NZ Open Championship
Hakes vs Bryant game 4 pt 2 by Dallas Cooke
Hello and welcome to the commentary of game for of the Nz open final open, I know it says Dallas but it is actually Josh Freeth behind the keyboard
22 Jan 2017 3:50PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Greg put out a duffer second ball and missed with Hakes going round 5th turn before missing a 7 yard roquet after hoop 4, Bryant has collected and has just run hoop 1 with a loose pioneer in blue at h2 and black west of hoop 4
22 Jan 2017 3:52PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Greg ignoring black for now and pushes red to 3 getting on blue to h2
22 Jan 2017 3:52PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
slips yellow through hoop 2 and is now croqueting blue to 4 getting on red which is 4 yards nw of hoop 3
22 Jan 2017 3:55PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Greggles slips up and decides to jaws yellow in h3
22 Jan 2017 3:56PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
was using partner ball at the time so Aiken still has to hit
22 Jan 2017 3:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
has 8 yard roquet which he nails
22 Jan 2017 3:57PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
k onto blue*
22 Jan 2017 3:57PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
blue ended up 3 yards east of hoop 1 and black has taken off to hoop 3 to collect red and yellow
22 Jan 2017 3:58PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
hits yellow out of jaws and croquet in getting behind red with rush to 4 which he makes with black
22 Jan 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
hits yellow out of jaws and croquet in getting behind red with rush to 4 which he makes with black
22 Jan 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Clip postions:
Greg-
yellow for 3
red for 1
Aiken-
black for 5
blue for 1
22 Jan 2017 4:01PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Aiken currently playing black - has pioneer at 2b and has just made 5 off blue with rush back to pioneer at 2b
swtiches yellow for blue as pioneer at 2b getting it beautifully tight
22 Jan 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
stunning really
22 Jan 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
taps yellow croqueting it up the field to 1b getting on red at 6
22 Jan 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
I think they call this a 4 ball break
22 Jan 2017 4:05PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
genius
22 Jan 2017 4:05PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
makes 6 off red giving him self a rush to north of pioneer at 1b
22 Jan 2017 4:05PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
caresses red in field getting on yellow
22 Jan 2017 4:06PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
makes his hoop
22 Jan 2017 4:06PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
remember Aiken needs this game otherwise he loses so the pressure is on
22 Jan 2017 4:07PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
going about business
22 Jan 2017 4:08PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
has left yellow near west boundary of 1b and has made 2b wit h rush on blue back infield
22 Jan 2017 4:08PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
can confirm Aiken is listening to bad romance by lady gaga in his earpiece
22 Jan 2017 4:09PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
setting up his nsl at 3b currently
22 Jan 2017 4:09PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
red is the opponents ball that will be left at 3b with it currently still being for hoop one - yellow for hoop 3 so doesn't make too much difference
22 Jan 2017 4:11PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
has postioned red at hoop 3b and rushed partner out to east boundary
22 Jan 2017 4:11PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Aiken hasn't actually taken croquet from red after running through 3b so has gone back to position it better
22 Jan 2017 4:12PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
job done and is now picking his spot for black
22 Jan 2017 4:13PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Greg gazes up at MT Maunganui
22 Jan 2017 4:14PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
greg decided to lift yellow and is looking at shooting at something from the a baulk
22 Jan 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
he is going for blue
22 Jan 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
16 yards
22 Jan 2017 4:19PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
if he misses Aiken has a standard tp ahead of him, greg must be betting on these odds
22 Jan 2017 4:19PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
apparently he has a double with 3 quarters of red and all of blue
22 Jan 2017 4:22PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
hits and deflects of back of hoop 4
22 Jan 2017 4:22PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Aiken pounces across the lawn
22 Jan 2017 4:22PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
like a panther
22 Jan 2017 4:23PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
has collected yellow sent it to 2 with rush on red to h1
22 Jan 2017 4:23PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
brilliant rush to h1 landing 1 yard south directly in front
22 Jan 2017 4:23PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
yellow is a loose pioneer at 2 and black has been left 6 yards north east of 4
22 Jan 2017 4:24PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Despite having a gret croquet angle hakes has hit at the hoop too timidly and has grovelled through and unable to hit red
22 Jan 2017 4:25PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
great*
22 Jan 2017 4:25PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
is forced to hit partner 16 yards away
22 Jan 2017 4:25PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
smacks it in the guts
22 Jan 2017 4:25PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
rolled black and blue back to hoop 1 getting behind red and sent it to hoop 3 getting on yellow at 2
22 Jan 2017 4:28PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
sends it too far and has to take off back to hoop
22 Jan 2017 4:28PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
makes hoop
22 Jan 2017 4:29PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
croquets yellow to 4 getting back to ball he left at 1 and has rolled both up to hoop 3
22 Jan 2017 4:30PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
1 ft hoop 3
22 Jan 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
and.. he has bobbled it into the jaws
22 Jan 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
with red near by to attack
22 Jan 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Gregs turn now as he has a great opportunity here for a tpo with black already at its hoop
22 Jan 2017 4:33PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
hits black with red but red has ended up hitting blue back through the hoop, he no longer has a rush back down to yellow with blue
22 Jan 2017 4:34PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
clip update:
k for 4b
b for 3
y for 3
r for 1
22 Jan 2017 4:35PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
hadecide to croquet black back over to 2 and his taking on the rush at blue, manages to hit it out from hoop but now has to take off back behind yellow to make hoop 1
22 Jan 2017 4:36PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
now has a 2 yard rush on yellow to hoop 1, looks to be on an angle
22 Jan 2017 4:37PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
sends it to 4 yards north of hoop 1 and decide to croquet yellow to corner 1 getting black in front of hoop 1
22 Jan 2017 4:38PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
red hit knicks hoop on way back and turns into more of an angle than he would like
22 Jan 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
makes hoop and now his to hit return roquet at yellow which is in corner 1
22 Jan 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
hits
22 Jan 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
ball position update:
blue 8 yards north of hoop 4
black as pioneer at hoop 2
greg playing a croquet stroke with red and yellow at corner 1 after making hoop 1 with red
22 Jan 2017 4:40PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
greg is making it hard for himself and the croquet stroke sending yellow to 3 ends up 5 yards short, worse still red is face with a 10 yarder on blue!
22 Jan 2017 4:41PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
red lining up red on blue
22 Jan 2017 4:41PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
hits!
22 Jan 2017 4:42PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
greg now taking some time with his croquet stroke after his last error..
22 Jan 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
which pays of as his take off ends up 1 foot from black which was his pioneer at 2
22 Jan 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
yellow still messy pioneer for 3 so will have to tidy up
22 Jan 2017 4:44PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
rushes black to hoop for and gets behind blue rushing it up to yellow at hoop 3, decided to take off to really make sure his rush to hoop 3 is a good one
22 Jan 2017 4:45PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
blue is now 2 yards west of hoop 3 with greg lining up rush on yellow to hoop wich is about 8 yards north
22 Jan 2017 4:46PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
doesn't turn out great and now has an approach from 1 yard west of hoop
22 Jan 2017 4:46PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
decides to take off and runs his 1 foot hoop
22 Jan 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
a best of 5 isn't over till its over, even if you only need 1 game to win...
22 Jan 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
taps yellow sending it up to peg getting behind blue which he rushes up to his waiting pioneer in black at hoop 4
22 Jan 2017 4:48PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
croquets to hoop 5 and gets 1 yarder on black
22 Jan 2017 4:48PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
makes hoop and is now just going about business , has a 4 ball break laid out with no intentions of a tpo on black at this stage
22 Jan 2017 4:50PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
the wind has picked up a bit here
22 Jan 2017 4:52PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
greg has made 5 and six and si now thinking about how he is going to make 3b off oppo
22 Jan 2017 4:54PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
is*
22 Jan 2017 4:54PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
the rush after 6 is pointing south and his partner ball is at 1b
22 Jan 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
doing the ol switcheroo
22 Jan 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
croquets yellow out to west boundary after making 1b getting on black which also bearish to west boundary about peg high
22 Jan 2017 4:58PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
croquets yellow out to west boundary after making 1b getting on black which also bearish to west boundary about peg high
22 Jan 2017 4:57PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
croquets black to 3b getting on blue at 2b makes hoop with rush back infield which ends up 1 yard south of hoop 5
22 Jan 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
yellow still out west boundary
22 Jan 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
croquets blue to near 3b getting on black which he rushes to dead in front of 3b
22 Jan 2017 5:01PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
makes hoop with rush on black back to corner 4
22 Jan 2017 5:02PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
ends up 1.5 yards from corner 4 on the south boundary
22 Jan 2017 5:04PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
takes off to rush blue out to west boundary behind yellow
22 Jan 2017 5:04PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Aiken pacing
22 Jan 2017 5:04PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
leaves blue peg high on west boundary getting rush on yellow to corner 2
22 Jan 2017 5:05PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
blue and black are wired on opposite sides the lawn diagonally through hoop 5
22 Jan 2017 5:07PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
greg leaves the court with a rush on red with yellow from corner 2 up the line towards yellow
22 Jan 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
yellow has a single ball
22 Jan 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
blue*
22 Jan 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
whoops, I mean yellow has rush on red up east boundary towards blue
22 Jan 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
blue is lifted to b baulk and Aiken is lining up his 11 yarder
22 Jan 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Hakes hits! making Bryants heart ache
22 Jan 2017 5:10PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
they don't call him Aiken hakes for nothin
22 Jan 2017 5:10PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
has left yellow in corner 2 getting rush on red to black in corner 4
22 Jan 2017 5:12PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
takes off and hits black- blue is currently for h3
22 Jan 2017 5:13PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
rolls both balls up line and is left with an ugly angly hoop with blue
22 Jan 2017 5:13PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
3 yards north east of hoop
22 Jan 2017 5:13PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
its dwibbly
22 Jan 2017 5:14PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
but crawls through and Aiken hits black sending it to 5 getting on red at h4
22 Jan 2017 5:14PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
4 yards rush south of where he wanted
22 Jan 2017 5:15PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
ends up having to just hit and take his 6 yard roll north of 4
22 Jan 2017 5:16PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Aiken gets it bang on and goes throgu8h hoop getting rush on red back north
22 Jan 2017 5:16PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
yellow still in corner 2
22 Jan 2017 5:17PM (Tournament); 35 Readers
blue was a loose pioneer for 5 and has had to collect it and now has 1 yard hoop south of 5
22 Jan 2017 5:18PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
red is now near the peg
22 Jan 2017 5:18PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
its getting a bit loose and Aiken runs the hoop down to hoop six and now has too turn around and hit red which is near peg
22 Jan 2017 5:18PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
hits it, now croquets it to 1b managing to get dolly rush on black to hoop 6 from 8 yards awaty
22 Jan 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
tring to create some angle on black to co9llect yellow in corner 2 after making hoop
22 Jan 2017 5:20PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
has rushed black to 6 yards south of its hoop at 4 back and is giving the peel a go heading over to yellow in corner 2
22 Jan 2017 5:22PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
the weather god have frowned upon this and it is now pouring with rain
22 Jan 2017 5:22PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
0-100 real quick
22 Jan 2017 5:23PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
peel misses but blue ends up with an easy roquet on yellow pushing it to 2b getting on red at 1b
22 Jan 2017 5:23PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Aiken is really wet
22 Jan 2017 5:24PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
the rain is horizontal
22 Jan 2017 5:24PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
is out there with a little tshirt on and short shorts
22 Jan 2017 5:24PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
he is focused though and doesn't let it disrupt him, makes 1b and rushes red to north boundary
22 Jan 2017 5:25PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
the lawns are starting to form smalls puddles in the space of 4 minutes
22 Jan 2017 5:26PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
aiken rolls red and blue over to black at 4b where it missed its peel
22 Jan 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
he taps it and now takes of sending it closer to its hoop getting on yellow
22 Jan 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
off*
22 Jan 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
clip update:
red for 4b
yellow for 3
black for 4b
blue for 2b
22 Jan 2017 5:28PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
ball position
22 Jan 2017 5:29PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
black 1 yard east of 4b, red 1 yard east
22 Jan 2017 5:29PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Aiken playing blue and is croqueting using yellow at 2b
22 Jan 2017 5:29PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
rolls up to hoop but over compensates for rain and blue misses position by a few inches, it is not runable
22 Jan 2017 5:30PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
blue hits into 2 corner
22 Jan 2017 5:31PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
the sun has now come out and greg walks onto the lawn, Aiken is dripping
22 Jan 2017 5:31PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
cant control the weather
22 Jan 2017 5:31PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
instead of taking the short shot of red onto black greg decided to lift yellow to b baulk firing at red
22 Jan 2017 5:32PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
changes his mind and is now hitting at black
22 Jan 2017 5:32PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
if he manages to hit it in the guts he could then take off to blue in corner 2 rolling them both back to hoop 3 getting on red for a standard tp
22 Jan 2017 5:33PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
I think that is the plan as yellow is for hoop 3- with red already next to it on 4b
22 Jan 2017 5:34PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
greg misses with yellow to south boundary
22 Jan 2017 5:34PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Aiken now dances onto the lawn, having changed his clothes
22 Jan 2017 5:34PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
time is rolling by
22 Jan 2017 5:35PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
taps black onto red and takes off to hoop (already at 4b)
22 Jan 2017 5:35PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
makes hoop and has 3 yard return roquet on red
22 Jan 2017 5:35PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
30 minutes left with no tp looking likely at this point unless greg gets very lucky
22 Jan 2017 5:36PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
aiken hits red to penult , makes hoop with a rush back out to where greg missed on the south boundary
22 Jan 2017 5:37PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
has a croquet stroke from corner 4 - yellow is 6 yards west on south boundary
22 Jan 2017 5:37PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
taking his time, and enjoying the sun
22 Jan 2017 5:37PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
12 seagulls watching the game nervously
22 Jan 2017 5:38PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
best crowd ever at a nz open
22 Jan 2017 5:38PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
black decides to take off behind yellow to get rush to rover
22 Jan 2017 5:39PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
ends up 30cm to short
22 Jan 2017 5:39PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
decides instead to rush yellow to west boundary
22 Jan 2017 5:39PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
this game might not get to 26
22 Jan 2017 5:40PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
yellow ends up 10 yards north of south boundary west boundary side
22 Jan 2017 5:40PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
no comment from Greg
22 Jan 2017 5:41PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
takes off to blue in corner 2
22 Jan 2017 5:41PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
is setting similar leave greg left him before
22 Jan 2017 5:42PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
yellow has ingle ball down the line to corner 2 , blue has rush on black back to its hoop at 2b
22 Jan 2017 5:43PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
greg lifting yellow and firing from b baulk to hit blue
22 Jan 2017 5:45PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
hits!
22 Jan 2017 5:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
the seagulls go wild
22 Jan 2017 5:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
greg gets behind black and sends it to corner 4 where is red ball is
22 Jan 2017 5:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
is trying to get rush back down to hoop 3 with red
22 Jan 2017 5:47PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
its going to have to be a great cut
22 Jan 2017 5:48PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
get red 3/4 of the way to the hoop
22 Jan 2017 5:48PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
gets*
22 Jan 2017 5:48PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
does take off getting yellow4 yards nnw of hoop 3
22 Jan 2017 5:49PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
powers through like a champ and hits red
22 Jan 2017 5:49PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
is now rolling both balls up to hoop 4, black was left in corner 4 so he is wanting to get close enough to hit then croquet in field getting in postion at hoop 4
22 Jan 2017 5:50PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
is lining up croquet stroke with black, if he gets this he should be away with a fairly decent 3 ball break
22 Jan 2017 5:50PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
1 yard too short and retreats back to 1 yards west of corner 4, red is a further 6 yards west of this and black was hit in field enough that it now has a 8 yarder on red
22 Jan 2017 5:52PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
which aiken now hits, and gets a lucky cut to yellow ball to make life easier
22 Jan 2017 5:52PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
aiken takes off behind yellow and gets rush to blue which is in corner 2
22 Jan 2017 5:53PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
ends up with rush to corner 1 and is setting up blun with a rush to hoop 2b which it is for
22 Jan 2017 5:56PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
blue is left with 2 yard rush in corner 1 to 2b on black
22 Jan 2017 5:57PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
greg cant see yellow and is not firing at blue and back so decides to retreat to corner 2 behind yellow and let aiken take his rush top 2b
22 Jan 2017 5:58PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
aiken gets in front
22 Jan 2017 5:58PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
and dribbles it half way through
22 Jan 2017 5:59PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
gregs decision now paying off as he is left with a 7 yarder on yellow
22 Jan 2017 5:59PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
hits just
22 Jan 2017 6:00PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
croquet yellow to hoop 4 and is now deciding to hit blue through the hoop or hit black croquet it back in and hit blue out of the hoop
22 Jan 2017 6:01PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
12 minutes left
22 Jan 2017 6:01PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
hits black to south boundary of hoop 1 and rolls both balls up getting rush on blue to knock it out of the hoop
22 Jan 2017 6:02PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
now its gregs turn to be rained on as it pours down !
22 Jan 2017 6:03PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
has hit blue to 3 yards nw of 6 and takes off back to yellow at hoop 4, yellow is for hoop 4
22 Jan 2017 6:04PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
runs off lawn
22 Jan 2017 6:04PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
aiken goes out and fires blue at the two balls at hoop 4 and misses to 1 yards west of corner 4 on the south boundary
22 Jan 2017 6:05PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
there is 5 minutes left and greg is on 4b and 4 and aiken is on rover and 2b
22 Jan 2017 6:06PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
greg is favourite for the win from here
22 Jan 2017 6:06PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
rushes red in front of red with yellow
22 Jan 2017 6:06PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
in front of hoop*
22 Jan 2017 6:06PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
and stops it to near hoop 5 getting in to very nice hoop running position in front of 4, hits through to line with ease and now has a 6 yard roquet to blue in corner 4
22 Jan 2017 6:07PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
centres it
22 Jan 2017 6:08PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
this will likely be gregs last turn and only needs to make 6 hoops to take the lead which most would back him to do with 3 balls
22 Jan 2017 6:10PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
10 seconds left
22 Jan 2017 6:11PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
croquets blue to 6 getting on red at 5
22 Jan 2017 6:12PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
croquets red and ends up with 1.5 yard hoop sse of 5
22 Jan 2017 6:13PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
goes through
22 Jan 2017 6:13PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
black is 1 yard west of 1
22 Jan 2017 6:13PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
blue is a great pioneer at 6
22 Jan 2017 6:13PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
rushes red back to south boundary, and croquets it topeg high between 1 and 2 getting on black with a 2 yard rush to near peg
22 Jan 2017 6:15PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
croquets black to 2b getting great rush on blue to 6, not that he needs it as its already so close
22 Jan 2017 6:16PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
runs hoop controlled
22 Jan 2017 6:16PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
with rush back to red 5 yards west of pegs
22 Jan 2017 6:16PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
croquets blue to 2b and gets rush on red back to north boundary behind 1b
22 Jan 2017 6:17PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
unless aiken puls off something stunning with his last turn or greg breaks down on an easy 4 ball break - greg will be nz open winner again
22 Jan 2017 6:18PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
makes 1b and has the balls all laid out
22 Jan 2017 6:20PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
croquet black to 3b but it ends ups 4 yards short
22 Jan 2017 6:21PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
gets rush on red out to corner 1 and sends it as second pioneer to 3b
22 Jan 2017 6:22PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
gets lil rush on blue to 2b and makes his hoop
22 Jan 2017 6:22PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
both balls at 3b are too short
22 Jan 2017 6:22PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
rushes blue in field a bit and croquets to peg high between 3b and 4b
22 Jan 2017 6:24PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
gets on red to send to 2b with croquet stroke
22 Jan 2017 6:25PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
getting behind black to send to his hoop at 3b
22 Jan 2017 6:25PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
he could do a straight triple, but he has no need to
22 Jan 2017 6:25PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
red is currently still for 4b so these next few moves could be interesting
22 Jan 2017 6:26PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
yellow makes 3b without touching sides and greg now has a return croquet, which he put behind 3 back hoop, there could be some furniture in the way
22 Jan 2017 6:26PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
red is 4 yards sse of 4b
22 Jan 2017 6:27PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
puts black to penult getting on blue with rush to 3 yards south of where red currently sits
22 Jan 2017 6:27PM (Tournament); 35 Readers
is not going for straight
22 Jan 2017 6:28PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
gets easy shot through 4b with red after sending red to the side of the hoop
22 Jan 2017 6:28PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
ended up leving blue where he had rushed it to earlier and has now rushed red back up to it
22 Jan 2017 6:29PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
greggles is now 1 hoop in front.
22 Jan 2017 6:29PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
is taking his time, we could be here a while
22 Jan 2017 6:30PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
is about to play a croquet stroke about 2 yards east of where blue lies peg high
22 Jan 2017 6:30PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
croquets red in getting rush on blue to level with 4b 4 yards west
22 Jan 2017 6:31PM (Tournament); 35 Readers
black is a slightly wayward pioneer at penult
22 Jan 2017 6:31PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
2 yards nee
22 Jan 2017 6:31PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
get rush on it with croquet stroke sending blue to rover
22 Jan 2017 6:32PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
plays a very tight croquet stroke on black putting yellow into the jaws with the same move, that was close
22 Jan 2017 6:32PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
but all under control im sure
22 Jan 2017 6:33PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
plays through hoops
22 Jan 2017 6:33PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
all the balls are now near the peg in and around 3-4 yards NE or SE
22 Jan 2017 6:34PM (Tournament); 36 Readers
hits black and croquets to level with rover getting rush on red in field to blue
22 Jan 2017 6:35PM (Tournament); 37 Readers
blue is 3 yards ne of rover
22 Jan 2017 6:35PM (Tournament); 36 Readers
decided to do 50 cm take off to blue
22 Jan 2017 6:36PM (Tournament); 37 Readers
rushes blue pretty much onto wire of rover
22 Jan 2017 6:36PM (Tournament); 37 Readers
croquets yellow to 1cm in front of rover
22 Jan 2017 6:37PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
runs hoop
22 Jan 2017 6:37PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
rushes black which was east off to the side of rover to peg high on east boundary
22 Jan 2017 6:37PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
checks to see if he is playing the right ball
22 Jan 2017 6:38PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
clip comes out of pocket
22 Jan 2017 6:38PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
he is indeed playing the right ball
22 Jan 2017 6:38PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
takes off to 6 inches from blue and taps it
22 Jan 2017 6:39PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
takes off to rush red to west boundary peg high
22 Jan 2017 6:40PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
about 3 yards north of peg high
22 Jan 2017 6:40PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
blue has been left 2 feet NE of rover with black 14 yards away on east boundary
22 Jan 2017 6:40PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
takes off back to peg with yellow
22 Jan 2017 6:41PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
pegs off ball
22 Jan 2017 6:41PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
additional 30 minutes regulation 8 so far
22 Jan 2017 6:41PM (Tournament); 43 Readers
hakes currently on 17 and Bryant on 22
22 Jan 2017 6:41PM (Tournament); 43 Readers
with a ball on the west boundary and a ball on the east boundary
22 Jan 2017 6:42PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
aiken is now shooting the blue ball that is at penult at black on the west boundary.....
22 Jan 2017 6:42PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
your boi hits it!
22 Jan 2017 6:42PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
Aiken now composing himself for the shots ahead, is trying to put black to 4b getting on re on the west boundary
22 Jan 2017 6:44PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
correction, puts black to 3b
22 Jan 2017 6:44PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
blue is currently for 2b
22 Jan 2017 6:44PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
does a great shot! getting black to dead behind 3b, and gets close to red to hit
22 Jan 2017 6:45PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
hits
22 Jan 2017 6:45PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
and is now rolling from 15 on the west boundary to 2b
22 Jan 2017 6:45PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
it looks good!
22 Jan 2017 6:45PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
blue now with a 2 yard hoop nw of 2b
22 Jan 2017 6:46PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
tension builds
22 Jan 2017 6:46PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
30 degrees
22 Jan 2017 6:46PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
he makes it!!!
22 Jan 2017 6:46PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
with blue smashing out to the line
22 Jan 2017 6:47PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
now for the return roquet on red
22 Jan 2017 6:47PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
hits it and now croquets red to 4b getting on black at 3b
22 Jan 2017 6:48PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
red is 3 yards short of 4b but blue ends up with a perfect rush on black!
22 Jan 2017 6:48PM (Tournament); 43 Readers
needs to make it through rover with red
22 Jan 2017 6:49PM (Tournament); 43 Readers
with blue *
22 Jan 2017 6:49PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
to win the game
22 Jan 2017 6:49PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
croquet black to side of hoop and makes hoop with ease
22 Jan 2017 6:49PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
Aiken does a little jump of excitment
22 Jan 2017 6:49PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
its not over yet
22 Jan 2017 6:49PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
sends black to penult about 2 yards north dead ij fron with blue now with a rush on red to 3b
22 Jan 2017 6:50PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
2 yard cut rush
22 Jan 2017 6:50PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
to 4b*
22 Jan 2017 6:50PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
cuts to right in front of 4b
22 Jan 2017 6:50PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
croquet red to the side and runs his easy hoop getting rush on red towards penult
22 Jan 2017 6:51PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
Aiken can bee seen doing some maths on the lawn
22 Jan 2017 6:51PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
still doing maths
22 Jan 2017 6:51PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
taps red and croquets to near peg getting on black
22 Jan 2017 6:52PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
2 yard rush on black
22 Jan 2017 6:52PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
puts black 2 feet nw of hoop
22 Jan 2017 6:52PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
croquets black to near peg
22 Jan 2017 6:52PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
his hoop is 4 inches and aiken looks like he is about to pop a vein in his head
22 Jan 2017 6:53PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
makes hoop roquets black and pops vein in his head in the same shot
22 Jan 2017 6:53PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
needs one more hoop for a very unlikely win
22 Jan 2017 6:53PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
Chris Clarke wouldn't of bet on it
22 Jan 2017 6:54PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
RUSHES RED TO 1 FOOT NORTH OF ROVER AND MAKE HOOP!
22 Jan 2017 6:54PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
wins game regardless of whether or not he pegs out or not
22 Jan 2017 6:54PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
Aiken pegs out and wins 24-22
22 Jan 2017 6:55PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
the 5th game will need to be played tomorrow as it is getting dark
22 Jan 2017 6:55PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
that's all from me folks
22 Jan 2017 6:56PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
tune in tomorrow!
22 Jan 2017 6:56PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
woops!
22 Jan 2017 6:59PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
looks like they are gonna start game 5 tonight!
22 Jan 2017 6:59PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Greg has put the duffers tice out to Rover from the A baulk, it is about 2 mtrs on the left side past. Aiken into the 2nd cnr, Greg is shooting with the yellow ball..........
22 Jan 2017 7:02PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Miss, Aiken takes Black to the B baulk. From here there appears to be a gap between the two balls on the side boundary. Hits the Yellow in the middle.
22 Jan 2017 7:04PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
A small croquet shot moving yellow along the north boundry getting a great rush on blue down to red. A croquet shot sending blue back in front of 2, rush to 1, hoop made with red.
22 Jan 2017 7:06PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
2 made with rush to cnr 2 to pick up yellow ball. Blue moved slightly in field, rush yellow towards red, great rush to hoop 3, perfect pioneer ball at 4
3 made. 4. pioneer at 5 is deeper than he would like level with hoop 1
22 Jan 2017 7:12PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Rushes yellow to west boundary, send to 6 with roll shot into 2 cnr. takes off back to south boundary, get great position on Red to rush to hoop. Not happy with with hoop approach, runs hoop down and hits the yellow at 6 to behind the hoop on the North boundary
22 Jan 2017 7:16PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Send yellow to 1back, goes to blue, has to take off back to red at five, doesn't get the rush back, Roll to 6 from mtr behind peg to the right, overrolls, attempts hoop, misses. Gregs in..
22 Jan 2017 7:19PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
greg has gotten himself a rush to 1 and is now attempting a 1 yard hoop 1
22 Jan 2017 7:21PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
which he runs to peg high
22 Jan 2017 7:21PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
decided not to hit the return roquet and goes to red on the east boundary, hitting it
22 Jan 2017 7:22PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
now taking off back to blue which is in corner 2
22 Jan 2017 7:22PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
no, pushes red in towards 3 and get onto black back at hoop 1
22 Jan 2017 7:23PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
hits and is nowtaking off to blue ball in corner 4
22 Jan 2017 7:23PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
roquet is too long and decided to head back to behind red which is 3 yards east of 3
22 Jan 2017 7:24PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
yellow finishes on the east boundary behind red and black shoots to corner 4
22 Jan 2017 7:25PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
greg hits yellow onto red
22 Jan 2017 7:25PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
I will be starting a game 5 commentary now so things don't get messy so click out of here and onto the new one, we only have 20 minutes of playing daylight left so this game will likely finish in the morning
22 Jan 2017 7:26PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
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