to dink it into position
17 Jan 2015 10:37AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Correction he's playing it as a takeoff so ends up with a tight NSL ball rather than an MSL
17 Jan 2015 10:38AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Rushes 5 yards W of partner at 2b
17 Jan 2015 10:38AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Breeze is starting to pick up. "Its going to be very tasty if that wind keeps up" - CC
17 Jan 2015 10:40AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Ian has punched K 4 yards past 3b, this will be a bit trickier
17 Jan 2015 10:40AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Does well to get a rush across out of 2b though so that'll tidy that up
17 Jan 2015 10:42AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Rushes to 1 foot of the hoop ad approaches off that ball rather than using black
17 Jan 2015 10:42AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
makes the hoop and rushes yellow off the E boundary level with 3b. Bit awkward now
17 Jan 2015 10:43AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
takes off to black and looks like he's going try and hide it on 4, doesn't have a lot of angle to hide from the baulk and hamper the shot at the boundary balls though
17 Jan 2015 10:44AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Y is only a yard or so N of 3b
17 Jan 2015 10:45AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Gets the hamper but after looking at it I would guess he's left at least 3/4 ball from the end of A baulk
17 Jan 2015 10:46AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Pauls out eying up his options
17 Jan 2015 10:47AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Must have hidden enough of it, Paul lifts K on 4 and is shooting down the line
17 Jan 2015 10:48AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Hes shooting from about 6 yards W of CNR3, may have a bit of a wide double
17 Jan 2015 10:49AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
slides past the in lawn ball and ends up in CNR 4
17 Jan 2015 10:50AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Ian has a 1.5 yard rush towards 2
17 Jan 2015 10:50AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Breeze is definitely starting to pick up now, bit gusty too, should make things just a bit more difficult.
17 Jan 2015 10:51AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Rushes 2 yards E of 2, looks like he's playing takeoff for the rush
17 Jan 2015 10:52AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
gets a 1 yard rush pointing at 5, lucky he gave himself a bit of room
17 Jan 2015 10:53AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Great approach leaves himself a 12 inch straight hoop
17 Jan 2015 10:54AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Picks a spot for himself looking for the rush back to the ball in CNR4, under runs it though and ends up with a rush to the middle of the E boundary
17 Jan 2015 10:54AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Cuts towards 4 and loads 4 going to the ball in the corner, looks like he will be playing the Hogan roll out of the corner
17 Jan 2015 10:57AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Taking his time lining this one up, Im a bit surprised he's taking on such a big roll without a great hoop 2 pioneer
17 Jan 2015 10:58AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
pretty good, K 2 feet E of 3, and Y 2 feet North of Y, doesn't have a rush to the hoop but cuts it so he's approaching from 3 yards SE of 2
17 Jan 2015 11:00AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
2 foot straight hoop 2
17 Jan 2015 11:01AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Creams it through to the line
17 Jan 2015 11:01AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
That will be me for the day, I think Jenny might be taking over for me
17 Jan 2015 11:03AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
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