2016 Golf Croquet World Team Championship Tier 1
Final Day Afternoon Commentary by Will Gee
Hello- Back from Lunch. Over lunch, John ran a very good hoop 13 from the boundary to win 7-6 in the 3rd game against Judith. (SA vs Wales Match Score -- SA 3- 4 Wales)
21 May 2016 1:07PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Meanwhile, Ian and William got straight back to playing after their first. Ian is currently leading 3-2, having been 2-1 down.
21 May 2016 1:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
The second game of doubles is much closer--- Victor and Reg are currently 4-3 up having taken the first game
21 May 2016 1:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
It looks like Bamford/Dladla will win the doubles, so will focus on Louw / Burridge again
21 May 2016 1:09PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Currently on hoop 6. 3 balls within 2 yards of Hoop 6.
21 May 2016 1:09PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Ian's blue shoots from hoop 5 area..... misses to offside position
21 May 2016 1:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Red lining up hoop
21 May 2016 1:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Through to North boundary- 3-3
21 May 2016 1:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Score update: second game
William Louw (R+Y) (SA) 3 - 3 Ian Burridge (B+B) (Wal)
Ian leads 1 game to nil
21 May 2016 1:11PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Internet causing headaches again- back on tethering
21 May 2016 1:14PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Ian fed 2 balls into position at 7. William put a ball in then cleared. Ian missed return clearance and William ran to halfway down lawn
21 May 2016 1:14PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Score update: second game
William Louw (R+Y) (SA) 4 - 3 Ian Burridge (B+B) (Wal)
Ian leads 1 game to nil
21 May 2016 1:14PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
William took strong position at 8, cleared Ian north of 7. Ian misses clearance to South Boundary. William runs to south boundary
21 May 2016 1:16PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Score update: second game
William Louw (R+Y) (SA) 5 - 3 Ian Burridge (B+B) (Wal)
Ian leads 1 game to nil
21 May 2016 1:16PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Ian tries to take tight position at 9. It's a little short. Bit of an ambitious attempt to improve the position doesn't quite work. Black now just outside the jaws of 9, black dead in front
21 May 2016 1:18PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Red's clearance on black from east boundary bashes hoop. Black runs 9 to a couple of yards angled in front of 10
21 May 2016 1:19PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Score update: second game
William Louw (R+Y) (SA) 5 - 4 Ian Burridge (B+B) (Wal)
Ian leads 1 game to nil
21 May 2016 1:19PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
yellow overcooks its approach ending up level with 10. Blue looks like it;s in front of 10. Red takes a pop at blue....
21 May 2016 1:20PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
misses to north boundary
21 May 2016 1:20PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Blacks umming about whether to go hoop....
21 May 2016 1:20PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
tries tight position wired from red, but forgets about the hill.... It's definitely runnable, but vulnerable to Red
21 May 2016 1:21PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
yellow clears blue, which just comes back. Red aiming at black from boundary....
21 May 2016 1:21PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
hits the wire and bounces to hoop 1
21 May 2016 1:21PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
black runs hoop to north boundary.
21 May 2016 1:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Score update: second game
William Louw (R+Y) (SA) 5 - 5 Ian Burridge (B+B) (Wal)
Ian leads 1 game to nil
21 May 2016 1:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Doubles update- looks like 5-5, but SA are in control of 11
21 May 2016 1:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Ian's game---- yellow takes position at 11. Blue follows suit. Red, now at west penalty point, approaching hoop
21 May 2016 1:23PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
blocks... bit daft of Ian putting the red at west penalty point; the approach was directly along the clearing line
21 May 2016 1:23PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
not clear what black's options are here
21 May 2016 1:24PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
having dug a hole for himself, gets himself out of it very neatly!! black runs 11 at medium pace! spits out a couple of yards SW of peg
21 May 2016 1:25PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
massive hoop in context of match
21 May 2016 1:25PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Score update: second game
William Louw (R+Y) (SA) 5 - 6 Ian Burridge (B+B) (Wal)
Ian leads 1 game to nil
21 May 2016 1:25PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
yellow takes posi, blue follows. Red runs onto blue and flicks off to interesting position... looks like yellows hoop is hampered....
21 May 2016 1:26PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
not to worry- yellow gets cleared to corner 4, but can still see blue
21 May 2016 1:27PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
shoots and misses to West of Hoop 2
21 May 2016 1:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
meanwhile- SA sealed the doubles match. Looked like they won it at 11, so maybe it was 6-4.
21 May 2016 1:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Ian lining up 12- could mean the difference between Wales or South Africa being relegated
21 May 2016 1:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
bit nervy. a flow of spectators walking along lawn caused ian to reject his shot.
21 May 2016 1:29PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
gets rejected pretty full bloodedly few yards east of 12
21 May 2016 1:30PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
William's red lining up the hoop after a bit of thought
21 May 2016 1:30PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
rejected to 12 inches east of 12
21 May 2016 1:30PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
great position by black. Yellow lags past hoop
21 May 2016 1:30PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Blue clears red to south boundary. Red has 11 yarder to keep SA's hopes alive
21 May 2016 1:31PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Quite a few spectators walking across aiming lines or right behind players at the moment....
21 May 2016 1:32PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
William snicks black out of position. Red flicks off to North boundary. William looks a bit disappointed, but given the circumstances I'm sure he'll be a relieved with the outcome.
21 May 2016 1:33PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Ian tries a speculative jaws. Kinda works, but with yellow feet away, yellow easily digs black out the jaws, and is now 1 yard west of 12
21 May 2016 1:34PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
blue lags to postion, 1 yard south of peg
21 May 2016 1:34PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
red returns from north boundary to ~2 yards in front
21 May 2016 1:34PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
black's shooting... not sure what at
21 May 2016 1:35PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
nice--- he clears red to Corner 4, with black ending up near eastern penalty point.
21 May 2016 1:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
yellow takes very nice blocking position 6-12 inches in front of 12
21 May 2016 1:36PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
clips are coming off!! is this a jump?
21 May 2016 1:36PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
clips are back on...
21 May 2016 1:36PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
clips are back off!
21 May 2016 1:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
lining up the jump........
21 May 2016 1:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
big swing.....
21 May 2016 1:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
plenty of height- misses hoop though
21 May 2016 1:38PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
south boundary
21 May 2016 1:38PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
still here. William's still planning his shot
21 May 2016 1:40PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
red's gone 1.5 yards west of 12. Black's clearance on yellow crashes into black
21 May 2016 1:40PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
*crashes into red sorry
21 May 2016 1:41PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
yellow's now run 12. blue approaching from middle of South Boundary. Black on south boundary in front of H1, Red level with hoop1 on west boundary
21 May 2016 1:42PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Score update: second game
William Louw (R+Y) (SA) 6 - 6 Ian Burridge (B+B) (Wal)
Ian leads 1 game to nil
21 May 2016 1:42PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Ian's first approach hilled and is west of 13... Cracking position by red from a big distance, but is too close to blue
21 May 2016 1:43PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
black just short. yellows position also good... looks like William has the edge at this hoop
21 May 2016 1:43PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
big effort at the double clearance. Just misses. Red sent out in C3, blue richochets off on N boundary in front
21 May 2016 1:44PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
red lags back in. Decisions for black now......
21 May 2016 1:44PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
ooooooooooh..... black's clearing red
21 May 2016 1:44PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
yellow has a shot at the hoop. I reckon William will get this...
21 May 2016 1:44PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
yep
21 May 2016 1:45PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
William runs.
21 May 2016 1:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Score update: second game
Overall match score South Africa 4- 4 Wales
William Louw (R+Y) (SA) 7-6 Ian Burridge (B+B) (Wal)
Match now tied at one game all
21 May 2016 1:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
presentation for tier 3 happening right now
21 May 2016 1:46PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
no Egypt games have started yet. not clear whether the last 4 games are being synced
21 May 2016 1:47PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
So, change in plans
21 May 2016 2:01PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Egypt NZ final games are now starting. They're warming up on lawns 1-4. Burridge and Louw have stopped for lunch, and will resume later on lawn 5 (having been on lawn 3 previously)
21 May 2016 2:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Line up is:
C Clarke v Mo Karem
P Drew v H. Erian
D Dixon v A Nasr,
J Clarke v M Nasr
21 May 2016 2:03PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I'll be mainly following Clarke vs Karem and Drew vs Erian, focusing more on Drew / Erian. Hopefully my elves will keep me updated on the other matches. Once I need to charge the battery, I'll shift to watching the Nasr brothers
21 May 2016 2:06PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Phil wins the toss. Feeds blue just past running position. Black is short. Red takes angled hoop running position, about 4 yards away. Yellow dead in front and gets cleared by blue
21 May 2016 2:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
red lining up hoop
21 May 2016 2:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
good effort, but just doesn't catch the hoop right, and gets reject 12 inches west of H1
21 May 2016 2:08PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
black does a neat promotion on blue, putting it a couple of feet in front
21 May 2016 2:08PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
yellow shooting from middle of S boundary
21 May 2016 2:08PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
nice controlled clearance
21 May 2016 2:08PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
blue comes back, blocking red's shot on black (which is about 2 yards in front). Looks like a simple double takeout, but red opts for block
21 May 2016 2:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
tight block, nice shot
21 May 2016 2:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
.....jumping
21 May 2016 2:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
very nice jump
21 May 2016 2:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
black goes through hoop, ends up ~5 yards in front of 2
21 May 2016 2:10PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 1 - 0 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:10PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
yellow gets nice posi. Despite being blocked by the hoop, blue and red get decent positions. black clears yellow, which comes back
21 May 2016 2:11PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Phil shoots at hoop with blue. Rejected to west boundary. other balls roll in closer
21 May 2016 2:12PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke has taken the first hoop against Karem, but cleared the wrong ball at 2 to allow Karem a shot at 2---- 1-1
21 May 2016 2:12PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Meanwhile- Phil's shot at red with blue fails to clear red. Nicks off yellow and ends up in front of 3! Hamy declines hoop shot.
21 May 2016 2:13PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
black comes in, is cleared under control by yellow. Phil misses red
21 May 2016 2:14PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
a hampered hoop shot by red seems to put it into the jaws. Black has a clearing shot from north of 2, possibility of a double clearance
21 May 2016 2:14PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
doesn't catch it full enough. Red moved a foot out of the jaws only for yellow to run. Black east of Hoop 4
21 May 2016 2:15PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 1 - 1 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:15PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Nice position by blue. About 1.5 yards in front of 3
21 May 2016 2:15PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Over approach by red. perhaps just runnable, but he won't be pleased
21 May 2016 2:16PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
A. Nasr leading Duncan 2-0
21 May 2016 2:16PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
wow--- very nice clearance by hamy. blue's taken to east boundary, yellow stops just east of Hoop 3
21 May 2016 2:17PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
blue clearing red...
21 May 2016 2:17PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
yep- red cleared to west boundary under control. Blue remains within 4 yards of hoop
21 May 2016 2:17PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Black runs to south boundary
21 May 2016 2:18PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 2 - 1 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:18PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
yellow takes deep position at 4 (not sure if wired). Blue takes similar depth position. Red over runs, and rolls past the hoop
21 May 2016 2:19PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
black lags up, but don't think he's got the block on yellow's hoop shot
21 May 2016 2:19PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
lining up the hoop.....
21 May 2016 2:19PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
another good effort gets rejected
21 May 2016 2:20PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke leading 2-1 against Karem
21 May 2016 2:20PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
nice shot by Phil sees blue run the hoop to the boundary
21 May 2016 2:20PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 3 - 1 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:20PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Looks like Burridge Louw is resuming. 5 min warmup due to lawn change
21 May 2016 2:20PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
good posi by red in front of 5. Black looks like it's just failed to get block. Hami does another full face clearance sending black toward hoop 2
21 May 2016 2:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
great shot by Blue clears red
21 May 2016 2:24PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
balls get fed back in. Phil clears yellow allowing a speculative hoop shot by Red
21 May 2016 2:24PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
good effort gets rejected to inches in front of 5, which is nicely stopped by black
21 May 2016 2:24PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
black dead in front, yellow comes a yard in front
21 May 2016 2:25PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
blue sneaks past yellow
21 May 2016 2:25PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
red digs black out the hoop, clearing black just in front of hoop 1
21 May 2016 2:25PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
clearing....
21 May 2016 2:25PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
another good clearance. Yellow cleared to east boundary
21 May 2016 2:26PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
yellow shooting at blue
21 May 2016 2:26PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
misses....
21 May 2016 2:26PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Drew has blue a few feet in front to take a 4-1 lead
21 May 2016 2:26PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
taken a bit firmly. Runs to the north boundary
21 May 2016 2:26PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 4 - 1 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:26PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke leads Karem 3-2
21 May 2016 2:27PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Nasr leads Dixon 3-1 and is in control of 5
21 May 2016 2:27PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
looks like Jenny + M Nasr are hoop 11, but no data on score
21 May 2016 2:27PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Drew Erian game-- Red gets nice position in front. Black and Yellow's positions are a little wayward. Blue shoots at red from North boudnary.....
21 May 2016 2:28PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
misses to S boundary
21 May 2016 2:28PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Hamy runs to North Boundary
21 May 2016 2:28PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 4-2 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:29PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Looks like Jenny's take the first 7-4
21 May 2016 2:29PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Phil's first approach to 7 is overcooked and ends up angled. Yellow takes close position near black. Blue goes off north boundary
21 May 2016 2:30PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
another great clearance by Hamy takes Phil to the West Boundary
21 May 2016 2:30PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Hamy lining up the hoop
21 May 2016 2:31PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
runs to peg high
21 May 2016 2:31PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 4-3 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:31PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Blue takes posi 3 yards north of 8. Red takes similar position. Black blocks Blues hoop.....
21 May 2016 2:33PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
yellow shoots and misses.
21 May 2016 2:33PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Phil's controlled takeout on red glues blue to the back of black
21 May 2016 2:34PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
red fails to get in front
21 May 2016 2:34PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
black blocks
21 May 2016 2:34PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
yellow attempts a block on hoop- fails
21 May 2016 2:34PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Phil gets rejected from the hoop
21 May 2016 2:34PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
neat shot by hami cuts black toward blocked spot
21 May 2016 2:35PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
doesn't get it though, and yellow is nudged past the hoop
21 May 2016 2:35PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
yellow takes blue to the boundary
21 May 2016 2:35PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
A Nasr leads Dixon 5-3, with first approach to 9
21 May 2016 2:36PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Looks like it's evens in the Clarke Karem match
21 May 2016 2:36PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Drew Erian Game-
21 May 2016 2:36PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
yellow clearing blue. No balls in hoop running position at the moment, with red and black near corner 1
21 May 2016 2:37PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
blue gets fed into neat hoop running position
21 May 2016 2:37PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
red takes posi. Black attempts speculative 9 yarder clearance on yellow
21 May 2016 2:38PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
snicks it, but doesn't do much. Black disappears to N boundary. Yellow clears blue to south boundary
21 May 2016 2:38PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
bit of a lower bevel on return clearance. Blue sails northward. Red has a shot at the hoop here
21 May 2016 2:39PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
bad hoop effort by hami. Gets rejected to a few yards out of C1
21 May 2016 2:39PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
black very close to hoop8- don't know if it runs, but wired from red and yellow removes it
21 May 2016 2:40PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
blue fed back in
21 May 2016 2:40PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
couple of nervy shots have resulted in Hamy taking control of 8
21 May 2016 2:45PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
rain and wind begin to pick up.
21 May 2016 2:45PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Hami runs 8
21 May 2016 2:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 4-4 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
neat position by black dead in front of 9
21 May 2016 2:46PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
yellow misses by a foot from 10 yards
21 May 2016 2:46PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
looks like Clarke and Karem are 5-5
21 May 2016 2:46PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
blue takes posit
21 May 2016 2:47PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
red shoots and misses
21 May 2016 2:47PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Phil takes alot of wire, and only ends up running through about 6 inches
21 May 2016 2:48PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 5-4 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:48PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Yellow takes very close position, but looks like it's rolled a bit too far to be easy to run
21 May 2016 2:49PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
blue lags up, but ends up a bit too near yellow I think
21 May 2016 2:49PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
red comes into near hoop running posi. Black attempting approach from hampered spot
21 May 2016 2:49PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
gently nudges yellow, and almost jaws!
21 May 2016 2:50PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
yellow can still see blue. Black could be hampered on its approach to 11 if red runs
21 May 2016 2:50PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
good clearance by hami puts phil on the south boundary in front of 9
21 May 2016 2:50PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
probably has a double here....
21 May 2016 2:50PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
misses by a foot on the left
21 May 2016 2:51PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Chris has taken the first game against Mo Karem 7-5
21 May 2016 2:51PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Hami runs
21 May 2016 2:51PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 5-5 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:51PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
deep position by black. Yellow takes close position
21 May 2016 2:52PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
blue takes posi inches in front of 11, but not blocking yellow
21 May 2016 2:52PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
red clears black to west boundary, level with H2
21 May 2016 2:53PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
might have been wired, as phil plays halfway
21 May 2016 2:53PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
yellow playing for the hooop........
21 May 2016 2:53PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
runs it, but only by a few yards. Blue's not got a good approach here
21 May 2016 2:53PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 5-6 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 2:54PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
red and black takes good position at 13. Yellow tries a clearance or hoop run, but takes out red instead
21 May 2016 2:55PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
blue comes into nice position
21 May 2016 2:55PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Ahmed has taken the first against Duncan 7-4
21 May 2016 2:56PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
good controlled take out by red has gotten hamy back into this hoop. Black cleared to hoop 2, red ended up near peg
21 May 2016 2:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
yellow clearing blue for a potential hoop shot with red.....
21 May 2016 2:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
good clearance. Not the cleanest contact between yellow and blue, and yellow drifts 12 yards away
21 May 2016 2:58PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
blue tries a block. Red takes a pop at the hoop
21 May 2016 2:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
fails. Black takes very tight posi
21 May 2016 2:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Yellow concedes the hoop- basically taps it back onside....
21 May 2016 2:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
phil a bit perplexed. wondering whether running it now is actually his best option
21 May 2016 3:00PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
jaws
21 May 2016 3:00PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
red is shooting.....
21 May 2016 3:00PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
centres black. not sure what Hamy is trying here....
21 May 2016 3:00PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
black comes back. Hamy shot at the jawsed ball... rush peels!
21 May 2016 3:01PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Phil sticks a ball into nice position at 13....
21 May 2016 3:02PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 6-6 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 3:02PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
red shoots and misses
21 May 2016 3:02PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
black takes good position, but double clearance a possibility
21 May 2016 3:03PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
yellow misses badly to C3
21 May 2016 3:03PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Phil runs 13. I think he's still wondering how he even had a sniff at hoop 13
21 May 2016 3:04PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 1:
Drew (NZ) 7-6 Erian (Egy)
21 May 2016 3:04PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
I'm going in search of some power cable now. Not sure what I'll be able to see from a charging point
21 May 2016 3:04PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Back.
21 May 2016 3:16PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Phil is leading the second game 2-1. and is lining up hoop 4 from 2 yards
21 May 2016 3:16PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
runs
21 May 2016 3:16PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 2:
Drew (NZ) 3-1 Erian (Egy)
Drew leads by a game to nil
21 May 2016 3:16PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Burridge Louw has resumed. Burridge is leading 5-4, but a good clearance by William has given him control of 10
21 May 2016 3:17PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Clarke is leading Karem 3-2 and is in control of 6
21 May 2016 3:18PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Jenny was up in the second having taken the first
21 May 2016 3:18PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Ahmed is leading Duncan 3-2 having taken the first game, but looks like he'll lose H6
21 May 2016 3:18PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
so looks good for NZ
21 May 2016 3:19PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Hamy dribbles at H5, and ends up very angled, but just about runnable. Black has played in deep. Yellow is clearing a deep blue
21 May 2016 3:20PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
blue cleared to west boundary, but there's a chance of an in off from the return clearance. Phil might even settle for jumping position here though
21 May 2016 3:21PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
nope- cracking clearance, too centre ball for in off
21 May 2016 3:21PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Phil's really been shooting straight here. Hamy too- I feel it's been the hoop running that's been the difference so far in this match, as well as the rush peel at 12 in game one
21 May 2016 3:22PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
My elves are telling me Jenny is leading 6-2 in the second having taken the first game
21 May 2016 3:22PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Hamy has run hoop 5
21 May 2016 3:24PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 2:
Drew (NZ) 3-2 Erian (Egy)
Drew leads by a game to nil
21 May 2016 3:24PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
good positions at 6. Red clears black to south boundary
21 May 2016 3:25PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Black misses return clearance
21 May 2016 3:26PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
yellow runs 6 to even things up
21 May 2016 3:26PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 2:
Drew (NZ) 3-3 Erian (Egy)
Drew leads by a game to nil
21 May 2016 3:26PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Jenny's finished on her lawn-- a jump at hoop 10 to finish
OVERALL TEST STATUS:
NEW ZEALAND 6-4 EGYPT
New Zealand need one more match.
21 May 2016 3:27PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Drew game-
Blue took nice position. Red takes position. Black Takes position- probably blocking Blue because....
21 May 2016 3:29PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
yellow runs hoop 7 from middle of north boundary. Very very good shot
21 May 2016 3:29PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Clarke leading Karem 4-3 it seems
21 May 2016 3:29PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Ahmed leading Duncan 4-3
21 May 2016 3:30PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Drew game-
Blue and black taken up very very tight position. Red is halfway between H1 and west boundary
21 May 2016 3:30PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
yellow lags up to angled position. Blue takes speculative attempt at jaws.
21 May 2016 3:31PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
fails. Red clearing
21 May 2016 3:31PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
works OK. Both balls scatter, but the hoop is still pretty even
21 May 2016 3:31PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Burridge and Louw at hoop 11 in the big crunch game. I believe it's 5-5 (Burridge was 5-4 up)
21 May 2016 3:31PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
yep- 5-5, with William looking like he's in control of 11. But from this angle it's difficult to tell
21 May 2016 3:32PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Hamy is lining up a shot at hoop 8....
21 May 2016 3:33PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
runs
21 May 2016 3:33PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 2:
Drew (NZ) 3-5 Erian (Egy)
Drew leads by a game to nil
21 May 2016 3:33PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Ahmed now leads Duncan 5-3 in the second, having taken the first
21 May 2016 3:34PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Clarke looks like he's ahead vs Karem
21 May 2016 3:34PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Phil gets nice position dead in front of 9. Hamy shoots from near East penalty point. Misses to boundary in front of 9
21 May 2016 3:35PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
blue gets nice position couple of yards in front. Doesn't look like it's blocking anything though.
21 May 2016 3:35PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Good clearance by Hamy. Not hard, but centre ball. Clears black to the East boundary. Red follows most of the way, and is about 5 yards east of 9
21 May 2016 3:36PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Phil clears red with black, and black richochets off the boundary in fronty of 9
21 May 2016 3:36PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
yellow going for the hoop.....
21 May 2016 3:36PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
left hand wire. Bounces off a couple of yards east of 9
21 May 2016 3:36PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Phil runs without very much wire, off the north boundary
21 May 2016 3:37PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 2:
Drew (NZ) 4-5 Erian (Egy)
Drew leads by a game to nil
21 May 2016 3:37PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
red takes quite deep (~5 yards) not wired
21 May 2016 3:37PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Karem runs 9 to take the Clarke Karem game to 5-4
21 May 2016 3:38PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Drew Game-
Phil put black a couple yards in front of 10. Yellow lags to close but angled posi. Blue comes to position....
21 May 2016 3:39PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
looks like red's lining up the hoop....
21 May 2016 3:39PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
yep-- but gets rejected to a few inches west of the hoop
21 May 2016 3:39PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
phil lining up black.....
21 May 2016 3:39PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
yep--- nice hoop. Runs to north boundary
21 May 2016 3:39PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 2:
Drew (NZ) 5-5 Erian (Egy)
Drew leads by a game to nil
21 May 2016 3:40PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Ahmed leads Duncan 6-4 and has first approach to 11
21 May 2016 3:40PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Karem shooting at 10- this could be very important
21 May 2016 3:40PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
ooooh.... gets rejected. Seemed like it hit the right spot in the hoop, but doesn't go through
21 May 2016 3:41PM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Meanwhile---
Phil ran 11 from north boundary in front of 3!
21 May 2016 3:41PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 2:
Drew (NZ) 6-5 Erian (Egy)
Drew leads by a game to nil
21 May 2016 3:41PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
but phil's approach to 12 is short.... Phil now shooting at yellow, which is a yard in front of 12
21 May 2016 3:42PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Crack! Centre balled from a good distance away to east of hoop 3
21 May 2016 3:43PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
I think Chris has just been similarly cleared by Mo Karem
21 May 2016 3:43PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
hamy's return position was overcooked, and ran past hoop running position. A controlled clearance by Phil has given Phil control at 12
21 May 2016 3:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red returns to hoop running position only to be cleared by Phil
21 May 2016 3:44PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
very solid play here from Phil.
21 May 2016 3:44PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Hamy tries a clearance on blue, but only half balls it, with yellow disappearing north of 3
21 May 2016 3:44PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Mo has taken hoop 10 to level things off at 5-5
21 May 2016 3:44PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Ahmed having first approach to 13 against Duncan
21 May 2016 3:45PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
looks good
21 May 2016 3:45PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
meanwhile, Phil has wrestled total control of 12 through some very nice clearances. Hamy's clearances have been good too, but not as centre ball at this hoop
21 May 2016 3:45PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
big shot here for Hamy. Clearing black
21 May 2016 3:46PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
great shot. Clears to possible wired position with yellow in front of 12. Blue is in an unrunnable position.
21 May 2016 3:46PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
wow... Phil's hit about 10 shots in a row now, all very centre ball
21 May 2016 3:47PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
he's cleared yellow to the east penalty point, but black has disappeared north
21 May 2016 3:47PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Chris has run 11 by a yard to go 6-5
21 May 2016 3:47PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Duncan cleared at 13, but a counter clear by Ahmed has given Ahmed control again
21 May 2016 3:48PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Difficult decisions for Hamy. Wired from Blue, yellow opts for a block on red rather than clearing black.
21 May 2016 3:49PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
black clears red, but ricochets onto blue...
21 May 2016 3:49PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
sorry- other way round. Blue cleared red but ricochets onto Black
21 May 2016 3:49PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
red lags back in. Black clears yellow
21 May 2016 3:50PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Hamy shoooting at blue it seems.
21 May 2016 3:50PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
misses
21 May 2016 3:50PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
enormous cheers from SA Wales match
21 May 2016 3:50PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
hoop thirteen it seems. Looks like Louw clinched it, but isn't clear
21 May 2016 3:51PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Ahmed beats Duncan 7-6 in the second
21 May 2016 3:51PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
OVERALL TEST STATUS:
NEW ZEALAND 6-5 EGYPT
New Zealand need one more match.
21 May 2016 3:51PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Drew game--
Phil got himself into a bit of hot water. Black cleared to Corner 1, with yellow having a possible hoop running position. Blue is in decent hoop running position if yellow misses
21 May 2016 3:53PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
black clearing....
21 May 2016 3:53PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
misses to C3
21 May 2016 3:53PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
yellow declines hoop to perform great stop shot
21 May 2016 3:54PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
blue takes extremely deep position, red comes in
21 May 2016 3:54PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
black shooting from C3....
21 May 2016 3:55PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
misses yellow to C1
21 May 2016 3:55PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
yellow has a 1 yarder at 12
21 May 2016 3:55PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
....he's thinking about it!
21 May 2016 3:55PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Wow- Karem Clarke game. Karem declines a simple hoop in favour of a clearance on chris's ball. Beautifully executed and gets a flick off to the boundary in front of 13!
21 May 2016 3:56PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Hamy seems to like that idea- he's just done the same thing
21 May 2016 3:56PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
but red has a very very tricky hoop run at 12....
21 May 2016 3:56PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Karem only just gets through 12!
21 May 2016 3:57PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Wow--- Hamy ran red. Incredible shot; pretty ballsy to bet on running that one!
21 May 2016 3:57PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Drew (B+B) vs Erian (R+Y) Game 2:
Drew (NZ) 6-6 Erian (Egy)
Drew leads by a game to nil
21 May 2016 3:58PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Incredibly, both games now seem identical. Both egyptians have flicked off to the boundary in front of thirteen. Both Kiwis have taken decent position but not blocking
21 May 2016 3:58PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Karem clangs the hoop. With his other ball stuck in 12, it's probably curtains
21 May 2016 3:58PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Hamy also misses the seven yarder
21 May 2016 3:59PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Clarke sticks in 13 after Karem went to the middle of the North boundary
21 May 2016 4:00PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Hamy misses clearance
21 May 2016 4:00PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Phil lining up 13
21 May 2016 4:00PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Runs it!
21 May 2016 4:00PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Great match.
21 May 2016 4:00PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
NEW ZEALAND WINS GC WTC!
CURRENT MATCH SCORE 7-5
21 May 2016 4:01PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
erm.... not sure what's happened in the Clarke Karem game. It looks like they've finished, but I don't think the hoop's been run
21 May 2016 4:03PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Ah OK--- Chris was cleared out the back of the hoop, but after Phil took the other match to seal the test, both players agreed not to play out the rest of the match
21 May 2016 4:04PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Kiwis pretty happy with themselves and deservedly so. Great performance. Egyptians understandably disappointed, but have still been formidable all week
21 May 2016 4:05PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Confirmation that South Africa have dodged relegation. William took hoop 13 game 3.
21 May 2016 4:06PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Last post done. I'm heading off now.
21 May 2016 4:06PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
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