CA AC Open Singles Championship
Qualifying Swiss final round by Stuart Lawrence
Good morning! While awaiting the start of the knockout I will provide some commentary on the last round of the Qualifying Swiss.
On lawn 1 Doug Grimsley faces Annabel McDiarmid.
07 Jul 2022 9:35AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Annabel plays first with red and yellow, Doug blue and black.
07 Jul 2022 9:37AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
But Annabel shot Doug's blue on the first turn, and Red is placed in corner I. Doug rolls K and R out to the peg and cross-pegged.
07 Jul 2022 9:39AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Y to max distance E bdy. U misses to IV. R at Y, misses. U hits Y, sends it N of 3, hits R, sends R to 2, getting poor rush on K. Rushes K S of peg, rolls to 1, gets in front and scores. Off on a 4 ball break.
07 Jul 2022 9:43AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Meanwhile in lawn 2, Mark Ormerod vs Tom Coles compete for the honour of representing the host club in the KO. Mark (U&K) is on a 3 ball break at hoop 3 having left R alone in corner II.
07 Jul 2022 9:46AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
On lawn 3, Pete Trimmer is the first to gain the innings in his game against Nick Parish. He hit in 4th turn with Y and is playing a cannon out of corner II for hoop 1.
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If successful he'll be approaching 1 off R.
07 Jul 2022 9:49AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
On lawn 4, the only double-banked court, Mark Suter v Ian Vincent and Alain Giraud v Tim Russell.
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Alain is back from a temporary withdrawal due to an injury that sent him to hospital. He's on 3 wins from 4 games but has only this game left to qualify.
07 Jul 2022 9:53AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Alain is picking up a 4 ball break having just made 2 with Brown.
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Mark is prying balls off the E boundary and rushed to 3 yards SW of 1.
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Mark Suterhas made 1 and has a long return roquet to make.
07 Jul 2022 9:58AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Nicks it
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On lawn 3, Pete is hmperd after 2 and Mike Town is called out to ref the shot.
07 Jul 2022 9:59AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Clean and successful.
07 Jul 2022 10:00AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Mark Ormerod's blue clip is now on 1-back and Tom Coles is on a break approaching hoop 4 with R.
07 Jul 2022 10:02AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Annabel missed the long lift shot and Doug clanged off of hoop 1. Annabel misses K to the S boundary. K misses R.
07 Jul 2022 10:04AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Annabel is through 1 and has a three ball break.
07 Jul 2022 10:06AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Tom is completing his break and setting a DSL with U (for 1-back) level with 6 and 4 yards off the W boundary.
07 Jul 2022 10:12AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Tom had to roll his partner Y to the E boundary and put it off the court, leaving R about 3 yards from Y
07 Jul 2022 10:13AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Mark O has lifted K and is sizing up the long shot
07 Jul 2022 10:14AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Perhaps viewing the rush across to U as more challenging for Tom. He's missed into IV.
07 Jul 2022 10:15AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Alain has set a DSL with green (1) and brown (4b) Slightly N of level with 5.
07 Jul 2022 10:17AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Tim lifted White, the West ball, to III and missed into IV.
07 Jul 2022 10:19AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Mark Suter's DSL has K very close to the peg but rushablebto 1
07 Jul 2022 10:21AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Looking down the E side of lawn 4 one sees green, yellow, brown, and red lined up in a zigzag pattern. Some balls need to be marked.
07 Jul 2022 10:23AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Alain (green) has marked and rushed out toward the peg.
07 Jul 2022 10:24AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Ian has lifted K and is shooting from III
07 Jul 2022 10:24AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Ian hits R -- the in- court ball.
07 Jul 2022 10:25AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Alain is through 1 and has roquted pink to the end of A baulk
07 Jul 2022 10:26AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Alain splits pink to 4approachibg White in IV.
07 Jul 2022 10:27AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Ian has gotten R to 4 Y NE of 2 and is approaching 1 off Ubwith a roll from about peg high. Didn't quite get in front and sets a rush for U between 1 and corner I.
07 Jul 2022 10:30AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Alain's Hogan roll was quite successful. He's making 2 off partner with White 3 Y NW of 3.
07 Jul 2022 10:32AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
On lawn 2, Tom has made 1-back with Y and has two peels done.
07 Jul 2022 10:33AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Annabel is on her second break, with Y; evidently Doug missed the long lift shot with K to 2 yards W of IV.
07 Jul 2022 10:35AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Annabel has gone to pick up K with a thick takeoff after 3, nearly going off.
07 Jul 2022 10:36AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
She's approaching 4 off R.
07 Jul 2022 10:37AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Looks like Tom has gotten the rover peel done. Now making 4b.
07 Jul 2022 10:38AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Nick is back in after Pete's Hogan roll ended with a ball off the lawn.
07 Jul 2022 10:40AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Nick has scored 1 with U. K is on 1, R on 2, and Y on 4b.
07 Jul 2022 10:40AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Alain is peeling Brown through penult after 6.
07 Jul 2022 10:42AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Tom Coles is the first to qualify this morning, beating Mark Ormerod +20tp.
07 Jul 2022 10:44AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Annabel is for 1b with Y, with no peels on R.
07 Jul 2022 10:46AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
She had a go at a 4b peel before 1b but it was rejected to the side of the hoop.
07 Jul 2022 10:48AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
I said earlier that Alain was on 3 wins out of 4 going into this morning, but thatbincluded the walkover against Harry Fisher. He's actually playing his fourth game and doing so with evident confidence.
07 Jul 2022 10:51AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Annabel has done the straight 4b peel and rushed the side ball U to IIII.
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*III.
07 Jul 2022 10:53AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Failed to get the rush on R.
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Nick make 3b and will be making an NSL.
07 Jul 2022 10:56AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Y (4b) at 4 and R will go to SW of 2.
07 Jul 2022 10:57AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Nick is prone on the ground lining up the shot to position Y.
07 Jul 2022 10:58AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Looks good from here. He's hit R and needs to roll 11 yards to get behind K.
07 Jul 2022 10:59AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
R ends up 7 yards S of 2. K is rushed 2 y N of middle of E boundary. Rather long roll to its final position, which is a yard N of level with 5.
07 Jul 2022 11:01AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Doug has hit his crucial lift shot.
07 Jul 2022 11:03AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Pete is taking his from corner III.
07 Jul 2022 11:03AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Perennial lifted Y and missed into IV.
07 Jul 2022 11:04AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Alain is the second to qualify, beating Tim Russell +26tp.
07 Jul 2022 11:05AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Ian Vincent is now in play on lawn 4. Not sure what transpired over there.
07 Jul 2022 11:06AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Sorry, lost the plot there -- Ian got the innings earlier with his lift shot hit-in, and has set an NSL after making 9 with U.
07 Jul 2022 11:12AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Ian's leave has R (4b) at 4 and Y (1) 1 Y SWof 2.
07 Jul 2022 11:14AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Mark Suter lifts R and is shooting from 5 Y w of III.
07 Jul 2022 11:14AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Center ball hit on U.
07 Jul 2022 11:15AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Nick is preparing to peel U at 4b before 6.
07 Jul 2022 11:17AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
His escape ball Y is S and E of 4b so he needs a split shot here.
07 Jul 2022 11:18AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
U is jawsed and K has a rush.
07 Jul 2022 11:19AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Doug is for 3b with one peel done. He's taking on the deah roll penultimate peel going to a 3b Pioneer that's a yard or so north of 3b.
07 Jul 2022 11:21AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Doug peels U to 2y N of the peg and gets to his3b pioneer.
07 Jul 2022 11:22AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
He'll rush U past Y which is SE of penultband send it down to rover.
07 Jul 2022 11:23AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Nope. Having made 3b and sent R 4y N of penultimate, he's left U 2y ESE of penult.
07 Jul 2022 11:25AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Evidently he prefers sending U to rover from the N boundary.
07 Jul 2022 11:26AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
And here comes that rather critical shot.
07 Jul 2022 11:26AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
U is good, maybe 2 y N of rover, but K ends up level with R. Roll to penult is good.
07 Jul 2022 11:28AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
2.5 foot straight rover peel
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*2 foot
07 Jul 2022 11:30AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Now just a pegout to put a second American player in the KO.
07 Jul 2022 11:31AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Doug needed to cut that rush to the peg, but not that much. Blue went back through rover and Doug has a hampered shot to peg out.
07 Jul 2022 11:32AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Stephen Mulliner is dispatched to referee this shot.
07 Jul 2022 11:34AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Doug's backswing is through rover.
07 Jul 2022 11:35AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
The shot is clean but U misses the peg.
07 Jul 2022 11:36AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Doug ponders his options.
07 Jul 2022 11:36AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
I feel his pain as I found myself in nearly the same position a couple of days ago, rushing partner back through the hoop and having to attempt a pegout with my ball in the jaws.
07 Jul 2022 11:38AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
R (Annabel's penult ball) is just off the end of A bulk, and Y is level with 1.
07 Jul 2022 11:39AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Doug chose not to peg out K and went out on the E boundary level with 5.
07 Jul 2022 11:42AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Annabel lifts Y, electing to take the certain Roquefort over the game-winning 7-yarder with R.
07 Jul 2022 11:44AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
She rushes R S of K and rushes it SW of U.
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Sends K N of penult.
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U a yard or two N of the peg.
07 Jul 2022 11:46AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Nick has finished and qualifies.
07 Jul 2022 11:47AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Y back to R on the E boundary.
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Doug shoots at R and Y ... hits!
07 Jul 2022 11:49AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
And he's pegged out.
07 Jul 2022 11:50AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Back on lawn 1, Mark Suter is through penult with Y with R waiting in front of rover.
07 Jul 2022 11:54AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Mark has a 3 yard pegout to qualify.
07 Jul 2022 11:57AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Maybe 3 meters
07 Jul 2022 11:57AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
And he's won, +17tp over Ian.
07 Jul 2022 11:58AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
That's all for the Swiss. Congratulations to all the qualifiers and good luck in the Plate to those headed there.
07 Jul 2022 11:59AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
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