14th WCF Golf Croquet World Championship

JP playing Bl and Bk
Robert R and Y

On Court 3 no live coverage

Rally at H1

JP strong @ H1

Bk hits leg bounces past

Y needs to hit Bl

Misses

Bl runs 1yard thru

JP 1 Robert 0

Bk hits R from in front of H2

Y plays in
As does bl

R at bk

Hits

Bk at Y from 20y

Misses

Y 1.5yd angled hoop....

Runs

1 each

Bl 3 yards angled at h3

R shots but hits hoop

Bk in front

Y at Bl?

Misses

Bl clears R

R 25yards at Bk

Hits!

Bk in front

Y deep

Bl can't protect bk from R

R at Bk....

Hits mid paced

Y for 5yd H3...

Half jumped miss

Bl runs by 7yads

JP2 Robert 1

Bk clears R from in front of H4

Y and bl close together angled?

R looks good in front now

Bk at Awkward Y

Hit Bl in friendly fire

Y for h4

Trys jaws fails to the side

Bl at R

Shot!

Robert thinking

Aiming at Bl to maintain control of hoop

Both balls get moved

For relief

Not too bad but R on non scoring side

Bk wide

Y in front

Bl takes out out from 12yards

Robert thinking

R hide from bl?

JP thinking

Bk forced to take R

Does OK keeping Bk close

Y deep

Bl 2yard hoop runner

Robert thinking

R shooting at bl?

No plays in

To much on it

Bk at Y

Hits

Y at Bk from 12ys

At bl soz

Hits

JP thinking

Playing in

Nice spot

Robert thinking

Takes bl may have been a hoop shot

Bk coming in

R and y on wrong side of hoop

Bk open to Y

Hits but splits

Bl in front

Short

R 2.5 yards straight

Bk coming back in

Tight to Rs line to hoop

Y at Bl from 10ys

Hits!

Can bl see R past Bk?

He acknowledges he can't

Plays in

R for hoop 4

Deep into jaws not through

Bk to jump

2yards

Hits crown, Red scores

2 all

Y good at 5

Bl hits but splits

R in front

Bk at R

Centre Ball

Y at bk to hold control

No now thinking

Now back at bk

Hits

Bl short and wide

R 2 foot in front

Y at bl

Hits maybe to wired

Not sure what bl has

Hits R great shot

R at bk

Misses

Bk left with easy h5...

Runs to 2 yards short of h6

Bl dinks out Y

R MISSES

Bk for h6

Legs out but still one yard in front

Robert thinking

Y shooting at???

Misses hoop

Bl in jaws

R shooting from nthB

Hits bk

Leaving Y to hit bl

Bk back in

Y from nthB at bl in jaws

Gets it out but not by enough

Bl runs

JP 4 Robert 2

R in front bk clears

Y in front

Bl nicks it

R all over bk

Bk dispatched to sthB but open on Y

Just misses

Y 1 yd angled h7...

Runs by 3 yards

JP 4 Robert 3

Bl good at h8

R with a double

No plays in

Y shooting at bl or hoop can't tell.....

Hoop but misses

Bl stocks in jaws

R to jump from 2 yards...

Misses

Bk wiring or peeling?

Peels

JP 5 Robert 3

Y looks OK at h9

Blue plays in

R in nicely

Bk hits Y

Y 7 yarder at bl

Snicks it out of scoring

Bl hits R

R deep to sthB

Bk in front

Y at bk

Hits

Bl in jaws

Red for 6yard jump....

Peels bl

JP 6 Robert 3

Bk nice to h10

Y shooting

Misses

Bl trying to block

But not

R may only be able see a double

Shooting...

Legs off

Bk to win game 1

Easy

Game 1 to JP

Comfort break

JP is back, getting some chocolatefrom the sidelines

Here we go

Robert hits Red to perfect 1 yard position at h1

Bk misses it

Y to 3 yards position

Bl hits R

Bk at Y

Nice with bk over sthB

Y to block bk on hoop

Nice 3 inches in front

Bl forced to take it

R for jaws or hoop

Jaws deep

Bk to jump from sthB

Great shot runs but drags red though

JP 0 Robert 1

Bk nth of h2
Y and bl 3.5 sth of h2

R hampered by hoop 1 ref called

Gets over halfway

Bk at y

Hits

Y in blocking

Bl jumps

1 each

R 2 yards angled at h3

Bk deep

Y between bk and hoop

JP looking

Plays in forcing hoop shot with R

Runs

JP 1 Robert 2

R with 7y clearance at bk

Misses

Bk to clear y

Easy

Y with 28 yards at bl or hoop

Misses

Bl runs hoop

2 all

R 3ys deep at h5

Bk 1 foot

Y a yard

Bl at r

Hits

R 9 yards at bk...

Centre Ball

Bk at y or hoop???

Hits y

Y back in front

Maybe blocking R on hoop

Bl back in next to Y

Bk at half ball of y

Picks off bl

Y 1yard h5

Runs to 1 yard past h6

Bl plays in open to y?

R nice

JP looking

Bk plays in

Not scoring

Y all over bl

Hits it to cnr1

Bl shooting....

Just misses

Red runs to nthB

JP 2 Robert 4

Robert choosing a target at h7 with red

Decided on bl

Hits

Bk for tough angled hoop

Nestles on left leg

Y jumping

Hits crown

Bl to 3 yard position

R at bl...

Misses trying to get over the nthB

Bk to reposition

Still on leg

JP thinking

Bl play in tight
Or hamper R

Deemed

Robert thinking

Red 7 yard jump

Digs out bk and replaces it in jaws

Bk to short to jump?

Is going to try jump. Ref called

Anything could happen here

Looks just long enough to jump

Clean but misses and red still in jaws

Y to peel R?????

Or sit on blues bounce spot?

Decided to go to half way

Bl with 7 yard jump

Misses

R runs to 7 yards in front of h8

JP 2 Robert 5

Bk shooting at y in front of h8

From 29 yards

Misses

Y for 2yard hoop8

Runs

JP 2 Robert 6

Bl good at h9
R hits it

Bk non scoring next to hoop

Bl nudges R

Bl runs 7 yard h9
JP 3 Robert 6

R and Y good to h10
Bk on leg
Bl shooting

Hits red

R at bk

Misses

Bk not on leg runs

JP 4 Robert 6

Y in front at h11

Bl misses from nthb

Bk at y from 15y

Hits

Y to 3 yard position

Bl shooting

Hits

JP now strong at h11

R at bk from 9 yards

Hits

Bk at y from 13 yards

Misses

Y bobs out

JP strong at h11

Good fight back by JP

Good rally at h11

JP has two around hoop

Robert both on boundaries

Hits bl with y

Hits bk with R

Y hits bl

Bk in jaws

Y shooting at bl

Bl at Red which is in jumping

Misses

Red to jump

Makes it

One game all

Short break

Due to low battery I will just update the scores

JP 2 Robert 0

JP 3 Robert 0

JP 3 Robert 1

JP 3 Robert 2

3 all

JP 3 Robert 4

Comfort stop

Lots of good hitting
0715pm light still OK here

JP 3 Robert 5

JP 3 Robert 6

Brilliant fight back from Robert!
JP 3 Robert 7