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European GC Championship

European Champs Final Commentary by Timothy King

Hello from a Sunny Surbiton! After three days play we had 3 Scandinavians and one English woman in the semi finals. Now we have one English woman and one Swede in the final. Howard is hammering in the hoops and a good crowd is forming

01 Jun 2014 2:39PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

The atmosphere and the calibre of play at this tournament has been excellent. A lot of close matches, no easy games, and a lot of laughter.

01 Jun 2014 2:48PM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Jonatan wins the toss. Good position in 3 yards in front of 1

01 Jun 2014 2:49PM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Red goes in front of 1, 1 yard off the boundary

01 Jun 2014 2:49PM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Black goes to position very near (1 or 2 inches) to blue. Think shot at hoop is unaltered though

01 Jun 2014 2:50PM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Yellow shoots through and misses to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 2:50PM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Blue gets rejected from the hoop

01 Jun 2014 2:51PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Ropey clearance from Red on black. Red disappears to near peg, and black comes back 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 2:51PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Another half ball clearance by Rachel. Yellow moves black, ending up near 4

01 Jun 2014 2:52PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Blue to 1 yard in front. Red to 1 foot angled in front

01 Jun 2014 2:53PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Black clears Red to corner 1, bouncing off boundary in front

01 Jun 2014 2:53PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Yellow nudges blue away from the hoop...

01 Jun 2014 2:53PM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Jonatan lines up shot at hoop... Good Shot. Blue goes through by 1 yard

01 Jun 2014 2:54PM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 1 - 0 Rachel (Y+R)

01 Jun 2014 2:54PM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Red to 4 yards in from of 2. Black to level adjacent to 2. Yellow to level with 2

01 Jun 2014 2:55PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Jonatan shoots at Red with blue.... misses to N boundary

01 Jun 2014 2:55PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Rachel lines up hoop shot

01 Jun 2014 2:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

hits wire, bounces to 1 foot to side

01 Jun 2014 2:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Jonatan manages to jaws the black ball....

01 Jun 2014 2:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

rachel dislodges with a good shot by yellow

01 Jun 2014 2:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

black has gone to the W boundary

01 Jun 2014 2:56PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Bl to 3 yards in front. R to 1 foot in front

01 Jun 2014 2:57PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

*Blue to 3 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 2:57PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Good clearance by Bk on Y. Y goes to middle of N boundary

01 Jun 2014 2:58PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Solid clearance by Y on Bu... spotting a pattern with this clearing

01 Jun 2014 2:58PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Good clearance by Jonatan (Bu) on R

01 Jun 2014 2:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

R returns to about 3 yards infront of 2

01 Jun 2014 2:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Bk sneaks in front of 2.... Y comes into nice position in front of 2

01 Jun 2014 3:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Bu position shot collides with black, and bu ends to side

01 Jun 2014 3:00PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

R clears Bk to N boundary... Jonatan lining up shot at Ye which is nicely in front

01 Jun 2014 3:00PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

misses. it was bouncing, not sure if bounced over though

01 Jun 2014 3:01PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Rachel runs with yellow

01 Jun 2014 3:01PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 1 --- 1 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

tricky to see the quality of blue and red's posiions. looks like 4 yards angled, with red further from three than blue. Black goes off N boundary angled from hoop

01 Jun 2014 3:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

yellow comes to what looks like un runnable position

01 Jun 2014 3:03PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Good hoop run by Jonatan with Blue, goes 1/4 up the lawn

01 Jun 2014 3:03PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 2 --- 1 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Red to 1 foot, slightly angled in front of 4

01 Jun 2014 3:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

bk over hits, coming to 2 yards West of 4

01 Jun 2014 3:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yellow to 1 foot angled in front of 4 on othr side of hoop.

01 Jun 2014 3:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue shoots--- misses off S boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Red runs cleanly

01 Jun 2014 3:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 2 --- 2 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Nice posi by Bk in front of 5 (1 yard)

01 Jun 2014 3:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

yellow tries to clear. Misses to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

blue half balls red. Red ends up peg high most of the way to E boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue bounced to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

R misses shot a Bk

01 Jun 2014 3:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Bk runs, but takes a lot of wire, ending a foot through

01 Jun 2014 3:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 3 --- 2 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yellow to 2 yards in front of 6

01 Jun 2014 3:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

blue shoots and misses to near C3

01 Jun 2014 3:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Red lags up to just north of Prg

01 Jun 2014 3:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

peg*

01 Jun 2014 3:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

a hampered black goes most of the way to N boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Rachel runs with yellow

01 Jun 2014 3:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 3 --- 3 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:09PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

looks like a dodgy approach by Bu. Red goes deep... another ropey approach by Bk

01 Jun 2014 3:09PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Bu can't be that bad because rachel shoots with yellow... misses to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:10PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Jonatan unsure what to do...

01 Jun 2014 3:10PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

nice clearance on red. Bu ends up just of N boundary in front of hoop,

01 Jun 2014 3:10PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

R tries clearance on Bu

01 Jun 2014 3:10PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

it's a good one. Blue punted to 3, red now on boundary in front of 7

01 Jun 2014 3:11PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

ambitious jawsing attempt by Bk goes awry...

01 Jun 2014 3:11PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

blue lags to position. red declines shot coming to position....

01 Jun 2014 3:12PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

black centre balls yellow to just shy of C2

01 Jun 2014 3:12PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

but follows most of the way

01 Jun 2014 3:12PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

yellow misses at Bu, ending up on boundary E of 4

01 Jun 2014 3:13PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

gutsy shot by blue runs hoop to 1/2 way down lawn

01 Jun 2014 3:13PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 4 --- 3 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:13PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Red overruns, ends up 2 feet to E of 8

01 Jun 2014 3:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

bk plays it cautious, hanging back by about 5 yards

01 Jun 2014 3:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

better second position by Y to 3.5 yard in front of 8

01 Jun 2014 3:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Bu has dilemmas now

01 Jun 2014 3:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

brave pop at the hoop. samples it before being rejected to inches to the E side

01 Jun 2014 3:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

red now has the dilemmas

01 Jun 2014 3:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

settles for 1 foot in front... not sure on that one...

01 Jun 2014 3:16PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

half ball clearance by black on yellow... Yellow ends up near 4, black on S boundary.

01 Jun 2014 3:16PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yellow comes back to 2 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 3:16PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Bu clears red to W buondary... Stops in time to leave angled hoop shot

01 Jun 2014 3:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Red to position 1 yard in front. Possibly blocking Yellows hoop

01 Jun 2014 3:17PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Probably so, as Bk lags up to position

01 Jun 2014 3:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ye clears bu to S boundary, ending up level with 8

01 Jun 2014 3:18PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Bu shoots at Red.... good shot. Red to peg and Bu to near C2

01 Jun 2014 3:18PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Red attempts return clearance on Bk... even better shot. Nudges Bk most of way to C1, and ends up 3 yards to side of 8

01 Jun 2014 3:19PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

tricky shot choice for Jonatan now... elects to clear red...! Red placed to W penalty spot, and Black to a similar distance, but in line with 8

01 Jun 2014 3:20PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Yellow goes to 2 feet in front of 8....

01 Jun 2014 3:20PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Bu lines up clearance on Ye. Nicks it, and puts it just out of running position, whilst Bu ends up on S boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:21PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

another good position by Red to 1 foot in front of 8

01 Jun 2014 3:21PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

half ball clearance by blck on red. Red to 2 yards from C1, Bk to S boundary...

01 Jun 2014 3:22PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Yellow to 2 feet in front of 8 again

01 Jun 2014 3:22PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

don't think its wired from both...

01 Jun 2014 3:22PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Bu to 2 yards in front of 8.... does Bk have a shot??

01 Jun 2014 3:22PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Red lags up to bu, stopping few inches in front on hoop line

01 Jun 2014 3:23PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Bk shoots... another nick!! Black bounces north of 2, yellow to side

01 Jun 2014 3:23PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Ye shoots at Blue. centre ball. Bu goes to E boundary and Ye hangs around angled in front of

01 Jun 2014 3:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

hoop

01 Jun 2014 3:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Bu shoots..... watching it. Another nick!

01 Jun 2014 3:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Red nudgedto 4 / 5 yards in front... Bu to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Red lines up hoop shot

01 Jun 2014 3:24PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Jaws, but I think Bu has enough on it to clear

01 Jun 2014 3:25PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

bk got an unenviable shot coming up

01 Jun 2014 3:25PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Bk goes 4 yards in front. Dilemma for rachel between rush peel and clearance. Clearance on bk to 3 yards W of hoop. Ye hangs around 3 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 3:26PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

mistake... blue clears red very well, and red goes to Hoop 4, whilst blue ends up half way to 5

01 Jun 2014 3:27PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

red to position 3 yards in front...

01 Jun 2014 3:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

ropey clearance by black, and only half balls it. Bk ends up near peg

01 Jun 2014 3:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

blue cleared to boundary west of 1, yellow ends up near S boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:28PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Bu shoots at Red..............

01 Jun 2014 3:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

misses to Eastern penalty spot

01 Jun 2014 3:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

first shot at 8 for ages

01 Jun 2014 3:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

goes through

01 Jun 2014 3:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 4 --- 4 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Blue moved to W penalty spot. Bk to good position 3 yards in front of 9

01 Jun 2014 3:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

not for long tho! Ye centre balls bk to boundary, YE is now 2 yards E of 4

01 Jun 2014 3:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

not so good second position from Bu... awkward angle about 4 yards in front. Hoop run is plausible though

01 Jun 2014 3:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Red to better position, similar depth as Bu, but straighter

01 Jun 2014 3:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Bk fancies clearance on red

01 Jun 2014 3:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

its a good one. Red punted to boundary in front of 1, bk stops a couple yards off S boundary in middle of lawn

01 Jun 2014 3:31PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

yellow has tricky decision. Angled position, presumably blokcing Bu

01 Jun 2014 3:31PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Bu not sure what to do now....

01 Jun 2014 3:32PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

position, 2 feet in front

01 Jun 2014 3:32PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

red to position too... looks like it can't run, but may be blocking yellow

01 Jun 2014 3:32PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

not enough apparently, yellow centreballed to E boundary, black follows most of the way

01 Jun 2014 3:33PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

yellow shoots at bu, but sails past...

01 Jun 2014 3:33PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Bu ran to N boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:35PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 5 --- 4 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:35PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Re, Bk and Ye all take position. bu shoots at red, misses to S boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:35PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

red runs 10 in our quickest hoop yet

01 Jun 2014 3:35PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 5 --- 5 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:36PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

bk to 3 yards in front of 11. Ye similar place, and even collides with Bk, ending up seperated by few inches

01 Jun 2014 3:36PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

bu takes position from S boundary about 5 yards in front of 11

01 Jun 2014 3:36PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

where's the Sun gone? it's getting chillier here now

01 Jun 2014 3:37PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

bit of good and bad luck there for Rachel... Red's shot at black hits yellow, which hits black away too...

01 Jun 2014 3:37PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

but now black clears yellow to near C4, holding position ending up 2 yards south of 11

01 Jun 2014 3:38PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow declines clearance on blue, instead going for position about 4 yards away from 11

01 Jun 2014 3:38PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Bu lines up hoop shot

01 Jun 2014 3:38PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

it's a good one. Runs through to just leevel with the peg

01 Jun 2014 3:38PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 6 --- 5 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Red to 1.5 yard in front of 12

01 Jun 2014 3:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

black to even closer!

01 Jun 2014 3:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue's clearance shouldn't be affected too much though

01 Jun 2014 3:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

yellow clears blue. Excellent clearance to S boundary... looks like Bk is now blocking clearance on red... 6-6 is inches away

01 Jun 2014 3:40PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

brave effort at the bombard, but it isn't enough. Bu hits black north of the peg, and red runs. Bk now approaching 13 from W penalty spot

01 Jun 2014 3:42PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Jonatan (B+B) 6 --- 6 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:42PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

bk to OK position, looks like 4 yards in front.

01 Jun 2014 3:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

yellow joins him, but closer to hoop

01 Jun 2014 3:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Blue declines clearance, and goes to 4 yards in front, but angled. Seems to be the distance of choice this game

01 Jun 2014 3:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Red's shot at black slides down the side and somehow fails to move black

01 Jun 2014 3:44PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

blacks shot for the first game....

01 Jun 2014 3:45PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

lining it up...

01 Jun 2014 3:45PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

ooooh, tense

01 Jun 2014 3:45PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

takes a lot of wire, but ends up in the jaws

01 Jun 2014 3:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

not plum in the jaws though

01 Jun 2014 3:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

jump....

01 Jun 2014 3:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

perfect! Rachel jumps with yellow to win

01 Jun 2014 3:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Game 1 to RACHEL

01 Jun 2014 3:46PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Game Status:
Rachel (Eng) 1 - 0 Jonatan (Swe)

01 Jun 2014 3:46PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Close game, don't think anyone ever took a two hoop lead. 7-6 reflects the closeness of the match, and it is more the timing, rather than the number of mistakes that determined that scoreline

01 Jun 2014 3:48PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Players refreshed by ice water... is this their secret to success?

01 Jun 2014 3:51PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Start of second game. Jonatan plays blue to 3 yards in front, Red to 4 yards, Black to angled 4 yard

01 Jun 2014 3:51PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Yellow shoots................

01 Jun 2014 3:51PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

misses to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:51PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Rachel won first game

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 1 --- 0 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:52PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Excellent hoop run. Ends up 3 yards from 2, very unlikely hoop running angle though

01 Jun 2014 3:52PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

red lags past the hoop, ending up 1 foot to W of 2

01 Jun 2014 3:53PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

black to lovely position in front of 2. Yellow hangs back about 4 yards away. Bu clears Red to N boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Red shoots at black. Half ball clearance sends Black half way between 3 + 4 and red ends up near 1

01 Jun 2014 3:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Bk shooting at yellow

01 Jun 2014 3:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

misses

01 Jun 2014 3:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

not a nice distance for a hoop run, but nothing else to do

01 Jun 2014 3:55PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

takes some wire, but gets through

01 Jun 2014 3:55PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 1 --- 1 Rachel (R+Y)

(Rachel took first game)

01 Jun 2014 3:55PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 1 --- 1 Rachel (R+Y)

(Rachel took first game)

01 Jun 2014 3:55PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

not sure what's going on with the giant font... sorry about that

01 Jun 2014 3:55PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Bu to good position, red to poor position at side of hoop... Black to OK position in front of 3. Ye shoots through and misses to E boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:56PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Very nice hoop run again by Jonatan, ending up 2 yards E of 4

01 Jun 2014 3:57PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 2 --- 1 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 3:57PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Red to 3 or 4 yards in front. Careless approach by black complicates clearance by blue

01 Jun 2014 3:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

yellow to position 3 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 3:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

bu clears red half ball to 6, and blue bounces to north of 5

01 Jun 2014 3:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

worked out well for Jonatan by looks of things

01 Jun 2014 3:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Red shoots and misses to S boundary

01 Jun 2014 3:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

black shooting at hoop....

01 Jun 2014 3:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

not sure how it didn't get through, but it got rejected

01 Jun 2014 3:59PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

yellow has similar trouble, but hoop is more forgiving... grovels through, but only by centimetres

01 Jun 2014 4:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 2 --- 2 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 4:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Blue goes 1 yard in front of 5

01 Jun 2014 4:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

not sure what black and yellow can actually see, but Rachel shoots at Bk

01 Jun 2014 4:00PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

hits, but with unfortunate outcome. Cuts black to very near 5

01 Jun 2014 4:01PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Bk plays to Peg! Ah, yellow is scuppered, and goes back through 4 halfway up lawn

01 Jun 2014 4:01PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

don't believe it, blue gets rejected. What did Howard do to these things?

01 Jun 2014 4:01PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Jonatan probably regretting sending black to peg, as red goes 4 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 4:02PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

black to 3 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 4:02PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Yellow goes slightly angled 2 yards in front of 5

01 Jun 2014 4:02PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

blue clearing Red.... Red to South boundary, blue to S boundary in front of H1

01 Jun 2014 4:03PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

red's clearance misses to North Boundary...

01 Jun 2014 4:03PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Hoop is easy this time, black runs to north boundary!!

01 Jun 2014 4:04PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 3 --- 2 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 4:04PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Red sent to E penalty spot. Yellow to 2 / 3 yards in front, Blue hangs back only sneaking past the peg.Red ends up in angled position near 6, might be blocking Blacks clearance

01 Jun 2014 4:05PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

we'll never know, but black half balls red, red being sent to 4, black level with 5

01 Jun 2014 4:05PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

yellow shoots at hoop

01 Jun 2014 4:05PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

centre wire

01 Jun 2014 4:06PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

bounces one foot to W of hoop

01 Jun 2014 4:06PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Jonatan likes the hoop, ambitious

01 Jun 2014 4:06PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

other wire, bounces 3 yards to E of hoop

01 Jun 2014 4:06PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Red lags back 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 4:06PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Black 2 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 4:07PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Ye clears Blue to E boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:07PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Blue shoots at red

01 Jun 2014 4:07PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Fantastic shot!! centre ball, bit of kick takes pace off red, which still goes most of way to E boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red shoots at Bk

01 Jun 2014 4:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

centre again

01 Jun 2014 4:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

red in threatening position at 6, but doubt she'd like to take the hoop shot on...

01 Jun 2014 4:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

black to 2 yards in front, yekllow to 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 4:09PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

aggressive shot here, blue at red

01 Jun 2014 4:09PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

centre ball, Jonatan wants this. Red to E boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:09PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Red at black....

01 Jun 2014 4:09PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Body language immediately says no... misses to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:09PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Jonatan lining up shot at 6

01 Jun 2014 4:10PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

no messing around this time, through to boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 4 --- 2 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 4:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

A two hoop lead has opened up for the first time in the match

01 Jun 2014 4:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Yello takes nice position 2 3 yards angled in front of 7

01 Jun 2014 4:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Blue joins it

01 Jun 2014 4:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red sent to penalty spot on E Bboundary

01 Jun 2014 4:11PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

takes position............. doesn't reach. 1 yard to E of 7

01 Jun 2014 4:11PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Black's clearance goes wrong and slices blue past 7!

01 Jun 2014 4:11PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Yellow shoots at hoop

01 Jun 2014 4:11PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

firm rejection to side of hoop......

01 Jun 2014 4:12PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

reprieve for Jonatan

01 Jun 2014 4:12PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Blue lags most of the way to N boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:12PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red trickles in front. Don't think it's blocking

01 Jun 2014 4:12PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Black shoots at Y or R... hits hoop wire and bounces to near peg

01 Jun 2014 4:13PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Yellow takes blue rest of the way to North bounday, following it off

01 Jun 2014 4:13PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

good attempt at 7 by blue gets no reward. Bounces to side. Red has 1 foot hoop run

01 Jun 2014 4:14PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

runs nicely, but just sails 2 yards ppast 8

01 Jun 2014 4:14PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 4 --- 3 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 4:14PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Black plays it cagey, hangs 5 yards back. Overhit from Yellow sends it 2 yards past 8

01 Jun 2014 4:14PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Slightly too far by blue, ends up feet away from 8, but too angled to run

01 Jun 2014 4:15PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

red goes for blocking position in front of 8

01 Jun 2014 4:15PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

half ball clearance on red takes black to C1, and Red few yards south of 8

01 Jun 2014 4:15PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

centre ball clearance, but not so much stop... Yellow goes 7 yards from 8, blue 9 yards. Blue lags to 2 feet in front

01 Jun 2014 4:16PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Red somehow sneaks past blue, and ends up a foot behind, in line with hoop. May have hampered backswing

01 Jun 2014 4:16PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Black shoots at red, misses to C3

01 Jun 2014 4:17PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

yellow shooting....

01 Jun 2014 4:17PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

centres blue to S boundary, doubt it's wired though

01 Jun 2014 4:17PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

nope.... Blue lining up shot on Red

01 Jun 2014 4:17PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

half ball---- it'll do for now. Blue bounces to 3, red taken a few yards out of position.

01 Jun 2014 4:18PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Red to 1 yard in front. Situation not looking good at 8 for B+B

01 Jun 2014 4:18PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Black goes to questionable position near 5. Not sure if failed approach or getting ready for 9

01 Jun 2014 4:18PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Yellow to 5 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 4:19PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Jonatan's not given up this hoop. Excellent centre ball clearance from hoop three clears red!

01 Jun 2014 4:19PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red somehow ends up in back of 8... black clears yellow to E boundary, ending up 5 yards in front of 8

01 Jun 2014 4:19PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

yellow joins him, seemingly along hoop running line...

01 Jun 2014 4:20PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

tactical discussion on courtside rules out blue clearing red from back of hoop. Jonatan decides otherwise, and centre balls red to 4, nothing short of miracle shot

01 Jun 2014 4:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

not sure how much he gains from it tthough

01 Jun 2014 4:22PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

red misses to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:22PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

another tricky choice for J ---- is black's hoop run blocked??

01 Jun 2014 4:22PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

apparently not, and Jonatan runs 8 with black to retain lead

01 Jun 2014 4:23PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 5 --- 3 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 4:23PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Yellow overapproaches 9 by 2 yards... looks unlikely running angle.

01 Jun 2014 4:23PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Jonatan plays a hampered blue to position 4 yards in front of 9... looks like a sitting duck for Yellow

01 Jun 2014 4:24PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

No mistake this time, as red ends up plum in front of 9

01 Jun 2014 4:24PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

black to 5 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 4:24PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Yellow lining up clearance

01 Jun 2014 4:24PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

not the best. Half balls Blue to South boundary, and blue's shot looks like it might be complicated by black

01 Jun 2014 4:25PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

blue shoots...

01 Jun 2014 4:25PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

centre balled red north of the midpoint

01 Jun 2014 4:25PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

with Y in corner 1, Bu to few yards side of 9, and black in deep position, there's no obvious choice.

01 Jun 2014 4:26PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

declines clearance opting for apparently close position, but ends up in back of 9.....

01 Jun 2014 4:26PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

no big shot this time, black improves position in front of 9, taking position 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 4:27PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

............but it's very straight, and there's a speculative clearance on Black bby red coming up

01 Jun 2014 4:27PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Yellow overruns by a way, to a threatening clearance position...

01 Jun 2014 4:28PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Blue goes 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 4:28PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

red declines clearance, and grovels through backwards.

01 Jun 2014 4:28PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Relatively straightforward jump failed to go through, and now the yellow that looked like bad position at first clears blue to W boundary!

01 Jun 2014 4:29PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

This hoop, and possibly game, has just pivoted around a failed jump shot

01 Jun 2014 4:29PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Blue slides past the edge of Red into C4, and Red runs 9 to within a few yards E of 10 (unrunnable)

01 Jun 2014 4:30PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 5 --- 4 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 4:30PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Unorthodox position choice by black.... Goes to E boundary level with 10--- personally I think it's a bit overcautious, and potentially blockable

01 Jun 2014 4:31PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Rachel wastes no time in putting Yellow 4 feet in front of 10

01 Jun 2014 4:31PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Must be the position of choice, because Jonatan joins her with his blue, and then red blocks black a foot E of Yellow

01 Jun 2014 4:32PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

3 balls within 18 inches

01 Jun 2014 4:32PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

black's shot nicks yellow, but fails to change yellow's shot much

01 Jun 2014 4:32PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Yellow runs 10 to level the game

01 Jun 2014 4:32PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 5 --- 5 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 4:33PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

blue takes angled position in front of 11. It's runnable, but really not the shot you'd like to have when 5-5 all and a game down

01 Jun 2014 4:33PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Red takes less angled position, slightly north of Blue

01 Jun 2014 4:33PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Black 2 yards direct in front

01 Jun 2014 4:33PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Yellow sails past Blue to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:34PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

tricky choice for J now- with Red lurking and Yellow out the action, Blue cuts Red to north of H2

01 Jun 2014 4:34PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Red shoots across at Black

01 Jun 2014 4:34PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Hits

01 Jun 2014 4:34PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Red ends up a few yards East of Peg, black goes near to 3

01 Jun 2014 4:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Bk comes back to almost wired from Red, a few feet in front

01 Jun 2014 4:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Yellow to 3 yards in front of 11

01 Jun 2014 4:36PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Red shooting at black

01 Jun 2014 4:36PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

nicks the edge, presumably almost all she could see

01 Jun 2014 4:36PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

buys her a bit of time, and black is forced to clear yellow to E boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:37PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Ye shoots at blue

01 Jun 2014 4:37PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

just nicks blue, but only edges J a few inches toward the hoop....

01 Jun 2014 4:37PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

first shot at 11.........

01 Jun 2014 4:37PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

almost perfect. Blue runs to 1 yard West of 12... 3rd game looks possible, but we were here not so long ago and Rachel pulled back that time

01 Jun 2014 4:38PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Game 2
Jonatan (B+B) 6 --- 5 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 4:38PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Red sneaks past the peg, black goes 2 yards in front. Yellow goes even closer.

01 Jun 2014 4:38PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Blue half balls Red to 2. Blue ends up inches from 13, legal!

01 Jun 2014 4:39PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Red misses black

01 Jun 2014 4:39PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Black shoots at 12 for the game

01 Jun 2014 4:39PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Centre wire!!

01 Jun 2014 4:39PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

bounces to side

01 Jun 2014 4:39PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Rachel doesn't really want this hoop with Blue where it is

01 Jun 2014 4:39PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

(Tactical ideas welcomed on the Notts list... Jaws is favoured option personally, but talk about high risk high reward)

01 Jun 2014 4:40PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Declines hoop shot, and goes West of 12, forcing Blue to rejoin fray at 12

01 Jun 2014 4:40PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

dunno if black is wired from yellow... suspect so

01 Jun 2014 4:41PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

doesn't matter now. Poor control by rachel nudges black northwards. not far enough to run, but far enough that black easily clears yellow to W boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:41PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Red to side of 12

01 Jun 2014 4:41PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

yellow shoots at blue

01 Jun 2014 4:41PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

maybe still annoyed by previous shot, but yellow misses......

01 Jun 2014 4:42PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

1 yarder to take us to a third and final game

01 Jun 2014 4:42PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Jonatan runs to S boundary, and the players exchange a smile before clearing the lawn

01 Jun 2014 4:42PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Jonatan wins game 2.

Game score now levelled off at 1-1

01 Jun 2014 4:44PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Surbiton has now clouded over, much to the relief of some of the more sunburnt players

01 Jun 2014 4:44PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

pause for a bit before final game

01 Jun 2014 4:46PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

personally, I'm starving. I'm going on a hunt for biscuits

01 Jun 2014 4:46PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

my hunt for biscuits lasted longer than the players' break. Rachel has taken positon with Red in front of 1. Excellent position, 1 yard infront. Block shoots through to Weest boundary, and Yellow to 4 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 4:51PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Blue misses too. Red lining up hoop

01 Jun 2014 4:52PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Thwacks the hoop and bounces to side. Black blocks yellow, which then half balls black to side of hoop

01 Jun 2014 4:53PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

blue clears red nicely, but red just comes back.

01 Jun 2014 4:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

not for long, neat little clearance puts black of south boundary in front taking red away

01 Jun 2014 4:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yellow goes to angled position in front of 1. It's close, but I doubt it'll run. Jaws is on

01 Jun 2014 4:55PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

blue plays to dubious position, red to 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 4:55PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

black punts yellow away

01 Jun 2014 4:56PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

yellow lags back

01 Jun 2014 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

blue clears red

01 Jun 2014 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

red comes back

01 Jun 2014 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

....4 balls all within 2 yards of H1

01 Jun 2014 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

looks like Rachel has upper hand, because black can't clear ellow far

01 Jun 2014 4:57PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Yellow goes to South boundary--- expect a clearance to N boundary

01 Jun 2014 4:57PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

......attempted but failed

01 Jun 2014 4:57PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

yellow misses to E boundary level with 3

01 Jun 2014 4:57PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

hoop declined and blue clears red. Red to South boundary, black to position

01 Jun 2014 4:59PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Yellow cleared by blue

01 Jun 2014 4:59PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

red lining up shot at hoop from boundary. samples it, but is popped out to side

01 Jun 2014 4:59PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

black also fails. Player's now cursing howards name

01 Jun 2014 5:00PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Ye goes 2 yards in front. Blue clears it to the boundary, but follows it most the of way and is now cannon fodder

01 Jun 2014 5:01PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

red clears black, but I think it had too much stop on it, and I don't think it crawled past the hoop into a hoop running position

01 Jun 2014 5:01PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

black comes to 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 5:01PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Joined by yellow...? I would have munched blue up

01 Jun 2014 5:02PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

and with good reason, blue shoots at red. Red hits the wire, which means it only goes a handful of yards away

01 Jun 2014 5:02PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

black is half balled and red goes off in front

01 Jun 2014 5:02PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

black clears black

01 Jun 2014 5:02PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

back to square one

01 Jun 2014 5:02PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

black clears yellow*

01 Jun 2014 5:02PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

yellow to in front of 1

01 Jun 2014 5:03PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

blue joins

01 Jun 2014 5:03PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

potentially blocking red's hoop shot at 1, but doubt Rachel would have taken it on anyway

01 Jun 2014 5:03PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

half ball clearance again, sends blu and red both past the hoop

01 Jun 2014 5:03PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

a rare miss by black lets yellow run the hoop.

01 Jun 2014 5:04PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

nice hoop run! about 5 yards in front of 2

01 Jun 2014 5:04PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 0 --- 1 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:04PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Blue and Red join black at 2

01 Jun 2014 5:05PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Howard the Wise has pointed out that this is the first time Rachel has been ahead in a game!!

01 Jun 2014 5:06PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Disaster strikes, as Red peels Blue through hoop 2

01 Jun 2014 5:07PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 1 --- 1 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:07PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Bk takes position few yards in front of 3. Yellow over runs, anid blue takes another good position

01 Jun 2014 5:07PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

red misses... The peel may be praying on Rachel's mind

01 Jun 2014 5:08PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Hoop shot takes a hell of a lot of wire, and looks like it's going to jaws

01 Jun 2014 5:08PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

picks up just enough spin to drag it an inch through....

01 Jun 2014 5:08PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 2 --- 1 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:08PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Yellow takes exquisite position at 4

01 Jun 2014 5:09PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Blue's shot is a good one, but fails at the final moment. A powerless black lags halfway up the lawn, and yellow runs 4 to level the game

01 Jun 2014 5:09PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 2 --- 2 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:10PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Blue takes good position 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 5:10PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Red joins, not blocked

01 Jun 2014 5:10PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

clearance declined by black, which lags to 1.5 yards infront

01 Jun 2014 5:10PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

clearance attempt by yellow....

01 Jun 2014 5:10PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

It's a good one! blue centre balled to middle of W boundary

01 Jun 2014 5:10PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Black's now in an awkward place;;; a centre ball clearance on red would move black just as far as red

01 Jun 2014 5:11PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

takes it on anyway, but misses to S boundary in front of 9

01 Jun 2014 5:11PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

hoop ran by red, but only by a metre

01 Jun 2014 5:11PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 2 --- 3 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:12PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Black not in a perfect position, but runnable

01 Jun 2014 5:12PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

yellow has gone to 1 yard in front of 6, which will make black thinnk twice before running 6

01 Jun 2014 5:12PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

blue takes nice position

01 Jun 2014 5:12PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Solid clearance by red on Black

01 Jun 2014 5:13PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Black goes to N boundary, but it's not wired....

01 Jun 2014 5:14PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Black clears yellow to just shy of H4

01 Jun 2014 5:14PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

excellent shot

01 Jun 2014 5:14PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

yellow shooting back toward blue that's 1 yard in front of 6

01 Jun 2014 5:14PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

through the hoop!!!!!!!!!

01 Jun 2014 5:14PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Looked like a fluke, but we'll never know

01 Jun 2014 5:15PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 2 --- 4 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:15PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

2 hoop lead opened up by Rachel, but Jonatan is not known for giving up

01 Jun 2014 5:15PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Blue, Red and Black all take good positions within 3 yards of 7

01 Jun 2014 5:15PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Yellow half balls blue to north boundary in front of 7

01 Jun 2014 5:16PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

good return clearance by blue sends red 3 yards East of peg

01 Jun 2014 5:16PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Blue travelled almost half way to 8, potentially useful if black gets a pop at 7

01 Jun 2014 5:16PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

a good effort by red on black only moved black a foot or two, and the hoop shot is largely unchanged.

01 Jun 2014 5:17PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Red north of 7.

01 Jun 2014 5:17PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Red's clearance was maybe enough, as black gets rejected from 7

01 Jun 2014 5:17PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

now Blue's position is a liability to Jonatan

01 Jun 2014 5:17PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Yellow and Blue both head to 4 yard position in front of 7

01 Jun 2014 5:18PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Red lags towards the hoop....... and just ends up 1 foot to side

01 Jun 2014 5:18PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Black clears Y to near C2, ending on N boundary

01 Jun 2014 5:18PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Y shooting at Blu

01 Jun 2014 5:18PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

............not happy with it

01 Jun 2014 5:18PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

misses to 10 yards east of peg

01 Jun 2014 5:19PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

blue at the hoop

01 Jun 2014 5:19PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

another good controlled hoop run takes blue through to level with 5, in front of 8

01 Jun 2014 5:19PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 3 --- 4 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:19PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Red just overruns to 6 inches west of 8

01 Jun 2014 5:20PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Nick Cheyne is videotaping, so soon a video of this final will be up on YouTube

01 Jun 2014 5:20PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Black takes angled position. It might just about be wired from red

01 Jun 2014 5:20PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Yellow over runs from penalty spot to unrunnable position West of 8

01 Jun 2014 5:20PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Blue shooting at hoop

01 Jun 2014 5:21PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

rejected

01 Jun 2014 5:21PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

time for a think. Weird position

01 Jun 2014 5:21PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Howard taking some sick thrill out of the difficulty of the hoops

01 Jun 2014 5:21PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

red goes near red, apparently ready for rush by yellow into position. Black clears, so presumably hoop run wasn't on

01 Jun 2014 5:22PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Yellow 1 foot in front, blue 1.5 yard infront

01 Jun 2014 5:22PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Red shoots from near C1 at black

01 Jun 2014 5:23PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

only just nicks it, sending it halfway to 9

01 Jun 2014 5:23PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

black returns the clearance, taking yellow to West boundary

01 Jun 2014 5:23PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

yellow nicks blue outside of comfortable hoop running range. It'll do for now, but Blue is now 2 yards in front, with Red near H3 and Yellow near H4

01 Jun 2014 5:24PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Red to 3 yards in front of 8

01 Jun 2014 5:24PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Black to 2 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 5:24PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Yellow's shot...... shooting

01 Jun 2014 5:24PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

watches it........ it hits, and blue goes to West boundary

01 Jun 2014 5:25PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

blue looking to clear Red now

01 Jun 2014 5:25PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

it's the first to blink with these 7 yarders

01 Jun 2014 5:25PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Blue snicks red. Doubt there'll be a hoop run, but clearance isn't that far.

01 Jun 2014 5:25PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

blue bounced to boundary infront of 9

01 Jun 2014 5:26PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Clearance on Black by red. Takes to boundary

01 Jun 2014 5:26PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Red hangs around nearer the hoop, and a promotion is possible.

01 Jun 2014 5:26PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

no flies on Jonatan, and he spots this problem. Clears red to near 5, and remarkably holds position 3 yards in front of 8

01 Jun 2014 5:27PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

potentially very important shot

01 Jun 2014 5:27PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

yellow to position 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 5:27PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Blue takes up a similar position

01 Jun 2014 5:27PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

red clearing black

01 Jun 2014 5:27PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

..........sails past

01 Jun 2014 5:28PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

first real hoop shot opportunity for a while, but with Yellow where it is, it'll be a brave shot

01 Jun 2014 5:28PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

declined, and yellow is cleared to south boundary

01 Jun 2014 5:28PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

black most of the way to C1

01 Jun 2014 5:28PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

centre ball ish clearance from 8 yards keeeps rachel in the hoop

01 Jun 2014 5:29PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Blue cleared to West penalty spot, yellow halfway up lawn

01 Jun 2014 5:29PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Blue goes to very awkward running angle, doubt it's feasible

01 Jun 2014 5:29PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Red to 3 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 5:29PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

black takes position inches from Red... unclear what the intention was

01 Jun 2014 5:30PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

potential hoop shot here

01 Jun 2014 5:30PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

nope, shot at blue, but only just nicks it a foot or two and yellow sails through to South boundary

01 Jun 2014 5:30PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Red is cleared east of 5, but the inevitable happens, and black is nudged out of position too

01 Jun 2014 5:31PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

red to position, and blue gets it's position improved a nudge by black

01 Jun 2014 5:32PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

ropey shot by yellow goes through the baack of 8, and disappears half way up the lawn

01 Jun 2014 5:32PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

We've got a fight on our hands lads, as Jonatan bravely runs 8 to level it off

01 Jun 2014 5:32PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 4 --- 4 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:33PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Red takes position 3 or 4 yards in front of 9. Slight angle, but nothing to worry too much about

01 Jun 2014 5:33PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

black shoots through and misses to just north of C4

01 Jun 2014 5:33PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

second approach by Y is short. Might not matter if blue doesn't hit

01 Jun 2014 5:34PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

..........he watched it, but it didn't make contact

01 Jun 2014 5:34PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

red lining up the hoop........................

01 Jun 2014 5:34PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

...............gently played, and ends up a yard through.

01 Jun 2014 5:34PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 4 --- 5 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:35PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

potential for a promotion on red, and it's tempting because Blacks got good posiotn

01 Jun 2014 5:35PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

postion*

01 Jun 2014 5:35PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

position--- I'll get it right eventually

01 Jun 2014 5:35PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

declined, and yellow goes 1 yard west of 10

01 Jun 2014 5:35PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

blue takes up not great position angled in front of 10

01 Jun 2014 5:36PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Red has a tricky 20 something yarder......

01 Jun 2014 5:36PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

nope... misses to north boundary

01 Jun 2014 5:36PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Black runs the hoop through to the boundary.... ends up very near to Red, which could cause some headaches

01 Jun 2014 5:37PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 5 --- 5 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:37PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Yellow has good position, and a clearance is forced on blue

01 Jun 2014 5:37PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Fantastic shot, centre balled to just off the West boundary. Blue hangs around--- not runnable, but threatening the clearance from 4 yards away

01 Jun 2014 5:37PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Red to 2 yards in front, Black to 3 yards in front of 11

01 Jun 2014 5:38PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Yellow's shooting, presumably at Black

01 Jun 2014 5:38PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

.............nope, shoots at blue. Misses to C3

01 Jun 2014 5:38PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Blue now lining up clearance on Red. Important shot

01 Jun 2014 5:39PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

....no messing around. Red is centre balled to Eastern penalty spot

01 Jun 2014 5:39PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Red shooting to avoid 6-5 deficit

01 Jun 2014 5:39PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Wow, centre balled to C2. It's more the occasion that the shot itself, but that was excellent

01 Jun 2014 5:40PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Black comes back. Hard to tell, but looks like it's rolled too far and is either unrunnable or very tricky

01 Jun 2014 5:40PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Yellow over runs.

01 Jun 2014 5:40PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Dubious attempt at promoting black by looks of things

01 Jun 2014 5:41PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

snicks it, dunno if it changes things. Blue's out of position

01 Jun 2014 5:41PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Red has a dilemma. Nothing obvious

01 Jun 2014 5:42PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Fortune favours the brave, and she shoots at the hoop

01 Jun 2014 5:42PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

bounces of the two wires. Looked like a jaws attempt. Still no obvious shot, as no ball is in front of the hoop, but all are within 2.5 yards

01 Jun 2014 5:42PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

The personally preferred shot is taken, and Black clears yellow with a stop shot

01 Jun 2014 5:43PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Yellow doesn't quite go far enough and fails to get position

01 Jun 2014 5:43PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

for those who say theree are no tactics in GC, please refer to this bit in Nick's video. There are 10s of possible shots at every point, all about the same percentage outcome, but each leading to different outcomes

01 Jun 2014 5:44PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Looks like Rachel's looking to break the deadlock. Red travels in front of the hoop, but away and is now located 8 yards from B+B. Bk takes position

01 Jun 2014 5:45PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Yellow hits back of 11?

01 Jun 2014 5:45PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Blue takes Red out to North boundary

01 Jun 2014 5:45PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Sun's come back out.

01 Jun 2014 5:45PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Red clears black to past the peg, and Red goes a few yards to west of hoop

01 Jun 2014 5:46PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

black takes position 4 yards away from 11

01 Jun 2014 5:46PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Yellow's choices are limited being stuck to one of the wires

01 Jun 2014 5:46PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Yep, yellow just gets hit an inch or six off the wire. May even be runnable.

01 Jun 2014 5:47PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Blue takes on a speculative shot and misses to boundary West of 1

01 Jun 2014 5:48PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Red returns with clearance on black to C3

01 Jun 2014 5:48PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Blck shoots at Yellow

01 Jun 2014 5:48PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

misses and joins blue

01 Jun 2014 5:48PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Rachel has control of 11 and jawses it

01 Jun 2014 5:48PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Expecting Jonatan to resign 11 and head to peg

01 Jun 2014 5:48PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

nope, he still wants 11

01 Jun 2014 5:49PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

shooting

01 Jun 2014 5:49PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Corner 3 is his reward

01 Jun 2014 5:49PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Red Lags past 11. Black concedes 11 and eads to middle

01 Jun 2014 5:50PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Disaster strikes Rachel! Running from the jaws, she collides with black, and yellow sticks to the north side of the PEG!

01 Jun 2014 5:50PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Game 3
Jonatan (B+B) 5 --- 6 Rachel (R+Y)

01 Jun 2014 5:50PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Jonatan probably regretting shooting with blue, as his approach from C3 is very short

01 Jun 2014 5:51PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Red looks like it can jaws 12 from its position 1 foot from 12

01 Jun 2014 5:51PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Jonatan goes against the consensus of the crowd and clears red. A hoop run would have meant yellow had no approach to 13

01 Jun 2014 5:52PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

he cleared red, quite centre ball in fact

01 Jun 2014 5:52PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

yellow clears blue away from hoop running position

01 Jun 2014 5:52PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Blue and red to position

01 Jun 2014 5:52PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Jonatan declines the clearance with black

01 Jun 2014 5:53PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

takes position---- personally I believe that's a mistake as Rachel's lining up a clearance

01 Jun 2014 5:53PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Half balled, and the angle might mean he can't clear red...?

01 Jun 2014 5:53PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

half ball clearance by blue on red buys him some breathing room. It's not the half ball he would have liked, as Blue bounced East of 4 rather than to 13

01 Jun 2014 5:54PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

no matter, return clearance is done by red on black

01 Jun 2014 5:54PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

black to 3 yards in front of 12.... let's start this hoop again

01 Jun 2014 5:54PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

yellow to much nicer position than black. Again Jonatan declines clearance against thoughts of the crowd

01 Jun 2014 5:55PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

........but crowd aren't in the final, so what do they know?

01 Jun 2014 5:55PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

red now shooting at black

01 Jun 2014 5:55PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

nicks it and bounced off in C3

01 Jun 2014 5:56PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Black shooting at yellow, hits enough to take both black and Yellow takes position (a wise choice, given Red is legal near H13)

01 Jun 2014 5:57PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Blue declines hoop run, but fails to control clearance on yellow

01 Jun 2014 5:57PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

red apparently overruns, but ends up wired by 12 from Blue

01 Jun 2014 5:57PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

An apparently lose lose shot choice by Jonatan. Clears red away from wired position rather than postion, and ends up near 3

01 Jun 2014 5:58PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

yellow takes position, but is quickly dispatched by blue centre ball

01 Jun 2014 5:59PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

red overruns position, black gets nice position 2 yards in front

01 Jun 2014 5:59PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

not so nice now that rachel's blocked it with Yellow--- great position

01 Jun 2014 6:00PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Blue centre balls red away. Red is now clearing for what should be the game if it hits...........

01 Jun 2014 6:00PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

(game, match championship I mean)

01 Jun 2014 6:00PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

misses by an inch or two

01 Jun 2014 6:00PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

almost masterful shot by Jonatan

01 Jun 2014 6:01PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Black clears yellow full in the face to the South Boundary, and rolls forward toward 12

01 Jun 2014 6:01PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

but I think it just caught on the wire

01 Jun 2014 6:01PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

and I now doubt it's runnable

01 Jun 2014 6:01PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

if yellow takes jumping position, the end could be a few shots away

01 Jun 2014 6:02PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Nope, maybe the jumps being left to Red, as yellow takes what looks like clearing position 4 yards NorthWest of 12

01 Jun 2014 6:02PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

dilemma for J... Promotion on Black by blue is the do or die shot

01 Jun 2014 6:02PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

....well,,, death or glory shot

01 Jun 2014 6:03PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

not clear where blue can go witthout being under threat from Yellow though

01 Jun 2014 6:03PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Secret option three was chosen. Blue goes through the back of 12 and dislodges black toward yellow

01 Jun 2014 6:03PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

again, it's a game of millimetres, as Blue doesn't go all the way through, and so cannot score the point

01 Jun 2014 6:04PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

advantage Rachel I would say

01 Jun 2014 6:04PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Red seemingly overruns positional shot and ends up 6 inches South East of 12

01 Jun 2014 6:04PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Centre ball clearance on yellow obvious shot, and is executed well. Yellow take to Western penalty spot and black hangs around in the middle

01 Jun 2014 6:05PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Yellow returns towards12, 1 yard in front

01 Jun 2014 6:05PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Blue finishes its running, but is cannon fodder to Red, which takes blue to north boundary

01 Jun 2014 6:06PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Glory shot at hoop is declined by black, and instead yellow is cleared. not the best, and black pops out towawrd the south boundary

01 Jun 2014 6:06PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

yellow lags to hoop, 1.5 yard infront of 12

01 Jun 2014 6:07PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

blue to position--- all Jonatan's eggs are now in one basket, as he sets up a big clearance

01 Jun 2014 6:07PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Rachel pre-empting clearance by blocking Blue's hoop run with Red

01 Jun 2014 6:07PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

I think Jonatan needs to take the next hoop shot he gets.,,,

01 Jun 2014 6:07PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

maybe not.... the big clearance works and centre ball! Yellow only cleared level with 6, but importantly Black remains within 7 yards of 12, albeit in a not good hoop running position

01 Jun 2014 6:08PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

............Yellow not the best position, and nestles next to red. Blue hits both, and they scatter nicely, red to south boundary and.......... Yellow to on the wire at 1!

01 Jun 2014 6:09PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

a good block by red prevents a speculative hoop run by black. Black takes poor position to East of 12. A good chance that....

01 Jun 2014 6:10PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Yellow does best to get away from 1, but only manages to move 4 yards closer

01 Jun 2014 6:10PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

blue clears red away. yet to have a hoop shot here....

01 Jun 2014 6:10PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

red to wired position from Black

01 Jun 2014 6:10PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

I would be looking to go peg high here at get a shot at the title....

01 Jun 2014 6:11PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

instead black hangs around the hoop, probably wired from yellow, but the position of the hoop might prevent red being cleared far by blue

01 Jun 2014 6:11PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

yellow to unusual position, unrunnable and near to blue

01 Jun 2014 6:12PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

blue clears yellow to 4 and again passes across the face of 12 into an unrunnable position

01 Jun 2014 6:12PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Rachel looks to resolve the stalemate. A good centre ball stop shot takes black to middle of east boundary, but red is now very close ot blue

01 Jun 2014 6:13PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Black to position, yellow has a shot at red to give her the much awaited hoop shot

01 Jun 2014 6:13PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

HALF BALLS it...!

01 Jun 2014 6:13PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

not enough on blue and blue clears red most of the way to boundary

01 Jun 2014 6:14PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

red takes up clever position in an unrunnable position. Black declines hoop shot to clear red and ends up south of 12...

01 Jun 2014 6:14PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

(Yellow was off north boundary and legal. Personally, I don't think yellow was worth worrying about too much))

01 Jun 2014 6:14PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

yellow takes poor position to the east of 122

01 Jun 2014 6:15PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

a magic shot is on here, a slice by black on yellow would take black toward 13

01 Jun 2014 6:15PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

ooooh, I believe in magic now, as exactly that happens

01 Jun 2014 6:15PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

black is legal 4 yards west of 13