Dixon Advisory Croquet Classic
Dixon Advisory croquet classic by Peter Landrebe
Lawn 1 , Anne Quinn v Nick Chapman
Lawn 2, Rosie landrebe v Trevor Bassett
Both lawns running at 11.5 secs , firm Atkin hoops
Nick playing black and blue , 1st ball 8 nth cnr 4 east b, anne long duffers tice , nick misses himself from a baulk , anne centre balls her duffers to peg area , good take off and creates a doloy rush to hoop 1, under approaches and retires cnr 1 . nick misses himself , anne retires her centre court ball into cnr 4.
Trevor playing red and yellow , 1st ball 9 yards nth cnr 4 east boundary , rosie duffers, trev misses himself from a baulk , rosie misses duffers - trev sets break and fails hoop 1 , rosie has set break and is up to hoop 5 with good control - partner at 2 back , so most likley a NSL
27 Feb 2016 8:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
the format for the dixon is 4 blocks of 4 , results are irrelevant for coming 2,3,4 yesterday ,as you randomally place yourself in the 1st life knockout draw ( 2 life system ) and block winners then chooses the 1-4 seed spots
27 Feb 2016 8:31AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
nick has played it quite well and left a yellow at hoop 2 and a single ball rush to the cnr 1 ball from mid east boundary. anne shhots from cnr 1 and misses , nick has break ahead - misses 6 yard return roquet after hoop 1
27 Feb 2016 8:33AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
anne has the balls mid east boundary area and nicks two balls in cnr 1 , annes take off hits hoop 5 lining up the 13 yard double in cnr 1 - hits good shot
27 Feb 2016 8:36AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
quite tense out on the lawns after a relaxing block play day yesterday , when losses didnt matter as much, anne has a cannon cnr for hoop 1
27 Feb 2016 8:38AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
rosie has controlled break well , not the best control at 2 back 3 back and sensibly turns the leave into a loose but good distance DS - trev pisk up red ( peg area ball ) makes double from b baulk , hits centre ball 24yard shot - hit it too well and rushes it to cnr 4 , has to deal with a east boundary ball and a tight west boundary ball
27 Feb 2016 8:41AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
anne has played this very well and has an adequate load at hoop 3 , but tight control at hoop 2 - she needs a good 9 to start the day , played well in the qualifier wed, thurs but got crunched up yesterday , sticks in an easy hoop 2 , nick has a one yard tap on with black at balcks hoop 2
27 Feb 2016 8:44AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
trev plays a great roll loads hoop 2 and gets a rush to hoop 1 , runs hoop 1 and has a good set lawn
27 Feb 2016 8:45AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
other game on lawn 1 , alan honey v Callum Hyland , clips are alans pink ball on 4back , white hoop 1 , callum green and brown hoop 1
27 Feb 2016 8:48AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
nicks break under good control , runs hoop 5 , loads 2 back
27 Feb 2016 8:52AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
nick sticks in hoop 6, from not far - hoops are set 3. 11/16 minus and very firm in the ground , mixed with some bumpy grass , means even the easiest of break has plenty of interest for the oppo
27 Feb 2016 8:56AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
anne plays a good rush to hoop 1 and has a double load at hoop 2 , hoop and roquet at hoop 1 gives her another chance at a loaded break
27 Feb 2016 8:58AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
alan makes a good leave after callum failed hoop 1 , and gets callum attempting a long range jump shot at a double v a 22 yard roquet - misses and alan has a good set up for a standard tp
27 Feb 2016 9:01AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
trev sets a good nsl , rosie picks up blue ball at hoop 4 ( 4back ball ) shoots from b baulk , misses into cnr 4
27 Feb 2016 9:03AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
anne fails a 2 inch hoop 3 , nick plays black ( hoop 6 ball ) hits the 6 yarder instead of the 1 yarder at hoop 3
27 Feb 2016 9:05AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
trev makes hoop 1 , loads hoop 4 going to ball in cnr 4 , hogan roll coming up. red placed 2 yards south of hoop 2 ... , shot ends up with blue 3 yards nth of hoop 3 and has a 5 yard shot at red , only gets an edge of it , which was handy , runs hoop 2 and has a set standard tp ahead, just needs to place peelee in position from 11 yards after not getting a great rush from hoop 2
27 Feb 2016 9:10AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
nick sticks in 1 back , with an easy break now for anne at hoop 2
27 Feb 2016 9:11AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
alan misses a hampered shot after running hoop 3 , callum quickly out onto the lawn
27 Feb 2016 9:14AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
trev jawses peel after hoop 3 , but appears to not got hoop position at hoop 4 , looks at all options and then fails a jump shot , rosie taps on and sends yellow to hoop 2 and sets in cnr 1 with a good wide rush leave ,
nick misses 5 yarder , anne hits 10 yarder , but no easy break ahead
27 Feb 2016 9:21AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
trev shoots from hoop 2 to 3/4 ball hoop 3 - misses , rosie rushes well to hoop 1 , trevors peelee may be more on the leg than jawsed - all irrelevant , rosie misses an easy hoop 1
27 Feb 2016 9:23AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
trev runs 4 back , hits 7 yarder , takes off to hoop 1 balls , misses a 4 yarder back towards the peg , rosie takes her lift from b baulk hits the 6 yard and has a good set up ahead.
27 Feb 2016 9:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
callum has good control , after a mishap at hoop 6 , but now has a controlled break to 4 back and sets a tight peg cross wire with himself west boundary 10 yards sth cnr 2
27 Feb 2016 9:31AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
lots of nick v anne interaction, but anne now is through hoop 4 with the balls but not an easy break ahead
27 Feb 2016 9:32AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
alan hits a great lift shot from cnr 1 - tough bumpy boundary - he is hoop 4 and 4 back , will be tough getting a rush on his pink ball near the peg to hoop 4 , plays a couple of good shots and has a 2 ft hoop approach at hoop 4 with hoop 5 partially loaded
27 Feb 2016 9:35AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
rosie under approaches hoop 3 and has to retire a ball into cnr 2
27 Feb 2016 9:37AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
anne puts break down at hoop 6, nick hits a 8 yarder and has a break ahead for his blue ball ( hoop1 ) balck is for 1 back - good bonus points on offer for the sxp ( dixon prize of 3 x $1500 advisory credit ) !
robert is leading with 2 points from his 2 x tps yesterday
27 Feb 2016 9:40AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
alan fails an easy hoop 4 , callum hits and is now through hoop 1 , but not much ahead . 28 yard roll to hoop 2 gives him a 2 yard hoop shot , runs it well but misses the return roquet back to a baulk
27 Feb 2016 9:44AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
trev playing the break with good control , up to 3 back - penult peel still to be made
27 Feb 2016 9:47AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
nick has atough hampered shot after hoop 3 , with tp sitting and waiting if he can hit his black ball, misses and is faulted
27 Feb 2016 9:49AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
trev peels penult after running penult , makes rover and sets a black tight at rover , blue west boundary level with hoop 2 and himself on east boundary with a rush to blue
27 Feb 2016 9:56AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
nick v anne, nick 1 back and hoop 3 (8) and anne is hoop 6 and 6 (10) with the balls - about 30 mins to go .
27 Feb 2016 9:58AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
rosie lifts teh rover ball , misses into cnr 4 from b baulk
27 Feb 2016 9:59AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
alan takes his 4 back ball to the peg and sets a looses reverse DS , but pretty good as his back ball is for hoop 4
27 Feb 2016 10:02AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
trev runs rover and has a cut rush back to his yellow , has a three yard take off, plays it well and should peg out . will need to wait to see if he plays Josh Wilson or Jim Nichols
trev wins 26- 11 , rosie will go into the second life draw
27 Feb 2016 10:05AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
callum misses short b baulk shot, alan has abit of work ahead , but plays a couple of good shots to give himself a chance
27 Feb 2016 10:08AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
anne under control up to 3 back - might be tempted to go to the peg and give contact , with about 15 mins to go , but is setting a DS
27 Feb 2016 10:10AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
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