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Selectors' Weekend at Nailsea
Final by Andrew Gregory
Good afternoon from Nailsea.
12 Sep 2021 3:54PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Not sure if i can commentate to the death, as my phone is also near death.
12 Sep 2021 3:55PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Robert Upton v Nick Steiner
The clips are 3-back and 4-back vs 3-back and 4-back!
Steiner had made a sporting attempt at a TP, but never got an actual peel.
12 Sep 2021 3:56PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Upton just missed a key 11-yarder, and Steiner is making process with his backward ball.
12 Sep 2021 3:58PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Steiner is now 4-back and peg.
12 Sep 2021 4:00PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Balls all over the shop. Not going to be a precision leave,
12 Sep 2021 4:02PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Upton has a choice of several 11-yarders.
Instead he opts for a long double from B-baulk, missing.
Steiner will have a chance to finish, when he returns from the hedge.
12 Sep 2021 4:05PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Steiner's rush to 4-back is 4 yards wide, but a fair approach yields a 3' hoop, which he runs.
There's a ball near the peg, but Steiner chooses to roll up to penult.
Wells hort, 8' hoop, failed.
12 Sep 2021 4:10PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
well short
Upton hits 6-yarder.
12 Sep 2021 4:10PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Upton must have failed to hit D=Steiner's ball at penult somehow.
Steiner Green is for penult, Brown for peg.
Green, Brown and pink all near penult.
Steiner could trivially hit if he played Brown, but wants to finish.
Green attempts a sweep shot to hit Brown 3y away. Clean stroke, finishes an inch short of the roquet.
12 Sep 2021 4:17PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Upton in with pink, makes 4-back, penult.
Now makes rover off Brown. Has a northward rush should he wish to peg Brown out.
12 Sep 2021 4:20PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Brown is pegged out from 2 yards.
And so is Pink!
Whoops.
12 Sep 2021 4:22PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
There are two balls on the lawn.
Steiner's Green is for penult.
Upton's White is for 3-back.
12 Sep 2021 4:23PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Steiner takes posi at penult.
Upton takes posi at 3-back.
12 Sep 2021 4:24PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Steiner runs penult well, hits White (7y).
Green croquets White near hoop 2, takes posi at rover.
12 Sep 2021 4:27PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
White misses Green.
12 Sep 2021 4:27PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Green fails rover (4'?)
12 Sep 2021 4:27PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Don't think green can now run rover.
Upton White tries to take posi at 3-back, overhits.
That is not a good spot to be.
12 Sep 2021 4:29PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Steiner Green is able to take wired posi at rover.
All Upton can do is play White into jaws of 3-back.
12 Sep 2021 4:30PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Steiner Green runs rover, retires 11y W of peg.
12 Sep 2021 4:32PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Upton White runs 3-back, takes posi at 4-back.
12 Sep 2021 4:32PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Steiner Green hits the peg.
Well done, Nick.
12 Sep 2021 4:32PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Thanks to Nailsea for being excellent hosts.
Thanks to Cliff for Mangling.
See you all next season.
Cheers, Andrew
12 Sep 2021 4:34PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
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