Australia - GC - InterState Shield (ISS)

3rd try to put something up, Wi-Fi playing up.

Ok looks like things are now working.
WA v Vic last day, weather improving but forecast poor, its very cold and some wind.
WA need a win and a NSW result that doesn't catch up on net matches.
Vic need just to win.
Loser likely to drop to 3rd place, its that close.
First round of doubles just finished, Vic has won 3, Torben and Dorothy won the other at hoop 13.
Early in second games WA up on two lawns others even.

Things looking better on courts and with Wi-Fi, but not with the weather, thunderstorm forecast for 10am I have just been told!
McHardys lost game one 2-7, but are 2-0 up in the second.
Chris and Kay are 5-3 up in the second.
JB and Alan have hoop 1 in the second.
1-1 on the other lawn.

Shot of the day so far, Kevin Beard running 5 from behind hoop 4, was probably trying to clear the runner!
Elsewhere Tassie chasing first ever day win, they lost to SA on the last game two days ago, they play Qld today, SA beat Qld yesterday.
NSW play SA today they need a win and a WA loss for silver medal or a win by 6 matches and 93 hoops more than what WA win by to get the gold medal.

Shot of the day so far, Kevin Beard running 5 from behind hoop 4, was probably trying to clear the runner!
Elsewhere Tassie chasing first ever day win, they lost to SA on the last game two days ago, they play Qld today, SA beat Qld yesterday.
NSW play SA today they need a win and a WA loss for silver medal or a win by 6 matches and 93 hoops more than what WA win by to get the gold medal.

Play has been quite timid, mostly due to the weather and the games being on some very wavy lawns!
Also its tense!

WA has been good all week, NSW have a dominant ladies group and that's where they won that test.
Vic ladies are traditionally dominant and look so again, so the doubles needs to pick up and the men have to respond.
Doubles has been spotty all week, not unexpected with new players and combinations.

Were off to 13 in the Kay/Chris v Wendy/Darren game, need this hoop to save the match, Kay has close runner in position and Wendy has missed.
Can't see court 10 very well from here but Torben and Dorothy are either 1 hoop up or down.
McHardys 3-1 up, Alan and JB 2-1 up.

Kevin v McHardys, taking same shot at 5 from behind 4 as in first game, this time misses everything.
Kay has run 13 to save the match.

Match points are only relevant if tests are tied at the end of the event, this might happen.
Otherwise its a daily race to 21 games, currently Vic 3, WA 2.

Games in play moving slowly.
WA up 3-1 for McHardys
WA down 3-1 for Torben/Dot
other 2-2

Getting ugly for Torben and Dorothy now 5-1 down.

Great clearance from JB to save hoop 5, 14 yarder through back of hoop!
McHardys 3-2 up but losing control of 6.

Yep, its now 3-3 on their lawn.

Tassie have the first match point against Qld.

Brett has run 6 from boundary for a 4-2 lead,

Sorry that's 4-3

Disaster for Judy v McHardys clears her partner as well as Janine.

Tassie are playing their 65th day of state v state looking for first ever day win!

Games being timed out is starting to look likely!

McHardys up 5-3

Sands/JB in trouble at hoop 5 after a long battle. Alans 6 inch tap to a wired spot rippled into an open position.

John VDT has bounced out of trivial hoop but still has control.

NSW have 2 matches in the doubles already, they are making a charge!

McHardys in control of hoop 9

Tricia Devlin also failed hoop 5, WA balls back in the vicinity!

Torben and Dorothy look like they are 6-1 down.

Tassie have a second match point!

JB has attempted to clear blue and its hit hoop and stayed in front, now runs it for 3-2 lead to JVDT/Devlin.

Torben and Dorothy down 6-2

Torben needs to hit 6 yarder to keep game going, hits but jawsed the oppo ball in shot, game lost 7-2

Super sub, Robyn is warming up for her singles, by hitting up and down the boundary on that lawn.

Suns out, no sign of thunderstorm!

Dorothys campaign is over, 5 doubles rounds for 5 splits.

JB runs hoop 6 for 3-3, this is going to go to a tense timed finish!

Viewing getting tricky as Vic's are camping in the corner outside my window.

Pete Landrebe is here, ready for national selectors meeting today.

McHardys up 5-4

Magnificent jump shot from an angle by Judy, puts game at 5-5

Kevin has run hoop 11 from boundary after wicking off Janines ball to win the match in golden hoop!
Vic's are now in control of the day.

Looks like golden hoop is happening in the JB/Alan v JVDT/Devlin game, JB has bounced out once and JVDT has missed shortish roquet.
Devlin has been cleared but has hit Alans runner on return roquet.

Two runners for WA miss by Devlin, Sands for the game?

Stuck in hoop

Wild jump attempt by JVDT fails, JB puts in second runner, Devlin misses, tap through for the win on time 4-3

So doubles done Vic 1 match WA 0, catch up required.

Singles going on

Tassie 2 matches, Qld 1

Dickson has hoop 1, Janine in jaws of hoop 2.

Janine peels with red which goes live to front of hoop 3, shot of the day!

Games are rushing on!

Torben down 1-2, Janine up 2-1, Chris down 0-1

Oops got balls wrong for Chris, he is up 1-0, Janine now at 2-2

Torben doing long jump shot at 4, works, great shot, he is playing very well at this event. 2-2

Last warm ups happening.

Chris in jaws of hoop 2 after Kevin failed hoop.
JB has bounced out of first hoop.

Chris has somehow cleared his own ball from hoop 2 and lost the hoop 1-1

Long angled jump for Brett at hoop 1 clears the hoop by a considerable height, ball really took off, loses hoop 1.

Janine defending hoop 5.

Torben 3-3, JB loses hoop 1, Brett in trouble at hoop 2.

Robyn bounced out of hoop 2, 0-1

Missed roquets everywhere for both sides!

Kay loses hoop 1, Janine 3-2, JB 1-1, Robyn 1-1, Chris 2-1,

Only Alan v Darren to start.

Judy looking to jump over Kay at 2.

Does

JB 2-1, Brett 1-1

Torben 3-4

Janine 4-2

Judy has missed about a 2 foot roquet, Kay has a chance to get back into game.

Brett 2-1, can't see Robyn, shed in the way!

Failed jump shot by John Grieve against Torben, 4-4

Victorians worried about mascot thief striking, hiding it in the office!

Swiped it yesterday and it spent the day in the first aid cabinet, lol.

Kevin is playing really well, brilliant block at hoop 4.

Clock issues on court 9, might have to go see what's happening.

Ok clock issue resolved, two games had three clocks leaving one game short a clock?

Chris 3-2, Kay 0-2, Janine 5-2, Brett 4-1, Alan 1-0, JB 2-2, Robyn 1-2, Torben unknown behind shed!

Torbens game has emerged at hoop 11, big rejection at hoop from short distance, think he could be 6-4 up

Brett 5-1, Chris 3-3

Robyn 2-2, Alan 1-2

Janine 5-3, JB 3-2

Torben off, must have won.

Kay 0-3, Brett 5-2

Robyn 2-4

JB 3-3, Alan 1-3, Janine 6-3

No news from other matches

Chris 4-3, Brett 6-2

JB could be 4-3, clips on that court very similar for both games.

Chris 4-4, Robyn 3-4

Great shot by Janine clears oppo from hoop 10 from boundary

Kay has ball in hoop 4 from wrong side, causing trouble for all including other game on court!

Alan may be back to 3-3

JB 4-4, Janine 6-4 and tricky position at 11

Robyn 3-5

Robyn 3-5

There's some horrible swales on hoop 9, Gail tried for position and her ball has turned at right angles into a wired spot from JB.

Kay in big trouble 0-4 down with two offside balls

Robyn could be 3-6 down.

JB 4-5

Janine looks surprised but has first game 7-4

Brett has first game 7-3

Robyn has lost 3-7

Torben has first hoop in game 2.

JB 4-6

Robyn was a 4-7 loss sorry

Alan 4-4

Kay 1-4

Janine first hoop of game 2

JB lost 4-7

Chris having some casting issues today has touched ball in swing more than once!

Alan 5-4

Cute promotion by Kevin has Chris thinking

Janine 2-0 in game two

Few spots of rain has come to nothing

Kay 1-5

Torben 2-1 in the second

Kay 1-6

Janine 3-0 in the second

Robyn first hoop of the second game, but dodgy looking shot after hoop must

Been close to a fault, was what I was trying to say!

Chris 4-5

Kay and Judy look confused, now calling ref, could be wrong ball

Yes wrong ball, replace and replay chosen

Chris 4-6

Brett 2-1 in second,

Janine 3-1 in second,

JB failed jump at one, peeled oppo.

Chris 5-6

Alan 5-5

Torben 2-2 in second

Alan 5-6

Its still tight but Vics seem to be edging away

Torben 3-2 in second

JB 0-2 in second

Kay 2-6

Janine great in off into jaws at 6, 3-2 up in second

Chris nicks big clearance from 21 yards, in trouble now

Brett 3-1 in second

Chris has missed from side boundary, Kevin should win here.

Rejects!

JB 1-2 in second

Janine 4-2 in second

Robyn 2-1 in second,

Torben 3-3 in second

Chris has cleared from boundary and is back in it

Alan annoyed with swale on lawn at 12

Brett 3-2 in second

Kay 3-6

Alan makes 12, were off to 13th

Torben 4-3 in second

The Wi-Fi has played up again!

Alan had better position but lost the 13th,

Chris is fighting to stay in it at 12.

Kay likewise at 10.

Chris has run 12, were off to the 13th

Robyn has lost a massive battle at 4, so its now 2-2 in the second.

JB 2-3 in the second

Brett 4-2 in the second

Janine 5-3 in the second

Kay has lost the first 3-7

JB 2-4 down in the second

Kevin to the boundary behind 13,

Chris slightly closer, will get cleared,

Kevin closer again,

Chris has wobbled up to Kevins first ball and hampered his swing

Kevin can't clear Chris,

or maybe he can, referee is watching and marking,

a lot of marking,

it was very hampered, so he has tried to hamper Chris on his other ball, also very close, ref has no marking to do but is watching

Chris can't hit ball, tries hoop and fails

Kevin wins game

Torben 5-4 in second

Janine 5-4 in the second

Brett 5-3 in the second

Robyn 2-3 in the second

Chris 1-0 in second

Robyn 3-3 in second

Darren 1-0 in second

So for WA that's not Alan that's his oppo

Chris 1-1 in the second

Brett 6-3 in second

Can't see who won 10 in Janine's game!

JB 3-4 down in second

Robyn could be 4-4 in second

Lots of Tassies wandering about, Patsy is smiling

Janine has made 12 and we are off to 13th

Kay 1-0 in the second

Brett has the game and the match 7-3

State of the day, Vic 10 games, WA 7

Looks like a wrong ball on court 9, JB and Gail, ref out there, lots of pointing going on.

Torben has game 2 and the match

Robyn 5-4 in the second

Alan 1-1 in the second

Chris 2-1 in the second

JB was a wrong ball, resolved with ball swap, 3-5 down

Janine and Wendy having a chat, don't know result but suspect Wendy won at 13

Janine and Wendy having a chat, don't know result but suspect Wendy won at 13

Remember its games that matter, WA 2 - 1 up on matches but down 8-10 on games

Remember its games that matter, WA 2 - 1 up on matches but down 8-10 on games

Kay 1-1 in the second

Kay 2-1 in the second

Had to visit the toilet, so whats the news!

Janine did lose at 13.

Robyn won the second 7-5, what a sensational result for her on debut.

Tassie are 3 matches to 1 up.

NSW are coming hard 5 matches to 1 up

The sun is really shining now, no sign of rain.

Chris 3-2 in the second

Alan 1-2 in the second

JB's game is tangled up with Alan's, ref is sorting it.

JB 4-5 in second

Ref on lawn for Kay, they seem to be looking at court damage!

Appears Kay has been faulted and ball replaced

JB 4-6 in second

Kay 2-2 in second

We need all of these games for parity into last round!

Alan 1-3 in second

Chris 3-3 in second

NSW are not winning enough matches to catch WA if we win.

Tassie 3-2 up on matches v Qld

JB has lost to Gail in the game and the match.

Vic now 12 to 9 on games.

Alan 3-4 in second

Kay 2-3 in second

Chris 3-3 in second

Chris has a spurt on 5-3 in the second

Kay 2-4 in second

Alan 3-5 in second

Chris 5-4 in second

Alan 3-6 in second

Alan 4-6 in second

Kay 2-5 in second

Alan 5-6 in second

Kay 2-6 in second

Chris 5-5 in second

Alan has lost game and match.

Chris 6-5 in second

Judy has run an angled hoop to take game and match against Kay

Time is very close, Kevin running across lawn, thunders blue into the leg.

Chris not running quite as fast clears black and wins on time

Match split

State of play is 14 games to Vic and 10 to WA, slowly drifting behind, hoops however are good.

So equation is WA needs to win 10 games out of 16 and that would probably mean a win on hoops.

A couple of SA wins in the singles, has made it mathematically impossible for NSW to win Gold.

So its still all to play for!

Were away with the last round.

Robyn 0-1 down v Gail

Sorry wi -fi issues again

Robyn 1-1

JB 1-0

Robyn 1-2

JB 1-1

Great shot by Robyn to jaw from distance and angle on a wavy lawn.

Robyn 2-2

The other games are slowly drifting on

Kay 0-1

Something I overlooked was SA could beat NSW and the loser of Vic and WA could come second

Kay 0-2

Robyn 2-3

Kay 0-3

JB 1-3

Robyn 3-4

Had to go for a walk to see clips.

Kay 0-6

JB 2-5

Janine 0-1

Alan 1-1

Torben 1-1

Robyn 3-5

Kay has lost 7-0, strange ending, appears she may have forgotten that she had not scored!

Janine 0-2

Brett 0-1

Robyn 4-5

Alan 2-1

Looks like Torben 2-1

Brett 1-2

Torben 3-1

Janine 0-3, Judy Wembridge has played a real captains knock today!

Chris 1-0

Robyn 5-5

Robyn and JB have been fantastic this week.

Hopefully other ladies in WA and other state squads will see how much they have improved, embraced the moment and been fun.

Then maybe we can build a bit more ladies depth across the country.

Kay 1-0 in second game

Janine 1-3

Great clearance by Chris from 21 yards

Someone's calling out " hot scones ", might be good as the weather is deteriorating.

Kay 1-1

Alan 3-1,

Ref on court looking at JVDT ball in hoop 2, why?

Its been there for quite a while, so unless a ball has hit the leg and wobbled it, surely it can't have changed.

Wendy has missed a roquet, have not seen that for a while.

Janine 2-3

JB lost game one

Clips very hard to see now

So looking around it appears to be;

Chris 1-1
Janine 2-3
Kay 3-3 in second
Brett 4-4
Robyn has just won game one, well done.
Alan 6-1
Torben 5-1

Chris 2-1

Big discussion on court 8 with ref, both games involved, could be colliding balls.

Kay 3-4 in second

Games bogged down

JB 1-0 in second

Torben could be 6-2

Chris 2-2

Brett 4-5

Slipping away from WA now,

Need to do some maths re SA/NSW and see if an upset there can get us 2nd place!

Nothing cheery there!

Qld are level with Tassie

Chris 3-2

Janine 2-4

Brett 5-5

Torben has won, he has had a very good week, may get a surprise later.

Alan has won, after a big fightback from John Grieve

Janine 2-5

Janine accidentally { of course } peels oppo to 2-6

Kay 4-5

Robyn 1-1 in the second

Its raining, yay.

Wendy has just cleared both Kays balls and ran the hoop in the one shot!

Kay 4-6

Tassie is all level with Qld and 1 hoop up

Chris 5-2

Robyn 2-1

Brett 6-5

Chris 6-2

Robyn 3-1

Lester Hughes is here, maybe awarding the best beanie.

Brett has won game one

Judy returns the favour and peels Janine to 3-6

Kay 5-6

Robyn 3-2

Robyn 4-2

Janine has lost game one

Wendy has bombed 12 in game 2.

Brett 1-0 in the second

Robyn 4-3

Alan 0-2 in the second

Alan 0-2 in the second

Brett 1-1

Brett 2-1

Robyn 5-3

Alan 1-2

Kay 6-6

Chris 6-3

Kay jaws 13, big shot needed from Wendy

Kay jaws 13, big shot needed from Wendy

Brett runs hoop 4 from corner 3

Kay peeled by oppo for the game

Tightening up Vic 17 WA 15 in the clubhouse

Janine 0-1 in the second

Brett 3-1 in the second

Robyn 5-4

Torben has lost game two

Alan 2-2

Brett 4-2

JB seems to be going to 13th hoop

Brett 5-2

JB has lost at 13

Chris 7-4

Janine 1-1

Brett 5-3

Brett could be 6-2

Robyn and Gail going to 13

Robyn has to jump to get there and does, goes to boundary

Gail has a steady blue to position

Janine 1-2

Alan 2-3 in second

Alan 3-3 in second

Brett wins game and match with 7 yard hoop

Robyn in trouble

Robyn has jump to win

Declined first jump, maybe a bit naïve, fails longer jump and loses game

Judy fails jump at 4, peels Janine at second attempt but it had come in from the back!

Judy fails jump at 4, peels Janine at second attempt but it had come in from the back!

Clock issues, forgot to add the hour by the look of it

Alan 4-3