Women's AC World Championship
Quarter Finals (lawns 4 & 5) by Paddy Chapman
Current state of play: Alison vs Nina. Alison is game up and on the lawn with at least one clip on the peg.
30 Jul 2015 3:26PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Gabrielle vs Alison (Robinson): Gabrielle won the first game and has just run H1 with all the balls for a standard tp
30 Jul 2015 3:27PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Alison Sharpe is peg & peg vs Nina H6 & peg
30 Jul 2015 3:28PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Alison is setting a rush to the peg to take the match
30 Jul 2015 3:29PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Nina's two are at h1 and c2 respectively, with Alison laid in c4
30 Jul 2015 3:29PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Nina missed her shot from near H1 to C2. Alison has rushed 2 yards from the peg and is about to take the match.
30 Jul 2015 3:31PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Gabrielle is approaching H3 off partner with all the balls where they should be. The escape ball is maybe a wee bit straighter than ideal but should be ok
30 Jul 2015 3:32PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Alison wins vs Nina. Alison will now play Miranda tomorrow in a (probably) best of 5 semi-final match.
30 Jul 2015 3:33PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Gabrielle has peeled partner by an inch and obtained a southwards rush.
30 Jul 2015 3:33PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Euan Burridge has confiscated my camera and appears to have become the official photographer of the event.
30 Jul 2015 3:33PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
He has quickly learnt when to take the photo so as to avoid putting players off
30 Jul 2015 3:34PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Gabrielle runs H4 from 2ft and has a 4-yard rush northwards
30 Jul 2015 3:34PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Cuts it to between peg and H6
30 Jul 2015 3:34PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
There are currently 12 spectators for this match, which is not bad considering it is on Lawn 5 (at the very far end of the club)
30 Jul 2015 3:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Gabrielle takes off north of the peelee and rushes it out, 7-yards south of 4-back. Nice thick take-off coming up
30 Jul 2015 3:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Plays it well, gets a 5 foot rush on the H5 pioneer and gets partner to about 2yd from H6
30 Jul 2015 3:37PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Croquet stroke loading 1b after H5 is a yard short with both balls - she looks disappointed, but it's no trouble
30 Jul 2015 3:39PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Runs H6. Still all under complete control. I'll let you know if anything exciting happens.
30 Jul 2015 3:39PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Up to 18 spectators now
30 Jul 2015 3:40PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
All still completely standard
30 Jul 2015 3:41PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Gabrielle plays a brilliant rush and subsequently runs 2 back.
30 Jul 2015 3:44PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
That last post was from Euan Burridge by the way, but he was absolutely correct.
30 Jul 2015 3:45PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Rover has been peeled on the way to 3b
30 Jul 2015 3:45PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Rover peel is 2ft South of Rover; penult peel is 3yd West of penult. Shouldn't be a problem though.
30 Jul 2015 3:48PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Gets a rush out of 4b. This is about as standard a TP as there could be.
30 Jul 2015 3:48PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
I can't see a Maugham error happening.
30 Jul 2015 3:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Safely negotiates Rover. That is Gabrielle through to the semi-finals.
So this year's medallists are the top 4 seeds:
2 English, 1 Australian and 1 New Zealander.
30 Jul 2015 3:51PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
It's goodbye from Euan ("Goodbye") and it's goodbye from me: Goodbye.
30 Jul 2015 3:52PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
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