WCF AC World Championship
1st Round KO: David Maugham vs Ian Burridge by Felix
It's getting close to start time here at NCC on the first day of the KO. Ian and Dave are just finishing their warm ups. Game will be taking place on lawn 2... East boundary looks a bit interesting.
20 Apr 2016 8:58AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
On neighbouring lawns 1 and 3 we have Reg Bamford vs Kevin Beard and Jenny Clarke vs Ian Dumergue so I might throw in the odd update
20 Apr 2016 9:01AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Ian will be playing black and blue. Dave, red and yellow
20 Apr 2016 9:03AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
1. Ian puts in a supershot 3 yards N of 5
20 Apr 2016 9:04AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
2. Dave plays yellow to middle of that lovely EB
20 Apr 2016 9:04AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
3. Ian, playing blue, trickles a couple of yards in lawn from Yellow
20 Apr 2016 9:05AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
4. red shooting from A baulk. Lining up a double I think?
20 Apr 2016 9:06AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Misses...
20 Apr 2016 9:06AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
5. Ian, playing blue, hits his 2 yarder. Almost gets the cannon
20 Apr 2016 9:07AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Nice croquet stroke and rush to 1. Gets a rush out of 1 to ball on East boundary so should take it to 4B... should
20 Apr 2016 9:10AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Needing some repairs over on the EB, lots of holes.
20 Apr 2016 9:11AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
This is turn 5 by the way.
20 Apr 2016 9:11AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
It is lovely watching Ian trot after every rush he hits
20 Apr 2016 9:12AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
4 ball break completely under control at hoop 4.
20 Apr 2016 9:18AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Blue clip on 4b with an NSL. That will make Ian feel a lot more comfortable I'm sure
20 Apr 2016 9:29AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Dave still contemplating his options
20 Apr 2016 9:32AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
6. Dave lifts Y leaving red at hoop 4.
Shooting from a baulk.
20 Apr 2016 9:33AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Just misses
20 Apr 2016 9:34AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
7. Ian with a good chance to take game 1 without Dave taking croquet. I don't think Ian has done many (any?) tps in the block play though
20 Apr 2016 9:37AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Poor rush to 1 and now has a quite angled hoop
20 Apr 2016 9:37AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Smashed through! Hoops have been put in new holes today but they are still relatively easy
20 Apr 2016 9:39AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Miss approaches hoop 3 by some margin. Disappointing scatter shot
20 Apr 2016 9:44AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
8. Dave hits a 2 yarder with red and plays a good take off to get a rush to 1... Bad rush to 1 and fails to get in front
20 Apr 2016 9:47AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Ian's Black ball (for 3) is on middle of the west boundary
20 Apr 2016 9:47AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
9. Shooting K at Y near 1
20 Apr 2016 9:48AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Long stalk... "Cmon" he mutters to himself.
20 Apr 2016 9:49AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Just misses
20 Apr 2016 9:49AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
By a 'lick of paint' as Couttsie would say
20 Apr 2016 9:50AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
10. Easy start here for Dave, playing R. Standard TPO if he wants
20 Apr 2016 9:51AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Im back after some wifi issues... Dave has taken R to 4b, popping blue through 3 along the way. Leave looking like is a reverse MSL with K (for hoop 4) at hoop 4
20 Apr 2016 10:19AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Blue is only a couple of inches out of Hoop 2 and I don't know how easily t will rush to 1
20 Apr 2016 10:20AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
CLIP UPDATE: R- 4b Y-1 B-4b K-4
20 Apr 2016 10:21AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
11. Lifts B to A baulk. Shoots done the line
20 Apr 2016 10:22AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Down the line
20 Apr 2016 10:23AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Catches a good chunk of Yellow
20 Apr 2016 10:24AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Crosswires R and Y at 2 leaves K a rush pointingat hoop1. Just out of corner 4
20 Apr 2016 10:31AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
12. Dave misses into corner 4
20 Apr 2016 10:34AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
13. Ian has a good chance of a 4 ball break here
20 Apr 2016 10:34AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Gets it going nicely. Will update if anything interesting happens
20 Apr 2016 10:36AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Something interesting happened. Failed to get in front of hoop 5 from a foot behind
20 Apr 2016 10:40AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
13. Dave hits hits 7 yarder. Because of Ian's scatter shot he will be setting a leave
20 Apr 2016 10:43AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Leaves blue about a yard of the SB by hoop 1. k is near corner 3. Lays up with a 2 yard rush to 1
20 Apr 2016 10:44AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
14. Ian goes back to what he knows and plays into corner 4
20 Apr 2016 10:48AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
In other news James death just lost -2TP
20 Apr 2016 10:49AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
After doing an Irish peek at rover and not being able to hit anything
20 Apr 2016 10:50AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Peel*
20 Apr 2016 10:50AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Dave lays up in corner 4 with a dolly rush to 1. Ian's K is still near C3 B is 5 yards W of peg. Shooting with blue at Daves balls
20 Apr 2016 10:52AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
15.Snicks the ball in the corner!!!
20 Apr 2016 10:52AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Meanwhile reg on a standard TP in game 1
20 Apr 2016 10:53AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Ian is playing his 4b ball so will be setting a leave
20 Apr 2016 10:53AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Trying to leave red near 5 wired from Y near C4. Lots of staring at the spot going on here
20 Apr 2016 10:54AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Retired to South of C3 leaving black a rush to yellow
20 Apr 2016 10:56AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
16. don't think Ian got the wire but Dave retires to corner 1 nevertheless... Ian's quite happy about that I think
20 Apr 2016 10:58AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
17. Rush up that nasty EB finishes 10 yards north of yellow
20 Apr 2016 10:59AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Doesn't really get the rush to 5. Approaches from 2 yards South of H4
20 Apr 2016 11:00AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Pumps it past the hoop. At least yellow got sent up to 1b... No short shots for Dave
20 Apr 2016 11:00AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
CLIP UPDATE. B and R are on 4b, Y on 1 and K on 5
20 Apr 2016 11:02AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
18. Dave shoots and misses at Ian on EB.,, he hasn't hit a long roquet yet
20 Apr 2016 11:04AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
19. Ian (K) sends yellow in lawn but only gets a cut rush to 5 which he plays reasonably well. Nice approach from a couple of yard to the side and grovels through
20 Apr 2016 11:06AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
I'm going for a wander to check out the other matches Ian has a 3 ball break
20 Apr 2016 11:07AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Ian has a nice break going and is approaching penult
20 Apr 2016 11:15AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Bad approach leaves very angled hoop
20 Apr 2016 11:16AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Stalks it from the north boundary
20 Apr 2016 11:17AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Runs it up to rover... Couple of good hoops this game from Ian
20 Apr 2016 11:18AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Ian failed to get a rush to rover and sets and ugly leave with B in corner 2 K in C4 and leaves R peg high on EB and yellow near h2
20 Apr 2016 11:27AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Dave shooting at partner
20 Apr 2016 11:27AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Misses again
20 Apr 2016 11:28AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Ian has another shot up the EB
20 Apr 2016 11:28AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Misses this one
20 Apr 2016 11:29AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Dave has now made hoop 1 with both of Ian's balls in corners... No chance of a break
20 Apr 2016 11:34AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Put B to h2 and lays up in C4 with a rush to K which is just out of C3
20 Apr 2016 11:36AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
Rush is actually pointing at middle of WB
20 Apr 2016 11:40AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Ian shooting with B
20 Apr 2016 11:40AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
"Go right go right go right!" Says Ian and the ball obeys
20 Apr 2016 11:40AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Rushes red to c3 so should make a couple of hoops this turn
20 Apr 2016 11:42AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Or not. Decides to send red inlawn wired from B and K
20 Apr 2016 11:45AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Leaves the rush for his rover ball
20 Apr 2016 11:46AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
CLIP UPDATE. B and R on 4b K on Rover Y on 2
20 Apr 2016 11:47AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Hmmm Dave choosing to take yellow at red... Quite a big shot here
20 Apr 2016 11:48AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Missed
20 Apr 2016 11:49AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Ian will play his 4b ball now
20 Apr 2016 11:49AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
A decent chance to finish here
20 Apr 2016 11:49AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Bad croquet shot leave 3 yarder at 4b pioneer
20 Apr 2016 11:51AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
MISSES!!!
20 Apr 2016 11:51AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Easy pickup for Dave here.
20 Apr 2016 11:51AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Standard TP here so Dave should go 1-0 up having not hit a long roquet
20 Apr 2016 11:55AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Approaching penult with 2 peels done. Reg has 5 out of six peels in his sextuple in game 2 against Kevin
20 Apr 2016 12:16PM (Tournament); 31 Readers
DAVID MAUGHAM TAKES THE FIRST GAME +6TP
20 Apr 2016 12:20PM (Tournament); 36 Readers
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