CA Open Championship
Opens semi Patel v Maugham by James Death
Welcome to a muggy overcast Cheltenham. I'm taking over from Wixy on this match. Wixy is doing the other semifinal between Rothman and Chapman.
As I join you Samir Patel is 1-0 up and going round first in game 2. He has run 1 back with black but has failed to rush blue to corner 2. Puts it a yard out of the corner with a stop shot and is stopping at 3back with red and yellow across corner 4.
09 Jul 2016 11:46AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Having left red and yellow across the corner Samir took off to U, came up 7yds short, declined U and fired into corner 3
09 Jul 2016 11:47AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Waiting for Dave to appear to play his turn
09 Jul 2016 11:50AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Dave comes out of his managerial tent next to the CA office
09 Jul 2016 11:51AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave lifts Y from the S boundary and sends K from corner 3 to west of hoop 1 going to 6yds from R
09 Jul 2016 11:53AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Hits R
09 Jul 2016 11:53AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
He is now looking at wired spots from K on the east boundary
09 Jul 2016 11:54AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Rolls 4yds up the boundary to try and find the wire and leaves a rush pointing at 1/K
09 Jul 2016 11:56AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Samir shoots K at U...
09 Jul 2016 11:57AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
misses to just E of corner 2
09 Jul 2016 11:57AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave rushes Y to 1 and has a break in front of him. Makes 1 with a forward rush. I expect to see some popping coming up
09 Jul 2016 11:59AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
David Magee has come past and has told people lunch is available. Lasagne is the hot option today, lunches have been very good this week. Many plaudits to the Cheltenham volunteer caterers
09 Jul 2016 12:00PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
After 2 Dave sent U back to 1
09 Jul 2016 12:02PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
5yds past 1
09 Jul 2016 12:02PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Dave has slightly misapproached 3 but clubbed the angled shot through
09 Jul 2016 12:04PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Dave made 4 off K and didn't even look at the QPO. Jawsed U going to 5
09 Jul 2016 12:08PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Dave grovels through 5, rolls Y to 2back and rush peels U. Peeled U through 2 after 1back.
09 Jul 2016 12:12PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Hoppy wants 1back and 2back to be renamed 7 and 8. Don't know why as he never gets there!!!
09 Jul 2016 12:13PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
After 2 back Dave puts Y on the W boundary by 2 and is making 3back off K, runs 3back and rushes K to corner 4. Now needs to move U to E boundary by 3 and fire off to corner 1, goes via Y to get the rush on U
09 Jul 2016 12:17PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Hoppy 'I should have popped against Dave'
09 Jul 2016 12:18PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Failed to rush U to the boundary. Playing a thick takeoff to get it the rest of the way put it off leaving R 6yds north of 4.
Seems overly aggressive when trying to put the hoop 1 ball to the boundary that Samir is almost certain to lift
09 Jul 2016 12:20PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Samir lifts K (3back) Rolls Y towards 3back going to U. Rolls U down going to R and is making 3back
09 Jul 2016 12:23PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Having made 3back he crosswires R and Y across 4 with Y 4yds S of 4 and is looking where to retire to as R is quite close to the hoop
09 Jul 2016 12:25PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Rushes to corner 2 and then rolls 10yds E leaving a rush pointing at 3
09 Jul 2016 12:27PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Rushes to corner 2 and then rolls 10yds E leaving a rush pointing at 3
09 Jul 2016 12:27PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Dave is shooting with Y...
09 Jul 2016 12:27PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Walking after it by halfway..
09 Jul 2016 12:28PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Hits centre ball
09 Jul 2016 12:28PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Dave picks up the break without any problems and this should be 1-1 with a 15tp.
Samir won the first 25tp
09 Jul 2016 12:33PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Samir seems to agree with me as he has his lunch and Dave jawses the first peel after 3
09 Jul 2016 12:36PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave is progressing smoothly, having the Wylie peel of penult after 6
09 Jul 2016 12:41PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Rover done going to 3back
09 Jul 2016 12:47PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Pegs out from 3ft
09 Jul 2016 12:51PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Dave is taking lunch, I will return when they do
09 Jul 2016 12:56PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Game 3 starts
Samir U to E boundary level with 5
Dave Y to just out of corner 2
Samir shoots with K at U from corner 3, hits
09 Jul 2016 1:32PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
I just felt some moisture in the air
09 Jul 2016 1:32PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Samir took off 7yds short of Y and then hit it
09 Jul 2016 1:33PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Rolls Y 14yds S of the corner and returns to partner leaving a rush
09 Jul 2016 1:34PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Dave takes the short shot at U and misses
09 Jul 2016 1:35PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
The view of the hills in the distance are being covered with clouds as the weather closes in
09 Jul 2016 1:36PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Samir has made 1 and now has a break
09 Jul 2016 1:38PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Samir has made 5 and is cruising round
09 Jul 2016 1:44PM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Makes 1 back and puts partner in corner 2 for the contact leave
09 Jul 2016 1:46PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
After 2 back gets R in corner 4, rushes Y to 6inches N of corner 4
09 Jul 2016 1:49PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Puts Y in corner 4 as well and shoots for corner 3
09 Jul 2016 1:50PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Hits corner 3
09 Jul 2016 1:50PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
K is 6inches out of corner 2, deliberately according to Samir. U in corner 3 and R+Y in contact in corner 4
09 Jul 2016 1:52PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave lifts R, rolls U to 3yds N of 1 going to partner. I expect he will try to lay a wired rush again
09 Jul 2016 1:54PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
and he does
09 Jul 2016 1:56PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Samir shoots U at R/Y
09 Jul 2016 1:58PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Misses through the middle
09 Jul 2016 1:58PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Dave has made 1 and is rushing U to K by corner 2
09 Jul 2016 2:01PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Fail to takeoff behind K, cuts it to behind 2 on the boundary and takes off for the hoop
09 Jul 2016 2:03PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Straight into the back of the hoop
09 Jul 2016 2:03PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Retires to corner 4
09 Jul 2016 2:03PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Samir hit K at U. R is S of 3 and Y in corner 4
09 Jul 2016 2:06PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Takes off to R, no rush. Rolls it to 1 going to Y
09 Jul 2016 2:07PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Rolls Y towards 3 while returning to partner at 2
09 Jul 2016 2:09PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
The sun is trying to break through the leaden cloud cover and the hills have reappeared
09 Jul 2016 2:10PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Samir plays into corner 2 8ft from partner
09 Jul 2016 2:11PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave shoots R at Y
09 Jul 2016 2:13PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Misses
09 Jul 2016 2:13PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Samir has made 1 and has a quad to take a 2-1 lead
09 Jul 2016 2:16PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Samir has run 4 but is hampered on U
09 Jul 2016 2:21PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Jeff Dawson has gone out to watch the hampered shot, looks like a left handed sweep
09 Jul 2016 2:22PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Not trivial according to Jeff but makes the roquet and the qp is delayed as the peel isn't done after 4
09 Jul 2016 2:24PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Samir peels 3b going to R at 6
09 Jul 2016 2:30PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Jawses 4back before 2back
09 Jul 2016 2:31PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Peels 4back and takes off thin to 3back
09 Jul 2016 2:34PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Nearly rushes to peeling position at penult before 4back
09 Jul 2016 2:41PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Had to move to the tearoom for power.
Irished penult to almost level with rover
09 Jul 2016 2:41PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Peeling from 4ft, nearly straight
09 Jul 2016 2:42PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Tried to do a roll peel. Peelee stuck, strikers ball caught up and put the peel through finishing in the jaws
09 Jul 2016 2:44PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Samir finishes 25qp leads 2-1
09 Jul 2016 2:45PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Game 4
Samir U to 11yds N of corner 4
Dave Y to just outside corner 2
Samir towels down and adjust his sunglasses before he shoots K at U from b baulk
09 Jul 2016 2:48PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Samir missed to corner 4.
Dave missed U from a baulk
Samir sends U to W of 1 and lays up about 6yds N of corner 4 attempting to be wired from R
09 Jul 2016 2:52PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
The winner of Samir and Dave still have a potential 10 games left as they are both in the doubles final as well
09 Jul 2016 2:53PM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Dave is weighing up his options and decides discretion is the best option moving R to corner 3
09 Jul 2016 2:54PM (Tournament); 35 Readers
Samir has made 1 and rushed back to the E boundary level with 5
09 Jul 2016 2:57PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Took off to R, took off to Y short and missed
09 Jul 2016 3:00PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Dave takes off from K to Y, fails to get a rush and is now taking off to U. Just overdone, reasonable cut required and nailed to perfection
09 Jul 2016 3:02PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Rushed back to the E boundary and had the same 15yd takeoff the other way. Again slightly strong and has cut R to 11yds S of K on the W boundary
09 Jul 2016 3:06PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Rolls up and makes 2
09 Jul 2016 3:08PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Dave has played some very good touch shots and has all the balls by hoop 3
09 Jul 2016 3:10PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
U has gone to 1 ready for a pop or 2
09 Jul 2016 3:12PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Does the first pop almost all the way to 2 before hoop 5
09 Jul 2016 3:15PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Pops K through 2 after 1back, Samir is now 2+3
09 Jul 2016 3:20PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Dave has left U (2) near corner 2 and is putting K (3) 7yds S of corner 3. Makes 3 back, R into corner 4 and Y to corner 1
09 Jul 2016 3:25PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Samir lifts K, rolls R to north of 1 going to Y
09 Jul 2016 3:29PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Rolls Y to south of 3, getting within 8yds of U
09 Jul 2016 3:30PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Hits U, plays a thick takeoff to the hoop and comes up short
09 Jul 2016 3:31PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Retires to partner
09 Jul 2016 3:33PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Dave shoots with Y at R, Samir is puzzled. Y misses
09 Jul 2016 3:34PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Samir plays K goes to Y, sends it to 4 getting a rush on R to 3, rush comes up 6yds short
09 Jul 2016 3:37PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Makes 3 and has a break now
09 Jul 2016 3:38PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Second peel after 6. This break is under full control with tight precision play at all hoops
09 Jul 2016 3:39PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Wrong match sorry
09 Jul 2016 3:40PM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Samir runs 4 off the boundary and his break is full control but without the tight precision
09 Jul 2016 3:41PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Gives up on the idea of the TPO
09 Jul 2016 3:42PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Samir rushed R on to the back of 5, plays the backward takeoff, barely runs the hoop and can see very little of R
09 Jul 2016 3:43PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Samir rushed R on to the back of 5, plays the backward takeoff, barely runs the hoop and can see very little of R
09 Jul 2016 3:44PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Jeff Soo comes out to referee the shot but has now gone to find the RoT Samir informs me he was happy the ball was through and looked at all the options for his next stroke and then found the ball had now not run the hoop
09 Jul 2016 3:50PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Samir has had his ball replaced and is trying to hit a sliver of R across the face of the hoop
09 Jul 2016 3:52PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Made the roquet
09 Jul 2016 3:53PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Samir stopped at 1back with a spread leaving the rush for his hoop 2 ball
09 Jul 2016 4:00PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Dave missed the long lift with R
09 Jul 2016 4:05PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Samir's sextuple died early as the 1back peel sailed through but strikers ball going to corner 4 smashed into the peg leaving him in the middle of nowhere. Hits Y by 3 after much thought
09 Jul 2016 4:08PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Samir misapproached 3 and lags back giving K a rush to 2back
09 Jul 2016 4:09PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Y misses U from 12yds
09 Jul 2016 4:11PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Samir makes 2back with K and is working towards a leave after another hoop
09 Jul 2016 4:14PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Samir tried to crosswire R+Y at 3back with a thick takeoff going to partner near 1. Didn't get them wired and went off. Dave hit and this should now force a decider. Samir is still confident as all games have gone with the toss and he has the toss in game 5
09 Jul 2016 4:21PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Dave's tp is under control with the first peel done after 3 and all the other balls where you'd expect as he makes 4
09 Jul 2016 4:29PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave should complete the peels before 3 back
09 Jul 2016 4:37PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Dave finishes 15tp We're going the distance 25tp/qp for Samir in games 1+3 15tp to Dave in games 2+4
09 Jul 2016 4:43PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
They seem to have stopped for tea before they play their finale
09 Jul 2016 4:47PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Game 5
Samir U to 11yds N of corner 4
Dave Y to just outside corner 2
Samir missed to corner 4.
Dave missed U from a baulk
Samir sends U to W of 1 and lays up about 6yds N of corner 4 attempting to be wired from R
09 Jul 2016 5:14PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Samir has a rush pointing at corner 2 wired from both red and yellow
09 Jul 2016 5:16PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Dave shot with R at K/U, stuck on the wire of 4
09 Jul 2016 5:17PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Samir has first break in the decider
09 Jul 2016 5:18PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Samir has made 3
09 Jul 2016 5:24PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Samir has left K just out of corner 2 after 1 back and looks like he is having a contact leave going to 3back
09 Jul 2016 5:32PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Samir is making 3back as he wasn't happy with R/Y
09 Jul 2016 5:33PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Leaves R/Y across corner 4 and goes into corner 3
09 Jul 2016 5:36PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Dave rolls U from corner 3 to NW of 5 and lays a wired rush.
09 Jul 2016 5:39PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
I'm giving up when my battery goes in about 45 minutes
09 Jul 2016 5:40PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
U back to corner 3
09 Jul 2016 5:41PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Makes 1 and plays a big cut rush to hoop 3
09 Jul 2016 5:44PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Huge shot for Dave. Rolling 2 from the corner with R and U next to each other at 3
09 Jul 2016 5:46PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Makes 2 from a yard
09 Jul 2016 5:47PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Dave is now on his TPO
09 Jul 2016 5:50PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Dave heading to 6 with 1 peel done
09 Jul 2016 5:53PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Second peel after 6 but the rush on the escape ball crashed into peelee so long rush to 2back required
09 Jul 2016 5:57PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Recovers well and everything is in front of him
09 Jul 2016 5:59PM (Tournament); 28 Readers
3yd peel attempt going to 3back
09 Jul 2016 6:01PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Peel missed
09 Jul 2016 6:01PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
All set up for the straight rover, peelee 1ft in front as he makes penult
09 Jul 2016 6:05PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Red has been left peg high E boundary, U pegged out and Y goes to corner 2
09 Jul 2016 6:11PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Only 10% battery left
09 Jul 2016 6:12PM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Samir rolls upto 1 from R, putting R peghigh
09 Jul 2016 6:13PM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Correction rolled to Y
09 Jul 2016 6:13PM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Battery is going to run out before the end of these games. Final starts at 10am tomorrow
09 Jul 2016 6:15PM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Takes off to 1 but goes a couple of yards into the rough off the south boundary
09 Jul 2016 6:16PM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Dave moves R to corner 4
09 Jul 2016 6:18PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
After 3 stalks Samir takes on 1 bouncing 3yds E
09 Jul 2016 6:21PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Dave shoots R at Y....
09 Jul 2016 6:22PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
misses by a narrow margin
09 Jul 2016 6:23PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
R/Y are about a foot apart on the N boundary
09 Jul 2016 6:24PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Samir to corner 4
09 Jul 2016 6:24PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave sets a wired rush near corner 2
09 Jul 2016 6:26PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
6% left
09 Jul 2016 6:26PM (Tournament); 25 Readers
K moves just out of the corner
09 Jul 2016 6:27PM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Dave's rush is short and he rolls back to corner 2
09 Jul 2016 6:28PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Samir plays off at the same spot
09 Jul 2016 6:30PM (Tournament); 23 Readers
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