Aust GC Open Singles
Day 1- Ron McBride and Terry Hopkins by Fleur Brockway
Terry is U and K, Ron is R and Y. Here we go again.
11 May 2016 12:30PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
U is short, 3yrds south of 1 and around a yard to the east. R lands beautiful position in front of 1, 1 yrd dead in front, shame it won't stay there. B lands near R, just a bit further west. Yellow goes for a position or block or something and goes 1 yrd to the west. U
11 May 2016 12:31PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
U smacks R, R shoots at K and hits the hoop. K runs landing 7yrds south of hoop 2, 2yrds to the east.
11 May 2016 12:32PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Y takes position, about 3yrds south east of the hoop
11 May 2016 12:32PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
U goes deep, 5yrds south, dead in front
11 May 2016 12:32PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
R nails his position 1.5yrds dead in front, blocking U
11 May 2016 12:33PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
K lines up for Y...
11 May 2016 12:33PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
cuts it to the boundary. about 3yrds east of hoop 2 and on the northern boundary
11 May 2016 12:33PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Y decides to double up since the hoop is blocked, landing 3yrds south and slightly west of the hoop
11 May 2016 12:34PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
sorry, it must have been a double. terry goes for the hoop with U and hits the leg!
11 May 2016 12:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
R runs it and it's 1 all
11 May 2016 12:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
K makes nice deep position, a solid 4yrder
11 May 2016 12:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Y goes almost level on the eastern side
11 May 2016 12:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
U comes in closer, slightly west, about 2yrds out
11 May 2016 12:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
R is short, 2yds to the west of 3, 2ft north
11 May 2016 12:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
K hits Y, cutting it to 1yrd south of the east penalty point
11 May 2016 12:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Y misses and U lines up for the hoop..
11 May 2016 12:37PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
nice shot, comes through about 2 ft. 2-1 to Terry
11 May 2016 12:37PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
R positions, pretty much in front, 3.5 yrds out
11 May 2016 12:37PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Black comes short of R, about 2yrds behind it in line with the hoop
11 May 2016 12:38PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Y makes nice position and lands 2yrds out, slightly to the west
11 May 2016 12:38PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
U has a hampered stroke. plays a nice jump but it misses Y to the right and goes to the boundary
11 May 2016 12:39PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
R stop shots K to 3yrds west of corner 3
11 May 2016 12:39PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
K lines up for either Y or hoop
11 May 2016 12:39PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
misses 1 yard east of everything
11 May 2016 12:39PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Y runs cleanly to the boundary. 2 all.
11 May 2016 12:40PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
U takes close position only a 1.5yrds out from 5. R is pretty close though and take an even better position blocking U and landing a foot out
11 May 2016 12:41PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
K comes in , lands 3yrds south east of the hoop, might be trying to block Y
11 May 2016 12:41PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
must have got it because Y goes for position. Clips R!
11 May 2016 12:41PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
U is now open on the hoop
11 May 2016 12:42PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
runs it nicely, landing 2 yrds north of 5. 3-2
11 May 2016 12:42PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
R goes for position and hits a little too hard. 1yrd south of hoop6 but 1.5yrds west
11 May 2016 12:43PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
K goes deep, 4yrds south and 1 ft to the east
11 May 2016 12:43PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Ron clearly likes going west as Y goes level with the hoop 2yrds to the west
11 May 2016 12:43PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
U goes a foot to the west of K
11 May 2016 12:44PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red takes tight position, not good enough though and K makes a beautiful in off from R
11 May 2016 12:44PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
well done Terry
11 May 2016 12:44PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
4-2
11 May 2016 12:44PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
R is now in front of Y and Y has decided to promote it it...interesting
11 May 2016 12:45PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
R now has a 5yrder on hoop 7
11 May 2016 12:45PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
U goes tight position. lovely shot but the hoop is still open, less than a foot out
11 May 2016 12:45PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
R runs it cleanly landing a 1ft south of hoop 8 on the western side.
11 May 2016 12:46PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
K goes deep, at least 4yrds out
11 May 2016 12:46PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
tries to position....dribbles past R and curls west..hmm
11 May 2016 12:46PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
U also takes deep position, bit less than 4yrds and 1 ft east of the hoop.
11 May 2016 12:47PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
R goes in tight as expected, nails the block. 6inches dead in front.
11 May 2016 12:47PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
K tries to clip it. Misses it completely! Y looks at the clearance, nope, going for a block. Here's comes the jump!
11 May 2016 12:48PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
jump jump jump
11 May 2016 12:49PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
aww it missed to the left. Great height though.
11 May 2016 12:49PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
R runs the hoop. 4 all
11 May 2016 12:50PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
K takes position on hp 8, is a bit short. Still runnable thought. 2.5yrds out, 0.5yrds to the west
11 May 2016 12:50PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Y positions, 2yrds out but east of the hoop
11 May 2016 12:50PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
U goes 2yrds out as well but not so far to the east. R also takes position, 1.5yrds out and slightly west.
11 May 2016 12:51PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
K clears Y to the East boundary, cutting it 2yrds north of the hoop. Y hits U to 2yrds west of the half way point on south boundary.
11 May 2016 12:52PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
U makes a nice soft clearance on R and goes 1yrd snorth of hoop 9
11 May 2016 12:52PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red takes position almost wired from U, 1 yrd out. Still open though.
11 May 2016 12:53PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
K takes position 2yrds in front
11 May 2016 12:53PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Y goes for the hoop, clangs into the right leg and spits out to the eastern boundary
11 May 2016 12:53PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
U clear R to 1yrd west of the mid point of southern boundary. R shoots to clear K...
11 May 2016 12:54PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Misses! couple of inches to the right
11 May 2016 12:54PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
K makes the hoop quite well and lands just over halfway to hoop 10.
11 May 2016 12:55PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Y goes for position, again to long. Oh dear, at least it's to the east and close to a short boundary
11 May 2016 12:55PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
U takes position close in front, 1 yrd out, slightly to the west
11 May 2016 12:55PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red goes too long, again, is now behind the hoop.
11 May 2016 12:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
K goes wired from R, less than a yrd out
11 May 2016 12:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Y goes for a jaws, gets it. probably wanted to run the hoop.
11 May 2016 12:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
U tries to jump and misses, oops!
11 May 2016 12:57PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
R goes to clear K...
11 May 2016 12:57PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
another miss. Here we go again!
11 May 2016 12:57PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Terry lines up for the jump
11 May 2016 12:57PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
less than 2yrds
11 May 2016 12:57PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
brings his feet forward
11 May 2016 12:58PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Huzzah! Success at last!
11 May 2016 12:58PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
and Y is just out of the jaws, it's going to take Ron something special to get this game back. 6-4 to Terry
11 May 2016 12:59PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Y goes to where it can, 2yrds east of hoop 11 and 3yrds north.
11 May 2016 12:59PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
U goes a yard out, slightly to the west.
11 May 2016 12:59PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
goes long, 3yrds to the west and at least 5yrds out
11 May 2016 1:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
*R goes long
11 May 2016 1:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
K tries to block U from R, doesn't quite get ther.
11 May 2016 1:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
*there.
11 May 2016 1:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Y clears U to near the West boundary, U comes back in to right in front of the hoop. Terry's positional playing is just so excellent.
11 May 2016 1:01PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Sorry, clearly K tried to block U from Y earlier and missed
11 May 2016 1:02PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
R clears K and K clears Y. Y clips U but not enough and U runs the hoop. Game over! Terry wins 7-4.
11 May 2016 1:04PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
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