NZ Open - Singles KO
Playoff for 3rd and 4th by Tom Berryman
Chris Shilling vs Stephen Mulliner in the playoff for 3rd and 4th. Chris got 3rd back in 1998...can he repeat this?
Anthony here...Michael Wright is going to comment on the final.
Stephen has missed H1 with Chris' ball nearby
24 Jan 2016 10:12AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Chris makes H1 but has a break to dig out
24 Jan 2016 10:15AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Chris is on hoop 3...
24 Jan 2016 10:32AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Chris has made H5 with a break established
24 Jan 2016 10:39AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Chris didn't make 6, and Stephen is in, but doesn't get position at H1.
24 Jan 2016 10:44AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Chris is around to 4B, and left a NSL. Stephen hit, and rushed to H1 but missed a longish hoop - having some trouble with the hoops
24 Jan 2016 11:13AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Chris hits the long one with R, and has good chances of getting the second break going
24 Jan 2016 11:15AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Chris stuck in H1 from a foot or so
24 Jan 2016 11:18AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Stephen hits in and makes H1, with a break in prospect
24 Jan 2016 11:21AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Stephen is going around, and approaching 3B. Chris is already on 4B.
24 Jan 2016 11:32AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Stephen has left a diagonal spread.
24 Jan 2016 11:37AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Chris misses the lift shot from B baulk
24 Jan 2016 11:39AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Stephen plays a long approach to H1 very well and runs it...a second break is there for the taking
24 Jan 2016 11:41AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Stephen has a go at a 3-yard H4 and misses...Chris takes long shot at partner and smacks it in the middle
24 Jan 2016 11:48AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Chris sticks in H1 again from a short distance....its dangerous going through these Atkins hoops lightly.
24 Jan 2016 11:53AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Stephen got his H4 ball going again but break is a bit messy so far
24 Jan 2016 11:59AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Couldn't get near hoop 6 and tried a scatter shot, but Chris' R and Y are not far away
24 Jan 2016 12:01PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Chris duly hits in.
24 Jan 2016 12:01PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Chris rushes to H1 again but all the way to the line, and comes up short with approach...retreats to partner ball. Chris is 1 and 4B, vs Stephen on 4B and 6
24 Jan 2016 12:05PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Stephen in again, and has made H6, 1B and 2B with break likely to the peg
24 Jan 2016 12:13PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Resuming from lunchbreak...Stephen on peg and 4B, Chris 4B and 1 and, for the third time, has stuck in 1 with red...but no short shot for Stephen
24 Jan 2016 12:40PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Stephen hit in and set a leave
24 Jan 2016 12:44PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Chris misses the long shot
24 Jan 2016 12:46PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Stephen overrolled 4B and left a 7 yarder for Chris, but he misses. CHris on 4B and 1, Stephen on peg and 4B
24 Jan 2016 12:52PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Stephen lays up in corner 4 with cut rush to 4b . . . Chris to shoot
24 Jan 2016 12:54PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Chris hits! Another attempt at 1 coming up
24 Jan 2016 12:56PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
He finally makes H1, and tries to set up break... not quite there, so a leave follows
24 Jan 2016 1:02PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Stephen has hit in and laid up in corner 3 with rush to 4b (he is peg and 4b).
24 Jan 2016 1:13PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
After quite a lot of inning and outing, Stephen has made 4B and makes a good rush to penult
24 Jan 2016 1:25PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
makes penult and tries long roll to rover, but overrolls - retreats into corner
24 Jan 2016 1:27PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Blue left at rover, black in corner 4. Chris is R and Y, laid up in corner 2 together
24 Jan 2016 1:33PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Stephen hits in again... this time he pegs out black. Time must be nearly up (Blue still has to make rover)
24 Jan 2016 1:37PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Yes, Stephen wins first game 24-10 (3 and half hour time limit)
24 Jan 2016 1:39PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
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