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British GC Championship

Mulliner vs Burridge --- Open Singles Quarter Finals by Will Gee

Right, we're off. Internet not down, just a very long warm up

17 Jun 2017 3:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Meanwhile, Rachel took H1 in their second game

17 Jun 2017 3:39PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

J-P, fresh from his quarter final win is here to provide expert comments

17 Jun 2017 3:39PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Going to try to comment on the game more this time rather than dryly relaying positions

17 Jun 2017 3:40PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Right! Block games between Stephen and Ian was a mixed bag, with 2 not close games being shared between the two players

17 Jun 2017 3:40PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian wins toss. B+B. After a bit of tooing and fro-ing, Red misses clearance to centre of lawn

17 Jun 2017 3:41PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Black runs most of the way to 2

17 Jun 2017 3:42PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Yellow to few yards in front. Same with Blue

17 Jun 2017 3:42PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

These guys are playing much faster than R+T, gonna be tricky to keep up

17 Jun 2017 3:42PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Stephen just clips a black on his clearance. J-P can't believe it

17 Jun 2017 3:43PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Black back in front. Stephen lining up hoop shot

17 Jun 2017 3:43PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yup 1 all

17 Jun 2017 3:43PM (Tournament); 5 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 1 - 1 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 3:44PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Tobi levels off his game 1-1

17 Jun 2017 3:44PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

pretty standard 3 approaches to H3

17 Jun 2017 3:44PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian looks like he's hampered his blue with his black position

17 Jun 2017 3:44PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

J-P: Stephen lining up double clearance

17 Jun 2017 3:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Tobi's ball from the next lawn comes closer to clearing Ian's balls!

17 Jun 2017 3:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

After Stephen's miss, Ian runs nicely. Bit south of H4

17 Jun 2017 3:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 2 - 1 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 3:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Rachel 2-1 also

17 Jun 2017 3:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Stephen in decent position (J-P "to be fair, decent position")

17 Jun 2017 3:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Black hanging back at H4

17 Jun 2017 3:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian's been talking about how difficult hoops on his lawn are all week. Hoop 5 is particularly difficult

17 Jun 2017 3:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian clears red after yellow over-approaches.

17 Jun 2017 3:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Sweaty 7 yarder slides down the edge of black. Not Stephen's best shot of the campaign

17 Jun 2017 3:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

black lags to position... Looks like yellow should crunch black.

17 Jun 2017 3:48PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Looked away, but yellow on the wire. Looks like either tap shot or failed block through the hoop

17 Jun 2017 3:48PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Blue plays in close--- too close

17 Jun 2017 3:48PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

J-P: Stephen's chances are slim on this hoop

17 Jun 2017 3:49PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

may have toned down his language before the watershed there a bit

17 Jun 2017 3:49PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Rachel Tobi are 2-2

17 Jun 2017 3:49PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Stephen misses clearance from H1

17 Jun 2017 3:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian lining up H4

17 Jun 2017 3:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Jump shot?

17 Jun 2017 3:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

sticks in the jaws. Not sure what he was jumping over there. Think he was trying to leave Stephen's ball on the wire

17 Jun 2017 3:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Stephen does another speed shot with yellow. Looks like yellow gently played through the back of the hoop

17 Jun 2017 3:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

3 balls 6 inches dead in front of H4.

17 Jun 2017 3:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Red's on the boundary and Ian's having a long think.

17 Jun 2017 3:52PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Not sure what's happening here, it has to be said. Ian clears his partner ball south of H4 and blue scatters toward East boundary

17 Jun 2017 3:53PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Red's clearance not good and clears black nearer the back of the hoop

17 Jun 2017 3:53PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

given that Ian had two balls inches in front of H4 about 2 minutes ago, I can't think how this has happened

17 Jun 2017 3:54PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Both players off the lawn...

17 Jun 2017 3:54PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Big hole had to be filled in apparently

17 Jun 2017 3:56PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Right-- looking more like a game of GC now. Black clears yellow toward north boundary

17 Jun 2017 3:57PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yellow plays back in, blue clears.

17 Jun 2017 3:58PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Red tries a double clearance but gets a bit unfortunate with how the bounce goes. Black ends up in front of the hoop. Simple hoop for black....

17 Jun 2017 3:58PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yep- gets it

17 Jun 2017 3:58PM (Tournament); 4 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 1 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 3:58PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yellow lags in front

17 Jun 2017 3:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue takes nicer position in front of H5

17 Jun 2017 3:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Stephen lining up block with Red

17 Jun 2017 3:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

all pretty standard H5 start

17 Jun 2017 3:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Can't have been blocked as Ian goes for the clearance. Misses to W penalty spot

17 Jun 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Stephen chooses hoop and runs it just past peg. Nice one

17 Jun 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 2 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Rachel leads 3-2 and in control of 6.

17 Jun 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue few yards in front of H6, red nicely 1.5 yards in front of 6

17 Jun 2017 4:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian's black nudges red away from six from the E penalty spot

17 Jun 2017 4:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

good outcome from that shot in fact

17 Jun 2017 4:02PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

yellow clears blue. Keeps control, but strays to the west of H6. Looks like Ian's wrestled control of 6

17 Jun 2017 4:02PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue to decent position, and with black where it is, stephen takes the shot on

17 Jun 2017 4:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

misses to East boudnary

17 Jun 2017 4:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Black lining up 3 yard clearance on yellow.........

17 Jun 2017 4:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Good one as it clears about 15 yards

17 Jun 2017 4:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

J-P not hopeful for return clearance

17 Jun 2017 4:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

he's a clever chap- stephen misses to north boundary

17 Jun 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

hmmmmm

17 Jun 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

not a great hoop shot as blue hits far wire. Bounces back a couple of feet. Not runnable but still well in control of 6

17 Jun 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Red has played very close to 6

17 Jun 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Not sure if blue is hampered... Looks like cannon fodder to me

17 Jun 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Mulliner's other ball is on North boundary--- he can't be liking the clearance.

17 Jun 2017 4:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian's not sure whether to clear. I'd say leave red there and lag in

17 Jun 2017 4:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Black shoots.... misses to North boundary

17 Jun 2017 4:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Looks like yellow's lagging in. No need to clear now Black's disappeared

17 Jun 2017 4:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Decent lag into position

17 Jun 2017 4:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Rachel 4-2 up. Decent control of 7. Looks like Tobi's clearances aren't as consistent this game

17 Jun 2017 4:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue clears yellow well past H5. Blue nestles up to yellow--- looks nice but I think it's going to make black's shot very difficult

17 Jun 2017 4:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

red lags back to position

17 Jun 2017 4:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

black nudges red which splits about 4 yards

17 Jun 2017 4:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Must have been more space between the balls than it looked as yellow hits blue past H6. Blue misses return clearance on yellow

17 Jun 2017 4:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Red playing tight to the hoop--- good shout. Black has to take his hoop shot now or never

17 Jun 2017 4:09PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

looks tight though--- is it open?

17 Jun 2017 4:09PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Going for hoop, but clips red toward H7. Black ends up on North boundary

17 Jun 2017 4:10PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

For those playing Croquet drinking games, have a drink. Stephen does his first press up of the match

17 Jun 2017 4:10PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yellow jawses 6. Wasn't sure if that was a hoop attempt or deliberate. Must have been tempting to run given blue was 20 odd yards away and red was legal near 7

17 Jun 2017 4:11PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue to decent position, banking on a good clearance by Black. Stephen trying to block line with red, but black shoots anyway. Clips red, and yellow runs

17 Jun 2017 4:12PM (Tournament); 4 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 3 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 4:12PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

All level

17 Jun 2017 4:12PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue very good position in front of H7

17 Jun 2017 4:13PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Nicely cleared by Stephen with red. Black just replaces blue

17 Jun 2017 4:13PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Rachel 5-2 up and looking far more comfortable this game

17 Jun 2017 4:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yellow plays in and is cleared by Blue

17 Jun 2017 4:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

looks like red's having a pop at the hoop

17 Jun 2017 4:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

slices black off the boundary which just comes back into position

17 Jun 2017 4:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Red is in front of H9!

17 Jun 2017 4:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yellow clears black, but loses control to end up most of the way to 6

17 Jun 2017 4:15PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue in decent position in front of H7

17 Jun 2017 4:16PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Despite the scoreline, I'd say IB is playing better than SM

17 Jun 2017 4:16PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

J-P says neither player is playing great, but reckons Ian might have the edge

17 Jun 2017 4:16PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Couple of clearances and blacks in front with red shooting from near the boundary

17 Jun 2017 4:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

press up 2 of the match. Getting serious

17 Jun 2017 4:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Stephen runs a nice hoop- big turning moment

17 Jun 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 5 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 4 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

JP: Ian having a bit of a meltdown to go 4-3 down from 3-1 up

17 Jun 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

But despite that, cracking position by black forces a clearance attempt by yellow

17 Jun 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow misses off south boundary

17 Jun 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Blue in decent position too. Red probably shooting for hoop from 7 yards south of H2

17 Jun 2017 4:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Nope, sails past

17 Jun 2017 4:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian levels it off quickly at 8

17 Jun 2017 4:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 4 - 4 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 4:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

JP likes the approach by yellow to H9 and calls 2 shots at it

17 Jun 2017 4:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian won't be needing the second as he hits first time with blue--- nice one

17 Jun 2017 4:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

From here, red's approach looks short and deep

17 Jun 2017 4:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

JP fancies it, but he's crazy

17 Jun 2017 4:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

black plays in, so does yellow

17 Jun 2017 4:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

right, what can Blue do from the East boundary? Difference between hitting or missing this clearance is huge

17 Jun 2017 4:22PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

slides down the edge of red- looked like it was hitting

17 Jun 2017 4:22PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

red cuts black toward East Penalty point

17 Jun 2017 4:23PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian thinks the same as me and just puts black back in position. Yellow looks tough and neither of their hoop shots have been good

17 Jun 2017 4:23PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Pressup 3

17 Jun 2017 4:23PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Rachel goes 6-2 up, despite Tobi having a ball legal in front of H9. Fair enough though I think

17 Jun 2017 4:24PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Yellow clangs

17 Jun 2017 4:24PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

These hoops, although difficult, have been extraordinarily generous with their rejections

17 Jun 2017 4:24PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue takes a shot at yellow, which is slap bang in front of H9, from south of H1. Misses

17 Jun 2017 4:25PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Red lags to position. Not convinced. I reckon black's getting this

17 Jun 2017 4:25PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Yep- Black jumps (didn't think it was blocked!) and runs to halfway

17 Jun 2017 4:26PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

huge

17 Jun 2017 4:26PM (Tournament); 7 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 5 - 4 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 4:26PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Yellow is well short

17 Jun 2017 4:27PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Blue looks like it's just about runnable, but maybe quite angled

17 Jun 2017 4:27PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Rachel 6-3 up

17 Jun 2017 4:28PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Stephen clears

17 Jun 2017 4:28PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

4 balls on north boundary before Ian plays blue well south of H10

17 Jun 2017 4:28PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

red plays in and black does a nice controlled clearance

17 Jun 2017 4:28PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Don't know how Ian isn't more in control of this game

17 Jun 2017 4:29PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

erm

17 Jun 2017 4:30PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

well we might have our answer

17 Jun 2017 4:30PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

after some fairly protracted clearances, Ian rushes stephen's red in front of the hoop when taking position was pretty simple

17 Jun 2017 4:30PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

press up number 4

17 Jun 2017 4:30PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

getting pretty tipsy now

17 Jun 2017 4:30PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

5 ! can you believe it

17 Jun 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

2 on one shot

17 Jun 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

2 is not the magic number, as red clangs the hoop

17 Jun 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

black clearing yellow. Good shot

17 Jun 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Rachel takes the second 7-3. Clever money's gotta be on her to take the third

17 Jun 2017 4:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Back to Ian's game- still on hoop 9. Lots of clearing I'm afraid. Would say it's pretty even. Ian's banking on doing a 7 yard clearance, which if he gets, he should get the hoop

17 Jun 2017 4:33PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

black shooting--- lets see

17 Jun 2017 4:34PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

misses it. oh dear. that's one you have to hit

17 Jun 2017 4:34PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

not the most convincing hoop run by Stephen's yellow, but it's through.

17 Jun 2017 4:35PM (Tournament); 7 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 5 - 5 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 4:35PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

All level. Very nice position by Ian's blue, and is joined by Red

17 Jun 2017 4:35PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

looks like stephen has made his clearance a lot harder with Red's position

17 Jun 2017 4:36PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

yep, called it. Stephen's clearance on blue is good, until yellow careers into red. Red scatters to H2.

17 Jun 2017 4:36PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Looks like Blue can't run from where he repositioned, but Ian in control

17 Jun 2017 4:36PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

couple of clearances later and stephen clears the wrong ball

17 Jun 2017 4:38PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Black slap bang in front, yellow shooting from a few yards away

17 Jun 2017 4:38PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

blue at H1, red H4

17 Jun 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Yellow clears blue : JP "I'm not surprised"

17 Jun 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

few clearances later and Ian is still well in control of 11

17 Jun 2017 4:40PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Continuous clearances from Stephen but Ian's retaining control

17 Jun 2017 4:42PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Stephen takes his first shot at a hoop in a while. Shot is awful, and his head sinks

17 Jun 2017 4:42PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian has 2 balls in front

17 Jun 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Stephen recovers with a nice centre ball clearance on blue with red. Ian's got a hoop shot, albeit an angled one

17 Jun 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

doesn't fully commit, and bounces off a few inches in front. I reckon red's got a juicy in off, and yellow is now a yard or two in front

17 Jun 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Blue shoots at red, but clangs hoop 2

17 Jun 2017 4:44PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

JP- that is not a very good shot at all...

17 Jun 2017 4:44PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

it really wasn't

17 Jun 2017 4:44PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

red has a go at the in off but ends up behind the hoop. Decent clearance by Ian with black, and I reckon Ian's still got a fighting chance here

17 Jun 2017 4:45PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

yellow into decent position

17 Jun 2017 4:45PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

ballsy clearance with blue on yello

17 Jun 2017 4:45PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

yellow punted into the middle of the lawn blue holds albeit past hoop 11

17 Jun 2017 4:46PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

red plays into dubious position and black comes in front

17 Jun 2017 4:46PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

yellow hits the back of the hoop (!)

17 Jun 2017 4:46PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

clearance by blue half balls red. Not that much umpf, but enough too stop the hoop run.

17 Jun 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Stephen half balls the return clearance and scatters into partner.

17 Jun 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian's off the hook here I reckon

17 Jun 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

black in front, yellow a few yards south of 11

17 Jun 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

red pretty much at 1

17 Jun 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

yellow must have more faith in his shooting than the audience: he lags red into position

17 Jun 2017 4:48PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue comes to position. red to position?!

17 Jun 2017 4:48PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

black tries an in off. Gets the clearance but not the hoop

17 Jun 2017 4:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

JP not thinking yellow will hit...

17 Jun 2017 4:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

ha- hill assist there as yellow halfballs red

17 Jun 2017 4:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

black halfway between 11 and peg and yellow north boundary

17 Jun 2017 4:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue plays into position and now both red and blue have ropey hoop shots

17 Jun 2017 4:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

stephen chooses to clear and makes a mess of it. Red scatters to hoop 2.

17 Jun 2017 4:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

black to postion, yellow to position

17 Jun 2017 4:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

both players a bit nervy of hoops it seems

17 Jun 2017 4:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Tobi took the first of the deciding game

17 Jun 2017 4:50PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian misses a clearance and Stephen just snicks one

17 Jun 2017 4:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

black's got a dilemma- 4 yard hoop with yellow a yard in front

17 Jun 2017 4:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

gotta be the clearance given their last few shots

17 Jun 2017 4:52PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

sensible little clearance sends yellow to the east of 11 and black t the wire

17 Jun 2017 4:52PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

to the west sorry

17 Jun 2017 4:52PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow goes for wiring

17 Jun 2017 4:52PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

J-P reckons this is a 0 percenter

17 Jun 2017 4:52PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

nails it-- cross wired from black

17 Jun 2017 4:53PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

can't run the hoop mind

17 Jun 2017 4:53PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

1-1 in Tobi Rachel's game

17 Jun 2017 4:53PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Woah-

17 Jun 2017 4:54PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

this hoop 11 was never going to be run in a conventional way

17 Jun 2017 4:54PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

clearance by Ian, almost centre ball, lands blue 99% of the way through 11

17 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

I'm guessing it was more luck than design

17 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Yellow's near peg, but to be honest, he's gonna have to have a bit of luck to not rush peel, as odd as that sounds

17 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

SHOT!

17 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue to the north boundary

17 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

JP- quality shot might just give Stephen the advantage

17 Jun 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

seems like they can pull out the shots to prevent oppo running, but not to seal the hoop for themselves

17 Jun 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Rachel runs a nice H3 to go 2-1 up

17 Jun 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian's blue over runs-- bit of a waste

17 Jun 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

and he was careless with black's position

17 Jun 2017 4:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian is objectively still in control of 11, but I'd say the momentum has firmly shifted

17 Jun 2017 4:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Red comes in and black has a hack at the hoop

17 Jun 2017 4:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

yellow wired from blue so just takes position

17 Jun 2017 4:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue clearing red

17 Jun 2017 4:58PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

nice one

17 Jun 2017 4:58PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

nice controlled clearance

17 Jun 2017 4:58PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Stephen having to clear black with red from N boundary

17 Jun 2017 4:58PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

....erm

17 Jun 2017 4:58PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

bad shot reward

17 Jun 2017 4:58PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

ed

17 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

hits hoop, bounces off, shifts black

17 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

doesn't make much difference as Ian takes yellow out anyway

17 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Right

17 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

yellow in front

17 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

does blue go for the hoop or clear?

17 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

bit of both as he hits yellow and stops just in front of 11

17 Jun 2017 5:00PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

That's right readers--- 25 minutes on H11 now

17 Jun 2017 5:01PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

red goes for a bit of a hail mary as it tries to clear blue through the back of the hoop

17 Jun 2017 5:01PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

bit underpowered to be honest-- not sure it would have actually shifted it

17 Jun 2017 5:01PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

gotta be Ian's hoop now

17 Jun 2017 5:01PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

really?! Black declines a simple clearance in favour of sticking another in front

17 Jun 2017 5:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Looks like blue can only run by a few inches

17 Jun 2017 5:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

I'd take that given the circumstances

17 Jun 2017 5:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ref being called

17 Jun 2017 5:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Yellow played in front

17 Jun 2017 5:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ref being called for Blue's shot at the hoop

17 Jun 2017 5:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Championship ref-- seems like an important shot

17 Jun 2017 5:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

fair enough- the difference between a fault and a clean run is huge

17 Jun 2017 5:04PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

bout to play the shot

17 Jun 2017 5:06PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

sounded filthy, but was ruled clean

17 Jun 2017 5:06PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

ends up firmly in the jaws

17 Jun 2017 5:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

played with a lot of force

17 Jun 2017 5:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

stephen clears black to C2 with yellow nice jumping position

17 Jun 2017 5:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

black misses.... that could be expensive

17 Jun 2017 5:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Stephen's not known for his jumps

17 Jun 2017 5:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Crowd feeling is that Ian is safe, and I'm with them

17 Jun 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

few practice swings...

17 Jun 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

shanked it

17 Jun 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

centre wire, drops down onto blue. looks like he's been fortunate as yellow has glued itself to the back of blue

17 Jun 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

it is through at least though.

17 Jun 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

35 minute hoop- hope you enjoyed it as much as us

17 Jun 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 6 - 5 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Advantage Burridge despite 12 already looking dodgy for him

17 Jun 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Referee

17 Jun 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Not sure Ian should be shifting this ball... Just do a tap shot, red approaches 12, black approaches 12, blue plays off toward 13...

17 Jun 2017 5:10PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

JP agrees

17 Jun 2017 5:10PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

instead Ian is looking to shift blue prematurely. Maybe he's hoping for a 14 yarder at hoop / ball at 12

17 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

WHAT?

17 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

erm

17 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

much bigger shot than expected

17 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow hit to N boundary (?) and blue ends up near black on Eastboundary

17 Jun 2017 5:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ballsy combo. Red approaches and Black rushes blue toward 12!

17 Jun 2017 5:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Yellow over runs approach to 12

17 Jun 2017 5:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Right-- hooop or ball with blue?

17 Jun 2017 5:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

in off effort-- bit greedy

17 Jun 2017 5:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

blue goes flying past the hoop and I don't reckon Ian will get another shot at 12

17 Jun 2017 5:13PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

red in front black clearing

17 Jun 2017 5:13PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

just nicks it and and sends black to C1

17 Jun 2017 5:13PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

blue clears... but getting a bit desperate now as Stephen sends a second ball in front of 12

17 Jun 2017 5:14PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Black's clearance hits hoop 1...

17 Jun 2017 5:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

bounces to centre of North Boundary

17 Jun 2017 5:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

hoop hole being filled

17 Jun 2017 5:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Stephen lining up yellow

17 Jun 2017 5:16PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

slides through--- body language says he was trying to jaws

17 Jun 2017 5:18PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Blue gets good postion in front of thirteen

17 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 6 - 6 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Red to boundary

17 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

black in front

17 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

yellow misses to boundary

17 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

RIGHT

17 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

2 yarder hoop 13 for Ian

17 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

JAWSES IT

17 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

has mulliner been working on his 7 yard jumps?

17 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

crowd is agreed

17 Jun 2017 5:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

this is a 0 percenter

17 Jun 2017 5:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

woah

17 Jun 2017 5:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Stephen's been working out it seems

17 Jun 2017 5:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

one bounce and it scares the hoop

17 Jun 2017 5:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

pretty good effort, but gets rejected

17 Jun 2017 5:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian rush peels--- simple

17 Jun 2017 5:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 7 - 6 Stephen Mulliner


17 Jun 2017 5:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

All square in Rachel Tobi game-- 3 all

17 Jun 2017 5:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Interlude between games still going on

17 Jun 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

As spoilers - Reg is 6-6 against Mohammed Kamal in the first game of their quarter

17 Jun 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Rachel is 4-3 up and in sound position at 8

17 Jun 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Kamal takes first game 7-6 vs Reg in their quarter with a nice Hoop 13

17 Jun 2017 5:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Right game's back on

17 Jun 2017 5:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 2:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 0 - 0 Stephen Mulliner (R+Y)


17 Jun 2017 5:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Couple of OKay positions in front of 1 by stephen. Dubious black position and a bit short by Ian's blue

17 Jun 2017 5:34PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Stephen puts yellow just outside jaws of 1. Black goes for a jump...

17 Jun 2017 5:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Stephen puts yellow just outside jaws of 1. Black goes for a jump...

17 Jun 2017 5:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

That's not a typo- wrong ball already

17 Jun 2017 5:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Stephen runs ball from jaws down to H2

17 Jun 2017 5:36PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Hmmm-- internet or Croquet scores is a bit slow

17 Jun 2017 5:38PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

pretty routine position at 2 for Ian and Stephen.

17 Jun 2017 5:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Tobi got hoop 9 in his game- Rachel now leads only 5-4. Rachel had a pretty good chance at 9 as well

17 Jun 2017 5:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Meanwhile, Ian has his black in front of 2 with yellow playing to position in front, hiding from blue

17 Jun 2017 5:40PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Blue into tight position and red clears black. Ian having to clear yellow

17 Jun 2017 5:40PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

JP: Ian to miss and stephen to go 2-0 up

17 Jun 2017 5:41PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

couldn't be more wrong

17 Jun 2017 5:41PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

JP: "It's an anti-Burridge"

17 Jun 2017 5:41PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian gets a decent clearance and almost an in off

17 Jun 2017 5:41PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Black in the jaws after red goes to position

17 Jun 2017 5:42PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Stephen's yellow looking like it's clearing black

17 Jun 2017 5:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

nice one-- shifts it 5 yards east of 2

17 Jun 2017 5:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue sneaks in front

17 Jun 2017 5:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

stephen clearing black with red leaving jump to yellow

17 Jun 2017 5:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

not convinced Stephen should be relying on his jumps

17 Jun 2017 5:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

real tussle developing on Rachel's lawn at hoop 10...

17 Jun 2017 5:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian isn't as certain-- clear or position?

17 Jun 2017 5:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

shoots. Not convinced he wanted to hit that, and luckily he didn't

17 Jun 2017 5:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Right. Slow slow upload

17 Jun 2017 5:48PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

missed some comedy gold whilst we were away

17 Jun 2017 5:48PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Stephen shanked the jump, Ian ran, Stephen takes pretty good position at 3 and then does very questionable clearance after 2 on Ian's second ball

17 Jun 2017 5:49PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Still-- Ian missed both clearances and Stephen runs

17 Jun 2017 5:49PM (Tournament); 5 Readers


GAME 2: Ian leads 1 game to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 1 - 2 Stephen Mulliner (R+Y)


17 Jun 2017 5:50PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Pretty quick hoop 4. Ian levels it up

17 Jun 2017 5:50PM (Tournament); 4 Readers


GAME 2: Ian leads 1 game to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 2 - 2 Stephen Mulliner (R+Y)


17 Jun 2017 5:50PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Stephen over approaches 5 with the first ball and has his second ball cleared by Ian's blue. Ian's black is in front of 5, about 5 yards angled

17 Jun 2017 5:51PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Hoop or ball?

17 Jun 2017 5:52PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Tobi mounting a comeback-- 5 all in their game now. Rachel has first approach to 11

17 Jun 2017 5:52PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian is desperate to redefine a Burridge as he goes for yet another near centre ball in off

17 Jun 2017 5:52PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

pretty good effort. Nudges red away from hoop running position and samples the jaws before ending up just in front

17 Jun 2017 5:53PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Blue gets cleared by yellow

17 Jun 2017 5:54PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Very nice clearance by blue on red, centre ball

17 Jun 2017 5:54PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

black plum in front-- Stephen needs to hit this

17 Jun 2017 5:54PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

nope

17 Jun 2017 5:54PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian runs 5 to just past peg

17 Jun 2017 5:55PM (Tournament); 4 Readers


GAME 2: Ian leads 1 game to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 2 Stephen Mulliner (R+Y)


17 Jun 2017 5:55PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Yellow plum in front of 6, blue nicely in front

17 Jun 2017 5:55PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

red slides past 6...

17 Jun 2017 5:55PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Tobi runs 11 from boundary via Rachel's ball to go 6-5 up

17 Jun 2017 5:56PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian's clearance hits the wire, and stephen clears

17 Jun 2017 5:56PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Stephen has a ball dead in front and a second 2 feet to the east of 6

17 Jun 2017 5:56PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian's blue is halfway between peg and 6

17 Jun 2017 5:57PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

really nice clearance by Ian's black on Red, centre ball

17 Jun 2017 5:57PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

wrestled control, and I think Stephen's close approach to 6 has failed to block

17 Jun 2017 5:57PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

erm- blue clears yellow, probably not a bad outcome

17 Jun 2017 5:57PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

red shanks his clearance and black runs a pretty long hoop. Sue claps in rapturous applause

17 Jun 2017 5:58PM (Tournament); 4 Readers


GAME 2: Ian leads 1 game to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 4 - 2 Stephen Mulliner (R+Y)


17 Jun 2017 5:58PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

6 all in Rachel V Tobi

17 Jun 2017 5:58PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Um- Rachel and Tobi's game more interesting

17 Jun 2017 5:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

going to swap

17 Jun 2017 5:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

pretty good position by Tobi in front of 13 on his first approach.

17 Jun 2017 5:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Rachel lining up clearance

17 Jun 2017 5:59PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

just misses. Heads off north boundary couple of yards east of 13

17 Jun 2017 6:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Tobi's second ball over approaches- looks unrunnable

17 Jun 2017 6:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Rachel lining up what could be her last shot

17 Jun 2017 6:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

misses... She was watching it--- maybe it hills

17 Jun 2017 6:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Tobi got an OK hoop to seal it

17 Jun 2017 6:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

was probably right to shift focus. Nothing has happened in SM vs IB since

17 Jun 2017 6:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Tobi lining up shot at hoop ............

17 Jun 2017 6:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

powers it through

17 Jun 2017 6:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Pretty good come back. Rachel was well in control at 5-2 up, and had chances to seal it. Tad lucky at 11 to get the in off by Tobi, but Tobi played pretty solidly to come back

17 Jun 2017 6:02PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Right- SM v IB

17 Jun 2017 6:02PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Huh- Stephen's banking on his jumps again, but again, not a good idea

17 Jun 2017 6:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian runs 7 to within 6 yards of 8

17 Jun 2017 6:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian well in control of this match now

17 Jun 2017 6:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers


GAME 2: Ian leads 1 game to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 5 - 2 Stephen Mulliner (R+Y)


17 Jun 2017 6:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Stephen misses clearance at 8

17 Jun 2017 6:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian clears yellow, and despite a bit of a growl, looks like he's got wired position with his own ball bouncing off toward 9!

17 Jun 2017 6:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

mind you, Stephen's shooting...

17 Jun 2017 6:06PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

half balls it

17 Jun 2017 6:06PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

blue lags back into position. Still gotta be Ian in control

17 Jun 2017 6:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Stephen goes 4 yards in front

17 Jun 2017 6:07PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

black comes into half decent position

17 Jun 2017 6:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow half balls it

17 Jun 2017 6:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

if Ian cracks this clearance, it's his hoop

17 Jun 2017 6:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

hmmmm

17 Jun 2017 6:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

not sure about that at all. Ian plants a ball iin front. Looks like Stephen's blocked but does double clearance instead

17 Jun 2017 6:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

black into poor position, yellow into worse position

17 Jun 2017 6:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

as a reminder--- lawns are very fast

17 Jun 2017 6:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

blue shanks clearance to corner 3

17 Jun 2017 6:09PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

looks like Stephen's all over hoop 8 now

17 Jun 2017 6:09PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

couple of missed clearances from Ian here and he's lost control of 8

17 Jun 2017 6:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Stephen going halfway with red-- pretty cocky given yellow has actually got a tricky hoop

17 Jun 2017 6:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian thinks so too and sticks black in front (was wired)

17 Jun 2017 6:11PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow into jaws

17 Jun 2017 6:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

clumsy

17 Jun 2017 6:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

wow, stephen must be feeling pretty silly now. Ian does wonder clearance from just outside C1. Clears yellow most of the way to H2, and bounces off to C4

17 Jun 2017 6:12PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Now stephen is having to shoot back from halfway to stay in the hoop!

17 Jun 2017 6:13PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

nice shot in fairness. Bit gentle and caught the wrong side of it, but extends black's shot to 5 yards

17 Jun 2017 6:13PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

it's enough and Ian gets rejected after sampling the jaws

17 Jun 2017 6:13PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Black to a couple of feet East of 1

17 Jun 2017 6:13PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow dead in front of 8

17 Jun 2017 6:14PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian clears red up lawn from C4-- pretty impressive shot

17 Jun 2017 6:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

not sure what red could actually do-- might have been aiming at yellow

17 Jun 2017 6:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Red over runs

17 Jun 2017 6:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

controlled clearance with black punts yellow to north boundary

17 Jun 2017 6:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian back in control here

17 Jun 2017 6:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow 4 yards in front. Blue clears red very nicely

17 Jun 2017 6:16PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian has had a second wind here

17 Jun 2017 6:16PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

he was looking pretty hopeless at this hoop a few minutes ago

17 Jun 2017 6:16PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Couple of decent clearances, and Stephen jawses 8.

17 Jun 2017 6:18PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian's ball, despite being behind the hoop, only just snicks it, and nudges it just through the hoop

17 Jun 2017 6:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 2: Ian leads 1 game to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 5 - 3 Stephen Mulliner (R+Y)


17 Jun 2017 6:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Yellow to play, but severely hampered

17 Jun 2017 6:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

ends up 6 yards angled in front--- actually not that bad an outcome given the hamper

17 Jun 2017 6:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Blue to decent postion

17 Jun 2017 6:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

now red has to play a hampered shot

17 Jun 2017 6:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Similar position as yellow. Black to deep. Yellow clears blue

17 Jun 2017 6:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue to position. Red has a pop at the hoop- rejected close to the hoop. Black takes a pop, rejected. Yellow clears blue

17 Jun 2017 6:22PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian in solid control of 9 now

17 Jun 2017 6:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Stephen's got 2 balls in middle of South Boundary, Ian has 2 balls within a couple of feet of 9

17 Jun 2017 6:24PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Stephen does a gentle clearance with the first and misses the hoop with the second

17 Jun 2017 6:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian has two balls dead in front of 9, Stephen has 1 ball 4 yards north of 9 and 1 ball in Corner 3

17 Jun 2017 6:26PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Gotta be backing Ian to go 6-3 up here

17 Jun 2017 6:26PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Black goes halfway, Stephen has a crack at the ball plum in front from C3 and clangs the wire

17 Jun 2017 6:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian runs 9 to a couple of feet west of 10

17 Jun 2017 6:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers


GAME 2: Ian leads 1 game to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 6 - 3 Stephen Mulliner (R+Y)


17 Jun 2017 6:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

J-P: Don't think Stephen's playing his best here.

17 Jun 2017 6:29PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Couple of rotations of clearances, and Stephen hangs in with a 30 yard clearance on Ian

17 Jun 2017 6:30PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

black well in front, yellow behind the hoop

17 Jun 2017 6:30PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

halfball clearance--- not good. Mulliner bounces most of the way to H1, and black toward E penalty spot

17 Jun 2017 6:31PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

blue to position, red misses clearance

17 Jun 2017 6:31PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

this hoop is Ian's to lose

17 Jun 2017 6:31PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

RR- that is correct

17 Jun 2017 6:31PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

After a missed clearance from Stephen, Ian halfheartedly goes for the hoop

17 Jun 2017 6:32PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

it was pretty not good, as it just bangs off the near wire

17 Jun 2017 6:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

another missed clearance, another opportunity for Ian

17 Jun 2017 6:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

there it is- shake of the mallet and a shake of the hands

17 Jun 2017 6:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian wins 7-3 in the second

17 Jun 2017 6:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 2: Ian wins 2 games to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 7 - 3 Stephen Mulliner (R+Y)


17 Jun 2017 6:34PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Right. I'm off to dinner

17 Jun 2017 6:34PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

I'll leave you with news that Reg and Kamal are on hoop 10 game 2, with Reg either 5-4 or 6-3 up

17 Jun 2017 6:35PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Mohammed wins H10

17 Jun 2017 6:35PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Right- bye for now

17 Jun 2017 6:36PM (Tournament); 5 Readers

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