MCMF 19 Point Tournament
MCMF 19 point 2nd morning (last block round) by Edward Wilson
Morning all
10 Jun 2023 9:15AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Lovely morning again in Kingston, and things are heating up at the pointy end of block stages
10 Jun 2023 9:15AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
On court one in front of my we have bob beatie versus Yvonne Shaw as primary colours, and Curtis mead versus Russell brown as secondary colours
10 Jun 2023 9:16AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Unfortunately neither Yvonne or Bob can qualify for their block (blue block), with myself and graham hyland on two wins each. However our secondary colours game between Curtis and Russell is a must win to qualify for either player, with all four from that block on one win and one loss with one game to play
10 Jun 2023 9:18AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Therefore I shall loosely follow that while I’m having my coffee and waiting to go on
10 Jun 2023 9:18AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Curtis had first play to one, Russell managed to get a clearance with white meaning Curtis couldn’t have an early crack, and the two are now vying for position
10 Jun 2023 9:19AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Curtis with a 4 yard chance…
10 Jun 2023 9:19AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Outside wire and lands near h6
10 Jun 2023 9:20AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Russell making fine clearances to gain some control, however cutis manages to get early position deep so will retain a short boundary to rebuild his hoop
10 Jun 2023 9:20AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Russell goes for a cuddle with pink on brown and it looks like Curtis May still be able to see the hoop, another 4+ yard chance…
10 Jun 2023 9:21AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Jumping…
10 Jun 2023 9:21AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Hoop!
10 Jun 2023 9:22AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
1-0, and Russell’s white lands perfectly 1 y infront of h2
10 Jun 2023 9:22AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Green misses to nb and pink follows to similarly good position, brown also with a miss
10 Jun 2023 9:23AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Hoop 2 to Russell, 1-1
10 Jun 2023 9:23AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Seems to be the story of the tournament so far, not many players have managed to break away, hoops have often been exchanged back and forth, meaning we’ve got lots of close exciting games, but many that are going to time and not completing. An unfortunate side effect of playing a tournament in Tasmania during winter
10 Jun 2023 9:25AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Curtis with some control at 3
10 Jun 2023 9:25AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
2 each in the other game between bob and Yvonne
10 Jun 2023 9:26AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Curtis looks to have made decisions giving himself good looks at hoops while the opponent has either a long hoop or a medium tricky row yet, good choice in skatey and windy conditions we’re currently experiencing
10 Jun 2023 9:27AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Runs 3 with some control
10 Jun 2023 9:27AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
2-1
10 Jun 2023 9:28AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Ball peg high, let’s see if Russell can manage to get good pos at 4
10 Jun 2023 9:28AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Doesn’t
10 Jun 2023 9:28AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Curtis goes to short boundary, savvy, however could have approached the hoop and taken his 8 yarder with the peg high ball that ran previous hoop
10 Jun 2023 9:29AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Cracks at h4 with that ball!
10 Jun 2023 9:29AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Fails the hoop, but some early aggression from the young man
10 Jun 2023 9:29AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Interest at 4
10 Jun 2023 9:35AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Russell has a ball in a hoop
10 Jun 2023 9:35AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Curtis has 2 chances to remove it
10 Jun 2023 9:36AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Got scrappy there for a while
10 Jun 2023 9:50AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
But Curtis managed to win the hoop with a 15 yard speculative crack
10 Jun 2023 9:50AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
More low quality at h5
10 Jun 2023 9:53AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
There hoops are becoming determined by who has the miss that ends up in the best position
10 Jun 2023 9:54AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
And at 5 it’s Russell, but he’s only run it to 3 inches through
10 Jun 2023 9:55AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
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