14th WCF Golf Croquet World Championship

Hi there
Commentary on this match between
Blake Fields of the USA playing Bl and Bk
And
Robert Fletcher playing R and Y

According to the score board Blake won game one 7 to 1
And Robert is up in Game two 6 to 2

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Robert is strong at hoop 8

Two in front

Y for hoop....

Runs nicely

Game Two to Robert 7 to 2

Hoops being tapped
Comfort breaks being taken

Sunny breezy day at southwick
All courts in action
Biggest crowd of the tournament so far

Blake is ready to go Robert heading back

Blake hits in a pretty good Bl to start gm3

Red deep

Bk tight to hoop

Y plays in

Forcing Blue to hoop...

Its dead on right leg

Red clears Bk but knocks blue free

Bk misses

Y runs by 5 yards

Blake 0 Robert 1

Y firing towards blue at H2

Hits

Red went past hoop on its approach

So now Red tight blocking

Bk jumps but too high

Yellow shooting at bl...

Bobbles over bl at pace RF not happy

Bl takes out R

Blue in control of H2 now

They are on lawn 5 which we can not sit next to, making it hard to see the angles

Bl runs

Blake 1 Robert 1

R looks short to H3

Bk deep

Y long
Bl deep

Red half yard in front

Bk...

Runs a very nice H3 down close to H4

Blake 2 Robert 1

Bk clears Y

Y at bl...

Hits

Red alone in front

Bl... hits!

R back in front slightly angled

Bk nudges it away

Y to hard difficult hoop shot

In a rally for H4

Blake strong at this stage

Bk on leg of hoop

Moved by yellow
Peeled by blue

Blake 3 Robert 1

Red in front at H5

Blake hampered with bk ref called

Bk misses jump

Y for 1yh5

Y runs to nthB

Blake 3 Robert 2

Bl very strong at h6

Bl runs h6

Blake 4 Robert 2

Rally at h7 with both hitting clearances

Blake hitting Roberts close in balls away

Bk for h7 from angled nthB

Misses

Y for h7

3.5 yards angled

Rejects back to where it started

Bl shooting at h7 from nthB even more angled than bk was

Lining up...

Hits right leg bounces back

Blake had been very aggressive at hoops and very good

Red runs h7 Blake 4 Robert 3

Red near sthB

Y long range on bl now....

Needs to hit this

Hits!

Blake playing some nice mid paced clearances

Y misses

Blue clears red

Red clears bk

Reset

But r and y are at distance

Bk for angled h8

Waiting for hoop to be tapped

Hits leg bounces out

Y at bl from 7yards

Hits

Bl misses

R runs

4 all

All four around h9

Bk failed snuggle on yellow

Y hits bl

Bl hits R

R shooting at bk needs control

Pretty good

But r 14yards away

Y takes bk after it comes back

Y over sthB

Bl takes on 7y h9

Somehow sits in jaws

Y for 7 yard jump....

Misses

Bl runs down past 10 by 5y

Blake 5 Robert 4

R in front

Bk deeper

Y in

Bl clears R but gets also gets Bk

R sets up

Bk misses

Y for h10

5 all

Bl nice to h11

Red clears bl nice control

Bk and y good hoop running

Bl fails block

R at bk...

Hits!

Bk 20yards away shooting at Y...

Misses

Y for hoop

Runs to 1 yard past peg

Blake 5 Robert 6

Bk and bl poor to 12

Bl dispatched

14 yards on R misses

R for match....

Runs

Robert wins!!!!!!

JP and Rachel G at 13 in gm2 to decide who goes through to play Robert

JP 1 gm up