18th WCF Association Croquet World Championship
Last 16 at Roehampton by James Death
Good morning from sunny Roehampton. Commentary will be very intermittent as I'm playing as well.
20 Jul 2023 10:14AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Harry Fisher against Tom Balding is on the garden lawn so updates will be very sparse.
Lawn 1 Reg Bamford v Alain Giraud
Alain is on first break approaching 5 having been hampered after 3 and a delay waiting for a groundsman to lower the carrot
Lawn 2 James Death v Logan McCorkindale. James round 5th turn after Logan missed a corner 2 double. Logan nailed the long lift and is on his way to hoop 2.
Lawn 3 Robert Fulford v Stephen Morgan
Stephen went round 4th turn
20 Jul 2023 10:20AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rob missed the lift
20 Jul 2023 10:21AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
The lawns are a lovely green and are playing at approx 13 seconds first thing this morning. They are clearly quicker than any other venue I've played at this week
20 Jul 2023 10:23AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Pace of play won't be lightening quick as there is a lot of waiting for balls to stop rolling.
20 Jul 2023 10:24AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Logan is looking at a pop or two against me. First pop attempt on the way to 5
20 Jul 2023 10:24AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Stephen is through 1 with the second ball, delayed tp ahead of him
20 Jul 2023 10:25AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Alain is round to 4 back and setting a leave
20 Jul 2023 10:26AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Osl from Alain. It was diagonal spreads from Stephen and James.
20 Jul 2023 10:28AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Reg hit down the east boundary as the balls lay
20 Jul 2023 10:32AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Logan got the pop on the way to 5. Not looking at a second.
20 Jul 2023 10:33AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Red has been parked on the back of 1 after 2back by Logan
20 Jul 2023 10:37AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Stephen through 6 with no peels yet
20 Jul 2023 10:37AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Reg approaching 3
20 Jul 2023 10:38AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
James hit the long lift and dug out a standard tp.
+17tp in the first
20 Jul 2023 11:05AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Reg went to 1back, Alain missed. Reg was going to do the tpo but stuck in 3.
20 Jul 2023 11:06AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Stephen got cross wired on partner after 1back. Rob looked like he was going for a 1 back leave but has carried on and a spread is approaching. 1 & 4back against 2back @ 4back
20 Jul 2023 11:08AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Ron's leave was an nsl. Stephen missed and Rob is tripling
20 Jul 2023 11:35AM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Alain is having a straight rover peel to complete his triple
20 Jul 2023 11:36AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
James reached 3 second turn. Logan missed a 6yd shot. James to 4back 4th turn with a modified MSL. Ball in 2 on the north side of the jaws, won't rush to 3 difficult to rush to 1, ball in 4 and a rush that could be taken to corner 4. Logan lifted the ball from 4 and hit the short shot at balls on East boundary
20 Jul 2023 11:37AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Tom has taken the first against Harry +5tp
20 Jul 2023 11:38AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Alain completed his triple +18tp
20 Jul 2023 11:38AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Rob finishes his triple to go game up.
20 Jul 2023 11:41AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Reg hit 4th turn but collided with the supershot and his takeoff went down the wrong side of 1. Retreated to partner and Alain missed by nothing
20 Jul 2023 11:50AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Rob missed two balls in contact corner 2 in the opening of game 2
20 Jul 2023 11:50AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Logan going round
20 Jul 2023 11:51AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Logan went to 4back putting my 4back ball on the back of 1 and the hoop 3 ball in nsl position.
I shot from corner one at the ball on the hoop, hit hoop only finishing near hoop 2. Standard tp on a plate for logan
20 Jul 2023 12:04PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Reg has gone to 4back with a spread and Stephen is having first break against rob in their second game
20 Jul 2023 12:05PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Alain missed the lift shot at the ball by the peg from b baulk
20 Jul 2023 12:14PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Stephen is round to 4back with a spread
20 Jul 2023 12:15PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Logan has made 5 with 1 peel done already
20 Jul 2023 12:15PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Rob missed the long lift
20 Jul 2023 12:19PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Logan failed the penult peel after 6. 2 back pioneer is past 2 back so death roll is dangerous
20 Jul 2023 12:21PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Peelee has been ignored as Logan heads to 2back
20 Jul 2023 12:21PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Logan has a 5ft straight peel of penult before 4back
20 Jul 2023 12:27PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Reg failed a 5ft 4back peel after 3
20 Jul 2023 12:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Logan's peel jawsed
20 Jul 2023 12:28PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Stephen peeled 4back before 6
20 Jul 2023 12:28PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
But his 1bacj pioneer was nearer the side boundary than the hoop
20 Jul 2023 12:32PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Copes but his 2 back pioneer is short and the break looks untidy
20 Jul 2023 12:32PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Reg has setup to peel 4bacj before 6 but the escape ball is both short and south of 4back
20 Jul 2023 12:33PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Logan has a 3ft straight rover peel
20 Jul 2023 12:34PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Plays it well. Should be 1 all.
20 Jul 2023 12:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Reg fails to peel 4back from 8ft
20 Jul 2023 12:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Logan equalises 15tp
20 Jul 2023 12:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Tom is 2 games up on harry
20 Jul 2023 12:46PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Stephen failed his rover peel and broke down at river and rover. Rob is having a ball round after lunch.
20 Jul 2023 1:32PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Reg completed his tp before lunch to equalise. Both players are complaining about the balls they have and will use secondary colours after lunch.
20 Jul 2023 1:33PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Rob is round with an msl
20 Jul 2023 1:42PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Logan has won the opening to game 3 and is going round
20 Jul 2023 1:42PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Stephen lifted blue off hoop 2 and hit partner on the back of 3back
20 Jul 2023 1:43PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
David openshaw is testing the balls on reg and Alain's lawn
20 Jul 2023 1:43PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
David and Ian Vincent are convinced they play different to the secondaries. I believe the players will get another warm up post lunch with the secondary balls
20 Jul 2023 1:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Stephen had hoop and a leave, Rob missed and Stephen finished to equalise
20 Jul 2023 2:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Stephen hit fourth turn in game 3 and has first chance to go round
20 Jul 2023 2:05PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Alain missed fourth turn against reg. Reg has a good chance of a break
20 Jul 2023 2:06PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
James missed the lift
20 Jul 2023 2:07PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Reg and Stephen both going round to 4 back
20 Jul 2023 2:19PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Logan has an 8ft 4 back peel attemp before 6
20 Jul 2023 2:19PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Peel made by about an inch
20 Jul 2023 2:21PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Stephen round with a spread
20 Jul 2023 2:22PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Reg doing the same
20 Jul 2023 2:22PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Rob hit the short lift
20 Jul 2023 2:27PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Alain hits the short lift
20 Jul 2023 2:27PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Logan has a delayed double still to do
20 Jul 2023 2:27PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Logan's penult peel bounced off to 5ft to the west
20 Jul 2023 2:31PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Logan walked all over the straight penult peel to 5ft wsw of rover
20 Jul 2023 2:36PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Rob has started a tpo, Alain is having an equalising break
20 Jul 2023 2:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Logan finishes 26tp and goes 2-1 up
20 Jul 2023 2:41PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Alain is round with an msl. Reg's hoop 1 ball on 2
20 Jul 2023 2:46PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Rob has 2 peels of the tpo done and has made 2 back
20 Jul 2023 2:46PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Reg missed the short lift with his hoop 1 ball
20 Jul 2023 2:51PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rob has all peels of the tpo before 3 back. Prepping for a pop on the other ball
20 Jul 2023 2:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Logan hit third turn, got the wrong side of the supershot and took off short of hoop1
20 Jul 2023 2:52PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Alain failed 1. Reg hit 30yd shot and had a leave. Alain hit back in
20 Jul 2023 3:10PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
James went to 4back after a pair of misses. Logan nicked the short lift sending it 10 yards up the boundary
20 Jul 2023 3:10PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rob didn't get a pop when completing the tpo. Stephen failed 1 from the contact. He is now in corner 3 with Rob joined up on the south boundary
20 Jul 2023 3:11PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Tom has beaten Harry 2tp in the third. Harry missed a 7yd return Roquet after jumping through rover when leading 24-0. Tom finished two turns later.
20 Jul 2023 3:19PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Alain failed to get in front of 3 and joined. Reg missed a 15yd shot
20 Jul 2023 3:20PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rob is toying with Stephen. Has a wired rush to 1
20 Jul 2023 3:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rob is running a 3bb now
20 Jul 2023 3:29PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Alain has made 6 and has a speculative peel of 4back available
20 Jul 2023 3:30PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Logan didn't get going and had a leave. James cornered and Logan is going round
20 Jul 2023 3:30PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Alain jawsed the peel
20 Jul 2023 3:31PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Alain reached rover and peg with a leave. Reg hit the lift and is having a standard tp
20 Jul 2023 4:13PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
After Logan went round, James hit the lift and finished with a triple to force a deciding game. Logan won the opening of the fifth and is going round.
20 Jul 2023 4:14PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Rob has had first break in the fourth against Stephen and is setting an nsl
20 Jul 2023 4:15PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Correction, Rob has popped one of Stephen's balls to 3 and had a defensive leave
20 Jul 2023 4:19PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Stephen hit up the west boundary with the hoop 1 ball as they lay
20 Jul 2023 4:21PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Stephen made 1 but failed 2 off Rob's forward ball
20 Jul 2023 4:27PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Reg finishes his tp to go 2-1 up. All peels were done before 3back
20 Jul 2023 4:27PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Logan is round with a spread
20 Jul 2023 4:28PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
James missed the lift at the ball by the peg. Logan has a standard tp to win
20 Jul 2023 4:35PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Rob had a leave, Stephen missed and Rob has a tp for a 3-1 match win
20 Jul 2023 4:36PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Alain hits third turn and has a break, currently approaching 3
20 Jul 2023 4:36PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Alain has a 4yd return after 1back, hits
20 Jul 2023 4:45PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Logan has a 3yd 4back peel, straight through
20 Jul 2023 4:46PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Looks like Rob had all the peels before 2back, partner is going to 4back
20 Jul 2023 4:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Alain is round to 4 back with a defensive spread
20 Jul 2023 4:50PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Rob hasn't done the rover peel. Almost got it after 4back. Sat 1inch in front of rover as he makes penult
20 Jul 2023 4:52PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Reg missed the short lift
20 Jul 2023 4:53PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Logan got the second peel after 6
20 Jul 2023 4:53PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Rob has the trivial straight rover peel and finishes to take game 4 and the match
20 Jul 2023 4:55PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Alain is at 3 with all the balls for a standard tp
20 Jul 2023 5:01PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Logan has all the peels done and is making 4back
20 Jul 2023 5:02PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Alain sticks in 3
20 Jul 2023 5:02PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Logan finished with no worries on the way home
20 Jul 2023 5:18PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Reg is having a ball round
20 Jul 2023 5:21PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Reg went to 4bacj with a reverse spread, Alain for 4 and 4 back. He lifted the hoop 4 ball and hit partner on the peg
20 Jul 2023 5:37PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Alain attempts the 4back peel after 2back
20 Jul 2023 5:50PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Jawsed, rush peeled, and sent to penult before 4back
20 Jul 2023 5:58PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Penult peel straight, peel past the peg, strikers ball jawsed
20 Jul 2023 6:01PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Rover peel jawsed, jumped through rover
20 Jul 2023 6:03PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Pink, 9yds NNW of rover. Alain rushed white within a yard of pink
20 Jul 2023 6:04PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Rushes pink 8ft north of rover, bombard needed and a rush to the peg
20 Jul 2023 6:05PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Plays it well and finishes. 2-2
20 Jul 2023 6:05PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Reg wins the opening of game 5
20 Jul 2023 6:18PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
But not well enough. Third turn, went to the corner 2 ball. Rolled it down the lawn but put himself in 1back
20 Jul 2023 6:53PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Joined near the ball he rolled down, Alain missed. Reg had a leave, Alain hit and made 9 with a spread. Reg missed the long lift, Alain is currently making 4 off partner with a ball left near 3 and 5
20 Jul 2023 6:54PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
4back peel jawsed before 6. Peeled after 6 and sent to 2back
20 Jul 2023 7:03PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Delayed double not set up very well. Peelee 8ft east of penult
20 Jul 2023 7:08PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Rushed to inside a yard, nearly straight
20 Jul 2023 7:10PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Peeled penult before 4 back
20 Jul 2023 7:10PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
A straight rover peel from eliminating reg
20 Jul 2023 7:11PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Peelee is 2ft from rover as he makes penult
20 Jul 2023 7:13PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Completes the rover peel without any drama. Alain 26tp in the 5th
20 Jul 2023 7:18PM (Tournament); 41 Readers
Good luck to tomorrow's quarter finalists
20 Jul 2023 7:18PM (Tournament); 39 Readers
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