Australia - AC - Singles Championships

Good morning everyone. I've missed the start of play but here goes.

Jenny is Black & Blue v Simon Red & Yellow.

Simon is playing yellow and is for hoop 4.

Simon has failed hoop 5. Jenny has all the balls.

Jenny has made hoop 1 with laid break in front of her.

Jenny has played a steady and deliberate break to 4b.

Jenny's leave is yellow at h4, red 4 yards off west boundary and around h6 height.

Simon has lifted yellow from h4 and taking it to corner 3.

Simon has cut the in court ball, blue, to black. Poor rush on black north of h1. Takes off to south of red. Rushes red to near c2.

Correction, Yellow is for h5 so it was poor rush to h5.

Black in 3 yards north of h1, Bluc west boundary and possibly wired from black. Red and yellow behind h2.

Simon walks into club house admitting that lift was intended for boundary ball.

Black to c3.

Simon has long rush to blue but barely hit yellows to north boundary. Maybe he was trying to get closer to black in c3.

Take of to black. Sends black to h1 going to blue on east boundary.

Leaves himself and 5-6 yarder. Looking at leaving blue alone and lagging back to partner.

Simon leaves blue alone and joins up on north boundary.

Jenny sends black to c3.

Simon rushes yellow to just south of c3. Take off to black is short. Rushes black to west boundary approximately peg high. Stops black to 3 yads north of h1, returns to partner in c3.

Black is shooting at red and yellow...

Misses.

Simon plays yellow,. Rushes red to h4. Croquets red towards c4 going to blue. Sends blue to 5 yards north of h1 and doesn't get in front of h5.

Sends yellow to boundary south of red.

Jenny sends blue to 8-9 yards south of black.

Simon;s playing red.

Blue is 2 yards east of h2,
Black is 3 yards east of h1.
Red in c4
Yellow 2 yards north of red.

Black hits blue

Jenny takes the safe option and hit yellow

Take off to red is long. rushes red north of h4. Poor roll to h1.

Black joins up with blue north boundary behind h2.

Red to c3

Break in commentary.

Black makes h1 with yellow and blue just north. Red in c3.

Rushes yellow to south boundary.

Croquets yellows to north of peg. ok rush to h2.

Black makes h2. Still a fair bit to do.

Blue to h4 Black gets rush on yellow towards h3,.

Good cut rush on yellow to just south of h3.

Takes off short to red in c3.

Sends red towards west boundary. Good position with black. Makes h3.

Jenny still with some work to do but I expect black to peg.

Jenny still with some work to do but I expect black to peg.

Jenny fails to get in front of h5 and misses live red by h1.

Yellow shooting at blue about 7 yards. Hits.

Yellow shooting at blue about 7 yards. Hits.

Yellows takes off from end of b baulk to yellow.

Crroquets black north of h5 holding rush on red to h5.

Yellow makes h5, croquets red to 1b and rushes red to north boundary.

Yellow does good take of blue but terrible rush to h6. Good roll and makes h6.

Yellow makes 1b and the balls are under "Simon" control.

Simon's got yellow to 4b. Leave is:

• Blue peg high 5 yards from east boundary.
• Black couple yards south of peg, 8 yards from west boundary
• Red and yellow in c2.

Jenny lifts black to end of b baulk...

Hits red in c2.

Black makes h5 with loose pioneers at h6 and 1b.

Blacks blobs h6.

Red looks to have easy hit on black. Referee called...

Red hits and has easy start for h1.

Black h6, Blue 4b, Red h1, Yellow 4b

Red just makes h1...

Red easily hits yellow. Red with a little work to get balls under control.

Red makes h4 and continues with a 3 ball break.

Red has made 1b with the balls now under control.

Red has made it to the peg.

• Blue west boundary about h6 height
• Black 3 yards from peg
• Red and yellow 3 yards short of c4.

Black taken to a baulk and hits short red.

Black makes a good h6.

Black has made 1b with the balls under control.

Will Jenny have red off?

Red's in the box

• Blue in c2
• Black 7 yards down west boundary
• Yellow near rover
• Red box

** Black 4b, Bluc peg, Yellow 4b**

Yellow misses blue.

Blue rushes yellow to black. Fair rush to 4b.

Blue makes 4b with long rush to penult.

Grreat rush

Splits black to c4, blue 10 yards north. Don't understand why Jenny ignore 2 yards backward takeoff.

Yellow hits black.

Black to penult no rush on blue.

Splits blue to peg, yellow finishes in jaws in 4b.

Misses black.

Black hits blue.

Blacck and blue in c4. Yellow in c2.

Yellow misses blue by a couple of inches.

Time goes. Jenny plays black. Rushes blue south of penult, Croquets blue to runnable position, pegs off black.

Yellow shooting at blue from c4...

Yellow misses.

Blue is 4-5 foot and 10 degree penult.

Blue makes penult to win game 1. I'm signing off and heading home.

Jenny 1 vs Simon 0