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CA Open Championship

Opens semi Chapman v Rothman by James Death

I've picked up this match as Wixy is playing Jeff Soo in the plate

09 Jul 2016 1:12PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Ben is 1-0 up and currently break down 1+3 plays 1+4back as Paddy did 2 pops on the way round.

09 Jul 2016 1:14PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Since lunch Ben has shffled the balls from the contact. Paddy missed the long shot and Ben is now trying to get a break with his hoop 1 ball.

09 Jul 2016 1:15PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Ben sails through 1 with R, K is by hoop 1, Y not far from max distance W boundary and U just out of corner 4

09 Jul 2016 1:15PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Rolls K most of the way to 3 going to corner 4, takes off to Y and now has a 7yd roll up to 2

09 Jul 2016 1:17PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Makes 2, bit of work still if he wants the TPO

09 Jul 2016 1:19PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Rushed to 4, fails to take off behind U, rolls U most of the way to 3 and now the TPO is on

09 Jul 2016 1:22PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Grovels through 3, doesn't fancy the shot at K, takes 6yd shot at the escape ball U instead. Hits

09 Jul 2016 1:23PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Sends U to 5, rushes Y onto the back of the hoop, awkward little takeoff required

09 Jul 2016 1:25PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Copes

09 Jul 2016 1:25PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Puts Y to escape position for peel before 6

09 Jul 2016 1:28PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Ben is peeling 4back before 6

09 Jul 2016 1:31PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

I just felt some moisture in the air

09 Jul 2016 1:32PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Peel jawsed, cut the rush to 6 leaving a 3yd takeoff from the NW

09 Jul 2016 1:33PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

NE sorry

09 Jul 2016 1:33PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Makes 6

09 Jul 2016 1:34PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Makes the peel after 6 and sends it to 2back

09 Jul 2016 1:35PM (Tournament); 22 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

Ben puts K infront of penult after 2bak

09 Jul 2016 1:40PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

All set for the delayed double on this TPO

09 Jul 2016 1:41PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Didn't get very close to the peelee and has now got a 4ft 30degree peel

09 Jul 2016 1:43PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Plays it well

09 Jul 2016 1:43PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Makes 4 back but has Y to the E of the hoop line

09 Jul 2016 1:44PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

rushes peg high and rolls to the middle of the lawn to set up for the rover peel

09 Jul 2016 1:46PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Puts K 6ft straight in front of rover

09 Jul 2016 1:47PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Peeling rover from 18inches straight

09 Jul 2016 1:49PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Plays the irish peel well and is finding the spot he wants to rush partner to on the E boundary

09 Jul 2016 1:51PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Y is peg high ish , should have 5 in play for the roll up to 1

09 Jul 2016 1:53PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Pegs K out firmly and puts R in corner 2

09 Jul 2016 1:55PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Paddy takes the contact from Y rolling to halfway between 1+2 and has a 7yd at R which hits

09 Jul 2016 1:56PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Takes off for hoop 1

09 Jul 2016 1:56PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Moves R 4yds E and rolls 1 yd past hoop 1 possibly flicking the wire on the way down

09 Jul 2016 1:57PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Doesn't fancy the hoop so takes tight position

09 Jul 2016 1:57PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Ben moves Y to corner4

09 Jul 2016 1:58PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Paddy takes a lot of left wire while running to the boundary, has a 5yarder

09 Jul 2016 1:59PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Misses

09 Jul 2016 1:59PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Ben joins R to Y both just outside corner 4 on opposite boundaries

09 Jul 2016 2:01PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Paddy is still looking at his 42yd shot

09 Jul 2016 2:03PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Thinks better of it and moves to corner 1

09 Jul 2016 2:04PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Ben plays the big cut nearly putting Y in the managers tent. R went up towards 3 but he didn't hit it hard enough

09 Jul 2016 2:05PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Ben rolls defensively to hoop 3 with Y going the wrong side of the hoop, now looking for a spot to leave it

09 Jul 2016 2:06PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Goes between R and corner 3

09 Jul 2016 2:08PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Paddy moved just out of the corner.

Ben rushed to 3 and has a backward takeoff

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 2:09PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Makes 3 and is laying a wired rush tight to hoop 3

09 Jul 2016 2:11PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Paddy stays put. Ben rushes to 4, makes it with a rush pointing E

09 Jul 2016 2:13PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Rushes to max distance and then puts Y max distance on the W boundary

09 Jul 2016 2:16PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Paddy lifts U and takes the lift from a baulk at R and hits

09 Jul 2016 2:17PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

This is a chance for Paddy with Y only about 11yds from hoop 2. Rolls across leaving R NW of 6. Hits Y and is rolling up

09 Jul 2016 2:19PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Rolls to 5ft almost striaght

09 Jul 2016 2:19PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

runs it to the boundary and that should be 1-1

09 Jul 2016 2:19PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Paddy in full control going to 6

09 Jul 2016 2:24PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Paddy finishes 1-1 -10otp +10otp

09 Jul 2016 2:33PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Game 3

Ben Y to 10yds N of corner 4
Paddy K to just out of corner 2
Ben takes the hort shot at Y. hits

09 Jul 2016 2:35PM (Tournament); 33 Readers

Will the tournament finish as Paddy still has a potential 11 games to play?

09 Jul 2016 2:39PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Had to move into the tearoom for power. Ben moved the corner 2 ball to 5yds W of the peg and left a rush for partner.

Paddy missed from a baulk and Ben has first break

09 Jul 2016 2:41PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Ben is making 5

09 Jul 2016 2:48PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Ben has made 1 back and left R just out of corner 2 on the N boundary

09 Jul 2016 2:52PM (Tournament); 35 Readers

Ben is making 3back and is now finishing his contact leave, U is 3yds W and K 3yds N of corner 4. Yellow in corner 3

09 Jul 2016 2:57PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Paddy lifts K and plays a thick takeoff to 5ds short of Y and then misses finishing in contact

09 Jul 2016 2:59PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Ben plays a thick takeoff with Y to R, 5yds short but hits it

09 Jul 2016 3:01PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Ben came up short going to U and retired to partner

09 Jul 2016 3:03PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Paddy puts K back in corner 3

09 Jul 2016 3:05PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Ben rushes to the south boundary in front of 1

09 Jul 2016 3:06PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Rolls up to and makes 1

09 Jul 2016 3:07PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Rushes back to near U

09 Jul 2016 3:08PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Still a lot of work to call this a break

09 Jul 2016 3:08PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Puts Y E of 4 getting a rush on U. Rushes U into Y. Y now 3yds E of peg, U 10yds N of corner 4 and K in corner 3, trying to make hoop 2

09 Jul 2016 3:10PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Puts U behind 2 going to K

09 Jul 2016 3:11PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Hits K and takes off for hoop 2

09 Jul 2016 3:12PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Has a 6yd hoop if he wants it!?

09 Jul 2016 3:13PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Scatters Y to 7yds E of peg going off 3yds N of corner 4

09 Jul 2016 3:14PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Paddy shoots K at U

09 Jul 2016 3:16PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Hits U into corner 2

09 Jul 2016 3:16PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Takes off and then rushes Y to near R

09 Jul 2016 3:18PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Only gets a cutrush on R which only goes halfway to 1

09 Jul 2016 3:19PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Overrolls 1 and retreats to partner at corner 2

09 Jul 2016 3:21PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Ben shoots R at Y, flicks off 5 and finishes 3yds N of Y

09 Jul 2016 3:23PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Paddy has hit partner across the corner and took off to R+Y

09 Jul 2016 3:25PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Rushes 3yds past hoop 1

09 Jul 2016 3:26PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Paddy has made 1 but is hampered and Sarah Hayes comes out to watch the shot. He is playing a sweep over about 3yds

09 Jul 2016 3:28PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Nails it

09 Jul 2016 3:28PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Paddy has made 2 and has all the balls for another TPO. This match has all day written all over it

09 Jul 2016 3:32PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

First peel done after 3

09 Jul 2016 3:34PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

With Ben already for 2 with his other ball no pops required with the TPO

09 Jul 2016 3:39PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Second peel after 6. This break is under full control with tight precision play at all hoops

09 Jul 2016 3:40PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Completes the rover peel going to 2back

09 Jul 2016 3:42PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Paddy has K & Y near the peg as he comes down to rover

09 Jul 2016 3:51PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Pegs Y out, K in corner 4 and U goes in 3

09 Jul 2016 3:51PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Ben lifts R to U in corner 3 and is rolling for his hoop

09 Jul 2016 3:53PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Has a 45 degree hoop

09 Jul 2016 3:53PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Fails it. Paddy has a 7yd shot with U at R. K is open on R in corner 4

09 Jul 2016 3:54PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Hits the 7yd shot

09 Jul 2016 3:55PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Puts R NE of 3 and rolls partner to corner 1

09 Jul 2016 3:57PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Leaves a rush to hoop 1

09 Jul 2016 4:00PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Ben retired to corner 3

Paddy made 1+2 put U behind 3 going to R, overcooked the stoppo approach. Ran away to corner 1. Ben hit from 4 to 3

09 Jul 2016 4:08PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Took off to 2 and took position

09 Jul 2016 4:08PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Paddy has a join on the S boundary

09 Jul 2016 4:09PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Ben makes 2 and goes to corner 2

09 Jul 2016 4:12PM (Tournament); 33 Readers

Paddy moves to corner 4 with a rush

09 Jul 2016 4:13PM (Tournament); 33 Readers

Ben moves just out corner 2, Paddy moves in lawn leaving a tight rush pointing at corner 2 wired from R

09 Jul 2016 4:15PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

R moves to middle of a baulk

09 Jul 2016 4:18PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Paddy cuts his rush halfway to 3 and is now looking for where in corner 3 he wants

09 Jul 2016 4:18PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Ben moved to 3yds E of corner 2 and Paddy has rushed to 2yds behind hoop 3

09 Jul 2016 4:22PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Paddy sticks in 3 giving Ben a shot for game 3. Approx 18yds...

09 Jul 2016 4:23PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Just missed

09 Jul 2016 4:23PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Paddy 2balled 4+5, took a defensive approach to 6 that didn't reach and buried his ball in corner 4

09 Jul 2016 4:29PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Ben lifts R and shoots from b baulk at U 10yds S of corner 2

09 Jul 2016 4:30PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Hits

09 Jul 2016 4:30PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Overrolls slightly going to 3 but has a hoopshot

09 Jul 2016 4:31PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Runs it past U with K still in corner 4

09 Jul 2016 4:31PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Rolls U to 5 going to K, one good roll for the game

09 Jul 2016 4:33PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Plays 1 good roll, makes hoop 4 and that should be 2-1 after about 6.25 hours

09 Jul 2016 4:35PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

These best of 5 matches have cumulative time limits of 3, 5.5, 7.5, 9.5, 11.5

09 Jul 2016 4:36PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Having run 4 Ben has vanished, I assume he is stripping a layer or 2 off as it is getting warm again

09 Jul 2016 4:36PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Ben returns having removed a layer and the break continues

09 Jul 2016 4:38PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

This will be the third otp of this match Maybe they will try something different in game 4?

09 Jul 2016 4:44PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Ben is upto penult with no dramas on the way. His loss in game 2 was his first singles loss of the week

09 Jul 2016 4:48PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Ben finishes +9otp 2-1 Rothman

09 Jul 2016 4:49PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Game 4

Paddy K tried to hit hoop 5. missed 5 and the peg. Ben declined it and Paddy placed it on the W end of b baulk.

Ben rushes K with R to just S of corner 2, takes off to corner 4 and puts himself just N of corner 4

09 Jul 2016 4:53PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Paddy shoots U at R....

09 Jul 2016 4:54PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

hits

09 Jul 2016 4:54PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Rolls R 12yds N and lays a rush on it pointing at corner 2

09 Jul 2016 4:55PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Ben shoots Y at U from a baulk. Simon Jenkins declares he will hit this...

09 Jul 2016 4:56PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Simon was wrong

09 Jul 2016 4:57PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Paddy chips Y out and rushes R to 3yds N of 1

09 Jul 2016 4:59PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Makes 1 and rushes back to R

09 Jul 2016 5:01PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

The sun is finally shining and I'm going to have to move because of the glare

09 Jul 2016 5:02PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Paddy has made 2 and should have the break under control by the time he makes 3

09 Jul 2016 5:03PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Y went nicely to 4 and then the rush on K climbed all over it, take off to R is good and he has a rush to 3

09 Jul 2016 5:04PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Another backward takeoff

09 Jul 2016 5:05PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Copes

09 Jul 2016 5:05PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Paddy has left partner in corner 2 after back and is having another contact leave

09 Jul 2016 5:14PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

after 1back

09 Jul 2016 5:14PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Leaves R just N of corner 4, Y 2yds W of the corner and fires into corner 3, without running 3back

09 Jul 2016 5:17PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Ben tried taking the rush as it lay but missed the cut

09 Jul 2016 5:18PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Paddy misses from corner 2 to corner 3

09 Jul 2016 5:19PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Ben rushes to halfway between 1 and the corner

09 Jul 2016 5:19PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Makes 1 and rushes towards 3. Fails to organise a straight rush to 2, cut only gets halfway

09 Jul 2016 5:23PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Rolls up and makes 2 and the break is under control

09 Jul 2016 5:27PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Ben is going to 1back with a spread leaving K for 1 at the peg

09 Jul 2016 5:33PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

When sending U out to the west after 6, he rolled into R, K is still a yard from the peg open to a lot of lawn but difficult to rush to 1back

09 Jul 2016 5:34PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Leaves R near the peg, rushes K to the E boundary, stops it to 3 yds N of corner 4 and lags back to partner in the middle of the lawn

09 Jul 2016 5:38PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Paddy shoots with U as it lies at R/Y and finds a hole between them

09 Jul 2016 5:38PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

I'm giving up when my battery goes in about 45 minutes

09 Jul 2016 5:40PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Ben plays Y (1back) and hits R. K/U are about 8yds apart on the E boundary

09 Jul 2016 5:40PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Plays a good takeoff to get a rush to 1back and plays the rush well

09 Jul 2016 5:42PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Now has a break approaching 2back. Paddy is down to his last lift shot at this rate

09 Jul 2016 5:44PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Ben is making 3back and will have another go at making a spread

09 Jul 2016 5:47PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Ben is making 3back and will have another go at making a spread

09 Jul 2016 5:47PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Ben has sailed through 3back to next to partner.

09 Jul 2016 5:48PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Hits partner, sends it near the E boundary going to K

09 Jul 2016 5:49PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Sends K to 5yds in lawn couple of yards N of peg high. Rushes U on top of the peg and wants to move U about one ball width as he takesoff

09 Jul 2016 5:51PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Ben is picking his spot for the last stroke and plays it the last 5ft

09 Jul 2016 5:53PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Paddy shoots K at everything as it lies....

09 Jul 2016 5:54PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Got between everything

09 Jul 2016 5:54PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Ben has a tp to reach the final

09 Jul 2016 5:55PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Approaches 1 with partner at 2

09 Jul 2016 5:59PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Ben doing the first peel after 3

09 Jul 2016 6:05PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Peel done

09 Jul 2016 6:07PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Only 10% battery left

09 Jul 2016 6:12PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Penult being peeled after 6

09 Jul 2016 6:12PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Peeled 3yds past the peg

09 Jul 2016 6:13PM (Tournament); 27 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

Ben is attempting rover peel going to 2back

09 Jul 2016 6:16PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Jawsed

09 Jul 2016 6:16PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Only a Maugham error can save Paddy now

09 Jul 2016 6:18PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Ben is up to penult and looks like he will win 3-1 +18tp

09 Jul 2016 6:21PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Ben wins

09 Jul 2016 6:24PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

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