Mens, Womens and Mixed Doubles
Final day commentary by James
It's taken me a while to sort out the commentary. Welcome to the final day of the Men's and Women's championship.
20 Jun 2021 11:20AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
The day started with the semi finals of the mixed doubles, and now the men's final is underway between Death and Mulliner. James is on a QP to win game 1 after a couple of mistakes by Stephen in both his turns. James peeled 4b going to 2b and is now for 3b, hoping for the penult peel before 4b.
20 Jun 2021 11:23AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Next door, Sarah and Gabrielle are in the opening turns of the women's final.
20 Jun 2021 11:24AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
James jawsed penult peel going to 4b, made 4b, nudged the peel through and stopped it down to rover with a good rush to penult.
20 Jun 2021 11:26AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Should be a certain finish from here.
20 Jun 2021 11:26AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabrielle and Sarah have played the standard east boundary, C2 opening. Gabrielle hit the east boundary balls 4th turn and is attempting to get going.
20 Jun 2021 11:33AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabrielle hit a couple of long roquets and has done really well to dig out the break. She is now for 6 with all the balls under control.
20 Jun 2021 11:37AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
James and Steve have stopped for lunch with James one game up: +24QP.
20 Jun 2021 11:38AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabrielle is now for 3b with all the balls around 3b. Presumably a NSL coming up.
20 Jun 2021 11:41AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black is just off the wire of 3b, rushable to 1, blue is at the midpoint of hoops 1 and 2, and red and yellow paired up on the east boundary. Basically the standard NSL position except blue is in the middle of the lawn.
20 Jun 2021 11:45AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Sarah lifts blue and will take the long lift towards C4...
20 Jun 2021 11:46AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
...hits red, centre ball. The crowd goes wild.
20 Jun 2021 11:46AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
All that work for nothing, remarks Gabs.
20 Jun 2021 11:47AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
On the adjacent lawns, the semi finals of the plate are in progress. Trimmer is versing someone, maybe Robin. And Mark Suter is versing someone else, maybe Robin.
20 Jun 2021 11:48AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Sarah has made 1 with a rush somewhere useful and should go round from here.
20 Jun 2021 11:50AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
The men's final has resumed. Stephen has opened with a supershot - hitting H4. James has gone to middle of east boundary and Steve has missed it into C4.
20 Jun 2021 11:52AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
James is going to shoot from A baulk at the supershot ball...
20 Jun 2021 11:52AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
... he hits it and rushes it to the east boundary, level with H3. He will now look to dig out a break with all the balls starting on the east boundary.
20 Jun 2021 11:53AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Sarah is still going. No sign of a tpo yet. I think it will be a ball to 4b.
20 Jun 2021 11:54AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
James failed to get a rush to 1 and tried the roll up from C4, but just overrolled it and has retreated back to C4, leaving Steve a choice of 16 m shots.
20 Jun 2021 11:55AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
He shoots at partner by H3 and nails it.
20 Jun 2021 11:55AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
The crowd goes wild.
20 Jun 2021 11:56AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
This should be a ball round now. Let's see...
20 Jun 2021 11:56AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Sarah has made 4 with all the balls under control.
20 Jun 2021 11:56AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Steve has a straight rush to 1 and hits it perfectly.
20 Jun 2021 11:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
No sign of any pops from Sarah.
20 Jun 2021 11:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Steve doesn't have a H2 pioneer, but does have all the balls in the lawn so should be fine.
20 Jun 2021 11:58AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
He puts a ball at 4 with a rush to the ball near 3. Just one more good rush required.
20 Jun 2021 11:58AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Trimmer is playing Giraud. No idea of the state of the match, but I guess Trimmer is winning since this is the first time I've seen Alain on the lawn.
20 Jun 2021 11:59AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Steve hits the rush to 2 perfectly as well, makes 2 and now has an easy break. How far will he take it? I suspect 3b.
20 Jun 2021 12:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
The other plate game is Suter v Brown.
20 Jun 2021 12:01PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
And the exciting Z action out the back is O'Byrne v McGlen.
20 Jun 2021 12:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Steve is through 4. No sign of any pops yet. Looks like it will just be a ball to 3b.
20 Jun 2021 12:02PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Sarah is going for the NSL with a ball on the wire of H2.
20 Jun 2021 12:02PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Steve might be laying up at 1b. All the balls are around the peg.
20 Jun 2021 12:04PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Looks like a standard D spread by Steve. Sarah has placed made 3b and is contemplating the blade of grass to put partner ball on.
20 Jun 2021 12:06PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
She has Gabrielle's 1 ball at H2 and her 4b ball at 3b.
20 Jun 2021 12:06PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Steve has laid the rush for partner, so he is planning the sxp.
20 Jun 2021 12:07PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
James lifts the wide ball and shoots at the peg ball.
20 Jun 2021 12:08PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Nicks it and rushes to the east boundary.
20 Jun 2021 12:08PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Will we see the sxpo? No.
20 Jun 2021 12:08PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Gabs lifts the 3b ball (her 4b ball) and shoots from C3...
20 Jun 2021 12:09PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
... hits. Now she's wishing she shot with the other ball.
20 Jun 2021 12:10PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
James got the perfect rush to 1 and has done a straight pop of Mulliner's H1 ball.
20 Jun 2021 12:11PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabs is setting a leave in C1 with Sarah's balls at hoops 2 and 3.
20 Jun 2021 12:12PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
James has made 2 and is looking to set up a second pop.
20 Jun 2021 12:12PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Sarah's not happy with the quality of Gabrielle's leave.
20 Jun 2021 12:13PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
She shoots the hoop 2 ball at C4 but clonks it into the peg.
20 Jun 2021 12:14PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James's popping plan is changing. The popee is now the H5 pioneer.
20 Jun 2021 12:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
It looks like Sarah's ball has hit the peg so perfectly that it doesn't rush to 2. Gabs has made H1 and is surveying her options.
20 Jun 2021 12:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
James will pop 2 after 1b now.
20 Jun 2021 12:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Gabs is trying to manoeuvre the balls for a tp. She needs a good rush from near H3 to H2.
20 Jun 2021 12:17PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
The rush is quite angled and ends up 3 m east of H2.
20 Jun 2021 12:18PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
James has popped 2 and is making 2b off partner with the other ball nearby.
20 Jun 2021 12:18PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
He makes 2b, just, and now is trying to figure out a leave.
20 Jun 2021 12:19PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Gabrielle was untroubled by H2 and has rushed receiver to H6 such that it doesn't go to 4. And she can't easy croquet across to the pivot either.
20 Jun 2021 12:20PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
James has made 3b and will now sort out some sort of leave. Presumably oppo balls on boundaries near their hoops.
20 Jun 2021 12:21PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
The clips are James: 1 and 4b; Steve 3 and 1b.
20 Jun 2021 12:21PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Gabs has done the manoeuvering and now has a standard triple.
20 Jun 2021 12:22PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
4b peel goes through cleanly and all the other balls are in place, so she should finish from here.
20 Jun 2021 12:23PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James is going for a 4 courners leave.
20 Jun 2021 12:23PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Which he has done. Steve is now looking at his options.
20 Jun 2021 12:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Chris has a break under control in the Z action.
20 Jun 2021 12:25PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Robin and Alain are both on the lawn in their plate games.
20 Jun 2021 12:25PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabs has taken off a jumper, so she's going to finish on this turn.
20 Jun 2021 12:26PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Steve has lifted the hoop 3 ball from C3 and taken off from black in C1 up to partner in C2.
20 Jun 2021 12:27PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
He rolls them out 2 m from the corner and sets the rush for his 1b ball.
20 Jun 2021 12:27PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James shoots from C4 to C1 and misses. Steve should go to 4b now.
20 Jun 2021 12:28PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabs has made 6 with everything still under control.
20 Jun 2021 12:29PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Penult peels with some wire and it looks like striker ball has ended up blocked from the escape ball by peelee.
20 Jun 2021 12:29PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
But no damage - she just hits the 1b pioneed directly instead.
20 Jun 2021 12:30PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Steve has made 1b and hit James's balls in C1. He's trying to work out a leave now.
20 Jun 2021 12:31PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabs had a bit of trouble getting a rush on the new 1b pioneer and will now be approaching 1b from 3 m off the east boundary, possibly with H6 in the way.
20 Jun 2021 12:32PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Looks like she's wisely abandoning.
20 Jun 2021 12:32PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Steve has a very angled 2b. He's getting a worm's eye view of it.
20 Jun 2021 12:32PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Smashes it through.
20 Jun 2021 12:33PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabs appears to be going for the standard A class pair-up-in-the-middle-of-the-lawn leave. Sarah has a free shot at them with either ball, but it's a 16 - 18 m shot.
20 Jun 2021 12:34PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Misses to middle of the north boundary.
20 Jun 2021 12:34PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Steve is having to work hard to get this leave. He's still for 3b.
20 Jun 2021 12:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
O'Byrne is still dominating his Z game.
20 Jun 2021 12:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Steve plays a terrible roll out of C1 to get to 3b. He had to hit a 4 m rush, but he's coped no worries.
20 Jun 2021 12:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
He's having a go at an NSL, but a couple of good shots still required.
20 Jun 2021 12:36PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
No NSL. It might be a more defensive spread of some sort.
20 Jun 2021 12:37PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Gabs is setting up some sort of leave. No more hoops made. She is 1b & rover v 1 & 4b.
20 Jun 2021 12:38PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Steve has managed to get a great rush to peg and has got an attacking D spread with James's H1 ball on the west boundary.
20 Jun 2021 12:39PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
James lifts it and shoots at the peg ball.
20 Jun 2021 12:39PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Misses through the ball-sized gap between it and the peg.
20 Jun 2021 12:40PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Steve now has a tp attempt starting at H3.
20 Jun 2021 12:40PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Should be ok, but not every tp attempt has been successful today.
20 Jun 2021 12:41PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabs still has the innings and is trying to engineer a break with her 1b ball, but slim prospects with all the balls near the south boundary.
20 Jun 2021 12:42PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Mulliner rushes well to 3, makes it with a forward rush which he shanked, but should be fine anyway. He can pick up James's blue ball south of 1, send it to 4b, then make 4 off partner, and it should be an easy delayed tp.
20 Jun 2021 12:43PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
It's an easy game from the commentary box.
20 Jun 2021 12:43PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Gabs will be setting another leave. I'll get back to that game when someone gets a break.
20 Jun 2021 12:44PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
In the plate, Trimmer and Brown are both still on their lawns. As is O'Byrne in the Z.
20 Jun 2021 12:45PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
It looks like Trimmer is on a standard tp, currently for H2.
20 Jun 2021 12:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Brown is on a break of some sort, currently for 2b.
20 Jun 2021 12:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Sarah has decided to pair up while her oppo was paired up, so Gabrielle should be able to get going now.
20 Jun 2021 12:49PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Steve has jawsed 4b before 6.
20 Jun 2021 12:49PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
O'Byrne has broken down and Beatrice has now on a break, possibly a tpo.
20 Jun 2021 12:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner rush peels 4b after 6 and sends peelee to 2b.
20 Jun 2021 12:50PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Robin is setting a D spread. Trimmer is indeed on a standard tp. Peelee jawsed after 3.
20 Jun 2021 12:51PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Steve has yet another angled hoop, this time at 1b. He copes.
20 Jun 2021 12:51PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gabs has made 1b with no 2b pioneer.
20 Jun 2021 12:52PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Steve leaves the 1b receiver at 6, hoping to rush peelee into peeling position after 2b.
20 Jun 2021 12:52PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
He sends his 3b pioneer to nearly the south boundary. That could be awkward.
20 Jun 2021 12:53PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Gabs will roll up to 2b from just out of C1.
20 Jun 2021 12:53PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Steve takes off from H6 to his 3b pioneer...
20 Jun 2021 12:54PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mark misses his lift against Robin and now Robin has a finishing turn.
20 Jun 2021 12:55PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
...the take off was perfect and now Steve will definitely finish, +17tp.
20 Jun 2021 12:55PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Gabs didn't get position at 2b and retreated to C2. Sarah took her lift and hit the ball left near H1. I think Sarah's hit with her H1 ball, so she has a finishing turn now.
20 Jun 2021 12:57PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Steve is lining up a short, straight penult peel before 4b.
20 Jun 2021 12:57PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Beatrice's tpo attempt is over already.
20 Jun 2021 12:57PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Steve jawses penult peel and rushes accurately to 4b.
20 Jun 2021 12:58PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Sarah has a lot of work to get a break out of this.
20 Jun 2021 12:58PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Looks like she'll be rolling to H2 from C2.
20 Jun 2021 12:58PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Steve completes the penult peel and sends peelee to rover.
20 Jun 2021 12:59PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Steve grovels through penult but no problem hitting. Now for the straight rover peel.
20 Jun 2021 1:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Sarah looks to be in front of H2. She played the stoppo approach rather than the roll.
20 Jun 2021 1:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
But she didn't get as close to the hoop as she would have liked and stuck in the jaws. Looks like she's safe from the oppo receiver on the north boundary.
20 Jun 2021 1:01PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Steve is on the ground, lining up his rover peel. No deep ball.
20 Jun 2021 1:02PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Despite no deep ball, he did a stop shot peel, but luckily it worked out.
20 Jun 2021 1:03PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Gabs is shooting at the ball in H2 from the north boundary.
20 Jun 2021 1:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner does indeed peg out for +17tp and 1-1 in games.
20 Jun 2021 1:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Gabs hits in with her rover ball.
20 Jun 2021 1:04PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Trimmer is eyeing up a death roll at penult going to 3b.
20 Jun 2021 1:04PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Best of 1 now.
20 Jun 2021 1:05PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gabs set a leave with a rush to 2b. Sarah shot the ball at H1 at her partner ball at H3 and hit. She has hit in with H2 ball, so another chance at the finish.
20 Jun 2021 1:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Game 3 in the men's: Mulliner, blue, hits H5 with his first turn. James hits it from C1.
20 Jun 2021 1:08PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Where will he leave them? Or will he go round second turn?
20 Jun 2021 1:09PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
He rolls to H1 and gets in front! Could this be the first game of the weekend with a thrid turn tpo?
20 Jun 2021 1:10PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
He rolls to H2 from straight. A little short but he's committed now.
20 Jun 2021 1:10PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Good hoop 2 with a cut rush to 3.
20 Jun 2021 1:11PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
The rush is 3 m short but it gives room to send the receiver deep.
20 Jun 2021 1:11PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Robin has beaten Suter in the plate semi. Trimmer is lining up a straight rover peel.
20 Jun 2021 1:12PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James got the forward rush after 3.
20 Jun 2021 1:12PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Sarah has managed a rush to 2, but no H3 pioneer yet.
20 Jun 2021 1:13PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James is through 6 but no rush to 1b. A big split...
20 Jun 2021 1:14PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Very tentative on the split and retires to C4.
20 Jun 2021 1:14PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Will he have a go at a sxp next turn? Or will Steve go for a third turn sxpo? No.
20 Jun 2021 1:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Steve hits third turn into C4 and will now go for the big roll up to the third ball about 12 m north of H1.
20 Jun 2021 1:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
The roll comes up short and he cuts it to the west boundary level with H1.
20 Jun 2021 1:16PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Sarah made H2 but couldn't get a rush to H3 and ended up taking off the lawn near Gabs's rover ball, which was in C3.
20 Jun 2021 1:17PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Both plate semis are over and the final will be between Trimmer and Brown.
20 Jun 2021 1:17PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Mulliner rolled in front of H1 but clonked it into the wire leaving two balls around 1, and a ball (James's) in the middle.
20 Jun 2021 1:18PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
James managed to miss his 6 m hit in 4th turn and the crowd feel cheated out of a 4th turn sxp.
20 Jun 2021 1:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner hits in and now has an easy break.
20 Jun 2021 1:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
I've lost track of the women's game, but all the balls and neither of the players are currently on the lawn.
20 Jun 2021 1:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner makes H2 with a 4 m roquet to hit.
20 Jun 2021 1:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
He nicks it.
20 Jun 2021 1:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
For those of you born before 1870, a metre is the SI unit of length equal to the distance travelled by light in a vacuum in 1/299 792 458 of a second (ignoring general relativistic effects).
20 Jun 2021 1:23PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Robin won +17, the boringest +17 win he's ever had, he says.
20 Jun 2021 1:24PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Mulliner is up to H4 with everything under control.
20 Jun 2021 1:24PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
O'Byrne and Beatrice are still going.
20 Jun 2021 1:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Where will Steve pull up? It looks like it might be another 1b leave.
20 Jun 2021 1:26PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Sarah and Gabrielle have paused for lunch. Game one has not concluded as expeditiously as they had hoped.
20 Jun 2021 1:27PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Mulliner has made 6 off partner and rushed it to max distance west boundary. James's balls are cross pegged, each about 50 cm from the peg.
20 Jun 2021 1:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
They're obviously not cross pegged enough - he has taken off to tidy them up.
20 Jun 2021 1:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
He's taking a long time over their position. James will probably shoot at one of them and hit from A baulk.
20 Jun 2021 1:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
He's happy with their positions and shoots off the west boundary. So red and yellow are cross pegged and blue and black on both on the west boundary.
20 Jun 2021 1:32PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
James is wondering about the double at blue and black from A baulk.
20 Jun 2021 1:32PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
But decides to do what I predicted and ...
20 Jun 2021 1:33PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
... misses!
20 Jun 2021 1:33PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Yellow, his H1 ball ends up on the north boundary, about 5 m out from the corner. Red is by the peg and Steve is playing his H1 ball, rushing partner near C2.
20 Jun 2021 1:34PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
So a sextuple attempt coming up. He takes off and picks up the yellow, rushes it to C3 and will roll from there to the red near the peg.
20 Jun 2021 1:35PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
This is a big roll shot.
20 Jun 2021 1:35PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
O'Byrne v McGlen continues.
20 Jun 2021 1:35PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
The roll is a bit short. He has a 3 m straight rush to 1.
20 Jun 2021 1:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Cuts it to near H5.
20 Jun 2021 1:36PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
The roll is pretty good, but he's missed a couple of these sort of hoops already today...
20 Jun 2021 1:37PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
It's about 1.5 m, slight angle.
20 Jun 2021 1:37PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
He smoothly strokes it through.
20 Jun 2021 1:37PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Now for the 1b peel. H1 receiver is sent to 3, getting a rush towards peelee which is in the vicinity of H2.
20 Jun 2021 1:38PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Now he rushes peelee to H2 but puts peelee into the position with the rush.
20 Jun 2021 1:39PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
He's not trying to peel it before 2.
20 Jun 2021 1:39PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
He takes off to the side of the hoop and runs it smoothly, cannoning into peelee.
20 Jun 2021 1:40PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
From here it's just a standard sxp.
20 Jun 2021 1:40PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
In the women's game, Gabs has taken advantage of Sarah's mistake and his now on a finish: she is for penult with all the balls and a rover peel left to do.
20 Jun 2021 1:41PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Peelee is at the midpoint of rover and peg.
20 Jun 2021 1:42PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
She has a pefect dolly rush on it and hits it a bit tentatively towards rover. The peel will be from about 1.5 m.
20 Jun 2021 1:43PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Mulliner's rush of peelee to 2b went astray. He will now be peeling 2b before 5.
20 Jun 2021 1:44PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Gabs has peeled rover straight but is hampered by peelee on either escape ball.
20 Jun 2021 1:44PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Trimmer has put out a duffer tice against Robin but then he missed his own tice into A baulk after Robin missed third turn. So it will be Robin with the first break in the plate final.
20 Jun 2021 1:46PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabs has abandoned the finish and will set a leave and keep her fingers crossed.
20 Jun 2021 1:46PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Steve has put his H6 pioneer south of H4, which seems like an odd place for it. He's lining up the 2b peel with a wide split.
20 Jun 2021 1:47PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Peels cleanly with a rush to 5.
20 Jun 2021 1:48PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Gabs has cobbled together a non-standard leave, leaving a rush to the peg and Sarah a 14 m shot at something.
20 Jun 2021 1:49PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Steve has rushed peelee to the south boundary after 5, and might have a speculative look at the 3b peel.
20 Jun 2021 1:50PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
He opts to take position and guarantee the rush to 6, which he hits well.
20 Jun 2021 1:50PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Sarah missed her lift and Gabs pegs out to finish +15.
20 Jun 2021 1:51PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Steve's 1b pioneer is at the midpoint of H1 and H2. He's going to peel 3b with a big split across to it.
20 Jun 2021 1:52PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
The rush on peelee is no good, so it will be a take off to 1b pioneer.
20 Jun 2021 1:53PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Game 2 in the women's match is starting immediately. Playing boring advanced, Gabs opens to max distance east boundary.
20 Jun 2021 1:53PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Steve didn't get a rush on the 1b pioneer and is doing a 10 m backwards take off to his hoop.
20 Jun 2021 1:54PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
O'Byrne has triumphed in the Z action.
20 Jun 2021 1:54PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Mulliner's take off has landed in the jaws of 2, so end of break. He is trying to find somewhere safe for it. He hits it to middle of west boundary.
20 Jun 2021 1:55PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James lifts his hoop 1 ball and shoots at Mulliner's ball next to 3b.
20 Jun 2021 1:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Nicks it.
20 Jun 2021 1:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Now it's James's turn for the sxp. All the balls are in the lawn.
20 Jun 2021 1:57PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Gabs has given a dream leave. Sarah takes the long shot and hits, so she should be around first.
20 Jun 2021 1:58PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James hit a perfect rush to 1, but has gotten himself very angled and has called Chris on to ref the hooop attempt.
20 Jun 2021 1:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Not a fault, but not the hoop.
20 Jun 2021 2:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner hits in with his 1b ball. A 40 cm hit in.
20 Jun 2021 2:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
James left balls at 1 and 2, so no trouble for Stephen to go around with black. The question is will he attempt any more peels?
20 Jun 2021 2:01PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
He's making 1b off partner.
20 Jun 2021 2:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Robin has done the standard contact leave at 3b.
20 Jun 2021 2:02PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Steve will have a straight quad if he finishes from here.
20 Jun 2021 2:02PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
I didn't see what happened, but somehow Sarah broke down and Gabs now has a break, making H1.
20 Jun 2021 2:03PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
No straight quad. I guess it will just be a ball to peg.
20 Jun 2021 2:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Not just a ball to peg. He has peeled 3b for no obvious reason, but no quad.
20 Jun 2021 2:06PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Trimmer has attempted a roll from C4 to H1, but left both balls around 1.
20 Jun 2021 2:07PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Gabs has the break under control now, approaching 3.
20 Jun 2021 2:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner will go to peg, so we will have 4b & peg v 1 & 1b.
20 Jun 2021 2:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Robin is shooting from C2 to C3.
20 Jun 2021 2:08PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Misses, so we might get a tpo in that one.
20 Jun 2021 2:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner is setting a D spread with James's H1 ball just off the west boundary and his 1b ball on the peg.
20 Jun 2021 2:10PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Gabs up to H5.
20 Jun 2021 2:10PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
No doubt James is still rueing that miss 4th turn.
20 Jun 2021 2:11PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
James lifts his H1 ball. Will he shoot at the peg ball again?
20 Jun 2021 2:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yes.
20 Jun 2021 2:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner watches anxiously...
20 Jun 2021 2:12PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
James restalks...
20 Jun 2021 2:12PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rubs his hands nervously...
20 Jun 2021 2:13PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Nicks it.
20 Jun 2021 2:13PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Now can he get a finishing turn out of it?
20 Jun 2021 2:14PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gabs is up to 2b with oppo ball on the wire at 2.
20 Jun 2021 2:15PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
James has got himself into a bit of a muddle with both oppo balls next to each other on the east boundary. He's trying to work out how to get a rush to 1 from it.
20 Jun 2021 2:16PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I think he's managed it.
20 Jun 2021 2:16PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Pretty good rush to 1. 2.5 m SW of it.
20 Jun 2021 2:17PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Perfect roll up, runs it with a rush in the right direction.
20 Jun 2021 2:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Gabs is finishing her NSL.
20 Jun 2021 2:17PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
James gets a decent rush to 2 and will peel 1b after it.
20 Jun 2021 2:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Trimmer is doing something in his match.
20 Jun 2021 2:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
James peels 1b halfway down.
20 Jun 2021 2:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Sarah has lifted the h4 ball for a long lift shot.
20 Jun 2021 2:20PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Just misses.
20 Jun 2021 2:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Gabs rushes to 1 directly and will have a go at the delayed tp. The lawns are too slow for any Hogan rolls today.
20 Jun 2021 2:22PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Trimmer is up to H4. I don't think he's attempting a tpo, but he might be.
20 Jun 2021 2:23PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Yes, he's definitely not attempting a tpo b/c Robin stopped at 3b.
20 Jun 2021 2:23PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
He's not going for a qpo either. He might be pulling up at 1b.
20 Jun 2021 2:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James has jawsed 2b going to 5.
20 Jun 2021 2:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
I think it's rush peelable.
20 Jun 2021 2:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
James duffed the rush after 5. Not sure what he was trying to do, but it's definitely scuppered his plans.
20 Jun 2021 2:25PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
He didn't rush peel 2b after 5, so I guess it's now going to happen after 6.
20 Jun 2021 2:26PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
He's trying to bombard peel it after 6, and presumably then rush it across to 3b.
20 Jun 2021 2:27PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
This is a bit maverick.
20 Jun 2021 2:27PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Gabs is getting the tp organised. Trimmer is indeed pulling up at 1b.
20 Jun 2021 2:27PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
The bombard peel nearly worked. He's peeled it but with a cut rush that made it two-thirds of the way to 3b.
20 Jun 2021 2:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
The 1b pioneer is 2 m south of 1b.
20 Jun 2021 2:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
1b made and now it's down to a straight quad.
20 Jun 2021 2:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
1b made and now it's down to a straight quad.
20 Jun 2021 2:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gabs has peeled 4b before 6. Everything looking pretty tidy there.
20 Jun 2021 2:32PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Robin has hit the lift with his H1 ball so will be doing a quad for the game.
20 Jun 2021 2:33PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
The straight quad is still on for James. He's peeling 3b from 30 cm straight. Looking to get this down to 4b.
20 Jun 2021 2:33PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
No, he just nudged it through. Maybe not straight quad.
20 Jun 2021 2:34PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
His 4b pioneer was 6 m south of 4b, so he had to abandon the attempt. It will now be 4b & peg v 4b & peg. Exciting finish coming up.
20 Jun 2021 2:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Or will he do some pegging out maybe.
20 Jun 2021 2:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
?
20 Jun 2021 2:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Gabs is setting up for peeling penult going to 4b.
20 Jun 2021 2:36PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Robin is on track for the standard quad.
20 Jun 2021 2:37PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
James is indeed going for the pegged out ending.
20 Jun 2021 2:38PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
So black is pegged out and he leaves red in C2 and yellow in C4. Contact being conceded, of course.
20 Jun 2021 2:39PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
So it's 4b & peg v 4b.
20 Jun 2021 2:39PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
It looks like Gabs didn't get the penult peel before 4b, so it's now a straight double.
20 Jun 2021 2:40PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Steve is choosing to take a lift instead of contact. Strange choice.
20 Jun 2021 2:40PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
He shoots from the end of B baulk into C2, missing.
20 Jun 2021 2:40PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
James is now wishing he'd paired up.
20 Jun 2021 2:41PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Robin has peeled 3b. On schedule.
20 Jun 2021 2:41PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gabs's straight double is still on. Penult peeled to 1.5 m south of rover.
20 Jun 2021 2:42PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Judging from her reaction, she hasn't managed to rush it into peeling position.
20 Jun 2021 2:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
James has laid up in C4, Steve is in C2.
20 Jun 2021 2:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Steve shoots...
20 Jun 2021 2:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Robin has peeled 4b on schedule.
20 Jun 2021 2:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
... and misses.
20 Jun 2021 2:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
James takes the partner rush to 4b, leaving Stephen's blue alone.
20 Jun 2021 2:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
James makes 4b with a rush to penult.
20 Jun 2021 2:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Shanks the rush.
20 Jun 2021 2:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Wusses out of the finish, by sending partner to the west boundary approaching penult. He crashes through penult to the south boundary and hits blue in C4. Will he roll up to rover from there??
20 Jun 2021 2:47PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Perfect roll to rover.
20 Jun 2021 2:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Crashes through rover to the south boundary with a rush to partner, which he shanks.
20 Jun 2021 2:48PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
One good take off required for the championship...
20 Jun 2021 2:49PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
He hits it perfectly. Now the rush to peg...
20 Jun 2021 2:49PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Good enough, and James wins the men's championship for the second time, beating Stephen Mulliner 2-1.
20 Jun 2021 2:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
The women's championship is still going and so is Robin on his QP.
20 Jun 2021 2:51PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Sarah's got the innings in her game so it's 1 and break v rover & peg. Could be a while to go there.
20 Jun 2021 2:55PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
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