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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