Game one, best of three

pegged off blue with black on four back and 12 mins to go, Kathleen was on four back with R and Y on five at the time.

AV leaves red west border peg high Y near peg and B just north of cnr four

Y fires at R on the west peg high, misses,
B goes into cnr 4
Y rolls to five and rolls two balls to 6' 1,2 back then sends r to peg going over to b rolls up to three back but on the right side and jaws hoop
AV wins 22 to 17

Game Two,
KC r and Y
AV b and bk

KC runs hoop one 10 ft out with red, no load on two takes off from blk to b near hoop 4, y is near peg,
Sends b to 3 with rush to 2, rushes to 12 ft from hoop two, rolls in for a 8 ft hoop which is run, hits y to b baulk equal with the peg, sends y south of 4 with 7 yard roquet to hit b, fails roquet.
B fires at bk 5 yds north of one and misses, b on border level with 1
R fires at y, misses r now in cnr 4
B hits bk to west of peg, takes off to r in cnr 4
B puts r just north of five with a rush on y to 1,
B makes h 1 running 4 yds short of 2, hits y sending to south of 6
B hits r sending to 3 with rush on bk to 2, runs 2 from 2ft out.
B in control with 4 loaded with bk and r and y at 3

B sets a diagonal leave with r in between 1 and 2 just north of peg height, y is 6ft east of peg. B and bk are set just north of cnr4
KC picks up r firing at bk, misses bk nearly hitting b.
Bk had a rush with blue but hits red to get a better rush on b, sends b 3 yds south east of y.
Alison Sharpe has just pegged out to give her the match against Anna Miller to win the Y.
On the sme court are Wendy Dickson and Megan Reynolds playing off for third and fourth, WD winning the first game, current score is
WD is six and MR is on 4 back and one
Back to AV who has just blubbed hoop one with bk
KC shots with y and hits bk

Y loads b to 2, but fails to get in front of hoop one,
AV has bk near 4, b 2 yds south of two and y and r near west border just south of peg. B firs ar bk and hits.
AV sets up leave with b and bk on a baulk in line with hoop 5,,
R fires at b and bk from near hoop 3 missing going to border , two feet from bk, bk hits r putting it into the court getting a rush on the b to y which is on the west border in line with peg. Rushes y to north of one and takes off failing to get in front.
Sends bk to border in line with b
Y fires and misses going 4 ft east of cnr 2
Bk rushes b to red near cnr 4 and does a short roll for rush to one with r, finishes 10 ft south of one stop shots to six ft in front and runs one

Bk rushes r to west border then stop shots r to three with a 10 ft hoop, Runs 2 with y on the border.
Sends y near five going to red, makes three and in control.

court three game
WD has just run two back with r and y is on four back. Megan is on one and four back

Robert Fletcher wins Men's on court four , score 3 to 2 against Stephen Forster

AV breaks down at two back with bk and has peeled b at 4 back.

KC fires at bk with r, hits, rolls to y for take off to get rush on blue from hoop one to go to hoop three, has a 10 ft rush and misses, sending r to cnr three
B fires at bk, misses to go to east border,
Y fires at bk, misses finishing up at cnr 4

B fires at y, missing
Y hits b in cnr 4, y snds b to 2 trying to get rush on bk which is sou of 5'
Gets in a good position to rush to one, ends up just east 10 ft out
Y has three ft hoop and just gets through, now has a long shot to black not hampered, misses, AV in
Y finishes west border 8 yds in from cnr 2
B fires at bk which is 7 yds north of hoop 1'
Hits

B hits bk to near hoop one and takes off to y,
B sends y 5 yds east of hopp 5 returning to bk near hoop one
Y goes to cnr two
Bk hits b to make two back which she does with a nice rush to three back
B finishes 1 yd north of three back
Bk takes off and makes an easy hoop

Bk now takes off from b to go to r which she hits then attempts to roll in to 4 back but fails to get in front.
Bk goes home to b near hoop 4
R fires at b or bk and hits hoop six ending up 3 yds south of 4 back
Bk rushes b to west border inline with peg.

B takes off from bl to rget rush on r to four back.
Bk runs four back, hits red rolling it to rover getting a good rush on b to go to pen.
Bk runs pen and should how have an easy rover hoop and set up to win game and match

Bk sets up just our of cnr 4'
Y in cnr 2 and red near peg,
R lifts and fires and misses y
B has good position to rush bk to pen which she does within 3 ft of hoop
B takes off from bk to r and y in cnr 2
B now has cannon in cnr 2
B sends y to 10 ft north of pen and stops it t the peg
B runs hoop to 5 ft south of peg hitting y back near bk.
There is not a lot room to get behind the black to rush it to rover due to pen hoop.
AV allows for this but has to go wide to rush bk north west of rover 10ft out
Sends black 5 yards past running rover, not getting the rush back to the peg with black.
Hits black and rolls both balls just out of cnr 4

B and bk are both on peg.
Y fires at b and bk, misses
B Hits y and takes off to get good rush on bk
B rushes bk to 3 yds north east of peg, not 100 percent to get this.
Front ball smacks into peg then b hits peg.
AV wins game 26 to 3
AV retains the Australian Women's Cup

Only one game is still playing
court three

Megan has just made 12 hoops to be peg and four back.
WD is three back and four back
WD picks up r which is the 3 back ball
Megan had left a diagonal leave with y at peg
R fires at b and bk missing by a millimetre
Bk the 4 back ball touches red sends b to pen getting good rush with y to 4 back.
Bk runs 4 back to 1 ft from y near north border
Bk sends y to rover with 3 ft to hit b to go 1 ft of pen
Bk runs pen easily with an easy return on b
Bk rolls b to rover, hits y south east of hoop
Bk splits y and now cannot run hoop

Bk tries to smack b but gets on the edge and bk goes to west border and b stays close to y
R picks up and hits b from a baulk

I should say r touches b
R gets good rush on y to 3 back and makes hoop but is hampered from b and y which are 8 ft apart.
R hits away
B hits y

B takes off from y to go to r near hoop two
B takes off from r to go to bk on the west border 3 yds north of hoop 1
There is only 4 minscleft in game,
B takes off from bk to peg and pegs out

R fires at y and Misses
Bk goes to cnr 1
Rushes y to 4 back where she attempts to peel from 10 ft out on an angle which she succeeds in doing.

R runs 4 back but touches y in the process
R runs pen but all too late as Megan is box and rover
R rushes y to rover and runs hoop with a rush on the yellow to pen
but only gets to peg where WD will peg out and lose by one
24 to 23
Now it is one game all
The current temp is 32

Game three
Megan b and bk
WD r and y
Megan hits to east boundary
Y puts in duffer at hoop six
Bk fires from cnr 3 to b and misses to go to cnr 4
R fires at y and misses to go to south border near the middle

Bl fires at bk in cnr 4 and misses
R fires at one ball and hits, maybe a cannon

Have I said it's hot here.
There is a bit of a breeze but it is still hot
WD has a cannon and plays it well with bk 9 ft short of hoop one
R runs hoop and hits bk.
R takes off from bk to go to b which is east of hoop 4
R sends b to hoop 3 getting a rush on y to go to hoop two
R runs hoop two to near border and has a rush on y to north of hoop three.
R stops y short of hoop 4 and has to take off from theblue foe hoop three. R fails to get in front and not comes down to
Hoop four with y

B fires at ycand r and misses
Y is in and now about to run hoop four
Which she does
All balls are close y hits r sending it to 6 splitting back to b
Y hits b to near hoop 4 splitting it to the peg getting a rush on b to hoop 5
Y runs hoop five again with all balls close by
y sends bk to near one back to b taking off to get a rush on r to hoop six
WD looks in control and should make 9 with a good leave

WD bombs one back
B goes home to bk
Y is on the leg of hoop two
R fires at blue and misses
B hits bk and sets up near cnr 4
Leaving red at one and y at hoop 2
wD calls the ref to watch an attempt on one back which she runs cleanly
Y then fires at r and misses by a mil leaving y on a baulk
B rushes bk near hoop 6 taking off to y on the border
B sends y to 2, not getting a rush back to hoop one with the red
B touches r and takes off back to hoop 1
B runs hoop one

B iis now sending y to 6 after running four, with bk in the middle and red within 1 ft of 5 all looks good for Megan to make 9 and set a leave.
I know I said that 15 mins ago about Y but Megan has this under control

Megan makes 9 and sets a diagnal leave, with b and bk just near cnr 4.
WD shoots at b and bk with y which was at the peg and hits b
Y takes off from b and gets a rush to r which iscinbewtween hoop one and two.
Y pushes bk getting a rush on red to go to two back
Y runs two back getting a rush on red to send to hoop five

Y splits red to 4 back going over to bk.
Y takes off from bk to hit b at three back which she does
Y will have to roll from cnr 4 into three back and does so getting 1 ft in front . Y runs 3 back

WD has run four back with Y
Not sure if y will go to the peg, with r on three and bk on one and 4 back
WD has set a diagonal leave, going to the peg
MR picks up B which was at the peg which is her 4 back ball and fires from cnr three and hits WD back ball R
B stops red to the middle of the court getting a rush oncy to 4 back
B is in front and easily runs it to the north border
B hits y over inline with pen but at least 3 yds out
B splits y to rover going over to bk and gets a good rush line to pen
B rushes to pen with bk and is nearly in the same spot as the y was in a moment ago.
B rolls to the hoop and sticks in the hoop

R has a lift but doesn't use it as bk is close by, which she hits
R splits bk to hoop four getting a rush to three.
the rush is short. WD has a look at the blue which is jawed so can not be rushed over
R rolls but doesn't get in front
WD fires at blue and hits
R pushes b to near hoop two and goes back to y

Bk at hoop four fires at b at hoop two and misses.
The crowd went ahhhhhh as the ball was on target and then seemed to jump over the b at the last second
Y fires at R and misses going into cnr three
B fires atcbk which is in cnr 2 and misses
R fires at y which is in cnr 3 and hits

R is splitting y to 4 and going over to b and bk in cnr 2.
Both are short with r stopping at hoop two
R fires and hits giving r a canon in that cnr
The canon is short and r rolls b to three, not getting in front blue is dangerously near y.
R fires at b with the intention of moving b away from y and r staying close
B is now closer to. Y with r I between 4 and 5
B hits y putting it near one and gets a rush on r to pen
B rolls r in between hoop two and cnr two and over to bk
B hits bk and is now rolling it
The roll ends up near the peg and b sets up in the middle of the court

B

Y fires from near hoop one and misses by a mil
Bk rolls to one and gets in front by two feet and makes it easily.
Bk now has a rush with b to west border level with hoop two.
Bk stops b to the middle of hoop two and three and hits red.
Bk tries a split and fails to get in front of hoop two.
Bk goes to cnr 2

R fires at b and hits
R stops b to hoop four getting over to y which is east border equal with hoop three
R hits y into cnr 3

There is 24 mins left in this match
The scores are r on three and y on peg
B on pen and black on two
R rolls from cnr three and has a long angled hoop she has a crack and it smacks back at her
B fires and misses going to the north border

R hits y and takes off back to b at the north border
Again r has an angled hoop but runs it smoothly with a 5 yd return roquet on blue.
R hits b and sends it to five with a long rush to y to go to 4

R doesn't get the spot in front and sets up south of 4 on the border
B fires at bk in cnr 2 and misses

R pushes y between 4 and 5 and takes off to b and bk
R goes out in cnr 2 giving bk a canon
Bk sends b to hoop three and has r 10 ft for a roll to the hoop.
It is a bit angled but she runs it bk hits red and now could go all the way to the peg

With five mins to go Megan is about to run five
Bk runs hoop five and has all the balls together
With two mins to go scores are even.
Bk runs 6 to be one in front

Time has been called with MR one in front

MR is in play and has rushed r to one back with b and y near two back

Bk runs one back hitting r on the way

Bk runs two back with hoops loaded at three back and our back

Bk pegs off leaving three balls on the court
Leaving blue 6 yds north on the west border and y near hoop two
WD picks up R and fires at b and hits
WD takes off from b to y to get a rush to hoop three, being short near the peg.
R rolls to sit in frontcof three and fails to run the hoop

MR finishes third in the Australian Women's and WD fourth