ACA President's Eights AC
8's day 4 by Peter Landrebe
Rober Fletcher v Simon Hockey lawn 2
Malcolm Fletcher v Dwayne McCormick lawn 1
Stephen Forster v Edward Wilson lawn 3
10 Oct 2016 8:16AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
MF gains the start by Dwayne missing a 3 yarder on e boundary ,MF hits and makes a tight break of 9 and a perfect distanced NSL, Dw lifts hoop 4 ball shoots from B baulk and misses by a few feet w of the inside ball .
MF break is now under way and is up to hoop 2
10 Oct 2016 8:18AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Ed has made a third turn nine, With pink
SF shoots and misses from a baulk into i Cnr 2
Ed puts break down at hoop 4
SF puts break down at hoop 5
Ed looks like he cross wires SF at hoop 4 , but rolls himself 5 yards apart Cnr 2 and nth boundary,
SF hits his cross wire ?
Takes off to pink .
Clip recap Ed 4back with pink, white for 4, SF has green for 5 and brown for 1 and is playing with green.
10 Oct 2016 8:22AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
SF sets a good leave with white Sth of 1 and pink west of 2 , and himself layed up with rush between Cnr 3 and hoop 3.
Ed shoots white at pink misses
10 Oct 2016 8:23AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
MF has just run 6 with brown peeled by an inch through 4 back
10 Oct 2016 8:24AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
RF e boundary, Si Cnr 2, RF misses his pink ball from A baulk, Si hits double from B baulk and has break under way
10 Oct 2016 8:25AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Error, Ed must of hit his roquet as he is now just run 4 and has the other balls at 5 and 6
10 Oct 2016 8:25AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
MF has this all looking smick, peelee has gone to 2 back as a load, albeit a yard Sth of 2 back and not quite a rush on the balls after 1 back
10 Oct 2016 8:27AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Lawn 2 also has KB Ann Roddy playing a pegged down game,which is crucial for the results , KB leading the 2nd 8 but still needs to secure a few more wins.
Clips are KB yellow 4 back and in play with red
Rod is 1back and 1 back
10 Oct 2016 8:29AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Ed has his break up to 2 back , loads a wee bit loose but he looks ok, 3.5 yard angled roll into 2 back - sitting a bit of distance away but it appears 4 back has been peeled , copes easily with 2 back
10 Oct 2016 8:30AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Si leave is pink high of hoop 4, lots showing from A , so he takes over Cnr 2 4 yards apart and white to centre, RF lifts white shoots from A and clips leg of hoop, ends up 3 yards Sth Cnr 3 , not the worst result
10 Oct 2016 8:32AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Si hits his 4 yarder , goes to white with some speed , but nicely judged ( lawns look about 12 a maybe slightly more )
Takes off from white and gets a rush on pink facing 1 ish, 3 yards wide , hits it well and has perfect hoop approach
10 Oct 2016 8:35AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
MF through 4 back with brown peeled going to 4 back , stops it to rover from 1 yard nth penult to 2ft straight in front of rover
10 Oct 2016 8:37AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Ed has finished game 1 , guessing peels all done and no more interaction
Game 2 , is super shot from SF 1 yard w 1 yd Sth peg, Ed follows 3 yards wide
SF shoots from Cnr 1 at Eds ball and misses
Ed shooting from B baulk and misses his 15 yarder to 2 yards west Cnr 4
10 Oct 2016 8:39AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
MF pegging out game 1 + 26 TP
10 Oct 2016 8:42AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Si has break up to hoop 4 , getting balls sorted for. A delayed
10 Oct 2016 8:42AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
SF through hoop 1 , balls not to badly placed ahead for the break
10 Oct 2016 8:43AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
KB has finished against rod , time may of got them
10 Oct 2016 8:44AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Not sure what error SF had but he puts clip on hoop 4 , ed hits a 7 yarder with pink , loads hoop 2 short and goes past the green near hoop 4 , snicks it and now has a take off to brown middle of a baulk - plays it well and has a cut rush to hoop 1 , still has a 5 yard straightish roll to the hoop
10 Oct 2016 8:50AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
MF v Dwayne game 2, MF super shot 3 yards nth hoop 5, Dwayne Cnr 2, MF hits from B baulk
10 Oct 2016 8:51AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Si has done 1 peel and is got a 8 yard roll to 2 back - plays it great , good recovery from the snicked rush into the hoop
10 Oct 2016 8:53AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
MF rolls white to mid court - no rush to 1, thick take off - testy angled hoop , 40 degrees 1.4 yard - cleanly through, good stuff from Mal
10 Oct 2016 8:55AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Ed hampered at hoop 3 - bit of distance to travel , slips past white and SF has a tap on with his Brown the pivot ball and has green next to his hoop 4
10 Oct 2016 8:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
MF looking under control up to hoop 4
Si jawses peel at penult with a tidy rush to 4 back
10 Oct 2016 8:58AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Si finishes against RF + 26tp
10 Oct 2016 9:07AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
MF finishes his 3rd turn 9 and lays 3 ducks , Dwayne not rushing out , maybe puffing behind the clubhouse
10 Oct 2016 9:09AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
SF puts together a classy tight break , leave is pink e hoop 4 4 yards , white nth by less than an inch hoop 1 and he is west boundary 20 yards nth Cnr 1 and rush facing pink.
Ed lifts pink ( which is for hoop 4 ) and shoots from B at SF balls , hits close to centre, great shot as he now can load 5 and white looks rushable to 4 ,
Overlooks the rush slightly , copes easily and is away again on an already established lay out
10 Oct 2016 9:13AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Dwayne misses into Cnr 2, MF controls hoop 1 well. Rolls partner load to 3 going Cnr 2
10 Oct 2016 9:14AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Game 2 Si v RF
Si super shot 3 yard nth hoop 5
RF max distance e boundary,
Si shoots and misses RF ball from A baulk ,
RF shoots from A baulk at super shot ball misses to nth boundary close to centre
Si makes hoop 1 , has a 8 yard return roquet - hits centre ball
10 Oct 2016 9:17AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
MF jawses 4 back after 3
10 Oct 2016 9:18AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Si has under approached hoop 3 - clubs through and has a 12 yarder back at partner ball, hits.
10 Oct 2016 9:24AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Ed makes the break to 4 back leave is a flat D spread
10 Oct 2016 9:24AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Food time , so game is streaming instead lawn 2 and in the distance lawn 3 , no commentry or text though,
10 Oct 2016 9:26AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
MF beats Dwayne +26tp +26tp.
10 Oct 2016 9:48AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Si takes break to 4 back , RF on Court with balls - asked Si what leave and what lift shot ? " dirty Ol OSL " and the 13 yard hit
10 Oct 2016 9:50AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Ed setting a leave against SF , reverse d spread
Clips are SF green for 1 and is the east ball , brown near peg is for 4 back.
Ed white is for the peg and he had peeled pink to rover.
SF lifts green , misses from cn1 , Ed finishes to win game 2 +17 and match
10 Oct 2016 9:55AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Si 1 game up and 1 break up against RF ,
RF takes that lift he hit to 1 back with a wide hoop 1 cross wire and is on nth boundary Cnr 3 and 3 yards west .
Wide as in pink ( hoop 1 is on Sth boundary , so has a 7 yard hoop if he wants it ) and white 7 yards nth hoop 1)
10 Oct 2016 10:06AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rain and wind is back
Day 1 fine, day 2 heat , day three hurricane , day 4 rain and high winds
10 Oct 2016 10:07AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Si shooting from Sth boundary with pink at brown in Cnr 3 , misses by a few inches
10 Oct 2016 10:08AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
RF has long TPO 4 back attempt before 2, weights good and ends up just nth of hoop 3
10 Oct 2016 10:15AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
RF peels Si's white ball after 3
10 Oct 2016 10:19AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Lawn 1 , Dwayne v Stephen F game 1
Dwayne on first break through hoop 2, 3 balls on the lawn
10 Oct 2016 10:21AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Guessing RF tactics,
NZTPO ?
TPO both balls off ?
TPO and 1 back peel ?
Or three balls left ?
Consensus ( of small sample size ) is both off , I am for him pushing for the 1 back peel as well , especially as pushed for the early peel before 2
10 Oct 2016 10:24AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Rain , wind gone, suns out
10 Oct 2016 10:30AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
RF peeled penult well past peg, through 1 back loading 3 back going to peelee , but 2 back load is well nth so , peeling rover going to 3 back seems likely ,
10 Oct 2016 10:33AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Dw takes his 3rd turn 9 , wide ducks , " Dwaynes calling them loose gooses " :-)
10 Oct 2016 10:35AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
SF shoots from b baulk , misses into Cnr 1
10 Oct 2016 10:36AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
RF jawses peel at rover with rush to 3 back
10 Oct 2016 10:36AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
RF Makes 4 back off partner , partner going to mid court
10 Oct 2016 10:39AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Dw makes hoop 1 , red on Sth boundary so needs a good roll going to 2 sending partner / peelee going to 3 - hoop 1 looks in the way , yellow great on hoop 2, red 6 yards short at 3 , but pivot black nicely near 5 to tidy the standard peeling turn
10 Oct 2016 10:42AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
RF rover rover peel , RF rushes his partner green to e boundary , getting as much of hoop 5 in the way of the contact hoop 1 roll
10 Oct 2016 10:44AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
RF pegs out both ball clips are 1 v 1back
10 Oct 2016 10:46AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Dw jawsed peelee after hoop 3
10 Oct 2016 10:47AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Dw hampered after 4 - looks easy , but means he can't go back to 3 with a rush which Dw likes to ( maybe not that easy , two refs watching closely ) hits his 2 ft hampered shot in the middle )
Dw load to hoop 6 hits a chunky part of hoop 4 and towards e boundary
10 Oct 2016 10:51AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Si rolls to 1, runs 6ft hoop 30 degrees , rolls to 2, runs 3 yard straight hoop , hampered on green and looks nigh impossible - retires directly towards hoop 3 , slightly short we think for a runner
10 Oct 2016 10:53AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
RF has a lag 2 yards to 1 back - turns it down and takes the 11-12 yarder at Si , edges it , splits it to 2 back and has a 2 yard straight hoop , runs its to Sth boundary , has. 11 yard roquet back ( may be wired with hoop 1 ) or not liking it that he ends up e of b baulk with a miss - retires Cnr 2
10 Oct 2016 10:57AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Sorry retires 8 yards Sth Cnr 2
10 Oct 2016 10:58AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Si takes lift and lags 1 yard from hoop 3 , RF lags next to 2 back - no runner
10 Oct 2016 10:59AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Si runs 3 with some control 3 yards past 4
10 Oct 2016 11:00AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Dw TP is still going, up to 2 back 1 peel done - not without effort of getting penult peeled though - break a bit loose 2 back and 3 back loads hacve all been quite a few yards away , but importantly all still holding together
10 Oct 2016 11:02AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Missed a play, Si is just e off hoop 4, RF runs 2 back and sits Sth boundary maybe wired from Si ?
10 Oct 2016 11:05AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Nope Si hits a 12 yarder rolls to hoop 4 , not liking his maybe hoop run - retires mid e boundary.
RF shoots and misses
10 Oct 2016 11:07AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Si taps and rolls to 4, hates it , does a few practice swings on the sideline , turns hoop down and retires slightly nth mid e boundary .
RF looks at the wired hoop spot , decides to shoot again, ,misses - will see if si's practice swings have worked
10 Oct 2016 11:10AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Dw has rover rover from from 2.2 yards 20 degrees - red not through , not enough jumping room ? -sadly 4 ball rover leave , that said peeling has been great all weekend and this is the first rover fail I have seen
10 Oct 2016 11:12AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Si better roll, crashes hoop though , bounces back , RF hits it nth , takes off to 3 back and runs 3 back with control, 5 yard roll to 4 back plays it well , has a 9 yard roll to penult - straightish
10 Oct 2016 11:15AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
SF has break well under control running hoop 3 , clips are 1 and break v rover and rover
10 Oct 2016 11:17AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
RF loads rover Runs penult but fails rover, Si has a short roquet and a 9 yard roll to hoop 4 , plays it ok , has. A testy distance hoop - lots of resettling , 3 yards 20 degrees , bit windy , runs it well with. A flat Sth boundary rush
10 Oct 2016 11:20AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Si loads 6 , runs 5 with wire has a 12 yarder , hits half ball , 6 yard take off required
10 Oct 2016 11:22AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
SF hampered after 5 misses into nth boundary , Dw makes rover and is setting a no lift leave
10 Oct 2016 11:23AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Si runs a 2 yard hoop to nth boundary , has nice rush to 1 back
10 Oct 2016 11:24AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
SF has 22 yards as his minimum , takes a shot with blue nth boundary at red 28 yards , narrow miss into Cnr 4 .
No easy rover finish though for Dw, so he may get another shot
10 Oct 2016 11:27AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Si makes 1 back fails 2 back , RF hits , rolls 14 yards to rover , runs 1.5 yard hoop and finishes + 6TPO - 1 game all
10 Oct 2016 11:29AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Think Nedward has got a stream going, so should be able to watch game 3 live , cheers Pete
10 Oct 2016 11:31AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
SF hits and sets Cnr 3 area, has Dw balls between hoop 2 and Cnr 2 , and red ( rover ) west of hoop 4
10 Oct 2016 11:37AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Till stream from Ned starts, RF e boundary , Si Cnr 2 , RF misses from a baulk
10 Oct 2016 11:38AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Dw shooting with red , misses into Cnr 3, SF can take control
10 Oct 2016 11:40AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Si hits ( not sure from which baulk )
10 Oct 2016 11:41AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
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