the 17th Egyptian open golf croquet international championahip
Egyptian International 2022 - final game 3 - A Nasr v M Nasr by Stephen Mulliner
A crowd of 150 has been entertained by two games of fireworks from the two hardest hitters in the game.
Ahmed ran away with Game 1 to win 7-3 in only 52 turns. Mohamed made a strong start but his 3-1 lead was whittled back to 4-4. However, Ahmed missed the 14 yard clearance from south of 8 and Mohamed capitalised on this by running 9 with B to almost the north boundary (he did take some wire!) and then slamming Ahmed's Red into C1. The return 30 yarder on K was missed and Mohamed made it 6-4. Ahmed won the battle for 11 but only got through by 3 yards and missed the clearance and, after some crisp stop shots, Mohamed squared the match.
06 Oct 2022 7:38PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Game 3. Mohamed B & K.
All distances in yards unless stated otherwise.
1. R to 2 S 1.
2. K 1 SW 1
3. Y 4 S 1
4. B misses R
5. R runs 1 by 10
6. K to 2 S 2
7. Y to 4 S 2
8. B to 1 foot S of K
9. R to 1 WSW 2
10. K into jaws
11. Y misses jump
12. B rush peels K getting to 6 N 3!
13. R 2 N 3
14. K 3 N 3
15. Y misses B
16. B misses 3
Quick break - Ahmed runs 3 for 1-2
Mohamed runs 4 for 3-1
06 Oct 2022 7:45PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
23 Y 1 SE 5
24 B almost touching E side of Y
25 R 2 S 5
26 K misses Y
27 Y runs 5 to N boundary
28 B to 1ft NE 6?
29. R 2 WSE 6, wired fromn B
30. K 4 S 6
31 Y from N boundary to 4 SSW 6
32 B attempts to run through back of 6 but stops on non-playing side
33 R to 2 feet S 6
34 K clears R with force
35 Y 1 S 6
06 Oct 2022 7:49PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
36 B to 3 inch position
37 R to 4 E 7
38 K 2 E 6
39 Y tries 2 yard jump but bounces of hoop
40 B runs 6 by 1 score 3-3
41 R 2ft N 7
42 K 4 E 7?
43 Y 3 N 7
44 B stops R and enters jaws to much applause
45 R misses B
46 K clears Y to N boundaryt
47. Y 7 jump misses to the East
48 B runs 7 to just past 8
06 Oct 2022 7:53PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Score 4-3 Mohamed
49 R 4 N 8
50 K tries 8 from C2! - misses
51 Y 3 NNE 8
52 B 4 N 8
53 R runs 8 for 4-4
06 Oct 2022 7:55PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
54 K 3 WSW 9
55 Y 5 SSE 9
56 B 1 SSE 9
57 R blocks K - no clearance attempted
58 K runs very angled 9 to 4 E 10 - huge power applied- to lead 5-4
59 Y 2 S 10
60 B 1 S 10
61 R clears Y from 21 - Ahmed looks disappointed
62 K 2 SSE 10
63 Y misses B from 9
64 B runs 10 for 6-4
06 Oct 2022 7:58PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
65 R is offside and goes to West, played to 1 N 11
66 K 1.5 NNE 11
67 Y 2 ENE 11
68 B lines up the big 12 yard clearance on R - misses by nothing on the right
69 R fails 11 ???
70 K tries jump, fails, moves R to 2 foot N 11 and K goes to West boundary
71 Y jaws
72 B 2 N peg
73 R level with peg?
74 K hits 11 and moves Y to 1 foot N 11
75. Y runs to 4 NNW 12 6-5
06 Oct 2022 8:02PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
76 B 1 NNW 12
77 R 2 foot N 12
78 K 4 N 12 - tried to block Y at B but fell short
79 Y clears B to S boundary, Y to C4
80 B is almost wired by 12 on R - referee granting relief with care. - just misses on left to N boundary so offside for 13
81 R runs to S boundary! 6-6
06 Oct 2022 8:04PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
82 K to 3 N 13. Applause.
83 Ahmed inspects R to see it it has a shot on K - probably. Now goes to Y in C4. Misses K by quite a margin on the right.
84 B to N boundary above 13.
85 R to K must be tight so referee controls relief - misses by not much on the left
86 K scores to win 3-7, 7-5, 7-6
Great match and fair result. Mohamed has been the player of the Championship throughout.
There will now be a considerable prize-giving ceremony. Over and out.
06 Oct 2022 8:09PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
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