European GC Championship
European GC Championship 2015 Final by Rachel Rowe
Final is due to start at 2pm.
31 May 2015 12:30PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
So Stephen has redone all the hoops. Players having a knock-up.
31 May 2015 12:55PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Stephen Mullier is blue and black. Lionel Tibble is red and yellow.
Blue to four feet, slightly angled.
31 May 2015 12:58PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Red missed. Black to tight position - looks like it's in the way. Both players come to take a look.
31 May 2015 12:59PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Attempted rush to peel black into the jaws. Fails abysmally.
31 May 2015 1:01PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Red 4 yards in front. Yellow misses 5 yard clearance on blue. Both players look nervous.
31 May 2015 1:01PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Red fails jump. Black runs to peg high.
Stephen 1 - Lionel 0.
31 May 2015 1:02PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Yellow poor angled position. Blue 5 yards straight. Red past. Black misses shot to clear yellow.
31 May 2015 1:03PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Yellow blobs hoop. Stephen runs with blue.
Stephen 2 - Lionel. 0.
31 May 2015 1:04PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red takes good position at 3. Black shoots and misses.
31 May 2015 1:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Yellow tries to block. Blue shoots and misses. Red runs to peg high.
31 May 2015 1:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Stephen 2 - Lionel 1.
31 May 2015 1:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Black to angled position at 4. Not sure it will run. Yellow 3 yards angled. Blue just past. Red to good position.
31 May 2015 1:06PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black clears yellow. Yellow puts a great block on red. Stephen nails the double clearance.
31 May 2015 1:07PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red plays poor approach - well past.
31 May 2015 1:08PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black fails hoop and ends up rather close to red. Yellow clears blue doesn't retain control.
31 May 2015 1:08PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
A few more shots played involving attempted wiring, clearing and putting more balls in front of hoop 4.
31 May 2015 1:09PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black takes good position. Yellow attempts a block and ends up on sat on the outside wire. Blue attempts to block reds shot on black, and fails. Black clears red.
31 May 2015 1:11PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Lionel does a good 4 yard controlled clearance.
31 May 2015 1:11PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue goes for jaws, bounces off hoop. Red clears. Leaving Lionel in control.
31 May 2015 1:12PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black plays in. Lionel goes for the clearance rather than the hoop. Yellow off to the left.
31 May 2015 1:12PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue to 5 yards straight. Red not to tight position (goes past). Black to 5 yards. Yellow clears blue flying off. Blue comes back to tight position. Red clears leaving tight position.
31 May 2015 1:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Black clears red. Yellow to tight position. Blue clears scattering both balls to the boundary.
31 May 2015 1:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Red to tight position.Black to 4 yards. Yellow falls short of the block.
31 May 2015 1:16PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Stephen nails another 7 yard clearance to clear red.
31 May 2015 1:16PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Red to sloppy position rather than a shot at black 4 yards in front. Stephen runs hoop 4.
31 May 2015 1:16PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Stephen 3 - Lionel 1.
31 May 2015 1:17PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Yellow approaches 5. Looks short, but might be runable.
31 May 2015 1:17PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue to tight position. Red blocks yellow on blue. Black shoots and clears everything. Red left with 3 yard angled position. Blue sort of hanging around.
31 May 2015 1:18PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Yellow comes back to 2 yards.
31 May 2015 1:18PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue clears yellow with control. Red gets hoop.
31 May 2015 1:19PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Runs to past peg.
31 May 2015 1:19PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Stephen 3 - Lionel 2
31 May 2015 1:19PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Black takes angled position on the opposite side to red. Yellow can't run.
31 May 2015 1:19PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue 3 yards angled. Red clears black and hangs around.
31 May 2015 1:20PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Black to 3 yards angled. Lionel decides against jaws with yellow and clears blue.
31 May 2015 1:21PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue 2 yards angled. Red clears blue. Stephen goes for the hoop.
31 May 2015 1:21PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Decides he needs to bang it in first and comes to the clubhouse for the mallet!
31 May 2015 1:22PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Gives it six (?) good whacks and resumes his stance.
31 May 2015 1:22PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Trickles and hoop and is left tight to the hoop near the inside wire. Yellow takes tight position. Looks like red has an easy in-off.
31 May 2015 1:23PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue tries to block. Red clears black to hoop 7. Probably not far enough.
31 May 2015 1:24PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Black clears yellow, but only snicks it to a yard short of the peg.
31 May 2015 1:24PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Lionel goes for the hoop. Misses. Leaving blue a one foot hoop.
31 May 2015 1:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Runs to the boundary.
Stephen 4 - Lionel 2.
31 May 2015 1:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red tight position. Black several yards short. Yellow blocks clearance. Blue misses hoop.
31 May 2015 1:27PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Looks like Lionel doesn't like the position of yellow for his shot with red. But runs to just past 8.
31 May 2015 1:28PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Stephen 4 - Lionel 3.
31 May 2015 1:28PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
No balls in position in front of 8. Lionel does a controlled clearance with red, to leave cannon fodder for black.
31 May 2015 1:28PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clearance of yellow on black not as good. Only yellow left hanging around the hoop;
31 May 2015 1:29PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue to angled position.
31 May 2015 1:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red goes past.
31 May 2015 1:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Ian Burridge informs me there are 70 real spectators!
31 May 2015 1:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Lionel misses a 9 yarder on a 2 yard hoop shot for blue.
31 May 2015 1:31PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Stephen 5 - Lionel 3.
31 May 2015 1:31PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red looks a bit angled.
31 May 2015 1:31PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black to 5 yards, but goes on a bit past.
31 May 2015 1:32PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow approaching from hoop 10 goes to 5 yards, rather close to black for my liking.
31 May 2015 1:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue shoots at red and misses.
31 May 2015 1:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Lionel plays for the jaws. Ends up running to the worst spot.
31 May 2015 1:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Stephen 5 - Lionel 4.
31 May 2015 1:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black plays to 4 yards. We think Yellow shoots at 10, but snicks partner out from behind 9!
31 May 2015 1:34PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue to a foot straight in front.
31 May 2015 1:34PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red goes past 10.
31 May 2015 1:35PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black plays for the wired spot from red.
31 May 2015 1:35PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Not sure he got it though.
31 May 2015 1:35PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow clears blue. Yellow ends up near 11.
31 May 2015 1:36PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue to position near black.
31 May 2015 1:36PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Red clears black and leaves himself in position. Black comes back.
31 May 2015 1:37PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Yellow to clear blue. There is a spot on the boundary with black blocking if he can get it.
31 May 2015 1:37PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Cleared, but red completely open.
31 May 2015 1:37PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue misses red. A groan from the crowd.
31 May 2015 1:38PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Lionel goes for the hoop. Wind looks like it is affecting both players.
31 May 2015 1:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Bounces off right hand wire.
31 May 2015 1:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Stephen plays for the wire - goes well past. Yellow goes wired from black. Hmm.
31 May 2015 1:40PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue to ropey position. But red clears with some control.
31 May 2015 1:40PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Black and yellow tap. Blue plays to 1 yard angled. Easily runnable though as it stands.
31 May 2015 1:41PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red to 3 yards angled.
31 May 2015 1:41PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black clears red to boundary. Leaving himself within range of red though.
31 May 2015 1:42PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow clears and retains position at 4 yards. Blue to 2 yards.
31 May 2015 1:42PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red clears black, cutting him down to the side of 10. Black clears yellow to peg high on the boundary between 9 and 10.
31 May 2015 1:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow clears blue with control, hanging around. Gets a clap from the crowd.
31 May 2015 1:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue hits the back of the hoop.
31 May 2015 1:44PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red takes angled position within range of blue. Black to 3 yards.
31 May 2015 1:44PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow clears black to the boundary. Leaving himself easily within range of black though. Blue doesn't play the controlled clearance on red he needed.
31 May 2015 1:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red approaches poorly, ends up 2 yards to the right of 10. Black clears yellow.
31 May 2015 1:46PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow takes tight angled position.
31 May 2015 1:46PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue shoots at hoop, bounces off to the right hand side.
31 May 2015 1:46PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black gets double clearance on red and yellow.
31 May 2015 1:47PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow 4 yards. Blue 2 yards angled. Red 3 yards.
31 May 2015 1:48PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black shoots at yellow. Misses. Red might have had some sort of block on it.
31 May 2015 1:48PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow clears blue and goes in off it. Far enough through to have a clean shot towards 11.
31 May 2015 1:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Stephen 5 - Lionel 5.
31 May 2015 1:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue takes tight position. Lionel shoots with red and hits. Red hanging around.
31 May 2015 1:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black short. Yellow to 4 yards.
31 May 2015 1:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue to 2 yards. Don't think he's got the block on red on black.
31 May 2015 1:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black clears red.
31 May 2015 1:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red clears black even!
31 May 2015 1:51PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black shoots and misses at yellow.
31 May 2015 1:51PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow clears blue.
31 May 2015 1:51PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue to 6 yards. Red looks like it's got the block for blue on the hoop.
31 May 2015 1:52PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black to 3 yards.
31 May 2015 1:52PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Yellow clears blue to the boundary in front of 3.
31 May 2015 1:53PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Blue clears red. Stephen's hat blows off.
31 May 2015 1:53PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Red shoots at black from hoop 1. Hits.
31 May 2015 1:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Hat retrieved. Black to very good tight position. Don't think it's blocking red.
31 May 2015 1:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Yellow shoots and hit black.
31 May 2015 1:55PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Blue looks short. Red hits and stays just behind the hoop.
31 May 2015 1:55PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Black to tight position. Likely wired from red.
31 May 2015 1:56PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Yellow clears black.
31 May 2015 1:56PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Blue to 1 yard wired position from red. Laptop battery is dying! Off to find power source.
31 May 2015 1:57PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Inside the warm clubhouse now. Players still battling out in front of 11.
31 May 2015 1:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Lionel seems to have wrestled control. Yellow and red both near the hoop. Blue and black miles away.
31 May 2015 2:00PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black runs 11 from nowhere. Gets a belated clap from the crowd when he puts his clip on.
31 May 2015 2:01PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Stephen 6 - Lionel 5.
31 May 2015 2:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow to 1 yard, Blue gets lovely tight position. Red level with 12. Black shoots at yellow. Misses.
31 May 2015 2:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Lionel runs 12 for a nice quick hoop.
31 May 2015 2:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Stephen 6 - Lionel 6.
31 May 2015 2:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Martin French is called on to referee blue's approach to 13.
31 May 2015 2:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
6 yards in front of 13.
31 May 2015 2:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red off the boundary in front of 13.
31 May 2015 2:04PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black gets tight position ~ 1 or 2 yards in front.
31 May 2015 2:04PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow shoots at black. Hits the back of the hoop and bounces of into a non position.
31 May 2015 2:05PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue goes in front. Imagine he went for the block on the hoop.
31 May 2015 2:06PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Lionel clears blue.
31 May 2015 2:06PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black runs for game 1.
31 May 2015 2:06PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Stephen 7 - Lionel 6.
31 May 2015 2:06PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Match result: Stephen 1 - Lionel 0.
31 May 2015 2:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Think it's tea time. Off to get some cake.
31 May 2015 2:08PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Players obviously not stopping and have started game 2.
31 May 2015 2:11PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Stephen runs hoop 1 to go 1 up in the second game.
31 May 2015 2:17PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Stephen 1 - Lionel 0.
31 May 2015 2:17PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Stephen 1 - Lionel 1.
31 May 2015 2:26PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Stephen 2 - Lionel 1
31 May 2015 2:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Stephen 3 - Lionel 1. Stephen has an on-side ball lurking near 5.
31 May 2015 2:40PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Stephen 3 - Lionel 2. Lionel has an on-side ball lurking near 6.
31 May 2015 2:45PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Players have now stopped for their break!
31 May 2015 2:57PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Brief interruption from the Spanish players enquiring about how to get to the CA Shop!
31 May 2015 3:15PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
In the meantime, Stephen and Lionel have run some more hoops:
31 May 2015 3:15PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Lionel 5 - Stephen 4
31 May 2015 3:15PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Lionel 5 - Stephen 5
31 May 2015 3:21PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Lionel 6 - Stephen 5 after Stephen blobbed an easy hoop shot with Lionel 2 feet in front of 11.
31 May 2015 3:27PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Black and yellow both 2 yards in front of 12.
31 May 2015 3:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Red misses black.
31 May 2015 3:28PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Stephen is lying down on the ground. Then runs 12.
31 May 2015 3:29PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Lionel 6 - Stephen 6.
31 May 2015 3:29PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Lionel takes position. 4 yards slightly angled.
Stephen shoots and misses.
31 May 2015 3:29PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red approaches from penalty point. Goes a bit too far. Not runnable. 3 yards.
31 May 2015 3:30PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Black fires at yellow. Hitting the hoop, bounces off into non descript position.
31 May 2015 3:30PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Yellow to run hoop for game 2. Rattles and sits just entering the jaws in a runnable position.
31 May 2015 3:31PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red dispatches black to corner 2.
31 May 2015 3:32PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Black hits red. Yellow to run from just outside the jaws.
31 May 2015 3:32PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Clearly more difficult than it looked as yellow isn't through!
31 May 2015 3:33PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Black somehow clears yellow with a physically impossible shot. Must be the hoops.
31 May 2015 3:34PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Lionel runs 13 with yellow for game 2.
31 May 2015 3:34PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Match: Stephen 1 - Lionel 1. So there will be a third.
31 May 2015 3:34PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Spectators come in to get more tea + cake.
31 May 2015 3:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Players keen to get on. Stephen has run hoop 1 in the final game.
31 May 2015 3:39PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Stephen 1 - Lionel 0.
31 May 2015 3:39PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Stephen 1 - Lionel 1.
31 May 2015 3:42PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Stephen 2 - Lionel 1.
31 May 2015 3:46PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red runs hoop 4.
31 May 2015 3:50PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Stephen 2 - Lionel 2.
31 May 2015 3:50PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Black 4 yards.
31 May 2015 3:50PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Yellow goes for tight position. Looks a bit short.
31 May 2015 3:51PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Blue level with yellow. Also short. Red has a seven yarder on black. Cuts black towards the hoop.
31 May 2015 3:51PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Black runs five by 2 yards.
31 May 2015 3:52PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Stephen 3 - Lionel 2.
31 May 2015 3:52PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Yellow 2 yards
31 May 2015 3:52PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Blue plays the promotion on black. Ends up with a 4 yard shot on yellow with black.
31 May 2015 3:53PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Red lags back. Black clears. Yellow puts a ball back in close to red's hoop line.
31 May 2015 3:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Blue plays in to 3 yards. Red clears.
31 May 2015 3:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Black clears red. Yellow plays to tight position.
31 May 2015 3:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Blue puts a ball in. Red goes past.
31 May 2015 3:55PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Black dispatches yellow to the boundary.
31 May 2015 3:55PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Yellow goes to the far side of the hoop. Stephen gets down on the ground to eye up blue's hoop shot.
31 May 2015 3:56PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Blue runs.
31 May 2015 3:56PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Stephen 4 - Lionel 2.
31 May 2015 3:56PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Stephen 4 - Lionel 3.
31 May 2015 3:58PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Black takes tight, slightly angled position at 8.
31 May 2015 3:58PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Yellow looks better.
31 May 2015 3:59PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Blue looks like it has hampered any sort of shot black would have had.
31 May 2015 3:59PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red stays well away from blue and black! Lags back to 3 yards.
31 May 2015 4:00PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Martin French is called over to Ref,
31 May 2015 4:00PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Some sort of discussion.
31 May 2015 4:01PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Yellow runs 8.
31 May 2015 4:02PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Stephen 4 - Lionel 4.
31 May 2015 4:02PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Blue has appeared in the jaws of 9.
31 May 2015 4:03PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Yellow has a 3 yard straight jump.
31 May 2015 4:04PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Lionel removes the clips.
31 May 2015 4:04PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Fails the jump without touching blue.
31 May 2015 4:04PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Blue scores 9 and ends up 3 yards in front of 10.
31 May 2015 4:05PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Stephen 5 - Lionel 4.
31 May 2015 4:05PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Red 3 yards striaght. Black 3 yards. Yellow shoots at blue and misses.
31 May 2015 4:05PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Blue clears red to corner 3, holding position.
31 May 2015 4:06PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Blue and black both runnable, 3 and 4 yards respectively.
31 May 2015 4:06PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red clears blue gently. Black shooting for 10.
31 May 2015 4:06PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Runs to the boundary.
31 May 2015 4:07PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Stephen 6 - Lionel 4.
31 May 2015 4:07PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Blue slightly past hoop. Yellow fails to get wired position.
31 May 2015 4:07PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Blue clears yellow, but goes to boundary.
31 May 2015 4:07PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Red on wire.
31 May 2015 4:07PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Black goes to hoop wiring position @ 3 yards.
31 May 2015 4:08PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Yellow takes position 1 yard.
31 May 2015 4:08PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Blue takes position.
31 May 2015 4:08PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Red clears blue to boundary and holds position. Doesn't quite get the block of black on yellow.
31 May 2015 4:09PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Black clears yellow.
31 May 2015 4:09PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Blue clears red.
31 May 2015 4:09PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Red and yellow back in position.
31 May 2015 4:10PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Blue shoots at yellow. Looks like this might be going to 13.
31 May 2015 4:11PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Red tries to block black on yellow.
31 May 2015 4:12PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Black hits the half ball he has of yellow.
31 May 2015 4:12PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Yellow goes back in front. Blue shooting from boundary.
31 May 2015 4:13PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Clears yellow.
31 May 2015 4:13PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red takes tight position. Black misses from W boundary.
31 May 2015 4:14PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Blue looks like it doesn't have a shot from Corner I. Yellow plays nice and close to red.
31 May 2015 4:14PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Blue falls short of the half way line.
31 May 2015 4:14PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Martin French is called on again.
31 May 2015 4:15PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Red sat in the jaws of 11. Is open for blue.
31 May 2015 4:15PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Black clears yellow.
31 May 2015 4:15PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Yellow takes position 1 yard angled.
31 May 2015 4:16PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Blue misses red.
31 May 2015 4:16PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Red 4 yards angled. Black gets good tight position.
31 May 2015 4:17PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Yellow 3 yards back straight.
31 May 2015 4:17PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Blue firing from mid-point on S boundary.
31 May 2015 4:18PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Misses Red.
31 May 2015 4:18PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Red clears black and misses the hoop.
31 May 2015 4:19PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Black snicks yellow. Now unrunnable.
31 May 2015 4:19PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Yellow straight 2 feet.
31 May 2015 4:20PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Blue 4 yards.
31 May 2015 4:20PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Red clears Blue towards 13.
31 May 2015 4:20PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
25 yard shot of black. Sitting on the wire at 12.
31 May 2015 4:21PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Blue 3 yards at 13.
31 May 2015 4:21PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Stephen 6 - Lionel 6.
31 May 2015 4:21PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Red misses Blue, ends up in Corner III.
31 May 2015 4:22PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Black gets position rather near Blue.
31 May 2015 4:22PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
I wonder if Martin French is going to need to be called out again.
31 May 2015 4:22PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Yellow shooting at Blue. Misses.
31 May 2015 4:23PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Slightly compromised stance. Blue rejected and rolls to the right wire.
31 May 2015 4:24PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Red snicks black.
31 May 2015 4:24PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Black takes tight position. Yellow to take 7 yarder for the match.
31 May 2015 4:24PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Yellow clears black.
31 May 2015 4:25PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Blue tight position. Red misses position.
31 May 2015 4:25PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Black clears yellow to midpoint of N boundary.
31 May 2015 4:26PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Yellow needs to clear Blue. And hits.
31 May 2015 4:26PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Blue 4 yards.
31 May 2015 4:27PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Red taps directly in front of hoop, blocking Blue.
31 May 2015 4:27PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Black clears red almost to Corner III.
31 May 2015 4:27PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Yellow clears Blue, holding position on N boundary.
31 May 2015 4:28PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Blue 1.5 yards
31 May 2015 4:28PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Red clears blue.
31 May 2015 4:28PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Black 2 yards.
31 May 2015 4:29PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Yellow clears black.
31 May 2015 4:29PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Blue and black have control.
31 May 2015 4:29PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Blue takes position.
31 May 2015 4:29PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Red snicks blue, holding position on the N boundary.
Black takes position.
Yellow shoots at black, and snicks it. Y and R both on N boundary.
Blue trying to block Reds shot.
31 May 2015 4:31PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Red clears black
31 May 2015 4:31PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
At this point we have only had one hoop shot at 13.
31 May 2015 4:32PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Rattles yellow, rattles the jaws and is sat just of the West wire. All balls within 4m of 13.
31 May 2015 4:32PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Blue clears red
31 May 2015 4:32PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Red fires at Black. A yard past Black.
Stephen has a slightly angled 3 yard hoop for 13.
31 May 2015 4:33PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Runs through and a fistpump from Stephen.
31 May 2015 4:34PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Stephen 7 - Lionel 6.
31 May 2015 4:34PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Stephen wins the Europeans Gold Croquet Championship for the 4th time.
31 May 2015 4:34PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
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