Hi All,

Another perfect day, light breeze current temp 26/79 , with a high of 36 , zero cloud

Matches today
Lawn1; Malcolm Fletcher v Samir Patel
Lawn2; Ian Dumergue v David Maugham
Lawn3; Simon Hockey v Stephen Mulliner
Lawn4; Greg Fletcher v James Death - live streaming
Late starts
Stephen Forster v James Hopgood
Robert Fletcher v Jamie Burch

Play starts in about 15mins

The wifi and seating arrangements ( shade ) is better serviced near lawn 1&2 , so will commentate those two matches , and attempt to keep you up to date on what's happening lawn 3&4

L2, David Maugham supershot 2.5 yards NW of hoop 5
Ian Dumergue maximum distance east bndry
DM shoots from b baulk 2 yards west Cnr 3 - hits

L1, Samir Patel east bndry 10 yards nth Cnr 4
Malcolm Fletcher differs tice , 2 yards Sth hoop 6
SP misses partner
MF centre ball hit - rushes the duffer to Sth bndry, allows it to be loaded to 2 , plays it slightly big, load is good , his blue ball snicks yellow on the croquet shot - highly possible it was going out . The snick pushes yellow into red for a cannon

L3 , Simon Hockey supershot , Stephen mulliner East bndry, SH hits Stephen from A baulk

L1, babies the croquet shot and does not get a rush to 1, cuts well and is 3 yards Nwest of 6

L2, DM 3rd turn running well and is through hoop 6

L1, MF takes off to 1, runs hoop long past hoop 2, rushes partner mid court , loads it to a spot between 3 and 4 and rushes red to hoop 2

L3, SH was hampered after 1 on his 3rd turn, SM missed 4th turn, SH back in through hoop 2 and has. A bit of work to get break established

L4, James Death on lawn with all balls

L1, MF through hoop 3 , in control but not got the break running as tight has he would want

L2, DM completes the 9, sets the defensive leave 14-15 yards nth Cnr 4

L2, ID plays 4th turn from 1 yard west Cnr 3 - narrow miss into Cnr 4

L4, GF shooting from Cnr 3 - restalks - hits

L2, DM sticks in hoop 1, maybe on leg more than jaws
ID shoots with red Sth of 2 at the ball nth of 1 ( 15 yards ) misses

L1, MF brought break in tight when needed and sets a NSL 9 yards nth Cnr 4

L2, DM runs hoop 1, has rush back to Sth bndry ball

L2, DM pushes a ball towards 4 , gets a rush on the Sth bndry ball to the east bndry ball , leave some it near Cnr 4 and makes a rush to hoop 2, has. A5 yard angled roll in - plays it big, no hoop run and yellow goes off court Nth bndry

L1, SP spending some time on the lift line up, possible bit of yellow on offfer if he shoots at black from 4 yards east of A baulk mid point- turns it down and takes the shorter shot from A baulk mid point , also has a smidge of yellow with blue - tweaks it left and hits hoop , spits out to East bndry 3 yards nth Cnr 4

L2, ID hits the 7 yarder, loads 2, has. A 1 yard take off to 1, runs 2 foot hoop - has set break ahead

L3, SH takes break to 4 back , leave not good and spread the balls, SM has his two balls nth Cnr 4 by a few yards , SH shoots from nth hoop 2, clips hoop 4 and hits Stephens ball - SH other ball is east bndry line of 6

L1, MF doesn't get great rush to 1 , plays. A good roll, hits leg of hoop
SP hits a 6 yarder, sets up break , has a 15 yard rush to 1 with some cut , plays it well and has a 3 yard side roll in

L3, SH sticks in hoop 1, not an easy hit for SM though and shoots back at partner - misses

L1, SP runs hoop 1 firm , fortunately clips reception ball for hoop and roquet , safely through 2 with set break ahead

L2, break is through hoop 3, hits a hampered shot and also has a set break ahead

L3, SH misses SM , think he ran 1 first
SM setting up break, has a 6 yard roll to 1, has a 2 yard hoop, plays it soft and sticks in hoop

L2, ID just through 5, no shot on forward ball, hits the ball towards 1 , break back together

L4, GF looks like he has finished break, the 4 ball of the NSL is south , so is separating the leave

Went to take photos and missed some play.
L3, SM sticks in 3
SH misses 16 yarder
SM back in play

L1, SP plays a stop shot hoop approach at 2 back, front ball goes nowhere far enough and hampers his hoop run with yellow, take some time and does run hoop clean to bndry , but nasty shot back on partner nth of 1 , shoots at the 3 back load - misses
MF lifts the 2 ball goes to A baulk and makes double with 3 back ball and Samir's east bndry ball , loads 4 Sth with partner ( peelee ) rushes yellow to A baulk , load second it to 2 going to red just nth of 1

L4, GF back on court , not sure of the play after leave

L1, MF peels 4 back after 3
L4, GF peels 4 back after 3

L2, ID completes break, NSL, rush facing 1, 4 ball on leg slightly
DM lifts 2 ball shoots from Cnr 3 - misses into Cnr 4
ID rushes soft lines up bombard at ball on 4 going to Cnr 4, misses it, loads hoop 2 And takes as much rush as he can get - misses it and moves blue
DM takes a lift , taps onto Ian's Ball

L4, GF hampered after 4 - hits

L3, clip recap
SH 2 and 4back
SM 1 and just completes break to 4 back with a NSL

L1, MF through 2back and sets up delayed penult peel

L2, DM lays a leave with himself west of 2 ( 2 and 4 back v 1 and 4 back ) red is Sth of 4 ( 1) and yellow nth of 3 ( 4back )
ID shoots with yellow at DM - misses

L1, MF peels penult with rush to 4back
Peeling rover from 2.5 feet

L3, SH misses lift into Cnr 4
SM does not get a great rush with the 4 ball and is rolling to 1 from Cnr 1, has an angly 2 yarder - thinks and circles- takes it on , misses and bounces fortunately into a wired squeeze looking position , SH checking to see if it can run to nth bndry

L1, MF peels clean, back ball sits on right leg - retires to Mid East bndry

L4, GF peels penult going to 2back

L2, DM does not get the best rush out of 5, loads 1 back towards bndry ( peg might of been in the way ) but gets a good rush on a west peelee back into 4 back , jawses peel with rush to 6

Coffee run time for SI
Back in 15

Back
L1, Samir 2 peels completed of quad , through hoop 6 , sending peelee to 2 back
L2, DM broke down after 1 peel , ID had the balls, put a croquet shot out early and DM has a set double peel finish ahead
L3, SH in control peeling penult with rush to 4back
L4, GF completes TP to take game 1

L2, DM has rover jawsed , bombards it through and rushes it to peg, has a 6 yard peg out - hits and finishes +17

L3, SH completes the peels and takes game 1

L1, SP peels penult going to 4 back, has a longish roll in , handles it well and runs to bndry
SP rushes peelee long to nth bndry , loads it to 1 foot straight in front of rover , makes penult

L2, game 2 started
ID supershot , DM shoots at it straight - hits , sends it towards Cnr 2 and retires 6 inches out of Cnr 4

L1, SP peels rover with an Irish
Pegs out to win +3QP

L4, game 2 started , JD on court with all 4 balls

L2, ID shoots at partner from BBaulk - misses
DM shoots at his partner Cnr 4 - misses

L2, ID rushes to nth bndry , some furniture in the way of the takeoff- puts it out by 2 inches

L2, DM rushes to 1, plays with control and rushes back to Cnr 2, loads 4 and rushes to west bndry near Cnr 2

Sorry DM played with control and rushed back to Cnr 4
Subsequently has break well underway as a set up and is coming through 3

L3, game 2 underway, SH on lawn with a rush to 1 , nothing ahead of him, ball near Cnr 4 and nth bndry nth of 3 - gets a rush after 1 to the nth ball

L4, JD completes break to 4back, GF takes lift from Cnr 3 and misses into Cnr 4

L1, game.2 starts
MF high supershot
SP maximum distance - maybe closer to mid point
MF hits half ball from Cnr 3

L1, loads 2 tight , dolly rush to 1 , 2 yard straight hoop approach , 1 foot hoop - nice control on all shots

L2, DM completes break, sets NSL , rush to 1

L1, MF through 6 on his 3rd turn break

L4, JD through 5 with a delayed set up at 4 back

L2, ID lifts 2 ball and shoots from A baulk - misses

L1, MF makes 3 back , sets loose wide 3 ducks
SP misses from B baulk into Cnr 1

L2, DM rushes Ian's ball nth sends it to hoop 2 and gets arush on his partner ( peelee) facing the ball near 4- misses the short roquet / rush , possibly 2 yards
ID hits

L4, JD does some magic to keep TP going - needed a 13 yard bombard off the peg , after running 3 back , this is the live streaming lawn so should be good viewing

L2, ID falls short on his takeoff to 1, retires to partner - DM hits 17 yarder

L1, MF makes 1 , rolls Cnr 1 ball to 3 going to 2 , plays it well and slams through 2 to bndry from 30 degrees
Has set TP ahead

L4, JD has a 7 yard roll to 4 back , leaves it short , runs it easily

L2, DM sets leave , himself on east bndry 9 yards nth Cnr 4, Ian nth bndry behind 2, and west bndry a few yards nth Cnr 1 .
ID shoots at DM with his nth bndry ball - misses

L1, MF completes TP , 1 game all
L2, ID still on 1 and 1, DM 3 and 4back , DM hits in to take back the lawn
L3, SH completes TP
L4, JD complets TP

Wifi been dropping, and need to reload croquet scores a few times, so some missing detail

L3, sorry Simon not completed yet , close and in control

L3, SH needing a bombard peg out - great shot , completes TP and Match

L2, DM makes 4 back , loads rover , tidies up peelee at rover , takes off back to penult
Makes penult and comes to the rover rover peel
Irishes both through from a foot
Pegs out to take game +26 TP and match 2-0

L3, Stephen Forster v James Hopgood , warming up

L2, Robert Fletcher v Jamie Burch warming up

L4, Game 3 , JD supershot 3 yards nth 5
GF maximum distance
JD hits from Cnr 3

L4, JD gets nothing from the hit , GF on court with 4 balls through Hoop 1

L3, James Hopgood supershot
Stephen Forster Cnr 2 - also a good change up , JH roquet appears deadly from A baulk
JH misses into Cnr 2
SF hits double

L3, SF fails hoop 1
JH assess what Stephen ball can do, shoots with yellow nth of 1 and misses a 10 yarder through the middle up to b baulk
SF calls ref for hoop Shot

L1, game 3 starts
SP wide super shot , near peg high and 4 yards west
MF mirrors it east , but 3 yards
SP hits firm from A, misses to nth of hoop 2
MF has an 9 yarder from B baulk - hits centre ball

L2, Robert Fletcher supershot 2 yards nth of 5
Jamie Burch low maximum distance
RF hits centre ball from Cnr 3
Loads 2 nicely 2 yards Sth
Over cuts slightly on the rush to 1, has a 3 yard side roll in- has a 1 yard straight hoop , hampered after the run, with 5.5 yards to travel , but playing it upright , asks red to hit hoop down - a few restalks , slips past

L1, MF in tight break up to hoop 4
L3, SF in tighter break up to 2 back
L4, GF completing break and setting NSL

L2. JB hits from b baulk at the ball near 2

L1, MF completes break , sets OSL

L2, JB under control with break through 4
L3, SF completes break , sets NSL, JH lifts 4 ball , heads Cnr 3
L4, JD misses lift into Cnr 4
L1, SP hits the 13yarder from A baulk

L3, SF makes 1, comes back to west bndry, loads Sth of 4, plays hogan roll , has a six yarder at 2 , hits it smoothly and in control

L1, SP through hoop 2, break looking tight

L3, JB laying a DS / wide cross peg

L4, GF through 3 on second turn, partner ( peelee) at 4

L2, RF picks up west ball, shoots from A baulk - misses

L1, SP attempts PoP at hoop 1 , gets Jaws, makes 5, gets nice rush to Sth bndry , has room to get both up towards 1 back, rush peels blue through .
Attempts peel at 2 ,gets left leg , stays handy , getting rush to hoop 6

L2, JB through hoop 2, making 2 off partner , no real rush , loads peelee to good position
. Peels 4 back after 3

L3, SF break continuing , no peels till he makes 4 back at 4 back ,has a 6 yard straight penult peel , can play it with some pace, sits on leg of hoop , cuts yellow close to move it, misses bombard, jump shot fails

L4, GF through 6 , second break

L1, SP didn't get second PoP , makes 2 back , blue is nicely placed tight at 2 ,but Malcolm will be lifting it anyway , makes 3 back , sets black at 4, some showing from A baulk .
SP sets up 10 yards nth Cnr 4

L2, JB making quick work of the second turn, has two peels , rover nicely placed at rover , and is well set at 4 back to make the last few hoops

L3, JH in break up to hoop 3

L4, attempts peel of 4 back going to 1 back, maybe jawsed ?

L2, JB peels rover at rover, pegs out to take game 1 +25TP

L1, MF lifts blue from 2, shoots from Cnr 3. - hits solid 3/4 of the ball

L4, GF returns to 4back after 1 back , loads 3 back and puts peelee through , takes off to 2 back - loads All a bit loose but ok

L3, JH break running well and through 1 back

L1, MF under control through hoop 3 , partner at 4 , misses return roquet after 3

L2, game 2,
JB high supershot
RF lays 3 yards east of it
JB misses from A baulk into B baulk

L3, JH finishes break and sets NSL

L4, GF rushes to 3 back , hits hoop , has enough to play in the jaws,

L2, RF in break through 2

L1. SP lays up in hoop 1 , Cnr 1 area, has MF balls near Cnr 2 &3

L1, MF shoots Cnr 3 at partner in Cnr 2- misses
L2, RF through 5
L3, JH sticks in 1, SF hits back at partner in Cnr 4 and roquets
L4, GF has a straight 1 yard penult peel with a rush to 4 back, , gets rush , not sure about the peel

L3, SF not liking his penult hoop shot , returns to partner Cnr 4

L4, GF makes 4 back , has a straight double finish to make , rushes peelee to 1.5 foot straight
Peels it into peg

L2, RF makes 9, sets NSL

L1, SP rush peels 4 back after 4 , passrolls to penult and 5 , peelee goes 9 yards past penult - still handy , but other ball near 6 is well east by 4 yards

L2, JB misses lift with west ball into Cnr 4

L3, JH hits , takes off to Stephen's balls , we think went out, SF makes penult and lays up in Cnr 4

L2, RF 4 ball isn't great , needs a bombard going to Cnr 4, playing it from 8 yards away , gets it solid but knocks it into jaws and the red ( peelee) sits on it as well , taps on to Cnr 4 ball , sends it to 2 , roquets black , which promotes red to east of 4, has a roll to hoop 1- faced with a 35degree hoop , looks for retiring spot on east bndry

L1, SP misses penult peel going to 2 back , nice on 2 back ball though

L3, JH in play up to hoop 2 and break ahead

L1, SP peels penult going to 3 back, has a 6 yarder - hits and has roll from bndry

L1, SP peels rover at rover

L4, GF peels rover from 5 feet, but only by a foot, runs hoop and takes peelee to bndry, lines up and plays the peg out firm , misses on the left and puts it out on B Baulk,
JD is 1 and 1

L1, SP completes TP and pegs out to take match 2-1

L3, JH jawses penult peel with a rush to 1 back

L2, RF has 1 peel and is approaching hoop 5

L2, RF peels penult to peg high after 6

L3, JH through 2 back, has peelee at 3 back , doesn't quite hold a rush on peelee to rover , but sets it well

L2, RF peels rover going to 3 back

L4, JD lays for sextuple , GF shoots and misses

L2, RF finishes TP to square the match

L3, JH finishes to take game 1

L4, JD misses peel at 1 back after 2, makes the peel going to hoop 4, runs hoop 4 with a rush back to peelee,
Runs hoop 5, no Sth rush, takes off back to peelee in front of 2 back , peels it with a rush to 6, has a 6 yard roll in straight .

L3, SF supershot
JH maximum distance
SF misses into Cnr 4
JH misses from A baulk

L2, RF supershot 1 yard nth of 5.
JB maximum distance
RF misses into Cnr 4
JB misses from A baulk

L3, SF misses with supershot ball at jH's

L2, RF hits with supershot ball

L4,misses peel at 3 back , with a rush to 2 back

L2, RF has a Cnr 4 canon, plays it to 5 yards short of hoop 1, red towards 6, makes hoop

L4, JD makes 3 back , misses return roquet,
Clips are JD , 4 back and And 3 back
GF peg and peg

L4, GF hits 7.5 yard roquet , pegs out to win game +9 and match 2-1

L2, RF finishes break with a NSL

L3, JH break through 5 , with partner at 2 back

L2, JB lifts 4 ball and shoots from A baulk - misses by mms

L3, JH finishes break, leave is a DS with not all completely wired, distances are good.
SF lifts west ball, shoots from Cnr 3, hits

L2, RF jawses 4 back after 3

L3, SF onto break , through 2

L2, RF peels penult after 6

L3, SF makes 3 back and is setting NSL

L2, RF jawses rover peel going to 3 back

L3, yellow at hoop 4 , does not look like it goes to 1,
JH lifts west ball , shoots from A baulk , some yellow on offer, - misses , must of been close , pirouette from James

L2, RF completes TP +26 and match 2-1

L3, SF loads 2 , sets west bndry near 1, JH shoots from below 4, misses
SF hits partner with some cut, has a 6 yard takeoff to JH west ball, plays it well and gets rush to hoop 1, has 1 yard straight hoop , runs smooth

L3, SF runs hoop 6, peels penult

L3, SF runs 1 back, 2 back loaded tight, peelee near the peg, loads 3back a bit short , but gets a peel attempt on rover going to 2back

L3, SF gets a rush outta 2 back , loads 4 back and rushes the nth 3
Back load to peelee , rushes peelee into 3 back , makes hoop , sends partner to penult as a load, makes 4 back, makes penult and rover , pegs out to square the match +17TP

L3, game 3, JH supershot 3 yards nth hoop 5,
SF mirrors it west
JH shoots soft , hits Stephens ball, loads black to just past peg, rushes to 1, makes hoop, but is hampered , on his knees , so may have some degree of difficulty

L3, JH misses hampered shot, SF misses with 4th ball on .

L3, turn gets turned over quickly, SF on lawn , runs hoop 1, has break ahead

L3, Tight break from SF , under control through 6

L3, SF completes break to 4back, sets tight NSL

L3, JH lifts hoop 4 ball, hits from Cnr 3

L3, JH loads hoop 4, rushes blue to mid B baulk , takes off to west bndry ball, plays it well , has a 2 yard rush , gets a bit much cut on it, faced with a 7 yard takeoff to hoop 1 - weights good, but some angle , runs easily. Still has a 8 yard return roquet - hits clean and loads it to hoop 3 while getting a rush to hoop 6 area from the ball near 4

JH takes off to nth bndry ball , has a 9 yard takeoff to hoop, and a 7 foot hoop run- hits it into right leg

My error gets a lot of wire on right leg , it pops through ( sorry James ) , can't hit anything but ball near 6, which he does

Break all in control, through 6 with partner at 2 back

JH completes break, lays a DS , SF lifts the black near peg and shoots from Cnr 3 , misses into Cnr 4.
JH hacks the rush to hoop 6, rolls partner nth of 2, no rush on blue west bndry

Stops blue to east of 3, runs hoop 2, hits 5 yards onto reception ball

Runs hoop 3, bit hampered, 6 yards to travel, playing upright but needs watching

Resets, playing sideways, tough shot - slips past , SF has a 4 yarder from Cnr 4- hits

Loads hoop 2, gets rush on black to red Sth of hoop 3, loads hoop 3, rushes to 1 , has a 3 yard takeoff to hoop
Sticks in 1 from a yard

JH shoots with yellow near 2 at blue , gets hoop 1 watched as well - hits centre ball

Puts blue to east of his hoop 4, rushes black through 1 mid court , takes off to red near 3, lays up in Cnr 3

Clips are,
JH red 4
Yellow 3 back
SF black 2
Blue 4back

SF misses blue at black

JH rushes peelee to Sth of 3, takes off loads 5 , rushes well to 4, fails hoop 4
SF hits with black Sth of 4 at red, 5 yards

Loads it to 3, gets rush to 2, plays it well has a 3 yard straight roll in, runs hoop to bndry and gets rush Sth on yellow

Rushes mid court , loads 4, gets rush on partner ( peelee ) to east of red near 3, puts it into peeling position 1 yard Sth, rushes tight to hoop

Runs hoop, no peel attempt, but sets it 1 foot Sth of 4 back

Makes 4 with a tight rush nth, sets delayed position , takes off back to 5, gets rush from hoop to east bndry level with 6

Peels 4back with rush to 6

rush awkwardly sits behind 6, takesoff , runs good hoop , rush facing Cnr 4 , cuts it to east bndry , loads it west of 6 ,gets rush on peelee to a few yards west , splits it to 2 back and holds nicely with rush into 1 back - 2 back load a bit short but managable

Runs 1 back , rushes nth, loads east of penult, loads 3 back going to 2 back- rushes nicely into 2 back , gets rush nth , sets peelee nth east of penult, taps on red, takes off to 3 back

Runs 3 back, rushes to west of penult loads 1 yard Sth penult, rushes peelee into nearly 3 feet, peels it clean by 3.5 yards , rushes to 4 back tight,
Runs a 8 inch 4 back

Gets hoop and roquet, loads 2 yards Sth peg, rushes peelee west and sends it to rover about 2 yards nth , rushes into penult, runs a 1 foot hoop , hits return roquet of 3.5 yards.
Sends yellow to 3 yards Sth rover, rushes red and loads it as a perfect side ball, rushes peelee in and has a 1 foot straight rover rover.
Peels clean , organises a rush and pegs out , takes the game + 14 TP and match 2-1

Good win , means Aus win the day of singles 4-2 , and.........