Hi All,

Lawn 3, Simon Hockey and Greg Fletcher v Jenny Clarke and Harps Tahurangi
Lawn 4, Robert and Malcolm Fletcher v Joe Hogan and Chris Shilling

Lawn 1, David Maugham and James Hopggod v Danny Huneycutt and Matthew Essick
Lawn 2, Stephen Mulliner and Samir Patel v BEn Rothman and David Maloof

Sitting near lawn 3 and 4, which I will cover in detail, lawn 1 and 2 will be more updates of position.
Jarod Coutts is providing commentry for lawns 5-7

Play starting soon, blustery wind this morning and a bit cooler than the other days,

L2, Ben east bndry,
Samir Cnr 2,
David Maloof misses partner from Abaulk
Stephen Mulliner shoots from A baulk and hits

L1, Suoershot from David Maugham , replied with maximum distance,
James Hopgood misses into Cnr 4
Matthew Essick hits supershot ball from A ( 11.5 yards )

L3, Simon plays a high supershot
Jenny plays into Cnr 2
Greg F hits from BBaulk at Cnr 2 ball
Roll from Greg loads black nthnof hoop 1, no Sth rush on partner , has a 7 yard takeoff from west bndry

L1, ME played some good shots to get hoop 2 loaded nth, and gets partner to hoop 1, runs hoop but misses hampered shot

L2, error by SM has Ben in Cnr 2 with three balls

L4, Chris high super shot
Malcolm maximum distance
Joe misses into Cnr 4

L3, gregs takeoff gives him a 4 yard hoop 15 degrees, consults Si,good positive answer
Greg runs th whoop firm, appears tight and ball pops through by a yard- we get a small fist pump ; loud applause , easily the best hoop for the event so far

L4, Robert misses partner from A baulk

L1, DM plays. A dry shot into Cnr 1, partner in Cnr 2 , ME together Sth of hoop 4, rushes to 3 and rolls Sth west of 2, going to Cnr 2, loads 3 but no hoop run

L4, CS misses with supershot ball at the east bndry balls

L2, GF still has lots of work to keep break going, 10 yard takeoff to hoop 3 from east bndry

Sorry last comment was lawn 3

L4, RF makes a cannon in Cnr 4

L3, GF runs a 3 yard slight angle hoop 3 firm, was going to be faced with a 12yard + return roquet on the ball near 6 , but snicks the reception ball that was mid court between 3 and 4 for hoop and roquet

L4, RF through 1, with some tidy up shots from a slightly out of ratio cannon , has a 12 yard rush to 2 , has a 1 foot hoop approach and a well set break ahead

L1, ME in play up to hoop 5, looks hampered near peg, but safely continues

L2, Ben and David have the lawn, David approaching 1 , ball in Cnr 2 and 4, runs a 1 yard hoop with rush to 3

L3, GF under tight control through 6
L4, RF in control through 4

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L4, RF through 2back with NSL ball placement in order
L3, GF through 2 back with 3 ducks ball movement
L1, MS through 3 back, the leave is a bit loose , kinda OSL - sets a few yards nth of Cnr 4, the peg ball is nth East of the peg
L2, through 5, sets partner to 2 back after discussion with Ben

L4, Joe lifts hoop 4 ball , shoots from A baulk - misses

L1, Eng play the peg ball ( think from A baulk ) misses
L3, Jenny plays 4th ball on from Cnr 1, hits the west bndry duck

L3, Jenny in control through hoop 2
L4, MF in control through hoop 2, consults Robert on ball movement options as he makes 2 off of partner , rushes peelee to Sth bndry nth of 3 while going to pioneer Sth of 2, plays it well and subsequently is able to jaws the peel after 3

L4, MF runs hoop 4 by an inch , hampered shot is a 4yard straight shot - misses

L2, DM also makes a loose DS leave setting 3 yard nth Cnr 4

L2, lifts west bndry ball , shoots from A baulk- hits

L3, JC up to 2 back , sets Simons ball as the west bndry ball of the NSL

L4, CS through hoop 1, discussion with Joe, rushes RF out of 4 back rather than through it, MF clip is for hoop 5 though.
Which probably made the decision easier - getting Robert out of the game would of been attractive .

L3, GF lifts yellow and misses into Cnr 4

L2, SM under control through hoop 6
L1, DH on court through 4 back , looking at the balls , he may of completed all peels

L2, also missed some of SM play, he is TPO'ing and peels rover going to 3 back
L1, DH completes game and TP to take game 1

L3, Harps through hoop 3, hoop 4 loaded 7 yards nth with partner ( peelee), discussion with Jenny for options.
Loads red to 5, rushes partner to 4, makes 4, runs hoop and hits 5 yards into the Cnr 4 ball

L4, CS through 6, discussion with JH

Lots happened

L3, Harps made an error with 1 peel done after 6 ( rush peel ) but put croquet shot out going to 2 back

L4, MF missed lift into Cnr 4 , JH in break but peelee at hoop 6 , makes 6 looking for rush over to 4 back

L1, ME makes first break game 2, sets NSl

L3, SH in control after the Harps error approaching 2 back with all peels completed

L4, JH gets a jaws at 4 back after 6

L2, Ben and David in big discussion , blue near hoop 2 , black east bndry line of 6 , yellow in jaws of hoop 1 , red just nth of hoop 1,
David heads to blue and shoots at red - hits, think its black on hoop 1, David clip might be 3 back - Ben gets him to make easy looking cross wire, not sure Davids convinced

L4, JH through 3 back , has straight tp ahead , load is well east of 4 back , so not the best set up to rush peel and push it to penult prior to the hoop

L3, SH safely through the last hoops to peg out +10 TP

L4, the jawsed 4 back may not be completely jawsed , possibly some leg making it a more delicate play than a rush peel , so swaps red and yellow around and has a straight finish , peels black , runs past peelee on the hoop run , rushes red to Cnr 3

L2, turns cross wire down , ball at 1 ,rushes yellow through to hoop 2, lays up Mid East bndry

L1, DH on second break, jawses the 4 back peel after 3

L4 , JH Jawses penult, bombards it through with yellow, runs hoop gently , hits yellow , peelee only through by just less than 2 feet , so some good take off is required to,get a rush Sth , CS and joe discuss

L2, SM shoots from 1 to 2- misses

L4, JH wires himself looking for the takeoff, runs penult again looking for a wick or some luck - misses and finishes near rover
MF taps on and loads an escape ball to 4 back , makes 5 off of partner ( peelee ) needs a rush out , and gets it

L4, MF cuts the rush , has a 9 yard straight peel, weights good with some drift at the end, keeps it handy

L4, not quite in position for MF after 6, takes off to 1 back , looks set for a 4 back peel and rush to 2 back
Oppo clips are rover and rover

L4, MF peels 4 back with some nice touch and rushes 3 yards nth of 2 back, runs hoop with a nth rush

L3, game 2
HT supershot 3 yards NW of 5
SH lays a tice 1 yard NE of 5
JC shoots from Cnr 1 through Simons ball - misses
GF has an 11 yarder from b baulk or ? Prob best option - SH response needed a yard or two on it
GF - hits

L1, Big applause as DH takes game 2 and match

L4, MF rushes to 3 back from 4 back, makes a tough angled hoop , loads penult nice and tight , rushes to 4 back - has. A good straight double finish set up

L2, I am out of touch what's happened - but it looks like SM had made the peels and not got in front of 3 back earlier
BR in control of his break through 3 back approaching 4 back

L2, GF through 1 with set break

L4, MF rush into rover from 3 yards , has snuck up a bit, only a few inches out but quite. A bit of angle- not irishable , no deep balls makes the jaws And half jump ( not much room anyway ) that attractive - think RF will get him to make hoop and leave

L2, BR pegs out to take game 1

L4, MF makes rover , rushes partner to west bndry , sets black to east bndry , shy a few yards but has rush to,the peg and can tuck it in tight

L4, JH lifts peg ball, shoots at partner from A baulk , shortest shot , about 15 yards - misses

L3, GF under control through 5

L4, rushes to west bndry , inches from blue, stops it in a yard, rushes blue to black , makes tight rush to rover , rover approach a bit longer and angle than wanting , makes hoop to bndry rushes back east, make rush to peg , pegs out +4 game 1

L3, GF through 2back with a NSL set up

L3, GF sets NSL , smidge Sth than perfect

L3, HT shoots from A baulk , makes an edge on blue shooting at yellow , slides past both by mms

L3, SH loads 2, rush to 1 , gives him a 5 yard roll, misses an angly 1 foot hoop

L2 , SM on 3rd turn break , through 5

L3, HT shoots from 2 to 1 , hits

L4, MF super shot 3 yards NW of 5,
CS mirrors it east
RF hits firm and hits

L4, RF completes break to 4, back
JH on court through hoop 2, with set lawn

L3,HT completes break , sets NSL
GF lifts 4 ball , misses into Cnr 4
JC through 1 , with a nth rush

L2, Samir on court up to hoop 4, loose break , but one good take off from Sth of 4 should bring it all together , runs 3 yard hoop

L4, JH keeps break under control through hoop 6

L3, JC also under control , through 4 , has Cnr ball out , and is sending peelee to 4 back

L2, Samir looks hampered on the rush from 4 back to 6, resets a few times, plays it well
L3, JC through 5, James the peel from a tight angle and has a straight rush to hoop 6

L2, Samir up to 1 back , got peelee after 6 and places it at penult,

L4, JH at 3 back , has all,the balls at the hoop

L2, Samir. Missed the peel at penult going to 2back

L3, JC up to 2 back in control

L4, JH sets NSL ( red , Robert at 4 )

L2, Samir makes 4 back , sets the straight double up,

L3, JC peels penult going to 4 back,

L4, MF lifts yellow , shoots from A baulk at red near 4 - misses

L2,Samir has a 2 foot straight rover rover , peels clean, strikers ball looks nasty towards leg, needs ref

L3, JC has a well placed rover for final peel

L3, JC peels rover clean from 1.5 feet , back ball safely through
Pegs out from 6 yards to win +17TP and makes it 1-1

L4, Samir fails rover

L4, CS croquets a ball Sth of hoop 1, tries to get a rush to hoop 1 with red ( leg of 4 must be in the way) loads it to nth of 2, retires east bndry with rush facing towards peg, cuttable anywhere, yellow shoots from Sth of 1 at the east balls, hits well unluckily cannons into other ball and splits it down the bndry

L2, DM in controlled break through hoop 2

L4, MF plays the takeoff well , gets a dolly to hoop 1

L3, having a break
L4,just back at the lawn , penult peeled jawsed , clip on 1 back, JH in play nth bndry , ball near 1, but JH for 4back,

L5, Aus took game 1 +3
NZ took game 2 , I think +26 TP
Game 3 , NZ making first break, from a supershot opening , responded with a tice west , and followed up by another tice into mid court , offering no double.
Australia missed 4th turn on, Paddy making 1st break

Not much battery left, so will try to continue with phone

L2, Eng SM peg , SP rover
BR jawses peel of 4 back rushing to 6, clubs it slightly ,
Has a 6 yard roll in, 2.5 yard hoop , runs it well

L4, sets a leave with the yellow nth of hoop 3, red Sth w of hoop 1, and lays up on Sth bndry wired from red, rush facing hoop 1

L4, yellow shooting from nth of 3 at bkl/ blue - narrow miss