I don't think Paddy got going off the contact, but if Pete did have a shot he missed it,
Paddy now on a break with Black, and he's looking to do the first peel of the QPO going to his hoop 2 pioneer which is West of hoop 2.
Peel goes through, copes with hoop 2.
Death v Maugham still lunching.

It looks like the 2nd peel of the QPO has gone through after 3.

Kibble's trying a TPO on lawn 6 against Giraud.

Manager's doing some Managing with Samir assisting.

Oh dear wifi's playing up again.

They're resuming on 4.

Looks like James tried a supershot but missed the furniture. Blue goes in III.

Kibble's broken down.

Paddy's rush-peeled penult before 2-back.

Dave put Blue near W bdry, Yellow 2y W of IV
James misses Y from A-baulk.
Dave misses Y from A-baulk.

James fails 1 off partner.

Looks like Dave might have a wiring lift. Robin Brown on to ref.
No lift with Red, So yellow takes on 20-yarder. Hits.

And I am reconnected.

Paddy is finishing off his QPO. Blue is on E bdry, presumably about 7yN of IV. Black goes to II. Red is in the box. Blue and Yellow clips on 1.

Dave has break.

Pete attempts to roll off 1 from E bdry. Short. Takes posi. Not wired from Blue.
Paddy thinks.... Blue to IV.
Pete makes 1, misses Black in II.

Rumours that Reg got a bollocking from Manager for not reporting result.

Paddy takes off, plays Black 3yW of Blue

Pete plays yellow to just S of III.

Paddy rushes Black nearish to 1, makes hoop, has rush to just S of Yellow.

On lawn 4 Dave made 6 hoops, James missed lift, Dave playing with forward ball.

Paddy has rushed Yellow off W bdry. Must have forgotten to cut it. Rolls up, doesn't like it, clip goes on 2. Blue to 1st corner.
Pete Yellow misses Black (20y)

Dave failed 1-back. James has break.

Giraud beats Kibble.

Paddy rushes Yellow nr IV, rolls Blue North toward II. Leaves rush.

Pete has 30+-yarder. Probably wins or loses the game. You can see him thinking.
He's taking it on. misses.

James fails 6 having done 1 POP on Red. Looks like he was after another POP and conceding contact.

Dave plays with Red, then rush-peels Blue to get break. Could pick up sextuple here.

Paddy on 3-ball break for the match. Has reached 1-back.

Dave gets 1-back peel after 2. Peelee is about 5yN of 2-back.
Now has longish (8y?) roll approaching 4. Fails hoop.

Paddy has grovelled thru rover, and can only hit partner, not Yellow. However it's a big lead. Calls on a ref for the peg, misses peg-out. Pegs blue out.

Now James can have a bash at the sextuple. 1-back peel goes thru and close to 2-back.

Pete considering. Black is about3yE of 6 and a bit S, probably. Yellow is lifted to B-baulk. Doesn't make the shot as short as possible, ,but hits it.
Tries to roll to 2. Looks a good approach, but fails the hoop.

Paddy hits short roquet, finishes.

Paddy wins Game 3 +12qpo, and the match 3-0.

James (Black) is now lining up the 3-back peel going to pioneer at 6. Looks like it's jawsed. After 6 rushes yellow nr 4-back, takes off to Blue, short, can't rush peel it. Peels it going to 1-back pioneer, 6y short of pioneer, copes.

All four balls gathering round 4-back. Longish peel attempt before 2-back. Looks rush-peelable.
Makes 2-back. Does rush-peel Blue thru 4-back. 3-back pioneer is of course at 4-back. Rush goes nearer corner than hoop. Copes.
Now all 4 balls round penult. Penult peel before 4-back goes thru to about peg-high.

James needs a straight rover peel to finish his sextuple and the match.

And he finishes. Game 4 +16sxp.

Newsflash from Manager: may well be having the Doubles final later today.

Wixy has just beaten the good doctor in the Plate with another tpo.

Lots of Plate games going on.

Think the Doubles final is awaiting a suitable lawn.

The bell has just gone for tea, and as I missed lunch I'm off. I'll start a new page for the Doubles final if and when it happens.

Bye for now.