Hi All,

Already very hot here in Rancho Mirage , and expected to hit 38-40 early

Lawn 5, Simon Hockey and Greg Fletcher v Jeff Soo and Stuart Lawrence
Lawn 6, Stephen Forster and Ian Dumergue v Danny Huneycutt and Stephen Morgan
Lawn 7, Robert Fletcher and Malcolm Fletcher v Ben Rothman and David Maloof

Play starting in 20 mis

L5, SH supershot 4 yards N of 5
SL max distance
GF misses from Cnr 3 to Cnr 4

L7, Malcolm high supershot 1.5 yards shy of the peg
Ben Mirrors it east and a bit Sth
Robert shooting from A baulk, misses to nth bndry

L6,Stephen F 3.5 yards NW of hoop 5
Danny standard USA tice
Ian misses tice from end of B baulk into Cnr 4

L5, Jeff misses partner
SH misses with supershot ball at the east bndry balls

L7, David Maloof through 1 , break ahead if he hits the simple hampered stroke

L6 Stephen M misses supershot ball to nth bndry

L5, Jeff makes cannon in Cnr 4, plays it great , have not seen many get the ball to hoop 2 , this one is past hoop 2 and due Sth of hoop 1

L7, DM misses the hampered shot after 1, RF misses from nth bndry through the balls nth of 1

L6, SF hits partner in Cnr 4, rolls sth of 1, DH retires a ball into Cnr 4

Could be a frustrating commentry day, wifi dropping in and out,

L7, DM has a 2 yard takeoff from due Sth at hoop 3 , with a set break ahead , runs hoop long and has a 9 yard return - hits

L6, ID makes hoop 1 , hits a tough hampered shot
L5, JS has run a tough hoop 2 and 3, has break ahead

L5, JS in control through 5
L7, DM in control through 5
L6, ID hoop approach is short at hoop 2, retires east bndry - partner is 7 yard infield Sth of hoop 3

L6, SM shoots at partner in Cnr 4, misses

L5, GF missed lift, SL through hoop 3 second break, ball in Cnr 4

L6, SF goes to 4 back sets a DS

L7, DM takes break to 4 back, sets a DS
RF hits from Cnr 3, on break through 3 , maybe PoPping

L7, RF PoPs bens red ball to mid court going to hoop 4

L6, SM lifts west bndry ball, shoots from Cnr 3 - misses

L5, SL through hoop 5 with rush and good delayed set up

L6, ID makes hoop 1 , sticks in hoop 2, DH shoots from nth of 2 at the ball in Cnr 4 - hits

L7, RF sticks in hoop 6

L7, BR hits loads peelee towards 3, rushes jammed hoop 6 ball to Sth bndry looking for a rush to hoop 2

L5, SL has peeled 4 back going to 6, made 2 back , approaching 3 back and has a penult peel set set up

L6 DH makes hoop 1, loads hoop 3 going to hoop 2

L5, SL peels penult , rushes to 4 back , makes hoop

L7, BR makes hoop 2 , next croquet shot gets away from him and has to hit a 12 yarder, edges it and rolls to hoop 3 peelee from west bndry, hoop 4 load is at hoop 5

L5, SL peeling rover rover from 2 feet , no side ball , but a deep ball and a ball nth of rover

L7, BR completes triple to take game 1

L7, BR completes triple to take game 1

L5, SL completes tp , takes game 1

L6, Ian in play through hoop 6, no peels

L5, game 2 started , SL hit 3rd turn , stuck in hoop 1, GF hit and on break through 2 back, sets Stuart's red ball in hoop 2

L7, game 2 started
USA east bndry
MF duffers tice
USA miss into Cnr 4
RF hits duffers tice

L5, GF makes 3 back , placing yellow in hoop , 4, from 1 foot , needs to play with pull to have a clear shot on black , sets east bndry 13 yards nth Cnr 4 , with rush facing hoop 6, may be a bit tight , looks attractive from A baulk

L6, ID through 2 back , has a DS set up

L7, RF bounces off leg of hoop 2, partner is nth of 2, oppo is Sth of hoop 3

L6, apologies Ian on second break, loads 4 back , through 3 back

L5, SL lifts from hoop 2, makes a target with yellow in hoop 4 and black on east bndry , slide past both

L5, Simons option is to stop shot load hoop 2 , going to yellow in hoop 4, taps it through , takes off to blue 1.5 yards off bndry , stays in court by an inch , has a cut rush , cuts it the wrong way and is on Sth bndry below hoop 4, rolls to hoop 1, has a 2.5 yard straight hoop , reception ball is west of hoop 1, takes wire and handily pops through

Nope, sorry got outside leg and popped out nth

L5, there was a promotional canon sitting there from the missed lift that looked like the better line of play, was hoping GF was going to point it out to Simon
SL goes to ball near hoop 2 and shoots at Simons ball - misses

L7, BR misses , RF back in play , makes 2 and 3 , has break ahead

L5, SH misses 3 yarder on partner
SL hits 6 yarder from Cnr 1

L5, SL through hoop 2 with break ahead

L6, ID through rover setting a DS

L7, RF through 3back , sets NSL

L5, SL under control with an equalising break setting black (Sh) at hoop 2 tight,through 2 back

L6, DH lifts from west bndry , shoots from A baulk , misses , makes Stephen F work a bit easier seen the west bndry ball ( on bndry ) was lifted , little difference in Danny's and Stephen M roquet.

L5, SL leave is good , ball tight on 4 , nicely tucked in at 2 , rush facing flat at hoop 6 , but easily cuttable

L5, SH lifts from hoop 2, shoots from Cnr 3 - misses

L7, DM lifts from west bndry , shoots from Cnr 3 , hits solid

L5, JS misses short rush on the hoop 4 ball, GF gets a wiring lift

L7, DM through hoop 3 , hampered

L6, SF pegs out to take game 1

L5, gF sets a leave, ball west of hoop 1, Sth of hoop 2, sets east bndry with rush facing the hoop 2 ball

L5, JS shoots at the east balls from hoop 2, big reward if he hits, - misses by small margin

L6, game 2 starts
SM east bndry
SF puts a Cnr 2 ball in

L5, SH makes hoop 1', has set break ahead

L6, DH shooting atbpartner from west ofCnr 3 misses to 5 yards Sth of partner

L6, ID makes double from B , hits

L5, SH Jawses the peel after hoop 3

L7, DM completes the break , sets a DS

Been away will get an update of the matches

L7, Ben finishes and takes the match for USA 2-0

L5, GF on break through hoop 6 , over rolls 1 back. All other clips on 1
Simon completed tp in game 2 to square the match

L6, SM through 3 back setting DS

L5, GF retires Cnr 4
JS misses to nth bndry
SH pairs up in Cnr 4

L5, SL shoots from west of hoop 1 into Cnr 4 and misses

L5, GF loads 3 back , gets a rush on partner to nth bndry near yellow, makes rush to 1 back

L6, SF lifts the ball from peg and shoots from Cnr 3 - narrow miss

L6, the rush Danny has is due nth up east bndry , so needs some work to get a break going,
SM comes back on lawn and takes the reverse rush, keeps partner in Cnr 4, rushes black to mid west bndry, loads it to nth of hoop 2 and sends blue to S west of hoop 1, retires back nth of partner in Cnr 4

L5, GF not in front of 2 back , retires in Cnr 4

L5, JS takes a tap,on lift, makes hoop 1, loads hoop 3, rushes to hoop 2

L6, ID retires into cnr 3 from Sth of hoop 1

L5, GF runs rover, partner is for hoop 4
Jeff and Stuart are peg and 4back , lift shot to come , leave is a reverse DS set up at this stage

L6, game 3 , DH on first break , sticks in hoop 3, ID hits , no load at hoop 2 , but approaches hoop 1 from close distance , other balls are near 3 and 4

L5, the reverse DS is tight. Near flat

L5, SL lifts the red near peg, shoots from Cnr 1 - misses

L5, SH on controlled break through hoop 6

L6, ID on controlled break , up to hoop 5

L5, SH has a tight 4 ball break to the peg , runs 2 back from 8 inches , tense feeling , very quite crowd , much the same tenseness on lawn 6 as Ian progresses to lay a first complete break of game 3

L5, SH runs 3 back, loads rover , rushes nth , loads penult with partner , has a 2 yard rush into 4 back, runs hoop from 2 feet as he can run to bndry

L6, ID aproaches hoop 6 , 1 back load 5 yards Sth

L5, SH runs penult from 8 inches, loads partner close to the peg, rushes close to the rover pioneer, runs hoop pegs out to win game 3 +5 and match

L6, ID goes to 4back , sets DS .
DH lifts and shoots from Cnr 3 - misses

L6, SF safely through hoop 1 and 2, leaves ball in Cnr 4 alone

L6 SF peels 4 back going to 1 back

SF runs 1 back , misses 5 yard return roquet to nth bndry.
DH ignores lift , misses from near penult to ball Sth of 1 back , into Cnr 2
SF misses 7 yarder into Cnr 2.
DH loads 4 back , going to pivot, rushes close to hoop 3 , sticks in hoop , asks for a hoop check

No replay,
ID taps on the ball in hoop 3
Loads it to peg , gets a rush to penult , other ball is Sth of rover towards hoop 4

ID runs penult and rover,sets a leave of, yellow level with hoop 6, just off east bndry, attempts to rush red into a wired position Sth of 3 back , misses spot , so sends it Sth west of 2 back , lays up nth bndry nth of hoop 2

SM misses with red at yellow, SF runs break to peg out and take the match 2-1