British GC Championship
Tobi Savage vs Rachel Rowe--- Quarter Final by Will Gee
Hello all. Day 3 of the British Open GC Singles. It's been scorching hot weather here all week. Very fast lawns, so normally small hills are becoming bigger factors. Hoops are set firmly and tightly, and don't seem to have gotten easier since the doubles started 4 days ago!
17 Jun 2017 2:15PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Waiting for one of the first quarter finals to begin- Tobi Savage vs Rachel Rowe.
17 Jun 2017 2:15PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Rachel wins the toss. Blue nicely in front of 1 by 1.5 yards. Red over-runs. Black about 5 yards in front of 1
17 Jun 2017 2:19PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Cracking centre ball clearance with yellow by Tobi. Blue plays back in. Red clears black, with red bouncing off the boundary in front of H1
17 Jun 2017 2:21PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Black back in front.
17 Jun 2017 2:22PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Yellow tries to clear blue, but snicks about 12 inches away from Red. Guessing a block is coming up next...
17 Jun 2017 2:22PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Called it. Blue blocks red from hoop and ball. Don't think Red has any options here...
17 Jun 2017 2:23PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
He's lining up a centre ball clearance. There's about 6 inches between them, and he's playing it directly toward Hoop 1.
17 Jun 2017 2:24PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Good clearance by Tobi. Red stays pretty much on the boundary and blue goes few yards north of H1
17 Jun 2017 2:25PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Black has a shot for a hoop....
17 Jun 2017 2:26PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Clangs it, but looks like the rejection was kind.
17 Jun 2017 2:26PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Yellow plays in front. Blue clears yellow
17 Jun 2017 2:27PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Red takes a pop from the boundary.....
17 Jun 2017 2:27PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
misses to boundary north of H2
17 Jun 2017 2:27PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Black plays about 1 inch in front of H1
17 Jun 2017 2:28PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Yellow lining up the jump from the south boundary......
17 Jun 2017 2:28PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Good trajectory, but a few inches wide.
17 Jun 2017 2:29PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Blue 2 yards east of H1
17 Jun 2017 2:29PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Cracking clearance from North boundary through the back of hoop 1
17 Jun 2017 2:30PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
black overcooks approach to 1 and can't run. Yellow plays a few yards in front.
17 Jun 2017 2:31PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Blue clears yellow, bouncing off in front. Getting the feeling it's going to be a long one.
17 Jun 2017 2:32PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Red takes a hack from the boundary at hoop one. Connects firmly with the hoop and rebounds a foot west of H1
17 Jun 2017 2:33PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black lags in front...
17 Jun 2017 2:33PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Yellow takes another hack at the hoop from the south boundary. Ends up 2.5 yards west of H1. Testament to hoop setting
17 Jun 2017 2:34PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue has a go at clearing Red from South boundary......
17 Jun 2017 2:34PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
misses to Hoop2
17 Jun 2017 2:34PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
black lags in front.
17 Jun 2017 2:34PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
yellow clears black and ends up south of H5. Blue lags in front.
17 Jun 2017 2:36PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Red has a go at H1 from South Boundary. Lucky again with the rejection as it goes 2 yards dead in front. Not convinced long range hoops are the way to go in these conditions....
17 Jun 2017 2:36PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Black lags in front.
17 Jun 2017 2:37PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Yellow clears blue to west boundary..
17 Jun 2017 2:37PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
blue shoots at red.....
17 Jun 2017 2:37PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
misses to C4.
17 Jun 2017 2:37PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red runs H1 from 2 yards to North boundary.
17 Jun 2017 2:38PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 0 - 1 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 2:38PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black plays deep, unwired.
17 Jun 2017 2:39PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Yellow plays closer (~2 yards)
17 Jun 2017 2:39PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue comes in 3 yards away, angled.
17 Jun 2017 2:40PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Good clearance as red clears black from North Boundary to South Boundary
17 Jun 2017 2:40PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black misses yellow to North Boundary
17 Jun 2017 2:41PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Yellow runs
17 Jun 2017 2:41PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 0 - 2 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 2:41PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue overhits approach to H3. Ends up few yards east of H2
17 Jun 2017 2:42PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Red off the North Boundary in front of H3....
17 Jun 2017 2:42PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
This time Rachel underapproaches by a few yards... Black is not good
17 Jun 2017 2:43PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Yellow also over approaches. Not the best touch game so far
17 Jun 2017 2:43PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue clears yellow toward H2 but catches too much stop. Blue's hoop shot looks tricky
17 Jun 2017 2:44PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Tobi's 5th seven yarder of the gameof the game misses to the south boundary. Really not the percentage shot at the moment it seems.
17 Jun 2017 2:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Black lags in front only to be cleared from H2 by yellow. Tobi's clearances have been very good, but he'll be disappointed with his hoop shots.
17 Jun 2017 2:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Cracking jaws shot by Rachel as she plants Blue in the jaws.
17 Jun 2017 2:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red lining up clearance through back of hoop from S Boundary...
17 Jun 2017 2:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Nope---- misses to North Boundary
17 Jun 2017 2:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Black comes into postion
17 Jun 2017 2:47PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Tobi is lining up clearance with yellow from East boundary on ball in 3. Not sure what he can see
17 Jun 2017 2:47PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Cracks into wire, blue doesn't wobble. Hoops are tough
17 Jun 2017 2:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rachel runs blue from the jaws into good hoop position in front of 4.
17 Jun 2017 2:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 1 - 2 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 2:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red dribbles a few feet north of blue. Black plays about level with blue. I'd say they're all about 3-5 yards infront
17 Jun 2017 2:49PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Rachel gets cleared to corner 4, yellow goes off south boundary
17 Jun 2017 2:49PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Rachel snicks red on her clearance, but doesn't change red's position much. Blue off the North boundary north of H2
17 Jun 2017 2:50PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Red Runs to boundary
17 Jun 2017 2:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 1 - 3 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 2:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rachel plays good position in front of 5 with black. Yellow joins
17 Jun 2017 2:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Looked like blue had been underhit from N boundary, but rolls on to end up about 4yards infront of 5. Not bad from where she started
17 Jun 2017 2:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red centre balls black to west boundary
17 Jun 2017 2:52PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
black underhits her retaking position shot to end up one yard west of H5...
17 Jun 2017 2:53PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Yellow clangs 5. Rebounds 2 feet East of H5. Hoop rejections have been pretty fortunate so far
17 Jun 2017 2:53PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Rachel lining up Blue to run 5
17 Jun 2017 2:53PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Nice shot, runs, but only by a yard or so. Clear line of sight toward 6, but Tobi has first approach
17 Jun 2017 2:54PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 2 - 3 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 2:54PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Nice position from Red, Blue's shot at 6
17 Jun 2017 2:54PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Black lags to position??
17 Jun 2017 2:55PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Yellow declines clearance on Blue in favour of a block attempt. Hill grabs it and it ends up nowhere.
17 Jun 2017 2:55PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rachel's clearance clears partner... Tobi runs 6 by a few feet with Red...
17 Jun 2017 2:56PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 2 - 4 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 2:56PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black in front of H7 nicely.
17 Jun 2017 2:56PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow runs short and ends up 1 yard East of 7, unrunabble
17 Jun 2017 2:56PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue a couple of yards in front of 7
17 Jun 2017 2:56PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Another good clearance by Tobi. As he takes black out to boundary.
17 Jun 2017 2:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Can't really remember a clearance missed by Tobi yet, but can't remember a long hoop run done by him either.
17 Jun 2017 2:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rachel's hanging in there playing much smaller shots. She's only really done positional shots so far, maybe 2 or 3 clearance efforts so far
17 Jun 2017 2:58PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Black lags back and is cleared by yellow (?)
17 Jun 2017 2:58PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Blue takes on 3 yarder or so.....
17 Jun 2017 2:58PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
clangs. Doesn't look runnable
17 Jun 2017 2:59PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Red comes back in front. Rachel does first clearance for a while, clearing yellow to H6 and black heading toward the centre of the lawn
17 Jun 2017 2:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow comes back, blocking Blue's clearance on Red. Doesn't look like jaws is an option
17 Jun 2017 3:00PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
plays a gentle clearance with blue onto yellow, seemingly trying to hamper red. Doesn't quite manage it
17 Jun 2017 3:01PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red gently clears Blue?! Doesn't seem in line with Tobi's previous tactics, and bit surprised he didn't take free hoop shot.
17 Jun 2017 3:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black has a go at yellow....
17 Jun 2017 3:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
misses. Tobi runs H7 to South Boundary
17 Jun 2017 3:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 2 - 5 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 3:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clumsy approach by blue. Bit difficult to wire from yellow and maintain a decent hoop run, but Blue ends up 2 yards east of H8
17 Jun 2017 3:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red hangs back about 6 yards from 8
17 Jun 2017 3:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black takes angled position few yards from 8 and is joined there by yello
17 Jun 2017 3:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue plays close to the hoop. Not sure if that runs or not.
17 Jun 2017 3:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red taking free shot at 8
17 Jun 2017 3:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
rejected 90 degrees to west boundary
17 Jun 2017 3:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black clearing yellow... should be in a strong position if she maintains position
17 Jun 2017 3:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
erm.... Cuts yellow up North. Not sure if that was an error or whether Blue runs.
17 Jun 2017 3:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
black heads off west boundary
17 Jun 2017 3:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Tobi lining up shot toward Blue and H8... Looking more like a hoop shot line up
17 Jun 2017 3:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
yep. Hoop shot hits edge of the inside wire and glances off to the south boundary
17 Jun 2017 3:06PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Blue Jawses
17 Jun 2017 3:06PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
not sure if that was always her plan
17 Jun 2017 3:06PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red plays about 5 yards north of H8....
17 Jun 2017 3:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rachel's umming and erring. Position, Clear or rush peel. Yellow on the South Boundary in front of H1 remember, so clearance on blue is doable
17 Jun 2017 3:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rush peel is the crowd's preference, but can't be the most attractive shot to the player!
17 Jun 2017 3:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
goes for it, but doesn't connect. misses into C4
17 Jun 2017 3:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Big shot here for yellow-- if he pulls it off, looking good for 6-2
17 Jun 2017 3:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
clangs wire
17 Jun 2017 3:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rejected 90 degrees to west boundary!
17 Jun 2017 3:09PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
blue runs from jaws.
17 Jun 2017 3:09PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 3 - 5 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 3:09PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red decent position in front of 8. Rachel's now at the penalty spot with Black
17 Jun 2017 3:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black ends up about 4 yards in front of 8
17 Jun 2017 3:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Hoop 9 sorry
17 Jun 2017 3:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
yellow over approaches
17 Jun 2017 3:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
blue lining up the clearance.....
17 Jun 2017 3:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
nope. Not good. Misses to East boundary
17 Jun 2017 3:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Doesn't feel like Rachel's really done any shots she'd be pleased with so far, and she's looking a little fed up
17 Jun 2017 3:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
red gets rejected from H9, ending up a few inches angled in front. Doesn't look like black has an in off, but yellow probably does...!
17 Jun 2017 3:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rachel contemplating the jump, but it's not a natural shot for her.
17 Jun 2017 3:13PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clips are off! Let's see how this goes
17 Jun 2017 3:13PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Goes for it and runs nicely 4 yards west of hoop 10
17 Jun 2017 3:13PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
the jump did take off, but from where we were, seemed like it was pretty low when it went past red. I suspect it might have just about been open
17 Jun 2017 3:14PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 4 - 5 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 3:14PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow and Blue to very tight position.
17 Jun 2017 3:14PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rachel's got a 4 or 5 yarder on yellow with black after Red had no choice but to play a few yards west of hoop 9
17 Jun 2017 3:15PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
good clearance. Rachel clears yellow most of the way to the penalty spot
17 Jun 2017 3:15PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Big moment as Tobi misses return clearance. First miss from him
17 Jun 2017 3:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rachel lining up hoop with blue, with yellow offside near C2 and Red down halfway between hoops 4 and 5
17 Jun 2017 3:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
yep, Rachel levels it up by running 10
17 Jun 2017 3:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 5 - 5 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 3:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red to pretty good position from where he was. Ends up few yards slightly angled in front of 11
17 Jun 2017 3:18PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rachel comes in tightly with black, again slightly angled, but not blocking
17 Jun 2017 3:18PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Tobi playing from East Penalty spot
17 Jun 2017 3:18PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
That's really good position, dead in front of 11
17 Jun 2017 3:18PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
I'm guessing black is blocked, but Red looks open still
17 Jun 2017 3:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue lining up clearance from 10.....
17 Jun 2017 3:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Hits it, but probably not by enough. Red heads most of the way to 2 whilst blue ends up west of H1
17 Jun 2017 3:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
red lining up clearance on Black. Gonna be tough to avoid yellow
17 Jun 2017 3:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Wow. Clears black to C4! Yellow must be wired
17 Jun 2017 3:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Long pause. Rachel decides to hit black toward the middle
17 Jun 2017 3:22PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow has got a trivial hoop to go 6-5 up
17 Jun 2017 3:22PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
runs it just shy of the peg
17 Jun 2017 3:22PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 5 - 6 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 3:23PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue in OK position. Probably going to get cleared by yellow
17 Jun 2017 3:23PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rachel's lining up the clearance on yellow as Tobi plays red into postion at 12
17 Jun 2017 3:23PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
clears it. Bit of angle takes yellow to east penalty spot. Black on south boundary halfway between 4 + 5
17 Jun 2017 3:24PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Yellow's shooting. Has to be careful not to clatter his red ball here....
17 Jun 2017 3:24PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Misses to west boundary. Probably a bit relieved to not clear red.
17 Jun 2017 3:24PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Hoop or ball--- age old dilemma
17 Jun 2017 3:24PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Ball
17 Jun 2017 3:25PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clears to centre of East boundary, retaining position in front of 12
17 Jun 2017 3:25PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Not good re-approach by red at all. Lags short and looks like it might even have blocked yellow
17 Jun 2017 3:25PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
blue nicely in front, but deeper than the hoop shot she just declined
17 Jun 2017 3:26PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
sorry- black nicely in front
17 Jun 2017 3:26PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Nice clearance by yellow takes blue off the east boundary. Yellow bounces off east boundary level with H3
17 Jun 2017 3:26PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Blue back into position. Will take a good hoop shot from red here....
17 Jun 2017 3:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Don't think I'd be having this tbh
17 Jun 2017 3:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
lining it up....
17 Jun 2017 3:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
woah
17 Jun 2017 3:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
well. Having struggled with hoops so far he runs that nicely.
17 Jun 2017 3:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Tobi takes the first 7-5.
17 Jun 2017 3:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
GAME 1: B+B (Rachel) 5 - 7 R+Y (Tobi)
17 Jun 2017 3:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Burridge and Mulliner just getting started. Think I might shift focus to their game.
17 Jun 2017 3:28PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Will pepper scores in from T + R 's next game (s) into their commentary
17 Jun 2017 3:29PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Starting new commentary
17 Jun 2017 3:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
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