11th WCF Golf Croquet World Championship
Worlds day 1, whakatane. Blocks A and half of H by Jared Keeman
Hi all. I will attempt to do a bit of commentary from sunny Whakatane. I'm a bit limited as I only have my phone and typing is slow going.
07 Feb 2015 9:04AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Lawns are looking in great condition, perhaps a little slower this morning than ideal but I expect them to quicken during g the day
07 Feb 2015 9:12AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Alrighty I've upgraded to a tablet and WiFi, should make things easier
07 Feb 2015 9:21AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Current games are Patsy v qualifier and local club president Steve clarke, Virginia arney vs Mike Crashley, Brian bullen vs salah hassan and bob Jackson vs hamy erian
07 Feb 2015 9:23AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I'm positioned to watch the Jacko, hamy game as well as Steve v patsy
07 Feb 2015 9:25AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Hamy currently 3-0 ahead and Steve patsy 1 all
07 Feb 2015 9:26AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Hamy has a ball yard in front of 4, jacko misses, should be 4-0
07 Feb 2015 9:26AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Nope, blobs the hoop, not sure if its runnable but looks like it might have fallen out to the side
07 Feb 2015 9:27AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Patsy, runs 3 off the south boundary, Steve replies with a good positional shot wired from the boundary ball
07 Feb 2015 9:28AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Looks like hamy could run that, 4-0
07 Feb 2015 9:28AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Bpb takes yard position at 5, hamy puts a ball in, now shooting from 4
07 Feb 2015 9:29AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Half balls it, bob has 10 harder at red
07 Feb 2015 9:30AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Bounces off hoop leg, hamy has 2 foot 15 degree hoop
07 Feb 2015 9:30AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Slams at it and rejects back past him
07 Feb 2015 9:31AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Meanwhile Steve has levelled it up at 2 all
07 Feb 2015 9:31AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Bob only quarter balls the clearance on red, hamy hits the return
07 Feb 2015 9:32AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Hamy under hits his 4 yard positional shot, not sure if that will run, looks to be struggling with the lack of pace at this stage
07 Feb 2015 9:33AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Bob clears yellow into CNR 1, with blue 2 foot straight position. Hamy middle balls the return, good shooting
07 Feb 2015 9:34AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Hamy runs 5 3 yards past 6. Bob takes wired position, hamy overruns 6, jacko jawses from down by 5
07 Feb 2015 9:35AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Hamy misses the 4 or so harder at the ball in the hoop, bob rush peels, 5-1
07 Feb 2015 9:36AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Hamy first ball to 7, short, blue follows it in, also shirt but might be able to jaws, shooting at yellow with black, middle balls but ends up behind hoop
07 Feb 2015 9:37AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Hamy lags back in, might be blocking partner, nope bob clears red
07 Feb 2015 9:38AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Difficult position here for bod, red and yellow both run but he only has a clearance to short boundary
07 Feb 2015 9:39AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Hamy clears to down by hoop , bob shooting g with blue at red but hits the back of the hoopand stays tbere
07 Feb 2015 9:39AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Hamy just makes the hoop, rushing blue up to 8, not really any need to jump when you are 6-1 ahead
07 Feb 2015 9:40AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Meanwhile patsy has gone 4-2 ahead
07 Feb 2015 9:41AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
My mistake, 3 all
07 Feb 2015 9:41AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Hamy shoots at 8 to win, hits the middle of it but gets a René tion out, Atkins hoops are doing g the job so far
07 Feb 2015 9:43AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
I'm going go go che k the other scores
07 Feb 2015 9:43AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Patsy 4-3
07 Feb 2015 9:43AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Crashley 3-2, with control at 6
07 Feb 2015 9:44AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Hamy has won the first and they are onto game 2
07 Feb 2015 9:50AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Scoreboard. Numbers are too small to read cross court, I'm told they are getting g bigger ones soon
07 Feb 2015 9:51AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Hoops have been great so far, very solid, credit to the Whakatane club for doing an ex elkent job with them
07 Feb 2015 9:52AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Hamy gas generated first xhit at hoop 1 after some good hitting, creams the 2 yarxer down to 2, not runnable though
07 Feb 2015 9:53AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Steve makes a lovely jump at 10, patsy fails to get position at 11
07 Feb 2015 9:54AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Hamy runs 4 yard hoop 2 to go 2-0 up
07 Feb 2015 9:55AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Steve clears at 11 to give himself a 4 harder at 11. He's 6-4 ahead so this is game hoop, fails it off the outside wire though
07 Feb 2015 9:56AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Wind is starting to pick up a bit,hopefully its stays as a breeze
07 Feb 2015 9:57AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Hamy with a other 3 harder at 3, slightly angled this time, makes no difference and runs it to the PSG
07 Feb 2015 9:58AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Peg*
07 Feb 2015 9:58AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Patsy gets a big reje tion out of 11, after a bit of interaction Steve runs a 2 harder for the first game. Round of applause for the local
07 Feb 2015 10:00AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Crowd here is maybe 25, mostly members
07 Feb 2015 10:00AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Lawns maybe speeding up a touch as both first balls in game 2 are 3 yards long
07 Feb 2015 10:01AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Hamy runs another 4 harder at4 to go 4-0 aheaf
07 Feb 2015 10:01AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
He's looking very dangerous indeed,taking on a 5 harder at 5
07 Feb 2015 10:04AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Nope, just lags in with red, yellow is in control of blue, black centre balls cross court and holds on the hoop, great shot bob
07 Feb 2015 10:05AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Hamy tops his clearance and takes his ball off the court, only clearing by 3 yards, poor return shot from bob though gives control back to hamy
07 Feb 2015 10:07AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Taking g on an 8 yard 25 degree hoop, shots gently but bounces of inside wire to non runnable position
07 Feb 2015 10:08AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Hamy jawses 5 with red, black can clear though
07 Feb 2015 10:10AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Patsy is 2-0 ahead, sorry for lack of updates on the others, WiFi doesn't go that far down and I can't read the scoreboards from here
07 Feb 2015 10:13AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Hamy 5-0
07 Feb 2015 10:13AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Has control at 6 as well
07 Feb 2015 10:14AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
I'm going to have to leave it there and get ready for my match, battery is about dead too, I'll hopefully be back later for some more updates
07 Feb 2015 10:17AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
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