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The Open Championship
Open final continued by James Death
As Chris plays in the z, I'll take o er
06 Sep 2020 10:20AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Over
06 Sep 2020 10:20AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Harry's continued on his break, left yellow near corner 2, makes 3 back.
06 Sep 2020 10:21AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Leaves black 5yds W of corner 4, blue 5yds N of corner 4 and retires to corner 3
06 Sep 2020 10:23AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Paddy lifts blue, cuts red out of corner 3 by a ft.
06 Sep 2020 10:25AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Taking off to black, moves red 3yds in lawn, gets 2yds north of black and then hits it
06 Sep 2020 10:26AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rolls to corner 1,black 5ft short of the corner on the yardline, sets a rush to1
06 Sep 2020 10:28AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Harry shoots yellow at red....
06 Sep 2020 10:28AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Misses.
Harry shot quite softly and then exclaimed it's hilled off again
06 Sep 2020 10:30AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Paddy makes 1 but is semi hampered on his rush after the hiop
06 Sep 2020 10:31AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red is far enough in that a takeoff to yellow has enough room to get a ball to 3 and a rush to 2
06 Sep 2020 10:32AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rushes blue most of the way to 6, takes off to short of red, rushes into corner 3
06 Sep 2020 10:33AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Stops it half way to 3, getting the rush
06 Sep 2020 10:34AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rushes to 4ft from hoop 2 and the break is established
06 Sep 2020 10:34AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Having left red near 3, I'm expecting the tpo
06 Sep 2020 10:35AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Didn't get red straight in front of 4back, angled peel jawsed
06 Sep 2020 10:39AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Hoop and roquet after 4, paddy cleans a lump of mud off yellow before continuing
06 Sep 2020 10:40AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rush peel after 5, hoop 6 pioneer is 3yds East of 6
06 Sep 2020 10:42AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Rolls peelee to straight in front of penult, has a good rush on yellow to 6
06 Sep 2020 10:42AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Peels penult by a ft
06 Sep 2020 10:43AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Break is under good control and should be peeling rover on the way to 3back
06 Sep 2020 10:47AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Peel is done, will we see a pop as well?
06 Sep 2020 10:49AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Blue is left half way between 1 and rover. Red (the peelee) goes to penult. Makes 4 back and rushes yellow near 1
06 Sep 2020 10:52AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Didn't cut the rush enough, very angled jawsing attempt hits the near wire and sits next to the hoop
06 Sep 2020 10:53AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
After penult over cuts the rush on red, 7yds sw of peg. Takes off to yellow, aiming to peel going to rover
06 Sep 2020 10:55AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Peeling from 1ft straight
06 Sep 2020 10:55AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Gets the peel
06 Sep 2020 10:56AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Rushes blue into corner 4 after rover
06 Sep 2020 10:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Moves it 1fr north, taking off to yellow
06 Sep 2020 10:58AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
1ft obviously
06 Sep 2020 10:59AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Leaves yellow near 1, rushes red to 5ft from the peg
06 Sep 2020 10:59AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Pegs red out and retires to corner 1
06 Sep 2020 11:00AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
1 and peg plays 2 and box
06 Sep 2020 11:01AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Harry looks around the lawn a bit.
Takes the lift, cuts black 6inches out of the corner and rolls to 2
06 Sep 2020 11:03AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Hates it immediately both balls 7yds short of 2, takes on the hoop but fails bouncing west
06 Sep 2020 11:04AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Paddy takes black to 4 yds West of corner 4
06 Sep 2020 11:06AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Harry is stood behind yellow pondering his options
06 Sep 2020 11:07AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
After much deliberation, yellow to just south of corner 3
06 Sep 2020 11:09AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Paddy rushes to the end of a baulk, rolls near corner 1 and sets a rush
06 Sep 2020 11:10AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Yellow to corner 4 as the sun appears
06 Sep 2020 11:13AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Yellow to corner 4 as the sun appears
06 Sep 2020 11:13AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Paddy makes 1, rushes to 2yds South of 6
06 Sep 2020 11:15AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Rolls behind hoop 2 and is considering where to point the rush
06 Sep 2020 11:16AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Sets the rush pointing south at hoop 2
06 Sep 2020 11:19AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Yellow to just outside corner 1
06 Sep 2020 11:20AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Paddy makes 2 and rushes to 2 yds into b baulk, rolls to near corner 3 and sets a rush
06 Sep 2020 11:22AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Yellow into corner 2
06 Sep 2020 11:25AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Paddy makes 3 and rushes to 7ft West of hoop 4
06 Sep 2020 11:27AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Rolls near corner 4 and sets a rush
06 Sep 2020 11:28AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Harry plays yellow to just south of corner 3
06 Sep 2020 11:29AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Paddy makes 4 and 5
06 Sep 2020 11:31AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Rushes to 6
06 Sep 2020 11:31AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Approaches putting black deep, runs the hoop off the boundary
06 Sep 2020 11:32AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Rushes to 1 back, makes 1 back and gets a rush pointing west
06 Sep 2020 11:33AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Cuts it to the boundary, 11yds north of corner 1
06 Sep 2020 11:33AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Stops black 1 yd North and fires to corner 4
06 Sep 2020 11:34AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Harry checks that he only gets a lift
06 Sep 2020 11:35AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Lifts to corner 1 and misses black finishing level with hoop 2 on the boundary
06 Sep 2020 11:38AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Black to 3yds West of corner 4 and blue
06 Sep 2020 11:38AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Harry plays to middle of West boundary
06 Sep 2020 11:42AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Paddy played black and set a rush in corner 4
06 Sep 2020 11:46AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Wired but sooty would shoot knowing the hill
06 Sep 2020 11:46AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Harry moves 3yds North
06 Sep 2020 11:47AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Paddy rushes to just north of yellow
06 Sep 2020 11:48AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Chips black in lawn getting a rush on yellow, rushes to 2back
06 Sep 2020 11:48AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Puts yellow deep, crashes through 2back but only by 1yd
06 Sep 2020 11:49AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Hits yellow, rolls yellow to nw of 6 trying to get a rush on k, comes up short
06 Sep 2020 11:50AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Hits black and rolls towards corner 4
06 Sep 2020 11:51AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Black possibly wired from yellow but blue is 1yd in front of 3back
06 Sep 2020 11:52AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Paddy is looking for a spot for a leavenear the South boundary
06 Sep 2020 11:54AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Black is wired, Harry shoots at Blue....
06 Sep 2020 11:55AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Hits
06 Sep 2020 11:55AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Rushing black to 2 has a fair amount in the way
06 Sep 2020 11:56AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
The rush misses 4
06 Sep 2020 11:56AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Misses the peg
06 Sep 2020 11:57AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Comes up 5yds short
06 Sep 2020 11:57AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Rolls up well
06 Sep 2020 11:57AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Makes 2, but has a bad rush after to half way between 3 and blue
06 Sep 2020 11:58AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Plays a good roll to get the rush back upto 3
06 Sep 2020 11:58AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Good rush, should finish now....
06 Sep 2020 11:59AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Rushed unto the back of 1back, with the 2 back pioneer South of 2back
06 Sep 2020 12:06PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Referee called to check the placement, just able to roll through 1back from the front
06 Sep 2020 12:07PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
All back in control
06 Sep 2020 12:08PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Harry finishes game 1 +6otp
06 Sep 2020 12:12PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Game 2 will start after the players take a couple of minutes
06 Sep 2020 12:14PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Meanwhile the sun is out and it feels the warmest it has been all week.
06 Sep 2020 12:15PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
In the plate Ormerod beat van loon and Reeve has beaten Cordingley
06 Sep 2020 12:15PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Game 2
Paddy Black to 8yds North of corner 4
Harry takes red to b baulk and goes just outside corner 2
Paddy shoots blue at black, just misses
06 Sep 2020 12:22PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Harry shoots at the double from b baulk, hits blue onto black
06 Sep 2020 12:23PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Takes off behind black, leaving a rush towards corner 2
06 Sep 2020 12:24PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Gets half way past hoop 2, takes off short of red, rolls towards corner 1
06 Sep 2020 12:25PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Only rolls 2/3 of the way and then scatters
06 Sep 2020 12:26PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red 10yds North and yellow 8yds East of corner 1
06 Sep 2020 12:27PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Paddy Black misses blue
06 Sep 2020 12:27PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Harry red at yellow....
06 Sep 2020 12:28PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Changes his mind, yellow at red...
06 Sep 2020 12:28PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Missed
06 Sep 2020 12:28PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Paddy rushes in lawn a bit, rolls to 2 and Harry's balls, comes up 7yds short and misses!
06 Sep 2020 12:30PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Harry makes 1 and has a break
06 Sep 2020 12:32PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
I now predict ball to 4back, a leave from paddy and a shot by Harry
06 Sep 2020 12:38PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Harry is round to 4back, red just south of corner 2, blue 8ft west of corner 4, and black a similar distance north. Yellow in corner 3
06 Sep 2020 12:48PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Paddy lifts black and heads towards yellow, with the lift. Cuts it slightly south of the corner
06 Sep 2020 12:49PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Takes off towards blue, comes up just short of level with blue. The rush is playable
06 Sep 2020 12:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
And playable it is, cuts it to 3yds south of 1
06 Sep 2020 12:51PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Hoop and roquet after 1, takes off to yellow, takes off to red and is rolling from the corner
06 Sep 2020 12:54PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
5ft slightly angled
06 Sep 2020 12:54PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Runs it to level with red
06 Sep 2020 12:54PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Ian rushes to end of b baulk, yellow still near corner 3 and blue 4yds North of 1
06 Sep 2020 12:55PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Sorry about predictive text, but I am working from my phone at the moment
06 Sep 2020 12:56PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Ook off from red to yellow, rushed yellow to peg high east boundary and is now pass rolling to behind 4 and blue
06 Sep 2020 12:57PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Rushed blue to 10yds South of 3
06 Sep 2020 12:58PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Took off onto the ba k of the hoop
06 Sep 2020 12:59PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Plays back to East boundary level with blue
06 Sep 2020 1:01PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Harry shoots red (hoop 1) at black and hits the middle of it
06 Sep 2020 1:02PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Black goes near 2 and rushes blue to near yellow
06 Sep 2020 1:03PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Rush to 1 is a little short, copes and has a chance to make it 2-0
06 Sep 2020 1:06PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Rushes back down near 4 after hoop 2 to swap and improve the pioneer. Partner is 3yds from hoop 3
06 Sep 2020 1:07PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Makes 3, position not ideal, escape ball is east of the 3-4line and black is west of 4 by 3yds
06 Sep 2020 1:09PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Jawses the peel and rushes blue just past black
06 Sep 2020 1:11PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Rush peel after 4, takes off to 5
06 Sep 2020 1:17PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Goes back after 5, 1 back pioneer is short, jawses the penult peel after 6
06 Sep 2020 1:18PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Need to play a 5yd rush to 1back
06 Sep 2020 1:18PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Makes 1back,mishits the Croquet stroke and the 3back pioneer only reaches rover. Peelee was actually through penult, sends that to 3back instead
06 Sep 2020 1:21PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
A lot of his pioneers are coming up 3yda short on this break
06 Sep 2020 1:22PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Rushes peelee back to rover after 3back, 5ft 40 degrees approximately
06 Sep 2020 1:24PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Bounces off far wire
06 Sep 2020 1:24PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Break under control, straight rover peel to go
06 Sep 2020 1:25PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Rushes peelee to almost straight in front of rover
06 Sep 2020 1:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Walks all over the peel and just needs a rush to the peg
06 Sep 2020 1:29PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Rushes to 8ft and pegs out
06 Sep 2020 1:30PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
+24tp and a 2-0 lead
06 Sep 2020 1:31PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
The plate final is a single game between Ormerod and Reeve
06 Sep 2020 1:31PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Reeve is 1 and 4, Ormerod fails 2 with a clip on 4back
06 Sep 2020 1:33PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Harry is taking lunch, play to resume in 10-15 minutes
06 Sep 2020 1:34PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Game 3
Harry yellow 10yds North of corner 4
Paddy Black to corner 4
06 Sep 2020 1:48PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Harry shoots at black...
06 Sep 2020 1:48PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Misses on the left
06 Sep 2020 1:48PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Paddy shoots at the target. 2 ball gap
06 Sep 2020 1:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Misses left of red
06 Sep 2020 1:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Harry looks at red at black, blue very close to red and can't get his mallet in there
06 Sep 2020 1:51PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red hits blue sending it 4ft nortg
06 Sep 2020 1:52PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
North
06 Sep 2020 1:52PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Takes off on the in lawn side of black, cuts it a few yds north, sends it to halfway between 3 and 4, failing to get a good rush on yellow
06 Sep 2020 1:54PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Chips yellow in and rolls upto very angled at 1
06 Sep 2020 1:54PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Takes an aggressive hoop 1 jump shot, bounces off to side boundary
06 Sep 2020 1:55PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Paddy shoots black at Blue...
06 Sep 2020 1:56PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Stops, goes and looks at red and yellow, 5yds apart level with 1
06 Sep 2020 1:57PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Takes black at blue...
06 Sep 2020 1:57PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Doesn't like it off the mallet and it misses into corner 4
06 Sep 2020 1:58PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Harry takes his 5 yd rush
06 Sep 2020 1:58PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Backward takeoff to 1
06 Sep 2020 1:58PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Makes 1 and rushes to 3
06 Sep 2020 1:59PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Takes off to corner 4, chips black in lawn, rushes blue well and makes 2. Break is now almost under control
06 Sep 2020 2:03PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Makes 3 without a rush, takes off to corner 4 and finishes digging black out
06 Sep 2020 2:05PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Brings yellow back into the break and this should now be a ball to 4back
06 Sep 2020 2:07PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Yellow is left 1yd east of corner 2 after 1back
06 Sep 2020 2:12PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
After 3back blue is rushed off 7yds north of corner 4, and black is 8ft west of corner 4
06 Sep 2020 2:17PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Red into corner 3
06 Sep 2020 2:17PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Paddy lifts black, chips red out of the corner with the lift
06 Sep 2020 2:17PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Croquets red 5yds past 1and gets behind blue...
06 Sep 2020 2:18PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Is it on...
Samir goes out to check
06 Sep 2020 2:18PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
On by half an inch
06 Sep 2020 2:19PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Rush to 3yds East of 1, underhits the approach
06 Sep 2020 2:19PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Stalking the hoop shot doesn't have baulk behind him...
06 Sep 2020 2:21PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Jumps through to thunderous applause from the 7 people sat nearby
06 Sep 2020 2:22PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Rushes red off the boundary behind 2, takes off to yellow rushes it level with 2
06 Sep 2020 2:27PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Sends it to 3 approaching 2, runs to the boundary
06 Sep 2020 2:28PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Approaching 3off yellow from very close, tries approaching into the jaws
06 Sep 2020 2:29PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Runs by not a lot, sweep shot at red is successful.
06 Sep 2020 2:29PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Jawses the peel, blue as the hoop 4 pioneer is still closer to 1 than anything else
06 Sep 2020 2:30PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Rushes yellow too near to blue so can't get it all the way to 5
06 Sep 2020 2:31PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Runs 4 off the boundary, clips the edge of the paving and just misses Rob Wilkinson's head
06 Sep 2020 2:34PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Rush peel after 4 and a long takeoff back to yellow for hoop 5
06 Sep 2020 2:34PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Don't worry I'm used to dodging balls at my head Rob says
06 Sep 2020 2:35PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Tpo is under control now
06 Sep 2020 2:36PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Peeled penult to past the peg after hoop 6
06 Sep 2020 2:40PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Peel is setup for going to 3back
06 Sep 2020 2:41PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Peel is done before 3back
06 Sep 2020 2:43PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Yellow is sent to 1 after making 3back
06 Sep 2020 2:44PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Red has gone west of penult, looks like the pop is being played as a roll to penult
06 Sep 2020 2:45PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Rushes blue off behind yellow after 4back
06 Sep 2020 2:46PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Clubs the rush on yellow, just a takeoff back to penult
06 Sep 2020 2:46PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Rushes red past yellow after penult, back towards the peg it goes
06 Sep 2020 2:48PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Pop completed, with a rush to rover
06 Sep 2020 2:49PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Rushes to 4 inches east of rover, tricky to get a rush to corner 4 after
06 Sep 2020 2:50PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Rushes blue to peg high east boundary, takes off to yellow and will be pegging red out
06 Sep 2020 2:52PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Red is pegged out and bla k hits corner 1
06 Sep 2020 2:54PM (Tournament); 35 Readers
1 and peg plays 2 and box again
06 Sep 2020 2:54PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Harry chips black North of the corner and rolls up.
Ends up 7yds short again
Sticks on right wire
06 Sep 2020 2:58PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Worst possible place according to Harry
06 Sep 2020 2:58PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Paddy lagged to 5yds short of blue
06 Sep 2020 3:07PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Harry called a ref and tried to hit corner 4, got some hoop as well as ball and got just past hoop 4
06 Sep 2020 3:08PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Paddy rushed to the middle of the lawn, took off behind yellow and rushed to 1
06 Sep 2020 3:08PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
He is now approaching 3 with the break under control
06 Sep 2020 3:09PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Upto 2back with no trouble..
06 Sep 2020 3:14PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Coming to rover with all 3 balls
06 Sep 2020 3:19PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Paddy finishes +12tpo
Harry still leads 2-1
06 Sep 2020 3:20PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Game 4
Paddy Black 9yd north of corner 4
Harry yellow to just outside corner 2
06 Sep 2020 3:23PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Paddy blue at black from a baulk...
06 Sep 2020 3:23PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Misses just right
06 Sep 2020 3:23PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Harry heads to b baulk
06 Sep 2020 3:24PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Takes the double on from near the end of b baulk
06 Sep 2020 3:24PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Nails blue
06 Sep 2020 3:25PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Rushes black to 1, makes 1 and rushes back to corner 4
06 Sep 2020 3:27PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Black to 3, rushes blue to 4yds South of corner 2, makes 2 off yellow and should go round
06 Sep 2020 3:30PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Game 3 was Harry's first loss in the tournament
06 Sep 2020 3:30PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Unsurprisingly, Harry has left yellow near corner 2 after 1back, and is taking black and blue to 3back again
06 Sep 2020 3:41PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Black is 5yds West of corner 4 and blue is 6yds North of corner 4.
Red to corner 3
06 Sep 2020 3:43PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Paddy lifts black, chips red off the corner spot,.
Sends red to 5ft in front of 1 but goes off 9yds North of blue
06 Sep 2020 3:47PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Harry puts red back in corner 3
06 Sep 2020 3:47PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Black rushes blue to corner 4, rolls near corner 1 and sets.a rush
06 Sep 2020 3:49PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Yellow at red, just misses
06 Sep 2020 3:50PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Paddy makes 1, rushes to 2yds off the end of b baulk
06 Sep 2020 3:53PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Rolls short of 3 and the corner. Hits the 5yd shot at the corner balls
06 Sep 2020 3:53PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Rushes red (4back) to 2
06 Sep 2020 3:54PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Doesn't get a rush after 2, rolls to peeling position, hits yellow, sends it to 4and now has a tpo in front of him
06 Sep 2020 3:57PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Hoop and roquet after 3,peel is clean through
06 Sep 2020 3:58PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Not a great rush to 4 but copes, picks peelee up after 4
06 Sep 2020 4:02PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Peels penult after 6
06 Sep 2020 4:04PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Fails the rover peel going to 2back
06 Sep 2020 4:08PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Peels rover going to 3back, yellow is at 4back, same parity as game 1
06 Sep 2020 4:08PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Peel didn't go through going to 3back. It is rush peelable
06 Sep 2020 4:09PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Blue to penult after 3back, rush peels red
06 Sep 2020 4:11PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Peel was gentle and then took off to yellow,
06 Sep 2020 4:12PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Rush after 4back headed towards 4
06 Sep 2020 4:13PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Yellow 3yds short of 1, black slid past the hoop to get to red
06 Sep 2020 4:14PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Took off to penult, work to be done still if a pop is wanted on top of the leave
06 Sep 2020 4:15PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Blue se of rover, peel is from 3ft going back to rover
06 Sep 2020 4:16PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Rejected
06 Sep 2020 4:16PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Puts red w of rover, makes the hoop and rushes blue to corner 4
06 Sep 2020 4:17PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
1 last go at the pop?
06 Sep 2020 4:17PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Take off goes 4yds past
06 Sep 2020 4:19PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Rushes yellow towards red, pegs red out and runs into corner 3
06 Sep 2020 4:20PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
1 and peg against 1 and box
06 Sep 2020 4:21PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Harry rolls up from blue sending blue to nearly peg high and getting a 5yd hoop sgot
06 Sep 2020 4:22PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Sticks in the hoop
06 Sep 2020 4:22PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Blue back to corner 4
06 Sep 2020 4:24PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Harry runs 1 tmost of the way to 2
06 Sep 2020 4:25PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Hits the outside of the left wire of 2 finishing 3yds e of corner 2
06 Sep 2020 4:25PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Black to 3yds West of corner 4
06 Sep 2020 4:27PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Yellow to corner 3
06 Sep 2020 4:29PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Paddy rushes to 1, makes 1
06 Sep 2020 4:30PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Paddy is looking at laying up 3yds North of 1
06 Sep 2020 4:32PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Harry is looking at bending a shot around the peg
06 Sep 2020 4:32PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Thinks better of it and retires to corner 4
06 Sep 2020 4:33PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Paddy cuts his rush to near b baulk, rolls to corner 2 and sets a rush
06 Sep 2020 4:34PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Rolls to behind hoop 2 not the corner
06 Sep 2020 4:35PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Harry shoots....
06 Sep 2020 4:36PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Hills off towards the end, he was interested for the first half of the shot
06 Sep 2020 4:36PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
That should be 2-2
06 Sep 2020 4:37PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Approaching rover, no danger yet...
06 Sep 2020 4:48PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Pegs out +12tpo
We're going the distance
06 Sep 2020 4:50PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Game 5
Harry yellow to 9 yds north of corner 4
06 Sep 2020 4:52PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Paddy Black to just out of corner 2
06 Sep 2020 4:52PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Harry red at yellow from a baulk
06 Sep 2020 4:53PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Misses
06 Sep 2020 4:53PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Paddy takes blue to b baulk and is looking at the double
06 Sep 2020 4:54PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Hits yellow
06 Sep 2020 4:55PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Rushes red to 5yds East of corner 2
06 Sep 2020 4:56PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Gets a rush to 1
06 Sep 2020 4:57PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Paddy rushes slightly short but makes 1 anyway.
06 Sep 2020 4:58PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Rushes back to 2 yds off a baulk, takes off to yellow and rushes to just short of corner 2
06 Sep 2020 4:59PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
This should be a ball round, first time paddy has had first break in the final
06 Sep 2020 5:00PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Paddy has made 4, break is not under tight control yet but balls are in lawn
06 Sep 2020 5:06PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
My battery is down to 16% I hope it will last to the end
06 Sep 2020 5:07PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Makes 1back and leaves black near corner 2
06 Sep 2020 5:12PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Yellow is nearer corner 4 than 3back, paddy didn't get a rush to the corner after 2 back
06 Sep 2020 5:14PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Olled red to 5ft out of corner 4 off both yardline from about 17yds. Rushed yellow off 5yds North of corner 4 and retreated to corner 3
06 Sep 2020 5:15PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Harry lifts yellow rolls blue to the peg and gets within 5yds of red
06 Sep 2020 5:17PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Thanks to James Galpin, I have power for the pgone
06 Sep 2020 5:17PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Hits red
06 Sep 2020 5:17PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Lays up about 1yd w of corner 4
06 Sep 2020 5:19PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Paddy shoots black at Blue...
06 Sep 2020 5:21PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Misses
06 Sep 2020 5:21PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Harry digs Black out rushes yellow most of the way to blue
06 Sep 2020 5:24PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Sends it to 2 getting a rush to 1
06 Sep 2020 5:24PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Qpo?
06 Sep 2020 5:24PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Not a great rush to 1, 5yds east
06 Sep 2020 5:24PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Under rolls, easier than paddy's jump but fails the hoop
06 Sep 2020 5:25PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Paddy plays blue, hits red, takes off to black
06 Sep 2020 5:26PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Makes 3 back
06 Sep 2020 5:27PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Red is halfway between 1 and the corner, yellow is near 2
06 Sep 2020 5:28PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Paddy rushes to 12yds South of corner 3, takes off past yellow
06 Sep 2020 5:29PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Rushes yellow behind 2, looks like wired from red and returns to partner
06 Sep 2020 5:31PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Yellow will not rush to 1
06 Sep 2020 5:31PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Lays a rush
06 Sep 2020 5:32PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
1 and 1 v 1 and 4back
06 Sep 2020 5:32PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Harry shoots yellow at black and blue....
06 Sep 2020 5:33PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Hits blue
06 Sep 2020 5:33PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Rushed black to 2, took off to yellow, slightly agort
06 Sep 2020 5:36PM (Tournament); 35 Readers
Rolled up, made the hoop but hampered
06 Sep 2020 5:37PM (Tournament); 35 Readers
Coped
06 Sep 2020 5:37PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Will we have a tpo from Harry this time
06 Sep 2020 5:39PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
?
06 Sep 2020 5:39PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Pass rolls peelee to reasonable position getting a rush to 3
06 Sep 2020 5:40PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Harry seems to be playing a bit too quickly at the moment
06 Sep 2020 5:41PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Runs 3 to next to the es ape ball, hampered on blue
06 Sep 2020 5:41PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Hits red instead
06 Sep 2020 5:42PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
No peel and blue goes to 5
06 Sep 2020 5:42PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Makes 5, looks like we will have a lift leave
06 Sep 2020 5:46PM (Tournament); 36 Readers
Blue goes west, black at the peg and we have a diagonal spread with Harry stopping at 6
06 Sep 2020 5:47PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Paddy lifts black and is taking the short lift at ref and yellow
06 Sep 2020 5:48PM (Tournament); 35 Readers
Misses the ref but tickles yellow. Finger raosef
06 Sep 2020 5:49PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Harry "don't tell anyone but my tactic was for him to miss"
06 Sep 2020 5:50PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Finger raised for the thin snick
06 Sep 2020 5:51PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
Paddy makes 1 and has a standard triple to complete the comeback
06 Sep 2020 5:53PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
Ball at 2, ball in the middle, and peelee at 3
06 Sep 2020 5:54PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
Slightly over approaches 3 but strokes the hoop shot through
06 Sep 2020 5:57PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
Peel through after 3
06 Sep 2020 5:57PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
Picks peelee up after 4, rushes it s of 5 and sends it back to 6
06 Sep 2020 5:59PM (Tournament); 37 Readers
All going smoothly, making 6
06 Sep 2020 6:01PM (Tournament); 44 Readers
2nd peel done after 6
06 Sep 2020 6:02PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
Peeled to level with rover
06 Sep 2020 6:02PM (Tournament); 37 Readers
Earlier in the day Mark Ormerod beat Duncan Reeve in the final of the plate.
Rob Wilkinson beat Chris O'byrne in the z final
06 Sep 2020 6:05PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
Rover peeled before 2back
06 Sep 2020 6:05PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
All looks very easy at the moment
06 Sep 2020 6:07PM (Tournament); 40 Readers
Only a Maugham error can save Harry now
06 Sep 2020 6:07PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
Harry is wishing it was best of 3 for the last 5 hoirs
06 Sep 2020 6:09PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
Through penult with a laid break
06 Sep 2020 6:10PM (Tournament); 36 Readers
Pegs out from 2ft
06 Sep 2020 6:11PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
Paddy +21tp to win 3-2
06 Sep 2020 6:12PM (Tournament); 42 Readers
Paddy is the open champion for the first time
06 Sep 2020 6:12PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
Never looked in doubt on the last break
06 Sep 2020 6:13PM (Tournament); 37 Readers
Until next time good night
06 Sep 2020 6:13PM (Tournament); 38 Readers
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