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Coles Championship
Coles Championship 2022: James Death vs David Maugham by Alison Jones
Good morning all, the final of the Coles Championship has already begun, so let me try and get you up to date. James is sat next to me and will update us with the story so far...
02 May 2022 10:10AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
James has a supershot opening (Black) 2 yards NW of 5, Yellow to 1ft south of C2, Blue jumped over the right hand of yellow and came back on in contact, Dave hit...
Didn't get a long rush back to h2, but cped and is not setting an MSL.
02 May 2022 10:12AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
For the record, the pair are playing a best of 5, Normal Advanced, with James winning the toss.
02 May 2022 10:13AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Apparently Dave hasn't won a proper coin toss this year.
02 May 2022 10:13AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Dave is now approaching 3b with red. Blue is in perfect position on the back of 1b, he has approached with black and yellow is waiting the other side.
02 May 2022 10:15AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
I have now reaslised my mini laptop isn't charged, may have to dash off to find a cable.
02 May 2022 10:17AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
James lifted black from the back of 3b, missed Red and Yellow, but apparently it took a large hill and has ended up 3ft south of yellow. James says "oops".
02 May 2022 10:19AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Apologies for the delay, I have now found a power source.Dave started his break but blobbed h1. James joined up on the east boudary. Dave could's see Red with Yellow, nor the other way around, so banished yellow to Corner 4. Naughty yellow!
02 May 2022 10:36AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
James then went about setting a leave, Dave missed the next shot, James had a go at starting a break but sadly also blobbed h1. This time it was visible by Dave's yellow.
02 May 2022 10:39AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
dave has now run hoop 4 with yellow. Red is in place at 4b ready for a delayed TP, black is 5ft south of h5. Blue is about to be croqueted up to near red...
02 May 2022 10:40AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Dave ran into black after running 5, so a big roll shot was required to get black to 1b and yellow to red for the rush into peeling position. He did a grand job.
02 May 2022 10:43AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
According to James, his shot at h1 was a 'twichy poke'. Perhaps this should be added to the croquet jargon list, it's not one I've heard before.
02 May 2022 10:47AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Red has now been peeled going to 1b, Dave has rushed black to C3 after running 1b, blue is about 3 yards west of 5 as a 1b pioneer
02 May 2022 10:48AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
A decent stop shot sent black to 3 yards north of 3b, getting a rush on red to....
02 May 2022 10:49AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
.... Rover. James thinks he might try peeling rover first.
02 May 2022 10:49AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Then go back for the penult peel?
02 May 2022 10:50AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
I have neglected to mention the weather.... soggy!
02 May 2022 10:50AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Dave has run 2b, sent blue to 3 yards sw of 4b, hits red and is now sending red back to it's correct next hoop... it ends up 1ft se of Penult
02 May 2022 10:52AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Dave has made 3b with a rush to red. about to rush red into peeling position.
02 May 2022 10:53AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Red was jawsed at Penult
02 May 2022 10:54AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Red is now for Rover and has been sent to 3ft north of rover, yellow has a backward take off approach to penult from black.
02 May 2022 10:56AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Yellow makes penult, roquet's black and sends black as a 'deep' ball.... black is now 4ft south of rover
02 May 2022 10:56AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Balls.... 4 yards, sorry
02 May 2022 10:57AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Blue is the sent to just beside rover.
02 May 2022 10:57AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Red is rushed in front of rover, but was jawsed in the peel. It was close so needed a jump, but Dave did a little hoppity skip, it did hit red a couple of times but ended up not in contact. All hoops are now run and he is about to line up a rush towards the peg
02 May 2022 10:59AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave rushes to 3 yards away from the peg.
02 May 2022 11:00AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Dave hits, Dave wins.
02 May 2022 11:00AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
26tp
02 May 2022 11:00AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Onto the next, it's Dave choice.... I wonder what he will choose....
02 May 2022 11:01AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Apparently we will be shocked at the choice....
02 May 2022 11:01AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
James takes a wild stab in the dark... says he thinks he will choose Red and Yellow.
02 May 2022 11:02AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Oh my... we are shocked indeed.
02 May 2022 11:02AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave chooses to 'Go In!'
02 May 2022 11:02AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
I am still shocked, need some tea!
02 May 2022 11:02AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
James chooses to take Yellow and Red.
02 May 2022 11:03AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
We're off. another shock.... it's a super shot opening. Dave hits black to 1 yard ne of h6.
02 May 2022 11:04AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Red dribbles past black from C1, ends up beg high 3ft east.
02 May 2022 11:04AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave lining up a shot from c1 with blue... he's taking his time.
02 May 2022 11:06AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Doing lots of squatting, moving blue a millimeter this way and that...
02 May 2022 11:06AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
I think he's being the ref from Ronnie's game last night.
02 May 2022 11:07AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
He's missed. To about a couple of yards south of hoop 3.
02 May 2022 11:07AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Yellow wanders to north boudary and has a shot at blue...
02 May 2022 11:07AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Misses.
02 May 2022 11:08AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Poor James, he is looking very sad about that one.
02 May 2022 11:08AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Dave stalks black at red, with blue in the background.
02 May 2022 11:08AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Hits black onto red towards blue. Red get's sent over near h2 with a stop shot.... black hits blue in the process. Oops.
02 May 2022 11:09AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Big take off from blue to yellow on the south boundary, blue is now just a ocouple of feet off the east boundry
02 May 2022 11:10AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Black is now rolling to h1, from south boundary behind h4. Has a 2ft hoop.
02 May 2022 11:11AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Makes it, but not by much. James says the hoop is in the way of his foot.... he makes the roquet.
02 May 2022 11:11AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Whilst Dave potters around on a 4 ball break, James declares it beer O'Clock.
02 May 2022 11:12AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave (black) is approaching h3 off yellow, red is his pioneer for 4, blue is the pivot. It's still a 4 ball break.
02 May 2022 11:16AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Apparently something interesting happened. Dave didn't like the ball he left on the back of h2 for the MSL, so he went back to move it...
02 May 2022 11:25AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
He has run 3b with Black, is putting yellow on the back of 3b, rushing red up to h2...
02 May 2022 11:26AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Yellow is in good position, red has been rushed to west boundry, now rushing blue back to east boundary for the NSL
02 May 2022 11:27AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Apparently James has a ball and half target with red, Red was west boundry south of h2... it was a long way. He lifts red.
02 May 2022 11:31AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Eactly the same thing happened as last game, he missed blue and black to 3 yrds north of c4. Let's see if Dave
02 May 2022 11:32AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
A reminder, this is Game 2, in a best of 5. Dave won the first and has gone to 4b with black in the second. James missed the lift with red, Dave is off again with Blue
02 May 2022 11:33AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Pretty good stop shot out of C4 sending red near h2, gets a rush on yellow to 8ft north of h1... its a backward takeoff.
02 May 2022 11:34AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave has a 3ft hoop to run to start his break with blue.
02 May 2022 11:34AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Males it, get's a rush back to black near east boudary.... oh look, it's a 4 ball break.
02 May 2022 11:35AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
I assume Dave will be starting his TP, so if anything interesting happens I'll let you know. Meanwhile, I'll find out what's hapening elsewhere in the tournament.
02 May 2022 11:36AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Dave has peeled black through 4b after running 3.
02 May 2022 11:40AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Dave has done two peels, so black is now for Rover. Blue is about to approach 2b with red, yellow is sat near 3b
02 May 2022 11:50AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
James can't beleive he might be loosing a second game to a 'Chairman's Level Player'.
02 May 2022 11:50AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Black is jawsed in rover, blue about to run Penult
02 May 2022 11:54AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Black has now been peeled, Blue is about to run rover.
02 May 2022 11:56AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Blue has run rover...
02 May 2022 11:56AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
We are currently waiting for a last round of games to be played then there will be a plate knockout set. Will update soon.
02 May 2022 11:57AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave just won game 2.
02 May 2022 11:57AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Game 3 will start. Once they have finished bickering about playing super, vs playing a best of 7 normal advance.
02 May 2022 11:58AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Dve offered Super Advanced, James said no, but would compromise with a best of 7. Apparently they settled on Best of 5 Normal Advanced. Phew, lucky us.
02 May 2022 11:58AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
James has the choice at the beginning of ggame 3. He chooses to go in, Ben chooses Red and Yellow.
02 May 2022 12:00PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
James puts blu to a standard position on East boundry
02 May 2022 12:01PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Dave puts yellow just out of C2
02 May 2022 12:01PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
James shoots black at blue...
02 May 2022 12:01PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Misses to the the north.
02 May 2022 12:02PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Dave shoots red a the huge target left by James
02 May 2022 12:02PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Dave hits Black.
02 May 2022 12:03PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Dave got a rush pointing nearish c2 with blue, but didn't get anywhere near. yellow is in C2
02 May 2022 12:05PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave is now sending blue to h1 with a stop shot, setting up for a leave with red and yellow in c2 joined up. Black over by east boundry
02 May 2022 12:07PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
James shoots blue near h1 at black on east boundry. Misses.
02 May 2022 12:07PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave wil play red with a dolly rush back into the lawn, with blue and black joined up on the east boundry, this will be another 4 ball bread to 4b. Back with something interesting soon hopefully.
02 May 2022 12:08PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave has blue at h6, black at h5 yellow in the middle and still playing red, approaching h5.
02 May 2022 12:16PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
t's still a 4 ball break.
02 May 2022 12:16PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Early 2 back pioneer being sent over, this is the yellow ball, so he has the two oppo balls at 1b for the MSL
02 May 2022 12:17PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Dave runs red through 1b with control. Hits' black, and sticks it in it's MSL position behind 1b. Rushes blue all the way to west boundry by 2b.
02 May 2022 12:20PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Just making sure you are still awake.... nothing interesting has happened though, sorry.
02 May 2022 12:20PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave just did some toe tapping, to help red stop short of blue at 3b.
02 May 2022 12:21PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
It seemed to work, red has run a controlled hoop at 3b and is now placing blue in perfect MSL position.
02 May 2022 12:22PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Dave is wandering over to the south boundry to make sure he knows the perfect position for red and yellow on the east boundry.
02 May 2022 12:23PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
The MSL has been set.
02 May 2022 12:23PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
James has appeared, he has wondered onto the lawn to take a look at what shot he fancies.
02 May 2022 12:24PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
James has folded his arms into his thinking pose
02 May 2022 12:24PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
It's actually quite pretty, blue and black are in such identical positions they are also wired directly through the peg.
02 May 2022 12:25PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
James lifts blue and will take the shot to c4 through Dave's balls on the East Boundry, just north of h4
02 May 2022 12:26PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
He took 4 swings. Stopped, re-stalked.
02 May 2022 12:26PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Swinging whilst stalking
02 May 2022 12:26PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
It took the hill again, bounced over the stop board and nearly ended up in his beer.
02 May 2022 12:26PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Dave Kibble has commented that this is not a very interactive game.
02 May 2022 12:27PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
He wondered if Dave was trying to prove some sort of point, Dave said to not speak too soon and wait until this game is over ;)
02 May 2022 12:28PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave plays yellow, rushed red toward h1, crept through h1 so now is calling for a ref. Martin Murry is quick to respond.
02 May 2022 12:28PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Dave now needs to sweep yellow up to red, which is 8ft north of h1
02 May 2022 12:29PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
It's clean, it misses.
02 May 2022 12:29PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
James wonders whether he has a lift with black.
02 May 2022 12:29PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
He has wondered onto the lawn without his mallet.
02 May 2022 12:30PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
No lift confirmed by Dave, ho has returned to the commentry box.
02 May 2022 12:30PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave has agreed to check the black lift claim with James' mallet, but is not immediately conceding a lift.
02 May 2022 12:31PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
A discussion is being had
02 May 2022 12:31PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
No lift declared.
02 May 2022 12:31PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
James taking a shot with black onto blue, which is in C4
02 May 2022 12:31PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Misses to 1 ft west.
02 May 2022 12:31PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave has his gloves on, had a quick chat with James about the state of James' mallet end face. Dave takes a shot at red with yellow... he's off.
02 May 2022 12:32PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
And I'm off to find a glass of something red and yummy
02 May 2022 12:32PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Dave had a cannon out of c4, black is now directly behind h4 on the south boundary, blue went 4 yeard se h2. Rool up went short. Got through anyway
02 May 2022 12:36PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Not sure what happened, I went to the car to get a glass of wine, came back and there is a yellow ball stuck on the playing side of hoop 5, pretty sure it's runnable, but slight angle. Red clip is on Pensult, so 1 peel done. Black is north of h5, blue is near 4b and red near Penult.
02 May 2022 12:54PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Happy to report I have a glass of red. They boys are having lunch, will be back soon.
02 May 2022 12:54PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
James has started again, he played blue, hit red and has now got an approach to h1
02 May 2022 1:04PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
He makes h1, sends yellow to h3, rushes black into pivot position (by the peg), take off to red at h2
02 May 2022 1:05PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Crowd speculating wether James should set up for a sextuple
02 May 2022 1:05PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
I think they are hoping for something more interesting than a four ball break
02 May 2022 1:06PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Made h2, rolling red to 4, but blue hit h6 so a longer shot at black that he would've liked.
02 May 2022 1:06PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Hit it, takes off back to yellow at h3
02 May 2022 1:07PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
James is playing blue, makes h3, rolls yellow to h5 and blue to black. Black get's sent back to pivot posion (next to h5 and yellow), rushes red to h4
02 May 2022 1:08PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
James makes hoop 4, stops to think. This is his 'hand on hip' thinking pose.
02 May 2022 1:09PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Sending red to h6,probably to start the DPO (Double Peel on Opponent), with a plan to peg off Dave's red ball. That will make it more interesting and interactive.
02 May 2022 1:10PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Or maybe not, black has been sent as an early pioneero to 2b, yellow up to 1b.
02 May 2022 1:11PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
James went to 4b with a leave, Diaganal spread. Dave lifted yellow and missed to C4.
02 May 2022 1:18PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
James has now made h1 with black... blue clip is on 4b, red clip on penult and yellow clip on 5
02 May 2022 1:19PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
James played the Hogan roll, got an applause from the crowd. Jaws 4b after 3, back to it after 5, bit of an angle but smashed it through.Failed peel after 6, and going to 2b... hilled off 3b pioneer from about 3 yards.
Crowd had a big intake of breath
02 May 2022 1:42PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Dave got back in playing yellow, he is on his way to 2b now with red waiting by it's hoop at Penult
02 May 2022 1:42PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
It's a split sending black to 3b and going to blue at 2b
02 May 2022 1:43PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Dave has failed to peel red through penult going to his pioneer for 4b.
02 May 2022 1:47PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Slight angle on the approach to 4b, but made it cleanly to the boundry
02 May 2022 1:47PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Peeled red straight with a stop shot, red got passed the peg too. It will be a y6 yard rush to peeling position at rover though
02 May 2022 1:50PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Slight angled rush as peg was in the way. Got to 5ft in front of rover
02 May 2022 1:51PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Looks pretty straight though
02 May 2022 1:51PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Red peeled through rover, but not by much, so yellow had a jumpy shot. Made it through and over/passed.
02 May 2022 1:52PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Hit black from the boundary, tried to promote red with black but missed.
02 May 2022 1:53PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Hits blue so uses that to promote red from behind the hoop instead. This one is a lot closer, so worked.
02 May 2022 1:53PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Dave is now rushing red to near the peg.
02 May 2022 1:54PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Dave has won the third game. So wins the Coles Championship 2022. Congratulations David Maugham.
02 May 2022 1:55PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Sorry for the lack of livestreaming today, I had an assistant who may have decided to take control of the equipment, so thought better of it. Until next time folks.
Alison x
02 May 2022 1:57PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
To give a little contect to James' comment earlier about Dave, I thought some of you might enjoy this picture of Dave with his 'Chairman's Level Player' hoodie on.
https://www.facebook.com/AlisonMaughamCroquet/photos/a.108482862819640/1712030972464813/
02 May 2022 7:25PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
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