woops, just had to have a lesson, and program jumped me out.

walking back, all kiwis on lawn.

Jenny having left nsl, was shot at by r which I think hit hoop 4.
Greg is now taking the courts with rush on eb and r & y on either side of hoop 4, wired I think , guessing from my position.

touching b, the takes off to r rushing it to cnr 4, now promoting to hoop 2 and getting rush on y to hoop 1

that was the plan but k slightly over rolled placement on y, great rush to hoop one, slightly

sorry, about 2 yds,, roll shot a tad shot so had to play hard thr hoop ended up in no mans land between y & r balls.

13yd shot back onto y at hoop 1, ball bobbles and misses.

Patel is lining up y onto r at hoop 2

swinging, stops & restalks, his ball bounces down the lawn and misses.

greg lines up b, misses ends up on eb 3 uds from jennys blue ball.

y again shoots at r, hits s

sending r to hoop 5, now sending back to 2 and goes to kiwi balls.
Hits k and should now be able to start break with nice position on hoop 1 and making

glancing again at lawn 6, Ian is in play making hoop 2, with r and y in the vicinity of 3 with b in the neighbourhood as well.
I was going to say tp coming up, but he just crashed hoop 2 rather loudly.
danny is now hitting 13 yd onto k to get the innings back again.
r on 2
y on 4 bk
b on 4 bk
k on 1 bk

back to lawn 4, Patel has just, just made hoop 2 and is fortunately

able to hit k which was to e side and slightly infront of hoop
He now as placed k onto the wire of hoop 2 in planned moves as he goes to r behind hoop
promotes r to 4 as makes hoop 3 off

blue. now playing a 3 ball break, made hoop 4

lawn 6, Danny has finally made 1bk but has not balls near next hoop. he will have a little bit of lawns to get balls organised again to make the next hoop

Samir has just made hoop 6 and again has just crawled thru with difficult shot on r ball. looking like half ball, half mallet shot to roquet the r

practice swing thru hoop, I thought he could get it, he has asked for hoop carrots to be hit in further.

out comes John Broughton with his mallet and hoop box to do the job.

stalking, fault, hits the hoop, head was up and looking at the outcome before shot was play.

greg has just moved y clip onto 1 bk
He is now shooting with k from hoop 2 at r, nails it.

Umpire is called to check hoop 6 after Patel giving it a slight tap.
Out comes the hoop man again

lawn 6 Danny has just missed the y and is just out of cnr 1 with k, b is in towards cnr 4, probably wired from k.
r is not quite on wb half way up and y who was in middle of lawn has just shot at it and missed.

r on 2, y bk, b on 4b and k on 3 bk. Danny shoots at y up the line with k and hits sending ball out to line just by r. hopefully 3 bk should be made

Greg now

back in play, and has cleared y from hoop 6, roll shot to hoop 2 and b but cut rushes ball away from hoop.

very nice roll, 14inch hoop shot, basically in front hoping to run to line, oops, stuck in hoop. Darn!

Turned around to lawn

sorry lawn 6 and Danny is back on the side line by r & y but has made 3bk, y now rushed to vicinity of penault and has gone behind k to rush ball to hoop. should get 4bk

back to Patel, he his y onto r as both round hoop 3 as greg was setting up for tp.
y hits y in hoop2 and takes off from back side to make 1bk. run hard as y on slight angle to hoop and hits k after running.
setting up for leave, send k towards w boundry and promotes b to 3bk as goes to r at 1bk

lawn 6, Danny is now making rower with k, well done

Aaron has just pegged out, Bruce Flemming now tells me the kiwis are now 5-0 up.

Patel has left r & y in cnr 4, b jumped out of placement at hoop 4, but greg has picked up his ball on boundary and taken short shot at English balls.
Missed.

Robert is in play, with slight promotion of k in lawn, now sending y to hoop 2 and got great rush on b to hoop 1
short, half way between 5 & 1,
long roll, very nice, in front, beautifully made,

rushes b to hoop 3, moves to perfect positon and takes off to black at 4 to bring back to y just short of 2.
nice shot with k over to 3 and position on y for rush to 2ft from hoop 2.
runs with nice rush to 3, then places into position for peel after making hoop of black

1st peel made

back to lawn 6, Danny has made penault, just collecting the black hoop 4 to send towards the peg as he goes to r

Robert has made 4, collecting y to send to penalt as he goes back to k at hoop 5

lawn 6 Danny is about to peg out. 26-10

hoop 6, Robert got the balls a bit close together, and tangled, not a problem, now making the next peel, y makes it thru the hoop by 4 inches, not ideal.
superb ball at 2bk as he goes to 1bk and makes. loading 3bk and get good position on y to clear back to w boundary to promote to rover as he goes to 2bk ball. made

rover now made, woops spoke to soon, ball in jaws of rover, making 3bk

was pressing the send key and r is stuck in 3bk wth k 2 yds in front of it.
Just when I was thinking about lunch.

Greg hits, blue is up by hoop 3 and yellow sitting in the jaws of rover.
really, really nice croquet shot from behind hoop to get into position to hit the y ball, which he cut towards hoop 3 and stops 3 feet from the blue ball

he roll shot to behind b to take across to 2 was short
a difficult cut rush to 2 nearly 90' and he manages to get the ball over to behind the hoop

very nice take off, 12in

stroked thru.
nice roll to hoop 3,b slightly passed where he would have like it to peel.
hoop made and b placed back into position for peel as he goes on.
makes 4
having computer problems here, not sending,

Has made the 4b peel, rushed back over to 6, makes 6, leaves oppo at 6 and takes partner down to 2b going to a good 1b pioneer.. delayed TP going nicely so far

Rushes back up after 2b.. peele finishes 5yN.. escape ball 2y SSE..

has a go at the peel.. bounces off to 1.5y SW.. takes off escape ball is well within the 'box' and is approaching 3b off Fulford's 3b ball from 1 yard.. 1ft hoop... he will be trying to play it with control... UGH OH!! is it through???

It looks through but is definitely hampered a little bit.. Bryant has kept his finger on the spot where he ran it from.. what's going on??

John Wall is out there.. the ball is being tested.. it must be through as he's now marking the reception ball

Should be a trivial.. good shot, rushes to 3yS of peele

Will be happyish with that, peele cleanly through an approx. level with the peg, ok rush to 4b and approaching from 2ft e

Lining up the straight rover peel now..

Its no problems.. rushing to the peg an will be pegging out from 2y's E of the peg.. this ones going to a decider.

Players will stop for lunch. Be back shortly

having feed and watered, game 3 has commences

Robert plays the black ball over to eb, and horrors, its the kiwis ball.
placing the r in cnr 3, greg takes croquet with k and send r down the line towards 4, and his ball goes out in cnr 2
y shoots at r and misses,
Jenney lines up from the A balk and hits. superb roquet shot to hoop 1 and runs it.

rolling y to 3 and b to red, hits and then has difficult take off the cnr 2, comes up hoop high, shoots and hits k in cnr 2

a roll from the cnr with 4 ft hoop on angle bounces back, about 45' to w side of hoop 2

Patel, y, lines up red down by hoop 4 and misses

Kiwis look at hoop 2 and Jenny makes an excellent jump shot thru,
hitting black she takes off to cnr 4 to the y ball, ends hoop high and hits y
promoting to 4 as she goes to r, b goes slightly pass and she has a 90' rush to get r back to hoop 3
r ends up nearly behind hoop 6 not quite as high as 3, with split shot b ends up 1 1/2 behind hoop

b bounces back and is in

hoop position directly behind hoop, looks like r is unable to hit it, with k on boundry behind 5 and y at hoop 4

obviously my angle is not great as Robert lines up b with r and hits

r ha

ing loa

sorry, r having loaded 2 has rush on k to hoop 1, appears over cut and is now going back to y at 4 to rush over. beautiful position behind.
y about 4 yds to side, croquet shot bit short, lines the hoop up, at woops, bounces back with k having 7yd shot across lawn at r. hits dead smack in the middle of the ball

Greg finding the lawn a tad heavy, was slightly short on yellow, end up with 6 in hoop shot, hoop 1 made.

there are about 50 people watching this match, nay a word has been spoken with the tension round the lawn.
hoop 2 made,
hoop 3 y on leg, another 6 in hoop made

leaving y by hoop 3, he collects r, with rush level to hoop eb, r to 5 and makes hoop 4 off b. again he is not happy with his hoop approach, which to mere mortals, looked pretty ok.
hoop 4,5 made

collecting y from 3, double loading 1bk, 6in in front of 6, made,

lots of discussion between kiwis, what leave to do with Jenny on hoop 3 and English both on 1

lawn 6 has ball movement with Danny making 2 bk, r clip may be in his pocket, which looking at the balls he has made 4bk, with Ian on hoop 1 and 3

oops, discussion ended, play recommencing, loading hoop 2bk with b. more talk,....

b was a tad short of ideal position on 2bk, but looking at cnr 4 I guess they are planning on laying up there at conclusion of the turn.

short confad

sorry, short confab, think they were looking at cross wire on hoop 2 but ball placement didn't pan out.
1bk made, r placed in position at hoop 2, slightly parallel w side. 2bk made

Roger white tells me we could have a nsl with a greg special, not sure what that means so will have to wait and see.

3bk made, looking, spotting the spot to rush y to.

lawn 6, danny has just done final peel and is now lining up to peg out. assuming he does it will be 2 love to him. 26-2

kiwis are still discussing placement of the y ball in/on hoop 4, and where to lay up when turn finished.
y is in hoop 4, a minute portion visible from a baulk, Spotting the lift shot from the baulk, thy have place balls on eb nearly parallel to hoop 4.

English are out of the seats, on the lawn discussing options.
They are lifting 7 from hoop 4, shooting from A baulk at kiwi balls, hold your breath

Nails the back ball, Game on!!!!
nice rush to hoop 1, made

hoop 2, made, suns out so Samir strips, English are now sitting in my tent. Robert advises a tpo, see how you go. good luck.
k is at 3 already so, loads 4 picks up b and rushes back to 3. a tad way ward but nothing a good roll can't fix in the next turn.
Not bad. positioning k, makes hoop

lines up peel, easy, off to hoop 4

4 made, with rush back to hoop 3 to collect k.
nice rush to cnr 3, easy pick up to take k to penault.
The lawns are a bit spongy so having trouble getting balls to stick in the cnr.

I was wrong, cut k into hoop 4 the wrong way., thick take off to 5, nice ball placement of k. almost like he planned that from the beginning

5 done and dusted

not happy with pioneer at 1bk, a bit short.
6 made under control 18in roquet onto k, rushed onto hoop leg e side. there is clearance to put ball back in front as he goes to r

just managed to cut behind hoop2, he send it quite short of 2bk as he cant get the distance due to b being reasonable close.
1bk made.
b forward and has short at k and put thru penault hoop.

I think some of our refs have had really long days, as have just looked over and one of them is having a nanna nap in his chair.
2bk made, rushing k back into position at rover.

made really nicely as he goes to the ball at 3bk, made

rushes b back to k ball at rover, loads penault with k,

4bk made to the line. hits r on return shot to the middle of 1 & 6. positions r towards peg as he rushes b to hoop 3.
alas it nearly stops in the jaws of the hoop and while he can play a roll b is now heading ........

ok, towards penalt, makes hoop off k. sends k to peg and collects b, rush to r

b to rover as escape ball, rover made off r

b sent back toward middle and r cleared to the w boundary just short of middle
y ta

y takes off to k, pegs k out and retires to cnr 4.
nice round which the crowd acknowledges.

standings
y peg,
r 1
b 3

Jenny picks up b balls and rolls for position at hoop 3. sending r across the lawn. beautiful direction but a bit long.
trying for placement in front of the hoop, the shot is too hard and ball now parallel to the hoop

r shoots just short on cnr 1 side boundry. b now in hoop running position , slight angle on 3
y shoots 4 r and misses

blue makes the hoop by 1ft, pretty sure she cant hit English balls, so has to retire down to eb , out f

out from hoop 4
Patel rushes balls half way down w boundary, woops he cut the ball in towards hoop 1.
Fulford gives Patel a spot on the boundary, assumingly wired from b thru hoop 6
r goes over the boundary, balls end up with r rushing down the line towards cnr 1. Not sure if that was the plan or not.

b retires to cnr 4

Robert moves y down the line, looking for wiring thru hoop 1 with rush to 1.

kiwi touched the ball, nice rush to r to hoop 1, makes, rush to 2, superb, stopped foot away, deciding is going to make 3 afterwards or set up another wiring.

setup for rush to 3 not perfect, comes up a little bit short to the side, but with complete faith rolls the y balls forward half way down the line and has a yd shot at the hoop.

the balls claws it way thru by 4 inches, bailing out.

r placed in middle of nth boundary.

jenny walks to cnr 4, then back again to greg, ponder what to do. she is shooting at cnr 3

y is going to move . it is now placed in cnr 2 all 3 balls on the nth boundary

jenny lines up and just skims past r and next to y.

y plays sending b to end up down in front of hoop 6, insteads it ends up middle of lawn near hoop 1
Patel y rolls r to cnr 3, alas r rolls out and jenny could have a really good double from her positon

she hits and it misses by a whisker..

r promoting b forward doesn't get the perfect rush, but end up near hoop 4, nice roll and drives r thru hoop 4 getting a great return rush to 5th hoop

hoop 6 made, rush y to b, instea

instead ends up behind hoop 6. a take off to b by 3.
you couldn't ask for a better rush to put the ball into hoop running position.
6 made to the line to pick up y

we should now be watching a text book exhibition of how a 3 ball break is played.
1 bk made

2bk made

all pioneer balls have been within

blunder, a gasp from the spectators and Robert again stick in 3bk with blue ball3 yds directly in front.

the kiwis decide to take the lift shot as y is just in front of 4bk. Shot hit, with r sitting in the jaws of jennys hoop

Rolls, end up on back side of hoop 4 and hits r thru 3bk.
runs b to the line, has a nice 3 ball break going.
hoop 5 made

hitting y towards eb looking for lthe rush line to 1bk and 6.

6yh made, rush r to middle of lawn, take off to y at 1bk

another hoop

the next shot loading 3bk and getting rush on r in middle has been excuted

executed brilliantly, with rush to 2bk. roll not great, shot at hoop and ball stuck in jaws with r on other side.

r back in play with y waiting at his ho

hoop.
Simar has just noticed that the clip is still on 3bk when not 4bk.
the balls are being replaced to their positions after Robert hit the blue.

now taking off to y at 3bk to rush it to 4 bk, the hoop he is actually on, now the clips have been placed in their correct position.
r has over rolled 4bk with y 3 yds short of nth boundary.

r placed on nth boundary 4yds from cnr 3

do the kiwis shood at a ball? which one,. decision made. yesssssssss
Hit red fair smack in the middle.

r to hoop 6 ooooh, y rushed onto the peg

you could have asked for a better roll from that position to the hoop.
looks like the ball has just crawled thru the hoop.

testing for a swipe shot.
Patel's estimate of the shot is horrible!!!!

getting down to play the shot, greg lining up the ball and mallet, Jenny now executing with Greg lying on the ground behind one of the refs legs sighting the shot.
hit the leg as well as the ball, didn't make the distance.
y in play

b is now sent to middle of E boundary,
wiring of one ball thru hoop 6 in the cnr?, y is placed 2 meters away,
b shots and hits, great shot.

take off to cnr 2, nice.
r rushed to 3bk. short, roll, long hoop, think it bounced back and is in middle, hoop makeable next time?

r moving to..... cnr 1

blue runs hoop up to 4bk, would have been great position if in front instead towards e boundary.
shh

shoots at y, misses

the English, assuming jenny will miss have decided to place b back over to hoop 3 and retire down in cnr 1 with 1 ball open.
b is placed over to hoop 3 but y is short going to r

position found, on b baulk 1 yd from y

jenny shoots, not this time.

r back in play touches y, nice rush in the direction of 4bk with y, but again short.

checking for the wiring placement of y should red not get positon, a nice roll ensures a foot hoop, runs to the line.

things look under control with rush to penault, promotes y past the peg, but only runs the hoop by 1 yd,

great shot on y, controlled hoop approach, makes the hoop

rush back to the peg, looks like the Fulford and Patel will win this interesting match, 26-22.

signing off, management said we were leaving the premises at 5 but look like we will be late today. there is one game still playi

lawn have to mowed again so will be setting hoops and lines marked.
bye