The 15th WCF Golf Croquet World Championship
Semi-Finals Status by Ben Rothman
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Robert Fletcher was ahead 3-2 against Euan Burridge.
Fletcher won hoop 6, but missed a clear at hoop 7 allowing Euan to score down to hoop 8.
25 Oct 2024 9:03AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Euan lost control at hoop 8 after missing a 7-yard clear.
Robert made hoop 8 from 1 yard.
Euan played great position at hoop 9 and Robert missed a 20-yard clearance and a 14-yard clearance.
Euan scored hoop 9, but was disappointed that he only went through by 5 yards.
25 Oct 2024 9:05AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
At hoop 10, Euan cleared Robert’s ball from 14-yards.
After some back and forth, Euan failed a 4-yard jump shot.
Robert scored hoop 10 to go ahead 6-4.
25 Oct 2024 9:06AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Euan had angled position at hoop 11 and tried a soft 7-yard promotion, but missed.
Robert Cleared blue from the north boundary down to hoop 12.
25 Oct 2024 9:09AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Robert took control of hoop 11 and Euan tried a peculative 11-yard jump of a ball one yard in from of the hoop.
The jump failed and Robert finished game one 7-4.
25 Oct 2024 9:10AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
* Blake Fields and Khaled Kamel are battling at hoop 9.
Blake is ahead 5-3.
25 Oct 2024 9:10AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Robert breaks serve at hoop one to go up 1-0 in game 2.
25 Oct 2024 9:11AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Euan jawsed hoop 2 and Robert missed a 7-yarder to get the ball out.
25 Oct 2024 9:11AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Euan scored hoop 2 Northeast as he was more than halfway on the hoop.
Robert is playing to hoop 3 from the penalty spot to2 yards straight in front.
25 Oct 2024 9:13AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
*Khaled scores hoop 9, game one 4-5
25 Oct 2024 9:13AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Euan refuses 10-yard clearance at hoop 3 in favor of position.
Robert sends Euan’s Blue to corner 2.
Euan clears black from 21 yards.
25 Oct 2024 9:15AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
*Blake scores from a crowded hoop 10 area for the 6-4 lead.
25 Oct 2024 9:15AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Euan takes control of hoop 3.
Robert hits black from 10 yards but it pinballs into blue and remains in front of the hoop.
Euan scored hoop 3 to 5 yards north of hoop 4. 1-2
25 Oct 2024 9:17AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
25 Oct 2024 9:18AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
*Khaled returns the favor from 13-yards.
Blake leaves him an angled 4-yarder is short of position with red.
25 Oct 2024 9:19AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Euan and Robert are trading clears at hoop 4.
25 Oct 2024 9:20AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
*Khaled hits outside wire and flicks off the East boundary.
Blake to take total control of hoop 11.
25 Oct 2024 9:20AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Euan nearly makes hoop 4 with a 8 yard in-off attempts.
Robert has a chance to take close wired position.
25 Oct 2024 9:21AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
*Khaled just misses a blocking position at hoop 11 from 16 yards.
Blake runs hoop 11 from 2 yards to take game one 7-4.
25 Oct 2024 9:22AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
* Blake takes game one 7-4 *
25 Oct 2024 9:23AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Euan misses a soft 8 yard clear attempt from the south boundary with blue.
Robert is 3 yards north of hoop 4 with red.
Black and Yellow are glued together within a foot in front of hoop 4.
25 Oct 2024 9:24AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Robert plays into 2 yard position blocked from Black.
25 Oct 2024 9:26AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Euan plays Black nearly in the jaws.
Robert clears and jawses yellow.
Euan’s Blue ball is 16 yards north of the hoop.
25 Oct 2024 9:27AM (Tournament); 41 Readers
Euan attempts a jump!
Good bounce, but not online, may have been too high at the hoop!
25 Oct 2024 9:27AM (Tournament); 42 Readers
Robert promoted Yellow through with Red. 3-1
25 Oct 2024 9:28AM (Tournament); 41 Readers
Euan is short to position at hoop 5 from the East boundary.
25 Oct 2024 9:28AM (Tournament); 38 Readers
Rob plays to 1 yard position with Yellow
25 Oct 2024 9:29AM (Tournament); 35 Readers
Euan lands Blue between Black and Yellow.
Robert plays Red to 2 yard position.
25 Oct 2024 9:30AM (Tournament); 35 Readers
Euan fails the combo shot
25 Oct 2024 9:30AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Robert runs hoop 5 to 1 yard NE of Peg.
25 Oct 2024 9:31AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
I have been corrected. The game was tied 2-2.
Robert made hoops 1 & 4.
Euan made hoops 2 & 3.
25 Oct 2024 9:31AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Now the score is 3-2 for Robert.
25 Oct 2024 9:32AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Blue got 2 yard position at hoop 6.
Red dribbled just north of hoop 6.
Euan only hits the edge of Yellow from 8 yards. Drops mallet, loses some of his composure.
25 Oct 2024 9:33AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Yellow clears Blue to the boundary.
Euan plays back to 4 yard position.
Red plays to 1 foot in front of the hoop.
Black hits Yellow from 14 yards.
Yellow clears Blue from 10 yards to wired position on the North Boundary.
Blue concedes by going halfway to hoop 7.
25 Oct 2024 9:34AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Robert runs hoop 6 to the North boundary 4-2.
25 Oct 2024 9:34AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Euan gets 2 yard position at hoop 7 with Black.
Yellow blocks.
Blue goes to angled position at hoop 7,
possibly blocking Red’s clear on Black.
25 Oct 2024 9:36AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
No block. Red centers Black to the West boundary.
Euan hits a powerful 9 yard clearance on Yellow.
25 Oct 2024 9:36AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Yellow hits the return clear on Blue from 10 yards.
25 Oct 2024 9:37AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Robert Scores hoop 7 and 8.
6-2.
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25 Oct 2024 9:46AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
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25 Oct 2024 9:47AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
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