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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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