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British GC Championship

Bamford vs Burridge: British Open Semi Final by Will Gee

Hello all- another scorcher here today at Surbiton. Reg and Ian are underway, with Tobi and J-P about to start. I'll be covering Ian and Reg, Rachel will be covering J-P and and Tobi

18 Jun 2017 9:55AM (Tournament); 1 Readers

So- Bamford and Burridge are well underway. Ian won the toss and placed two good balls in at H1. Reg placed red in posi and shot at black with yellow, missing to W boundary

18 Jun 2017 9:59AM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Ian cleared red with blue, Reg misses return roquet and Ian runs 1 down to H2

18 Jun 2017 9:59AM (Tournament); 2 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 1 - 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 10:00AM (Tournament); 2 Readers

At hoop 2 now. Reg was in firm control, to the point that Ian conceded and went halfway. Prematurely it seemed, as Reg clanged the hoop and Ian had to replay back to the hoop. Ian's just had to pull out a clearance at 2 from the south boundary to keep his hopes of running 2 alive

18 Jun 2017 10:01AM (Tournament); 2 Readers

Reg plays yellow back into position, but it immediately get centre ball cleared by blue. Red comes back in, only to get centred by black.

18 Jun 2017 10:02AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Ian's been pulling out lots of controlled clearances in the Knockout, and it's turned this hoop around for him

18 Jun 2017 10:03AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Reg plays close to the hoop with yellow, but it doesn't quite block. Ian takes his chance and runs with the blue to take an early lead

18 Jun 2017 10:03AM (Tournament); 3 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 2 - 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 10:03AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Laptop issues are affecting commentary of Savage - Moberly, but J-P leads 1-0 and is in control of 2

18 Jun 2017 10:04AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Back to Reg and Ian- a good Red at H3 by Reg lasts only one shot as Ian clears. Red off the East boundary, black a couple yards west of corner 3.

18 Jun 2017 10:05AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Yellow tries to come tight to the hoop, but looks like it's over run. Probably technically runnable, but not really where you want to be hooping from

18 Jun 2017 10:05AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Blue is very short, and Ian isn't too pleased about it

18 Jun 2017 10:05AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Red heads very near to Blue, and it looks like Ian is lining up a clearance on yellow.... Not sure about that shot

18 Jun 2017 10:06AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Could have been a hoop shot or even a double, as it clangs the outside wire of 3

18 Jun 2017 10:07AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

yellow plays dead in front of 3, and this looks like a big in off

18 Jun 2017 10:07AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

umm.... Ian might have been greedy or might have shanked that. Doesn't make contact with yellow at all with blue's shot and cracks into the wire. Red immediately clears black to west boundary just north of H1, with red bouncing to H5!

18 Jun 2017 10:08AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Cracking return clearance though- early pressure shot clears yellow from plum in front to C3 with black

18 Jun 2017 10:09AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

after yellow goes very tight to H3, blue goes in between yellow and the hoop. Looks pretty, but I bet Ian's not fancying this clearance with the black, as it'll probably plough straight into the blue

18 Jun 2017 10:10AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

ha- Reg blocks with Red to make double sure. Ian goes for clearance anyway, and halfballs the Red to C4 and Black goes to west penalty point

18 Jun 2017 10:10AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

looks like a dolly clearance for Reg

18 Jun 2017 10:11AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Yep- does a nice little shot, sending blue a couple of yards past the hoop, leaving it wired from yellow.

18 Jun 2017 10:11AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Blue plays back in front, and Ian is now banking on doing his second 25 yard clearance of the hoop

18 Jun 2017 10:11AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Red plays back to position, but I'm not convinced Reg tried that hard with that position shot. It's quite angled

18 Jun 2017 10:12AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Huh- black gambles and plays deep position at H3

18 Jun 2017 10:12AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

yellow's shot seems angled enough that Reg isn't just pinging this through

18 Jun 2017 10:13AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

but, Reg is still lining up the shot

18 Jun 2017 10:13AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

alot of umming and erring

18 Jun 2017 10:14AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

well past the minute mark now

18 Jun 2017 10:14AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

caution gets the better of Reg. He declines a possible yellow to clear a definite blue to the West boundary. Yellow pings off the north boundary in front of H3

18 Jun 2017 10:15AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Red really doesn't look good, and I'm guessing Ian is just playing into position

18 Jun 2017 10:15AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Blue to the North Boundary

18 Jun 2017 10:16AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Red must be looking to Jaws this, which would be hoop over given the depth of blue and black

18 Jun 2017 10:16AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

yep, Jaws. Nice shot.

18 Jun 2017 10:16AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Not sure whether Ian had many options with Blue. Maybe dead in front would have been a bit better, but even then, Ian would be struggling at this hoop

18 Jun 2017 10:17AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Good effort on the jump by black, but not enough height as it peels red through by a yard or two. Yellow takes deep position at 4- maybe 4-5 yards

18 Jun 2017 10:17AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Not convinced Reg is firing on all cylinders at the moment, and his touch play especially is letting him down a bit

18 Jun 2017 10:18AM (Tournament); 3 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 2 - 1 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 10:18AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Tobi levels his game up 1-1

18 Jun 2017 10:18AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

a bit of a vocalisation as Ian almost rushes Reg's ball closer to the hoop, but just misses it to end up in OKay position

18 Jun 2017 10:18AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

red then plays a bit closer to H4, but still a few yards back. Good clearance by Ian takes yellow out to C4

18 Jun 2017 10:19AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

black richochets to centre of S boundary

18 Jun 2017 10:19AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Reg taking on the ten yarder to stop the hoop shot, but I reckon Ian will clear

18 Jun 2017 10:20AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Reg misses off the North Boundary

18 Jun 2017 10:20AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian's looking at the clearance...

18 Jun 2017 10:20AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

hoop or ball, hoop or ball

18 Jun 2017 10:20AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

hoop

18 Jun 2017 10:21AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

brave

18 Jun 2017 10:21AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

but

18 Jun 2017 10:21AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

reapproaches the ball-- looking a bit nervy

18 Jun 2017 10:21AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

clangs the wire, and gets rejected 90 degrees to an off side position...

18 Jun 2017 10:22AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

red runs to south boundary

18 Jun 2017 10:22AM (Tournament); 5 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 2 - 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 10:22AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow left offside, blue recalled to penalty point

18 Jun 2017 10:23AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

black plays to nice wired position from yellow, and yellow plays up to 5

18 Jun 2017 10:23AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

hmmmm--- spot of luck there as yellow looks like it was going to glue itself to the wire until about 2 yards away

18 Jun 2017 10:24AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

ends up dead in front

18 Jun 2017 10:24AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Good clearance by red centres black to west of H2

18 Jun 2017 10:24AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Nice return clearance by black nicks yellow back to h4. Another two feet and he would have fluked the wire on yellow, but Ian has the upper hand now

18 Jun 2017 10:25AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

bigger upper hand as Reg misses clearance

18 Jun 2017 10:25AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ian runs with blue halfway to Peg

18 Jun 2017 10:26AM (Tournament); 5 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 10:26AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Red plays to position in front of 6. Looks like blue has a big double of hoop and ball...

18 Jun 2017 10:26AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Tobi is 2-1 up

18 Jun 2017 10:26AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

erm.... bit of a rash shot there. Think Ian was going for hoop and ball with black, and ends up shanking it and colliding with blue...

18 Jun 2017 10:27AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

scatters to Hoops 2 and 3 and Reg simply plays in.

18 Jun 2017 10:27AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Ian does another good clearance, but Reg plays back in.

18 Jun 2017 10:28AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Don't think Ian's going to get a hoop shot here

18 Jun 2017 10:28AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

black shooting at red from H3, risking a pop at the hoop by yellow.

18 Jun 2017 10:28AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

clears. Reg lining up hoop.....

18 Jun 2017 10:28AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

clangs it!

18 Jun 2017 10:28AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Jaws would have been more than sufficient there

18 Jun 2017 10:29AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

so, Red is 10 yards south of hoop 2, black is 4 yards NW of 5, and blue is at the East penalty spot

18 Jun 2017 10:30AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

erm...

18 Jun 2017 10:30AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

blue plays to cannon fodder position near Red.

18 Jun 2017 10:30AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

body language looks like it was intentional, but not seeing the reasoning. Red clatters blue back to the penalty spot and keeps enough roll to get near to H6,, but probably not running position

18 Jun 2017 10:31AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

OKay- I suppose quite clever. Ian takes the hoop shot with the black whilst he's got one. Good effort from the distance, but gets rejected.

18 Jun 2017 10:31AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Reg in firm command of this hoop now as he scatters Ian off the north boundary heading off to H7. Reg's other ball is in front, and looks like Ian is wired.

18 Jun 2017 10:32AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian plays back in. Slightly angled yellow for reg to go 3-3

18 Jun 2017 10:32AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Yep- manages it no problem, and Reg levels it off. Reg's red is on the boundary legal a bit angled in front of 7. Will he take a hack at the hoop?

18 Jun 2017 10:33AM (Tournament); 7 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 3 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 10:33AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Tobi is 3-1 up and shooting straight

18 Jun 2017 10:33AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian pings blue off the N boundary in front of H7. 7 yard shoot out with Reg? not my tactic of choice

18 Jun 2017 10:34AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Reg plays the shot very quickly, but gets rejected almost to the west penalty spot.

18 Jun 2017 10:34AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

hmmmm- bit of a careless overapproach there by black. Ends up deep and angled

18 Jun 2017 10:35AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Yellow plays tight position. might just about have blocked blue from the boundary shot, but not convinced he wants to be shooting at this anyway.

18 Jun 2017 10:36AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

bit of a containing safety as Ian nudges yellow past the hoop with blue

18 Jun 2017 10:36AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

that should have gone into position really

18 Jun 2017 10:36AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Nice shot by Reg. Plays tight with red blocking black's already difficult hoop

18 Jun 2017 10:36AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

blue scattered a bit far to make sure of the clearance on red

18 Jun 2017 10:37AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

a jump from black ?!

18 Jun 2017 10:37AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

OKay- fortune favours the brave it seems. A hoop that was difficult enough along the ground is jumped through to the boundary! Good hoop, but didn't have to be that difficult for him

18 Jun 2017 10:38AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

pretty loud celebration, but fair enough. That was a big point

18 Jun 2017 10:38AM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 4 - 3 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 10:38AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Tobi 4-1 up after an unfortunate peel by J-P

18 Jun 2017 10:38AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

looks like Reg has lagged yellow into wired position from black

18 Jun 2017 10:39AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

speculative hoop shot by Blue is pretty good but gets rejected

18 Jun 2017 10:39AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Tobi runs 6 from where J-P peeled him to. 5-1

18 Jun 2017 10:39AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Checkmate for Ian at H8 as Reg tunes up his wiring and black is forced to just play in front of the hoop and let yellow have a shot

18 Jun 2017 10:40AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

J-P in meltdown as his semi wired approach to H7 clangs into hoop 5...

18 Jun 2017 10:40AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

the bounce back is cruel and he is wired from anything near 7

18 Jun 2017 10:41AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Good position in front of 9 by Ian's blue forces shot from Reg. Misses to C4

18 Jun 2017 10:41AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Black overplays position ending up in unrunnable position

18 Jun 2017 10:41AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow snicks clearance on Blue taking it out of running position

18 Jun 2017 10:41AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

J-P recovers hoop 7 with a nice run from the boundary... But his ball ends up just through, so he's looking in trouble at 8 already

18 Jun 2017 10:42AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Tobi leads 5-2 there

18 Jun 2017 10:43AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

brief intermission in bamford burrideg

18 Jun 2017 10:43AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

right, we're back on

18 Jun 2017 10:45AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian has two balls in front of 9 after replaying to position after a clearance by Reg

18 Jun 2017 10:46AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Reg looking in a spot of bother here

18 Jun 2017 10:46AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Yellow does a nice 7 yarder clearance, and blue returns a little angled from the hoop

18 Jun 2017 10:46AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Big clearance here from west boundary, from where Reg had scattered after a previous clearance...

18 Jun 2017 10:47AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

misses to C4

18 Jun 2017 10:47AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

black plum in front to go 5-4 up, with good posi at 10

18 Jun 2017 10:47AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Yep- he runs

18 Jun 2017 10:47AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

quite long in fact as it ends up about 5 yards NW of 10

18 Jun 2017 10:48AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

yellow ends up angled from 10, 2 yards SW of 10

18 Jun 2017 10:48AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Blue 2.5 yards dead in front of 10

18 Jun 2017 10:48AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

hmmm... bit deep there from Red, and maybe more angled than he'd like.

18 Jun 2017 10:49AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian takes on the clearance on yellow with Black. Probably not needed per se, but executed very well. Centres it to boundary east of 4

18 Jun 2017 10:50AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Reg has a 20 yarder to stay in the hoop....

18 Jun 2017 10:50AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

6-2 to Tobi

18 Jun 2017 10:50AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Reg's shot clangs the wire and Ian is lining up the hoop

18 Jun 2017 10:51AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

.......oh dear, that shot might come back to haunt him

18 Jun 2017 10:51AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian gets rejected after a half hearted effort

18 Jun 2017 10:51AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Reg doesn't make the same mistake and pings Red through to the boundary

18 Jun 2017 10:51AM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 5 - 5 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 10:51AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Decent position by black and yellow at 11

18 Jun 2017 10:52AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Blue plays very tight to the hoop, declining clearance on yellow

18 Jun 2017 10:53AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

looks like blue might have just sneaked a block on yellow-- if so very good shot

18 Jun 2017 10:53AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

convincing clearance by Reg, as Red takes black out to the west penalty point. Reg goes to centre of the south boundary though... If Ian makes return clearance, Ian will be well up

18 Jun 2017 10:54AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

hmmm....

18 Jun 2017 10:54AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian misses to C3.

18 Jun 2017 10:54AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Looks like Reg is lining up ball

18 Jun 2017 10:54AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

pretty careless clearance, as yellow heads 3 yards SE of 11

18 Jun 2017 10:54AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian over hits his approach and fails to get wired position

18 Jun 2017 10:55AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Red ends up deep too

18 Jun 2017 10:55AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

oh dear Ian- black overapproaches to unrunnable position pretty much due west of 11

18 Jun 2017 10:56AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

looks like yellow's just lagging in front

18 Jun 2017 10:56AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

J-P claims two more hoops to pull it back to JP 4-6 Tobi

18 Jun 2017 10:56AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Red is cleared very nicely by Blue, which holds position in front of 11

18 Jun 2017 10:57AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

those clearances have got Ian out of alot of trouble this tournament

18 Jun 2017 10:57AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Reg removes blue from position with Red- wasn't sure if he was shooting at black, as black has a simple clearance on yellow here

18 Jun 2017 10:58AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

yep- black does centre ball clearance but it was very difficult to hold hoop running position. Yellow back to dead in front

18 Jun 2017 10:59AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Tobi takes first game 7-4 against JP

18 Jun 2017 10:59AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Um... Ian runs 11 with blue from just shy of the boundary

18 Jun 2017 10:59AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

I suspect it was a semi-double, but pretty brave to take the hoop on directly rather than the ball

18 Jun 2017 11:00AM (Tournament); 8 Readers


GAME 1:
Ian Burridge (B+B) 6 - 5 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 11:00AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Red to peg high position, staying well away from blue, which ran most of the way to H4

18 Jun 2017 11:00AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

black plum in front

18 Jun 2017 11:00AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

yellow, blocked by H6, goes well wide of 12

18 Jun 2017 11:01AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Blue takes Red out toward C2, ending up on the boundary in front of 13

18 Jun 2017 11:01AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

The return clearance looked good, but took a bounce near black. Think it was probably missing anyway. Reg's body language was uncharacteristic after that shot after his head sinks and he shakes his head

18 Jun 2017 11:02AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Ian with a dolly hoop to finish

18 Jun 2017 11:03AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

yep- takes it 7-5. Well played Ian

18 Jun 2017 11:03AM (Tournament); 8 Readers


GAME 1: IAN WINS GAME 1
Ian Burridge (B+B) 7 - 5 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 11:03AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Intermission between games

18 Jun 2017 11:05AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Right, we're back on

18 Jun 2017 11:08AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Good position with Reg's Red ball in front of hoop 1 is immediately cleared by Ian's black

18 Jun 2017 11:08AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Reg's second ball is well short, and I don't think that will be running

18 Jun 2017 11:08AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Blue to play, and Ian is working out where to go

18 Jun 2017 11:09AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

....OKay... Powers it off the boundary in front of H1 from C4

18 Jun 2017 11:10AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

not a shot you often see. He does it well, but a slight difference in angle can work out as a monstrously angled hoop

18 Jun 2017 11:10AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Reg takes position with red, Ian takes posi with black, yellow clears black

18 Jun 2017 11:12AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Ian takes speculative 7 yarder hoop with blue....

18 Jun 2017 11:12AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

misses

18 Jun 2017 11:12AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Reg runs red off the boundary

18 Jun 2017 11:12AM (Tournament); 7 Readers


GAME 2: Ian leads 1 game to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 0 - 1 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 11:12AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

black to non-wired posi

18 Jun 2017 11:13AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

yellow to good posi

18 Jun 2017 11:13AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue takes speculative clearance at yellow

18 Jun 2017 11:13AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

misses to north boundary

18 Jun 2017 11:13AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Reg only just snicks his clearance on black with red... stops the hoop shot but black's clearance on yellow is simple enough

18 Jun 2017 11:14AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

nice centre ball clearance, but doesn't quite hold posi

18 Jun 2017 11:14AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

yellow clears but disappears most of the way up the lawn

18 Jun 2017 11:15AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue plays in front, but hills off the blocking line on yellow

18 Jun 2017 11:15AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

red 2.5 yards in front

18 Jun 2017 11:15AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

black nicely in front, but not blocking anything

18 Jun 2017 11:15AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

very nice centre ball clearance by reg. looking like it's very near the wire spot...

18 Jun 2017 11:16AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

......?

18 Jun 2017 11:16AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

blue playing halfway

18 Jun 2017 11:16AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Ian made this exact same decision at the same hoop last game

18 Jun 2017 11:17AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

...Red clangs the hoop!

18 Jun 2017 11:17AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Ian lining up black's hoop......

18 Jun 2017 11:17AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

... oh dear.

18 Jun 2017 11:18AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

black clangs it. Ian needs to have a go at these with more authority as he just didn't commit to that at all

18 Jun 2017 11:18AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

yellow plays in front, and now blue is returning from halfway

18 Jun 2017 11:18AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

very nice block on red's hoop

18 Jun 2017 11:18AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

blue cleared by red.

18 Jun 2017 11:19AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Reg doesn't seem to value holding position with the striker's ball as much as other top players, as his ball scatters to C2

18 Jun 2017 11:19AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

black clears yellow with a centre ball clearance only to be cleared in turn by yellow

18 Jun 2017 11:20AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

blue lags in front

18 Jun 2017 11:20AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

red over approaches from C2 to pretty angled position. Don't think he'll be running that

18 Jun 2017 11:20AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

IAn lining up clearance with black on yellow

18 Jun 2017 11:21AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

nails it toward H3, and black even samples the jaws of H2 before being rejected 3 yards East of H2

18 Jun 2017 11:21AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Reg misses the return clearance, and Ian has his second decent chance at this hoop

18 Jun 2017 11:21AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

yep, no mistake this time. Runs just shy of boundary

18 Jun 2017 11:22AM (Tournament); 11 Readers


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


18 Jun 2017 11:22AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Very tight approach by Reg, and I think Red is in no-man's land. One more roll and it would have been incredible, one less and it'd be hopeless

18 Jun 2017 11:23AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

In the end, I think it's jawsable, but tricky to run

18 Jun 2017 11:23AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Black goes very deep. Not sure about that one at all, as Reg must be looking to put this into the jaws

18 Jun 2017 11:23AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Blue is not good at all and ends up well past the hoop

18 Jun 2017 11:23AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yep- Reg into the jaws

18 Jun 2017 11:24AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Ian has whipped out one bouncing 7 yarder hoop this campaign, now would be a good time for his second

18 Jun 2017 11:24AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

woah, they don't come any closer than that. One bounce a few feet infront of 3, and black lands on top of red. It sticks there, spinning on top of red for maybe half a second before getting somehow rejected

18 Jun 2017 11:25AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Reg rush peels, but off the south boundary... Ian's approach with blue to H4 is well short, but runnable

18 Jun 2017 11:26AM (Tournament); 12 Readers


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


18 Jun 2017 11:26AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red underapproaches from the south boundary, ending up with a very angled hoop. Doubt it's jawsable, but it's near enough the hoop to cause headaches

18 Jun 2017 11:27AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Black's in better position than blue, but still not a gimme hoop shot

18 Jun 2017 11:27AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Yellow to very tight position. Blue has a crack at the hoop. Looks good, but gets rejected. I wonder if Ian should be hitting these hoop shots more firmly

18 Jun 2017 11:28AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

red clears black up to hoop 6. would have gone further, but black collides with H6

18 Jun 2017 11:29AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

bit of a gap between yellow and hoop here, but at this distance it's a bit of a double

18 Jun 2017 11:29AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

misses yellow

18 Jun 2017 11:29AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Reg has a simple hoop to go 3-1 up

18 Jun 2017 11:30AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

....

18 Jun 2017 11:30AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yellow gets rejected to a few feet in front of 5.

18 Jun 2017 11:30AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

blue to tight in front

18 Jun 2017 11:30AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

woah, red runs clean as a whistle. Remarkable given the distance red was away from the hoop and that Reg had just clanged a simple hoop. Either way, Reg leads 3-1

18 Jun 2017 11:31AM (Tournament); 11 Readers


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


18 Jun 2017 11:31AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

All square in Tobi and J-Ps second as Tobi runs hoop 4 to take it 2-2

18 Jun 2017 11:32AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Overapproach by Ian to 5 leaves angled position. Yellow to deep position, blue to decent position

18 Jun 2017 11:33AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

red clears blue to east penalty spot holding position. nice shot

18 Jun 2017 11:33AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

very angled hoop attempt by black here...

18 Jun 2017 11:34AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

jumps it through by a yard. Nice shot

18 Jun 2017 11:34AM (Tournament); 9 Readers


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


18 Jun 2017 11:34AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Decent approach by yellow to 1 yard or so, matched by that of blue.

18 Jun 2017 11:34AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Red overapproaches and is left without a hoop shot

18 Jun 2017 11:34AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Nice clearance by black on yellow takes yellow to N boundary. Don't think it's wired. Black scatters to in front of 7, so pressure's on this next clearance....

18 Jun 2017 11:35AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Excellent, understated clearance. Reg cooly clears Ian South of H1, whilst retaining position near the Peg

18 Jun 2017 11:35AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Ian takes a hack at the hoop from hoop1 ?

18 Jun 2017 11:36AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Not convinced by that, but it wasn't obvious where to position otherwise

18 Jun 2017 11:36AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

still, as Ian misses to North boundary his chances for this hoop look close to zero

18 Jun 2017 11:37AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Reg nestles red dead in front and IAn is forced to clear from north of 7

18 Jun 2017 11:37AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

manages it, but cuts red toward yellow, which then rushes red back to hoop running position

18 Jun 2017 11:37AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

a controlled clearance here, albeit a big ask, would hand the advantage to Ian.

18 Jun 2017 11:38AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

hmmmm, Ian elects to do the lag to position. Don't think that's a good call

18 Jun 2017 11:38AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

nope. Reg ignores Ian's ball and runs 6. In fairness, Reg has clanged a few of those hoops this game, but not this time

18 Jun 2017 11:38AM (Tournament); 11 Readers


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


18 Jun 2017 11:39AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Desperate times as Ian heads straight off the boundary in front of 7...

18 Jun 2017 11:40AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Reg dumps yellow close in front of 7, albeit quite angled

18 Jun 2017 11:40AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

blue plum in front. Not sure why Ian didn't put his first ball there

18 Jun 2017 11:40AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Reg clearing blue...

18 Jun 2017 11:40AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Is Ian really banking on his 7 yard hoops?

18 Jun 2017 11:41AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

clangs it, and I think Reg can just jaws this

18 Jun 2017 11:42AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yep, straight into the jaws and Ian misses the return clearance with blue

18 Jun 2017 11:42AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

centre ball clearance by red on black, and things are really beginning to look bad for Ian here. At 3-3 all, concede this hoop, but at 4-2 don't think you have that luxury

18 Jun 2017 11:43AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

misses to north boundary and Reg runs to 2 yards north of 8...

18 Jun 2017 11:44AM (Tournament); 11 Readers


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


18 Jun 2017 11:44AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Ian is fishing for anything as he takes a 25 yard shot at hoop 8

18 Jun 2017 11:44AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Red to nice position, but leaves a double for Ian. Ian hits the hoopside of the red, clearing to south boundary, black bouncing to south boundary also

18 Jun 2017 11:45AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yellow has a hoop shot for 6-2

18 Jun 2017 11:45AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

...these hoops have stood up to some real severe punishment this week and you still can't bully them through

18 Jun 2017 11:46AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Reg gets rejected

18 Jun 2017 11:46AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

two awful approaches follow, as Ian sticks blue onto yellow and Reg hits the back of the hoop.

18 Jun 2017 11:46AM (Tournament); 13 Readers

clever little shot from Ian as he centre balls blue with black. Blue immediately strikes yellow and stops dead. Yellow scatters to East penalty point

18 Jun 2017 11:47AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Reg takes a pop from the East penalty point at the hoop, but flicks off to C4

18 Jun 2017 11:48AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Ian fails to run 8 with blue, but it was not an easy hoop shot at all

18 Jun 2017 11:48AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

a few clearances later and Ian's got 2 balls in front of 8 and yellow is north of 6. Reg is shooting with Red from near the East penalty spot

18 Jun 2017 11:50AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

It's a hoop shot! And what a shot. Spins in the hoop for a moment before heading through, all but sealing this game for Reg

18 Jun 2017 11:50AM (Tournament); 12 Readers


GAME 2: Ian leads 1 game to nil
Ian Burridge (B+B) 2 - 6 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 11:51AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Good position by black by Ian, but doesn't last long as Reg clears from Hoop 6

18 Jun 2017 11:51AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

J-P leads TOBI 4-3

18 Jun 2017 11:51AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

second approach by Ian is a yard or two short and ends up due east of H9

18 Jun 2017 11:52AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Very nice position by Reg plonks Red slap bang in front of 9

18 Jun 2017 11:52AM (Tournament); 13 Readers

good clearance by Ian from the boundary, but black catches blue afterward, scattering Blue to H5 and black north of H9

18 Jun 2017 11:53AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

yellow lags into tight position wired from black

18 Jun 2017 11:53AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

no worry--- Ian centres yellow with blue. Think blue is getting cleared by yellow soon though

18 Jun 2017 11:53AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red fails to get wired from black and is immediately cleared by black to the south boundary.

18 Jun 2017 11:54AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Ian is hanging in there, and his body language is positive for a man 6-2 down

18 Jun 2017 11:54AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

mistake by Reg, as he half balls his clearance on blue. yellow scatters to Corner 2, and blue plays back in....

18 Jun 2017 11:55AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red has to take this 7 yarder hoop

18 Jun 2017 11:55AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

well, how that didn't go through we'll never know. Centre of the hoop, seemingly with roll, but doesn't quite get dragged through. Remains in the jaws however

18 Jun 2017 11:56AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Ian plays black halfway to H10

18 Jun 2017 11:56AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Reg centre balls clearance from C2 to H9 to give Ian an angled 7 yarder jump shot

18 Jun 2017 11:56AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Third game can't be far away

18 Jun 2017 11:57AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Really cracking clearance from Reg has won him the hoop after Ian's attempt goes wide. Trajectory looked hopeful, but missed by a foot or so

18 Jun 2017 11:57AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

7-2. Probably a bit of an unfair scoreline, but Reg was always in control

18 Jun 2017 11:58AM (Tournament); 12 Readers


GAME 2: Reg wins Game 2 to level the match
Ian Burridge (B+B) 2 - 7 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 12:00PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 0 - 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 12:01PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Ian starts the game off with an OK position with Blue

18 Jun 2017 12:01PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

the next three balls all take position and blue declines hoop shot in favour of a centre ball stop shot on Red

18 Jun 2017 12:02PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

blue stops nicely in front of 1, red plays back in from H6

18 Jun 2017 12:02PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Red in very nice position, but might just about have blocked yellow. I reckon Ian still has to clear yellow, because blue is cannon fodder

18 Jun 2017 12:03PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

taking a while to make this decision, especially since it seems black's hoop is blocked by blue...

18 Jun 2017 12:03PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

hoop shot!

18 Jun 2017 12:03PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

doesn't get the lift, unless it was a rush peel effort, and crashes into partner ball.

18 Jun 2017 12:04PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Black scatters most of the way to H2 and blue scatters out East

18 Jun 2017 12:04PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yellow lags to position wired from black and this hoop is looking over

18 Jun 2017 12:05PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

double clearance needed

18 Jun 2017 12:05PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

very nicely done, but blue scatters to H4 so Ian has still got a lot of work to do to even get back into this hoop

18 Jun 2017 12:05PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

bit of a let off from Reg as he attempts a hoop from 6 yards, only to get rejected. Reg is very fortunate to get rejected back in front of the hoop, but I'm quite surprised red didn't lag to position wired from black.

18 Jun 2017 12:06PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

black takes a pop at red but misses to south boundary

18 Jun 2017 12:06PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

yellow to tight position blocking black's hoop but not blue's clearance

18 Jun 2017 12:07PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Ian just nicks the clearance, and shifts red 7 yards north if H1. Red comes back in, but doesn't block black's clearance on yellow

18 Jun 2017 12:07PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

looks like J-P LEADS TOBI 5-3

18 Jun 2017 12:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

another 7 yard jump from IAn?

18 Jun 2017 12:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

not a convincing effort as trajectory and direction are both a bit off

18 Jun 2017 12:09PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Reg runs yellow 2-3 yards north of H2

18 Jun 2017 12:09PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 0 - 1 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 12:09PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Good position by blue, but it's immediately cleared by red

18 Jun 2017 12:11PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Croquet scores getting a bit slow-- will try to battle through

18 Jun 2017 12:11PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Black takes posi from penalty point and Reg chooses to clear rather than run hoop

18 Jun 2017 12:11PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

good centre ball clearance by blue wrestles control of the hoop for Ian, especially after Reg underapproaches from the Northboundary to leave it 1 foot NE of H2

18 Jun 2017 12:12PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Black just about finds the wire spot, but yellow crunches through the hoop from distance to go 2-0 up

18 Jun 2017 12:13PM (Tournament); 9 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 0 - 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 12:13PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Reg getting into his stride now as Ian's ball in front of 3 is immediately cleared by Red

18 Jun 2017 12:13PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Ian heads to the boundary in front of 3 again (?!) allowing yellow to sneak 2 yards in front

18 Jun 2017 12:14PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Despite a nervous moment for Ian, Ian centres yellow with blue. Red comes in front of the hoop

18 Jun 2017 12:15PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Looks like J-P leads TOBI 6-4

18 Jun 2017 12:15PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

black plays in front, yellow plays very tight in front

18 Jun 2017 12:15PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

A twitch from Ian has probably cost him the hoop as he misses a 1 yarder on red

18 Jun 2017 12:16PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red doesn't even look at black and instead runs a few yards east of H4

18 Jun 2017 12:16PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 0 - 3 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 12:16PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Black to Okay position, but yellow to inch perfect position bang in front of H4

18 Jun 2017 12:17PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Red could struggle to clear black far, and will probably leave an in off

18 Jun 2017 12:17PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Blue to similar depth as black

18 Jun 2017 12:17PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Centre ball clearance on Red and Red follows black off the west boundary

18 Jun 2017 12:18PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

desperate times for Ian...

18 Jun 2017 12:18PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

good clearance at a good time

18 Jun 2017 12:18PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

centres yellow

18 Jun 2017 12:18PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

no in off but he'll be happy

18 Jun 2017 12:18PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

yellow cuts blue most of the way to H3. Blue returns tightly to the hoop.

18 Jun 2017 12:19PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Red playing in....

18 Jun 2017 12:19PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Overruns! Went a bit too tight and strayed about a foot past straight and ends up unrunnable

18 Jun 2017 12:20PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

black tries to put a block in--- not sure it's worked

18 Jun 2017 12:20PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Nope- Reg clears blue with yellow, scattering yellow toward H1

18 Jun 2017 12:20PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Extraordinarily tight position from Ian, must have been a hill there, else he's getting a bit too risky with his positions. Think he's left an in off

18 Jun 2017 12:21PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Reg clears, and Reg's red ball is in the Jaws of 4

18 Jun 2017 12:21PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Jumping.....

18 Jun 2017 12:21PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

it's not his best. Hits the cross wire and ends up just west of red. Pretty unfortunate, and has probably scuppered any clearance blue might have had

18 Jun 2017 12:22PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Yellow goes a couple of yards west of H4

18 Jun 2017 12:22PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Not sure what that was trying to achieve- perhaps a block on Blue's shot.

18 Jun 2017 12:22PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Must be a bit hampered, as blue plays to position. Would be amazed if Blue gets to take a shot at Hoop 4, but we'll see

18 Jun 2017 12:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Reg calling a ref- must be a bit hampered

18 Jun 2017 12:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

well--- must have been severely hampered

18 Jun 2017 12:24PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

clean shot, but red still in the jaws

18 Jun 2017 12:25PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

black was shifted about 6 inches and now can get a mallet to hit it toward yellow I think

18 Jun 2017 12:25PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

it's in a hoop hole....

18 Jun 2017 12:26PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Third game between J-P and Tobi not started yet. J-P took the second 7-4 from what I understand

18 Jun 2017 12:27PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

OKay- must be sat in the wrong position here. Black clears red toward H1 and this hoop is back on

18 Jun 2017 12:27PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

centre ball clearance from yellow on blue cracks blue off toward east penalty point

18 Jun 2017 12:28PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

blue sails past H4... Can't imagine Ian meant to do that, and I think that was just a factor of losing his rhythm with the refs being called

18 Jun 2017 12:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

silver lining is he's in "clearing position", which I've come to understand nine times out of ten is a euphemism for "not hoop running position"

18 Jun 2017 12:29PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

black clears yellow up lawn and yellow returns. Blue clears red to H1

18 Jun 2017 12:30PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

good position for red, and I think he's blocked black's hoop

18 Jun 2017 12:30PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Reg is firmly in control of this game still, but has lost so much momentum at this hoop

18 Jun 2017 12:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

one hoop ago you'd be predicting a near whitewash, now it looks like they might just trade hoops

18 Jun 2017 12:31PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Ian must have had more at the hoop than it seemed, and takes a gentle go at the hoop. It sticks to one side of the hoop....

18 Jun 2017 12:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Jumping with yellow....

18 Jun 2017 12:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

fails it, but again, the rejection is kind and lands dead in front

18 Jun 2017 12:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

good cut clearance by Ian send's Red to Corner 4, half wiring black from Red. Perhaps Black can just about sneak through this hoop....

18 Jun 2017 12:33PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

we'll never know. Reg hits what he could see of black, and although Red careers straight into yellow, Reg will be pleased with that

18 Jun 2017 12:34PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Black to good position. Looks like Yellow's approach from C2 is too wired to run hoop 4...

18 Jun 2017 12:34PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

too angled sorry

18 Jun 2017 12:34PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Ian gets a little greedy. I think he was trying for a flick off to H5, as blue clears a fairly harmless looking yellow

18 Jun 2017 12:35PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

blue crashes into black, which was nicely in front of the hoop

18 Jun 2017 12:36PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

red comes into position and now it's Ian having to do clearances to stay in the hoop

18 Jun 2017 12:36PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

yep- black clears red. Yellow does a bit of an odd clearance on blue, taking blue out to the east boundary. Yellow ends up in front of 5, but there's no chance of 4 being run before its next shot

18 Jun 2017 12:37PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

blue into position, but it looks a bit angled to be confident on the hoop

18 Jun 2017 12:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

red into position

18 Jun 2017 12:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

cleared centre ball by black. Don't know whether Ian is gearing up for the hoop or just not taking any chances. Reg places yellow in position, so I'm guessing he doesn't fancy Ian's hoop shot either

18 Jun 2017 12:38PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

another clearance by blue...

18 Jun 2017 12:38PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

position by red....

18 Jun 2017 12:38PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

25 minutes and counting on this one hoop 4. Even if Ian doesn't win the hoop, it could be massive in making him believe the game is still winnable

18 Jun 2017 12:39PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

clearance, position, clearance....

18 Jun 2017 12:39PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Although, Ian's centre ball clearances are slowly getting him better position in front of the hoop. It's pretty attritional play at the moment

18 Jun 2017 12:40PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Seems like Reg is getting a bit fed up with this hoop, and takes a speculative hoop shot from peg high. Good effort, but doesn't quite go through

18 Jun 2017 12:41PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Well-- after 25 minutes of pure attrition, Ian throws caution to the wind and takes on a fairly tricky looking hoop. Nails it to win his first hoop of the game. He'd settle for another 6 of those, even if the crowd wouldn't

18 Jun 2017 12:42PM (Tournament); 14 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 1 - 3 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 12:42PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

red to position, black to position, yellow to very tight position.

18 Jun 2017 12:43PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

looks like blue's shot is blocked, but yellow and red are close enough that you'd be expecting the double clearance

18 Jun 2017 12:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

might have just about been open as blue half balls red off east boundary near H1. Blue ends up in C2

18 Jun 2017 12:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

good clearance by Reg with red on black, but is unfairly punished with a centre ball rebound onto his partner ball, shifting yellow and red away from hoop running position

18 Jun 2017 12:44PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

that said, yellow can promote red in front pretty easily here and blue will have a difficult shot from C2

18 Jun 2017 12:45PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Yep called it, and so did Ian. Ian tries a gentle takeout to disrupt the promotion but misses to north of H1

18 Jun 2017 12:45PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Reg plays a decent promotion, but a good clearance from C2 at a pressure time saves Ian's hopes in this hoop

18 Jun 2017 12:46PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Red back to position, black to position, wired from yellwo

18 Jun 2017 12:46PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

looks like a pretty standard position after three shots at H5, with three balls in posi at 5, and one ball south of Hoop 4

18 Jun 2017 12:47PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Yellow was blocking red, and Ian has a good effort at the double takeout with blue, but yellow narrowly misses red

18 Jun 2017 12:47PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Red runs most of the way to 6

18 Jun 2017 12:48PM (Tournament); 15 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 1 - 4 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 12:48PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

black to position, yellow to position

18 Jun 2017 12:48PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

at the start of the week, barely anyone could cope with the pace of the lawn. Now the same players are taking position pretty well on even faster lawns

18 Jun 2017 12:49PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

blue centres Reg's red. Ian can be pretty pleased with his takeouts this match

18 Jun 2017 12:49PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

A rare miss from Reg gives Ian an opportunity at 6 as red misses to the east boundary

18 Jun 2017 12:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

hoop shot- good shout

18 Jun 2017 12:50PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

wipes its feet on its way through, but it's through

18 Jun 2017 12:50PM (Tournament); 16 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 2 - 4 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 12:50PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Ian's gonna need another good takeout as Reg drops yellow a foot in front of 7

18 Jun 2017 12:50PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

This can't be the right decision...Blue to the north boundary in front of 7...

18 Jun 2017 12:51PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Red comes in about 3-4 yards angled from H7, as black just snicks yellow

18 Jun 2017 12:52PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

yellow ends up 1 yard east of H7, black in C2

18 Jun 2017 12:52PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

that's a tough shot well done by Reg. Retakes blocking position bang in front of H7

18 Jun 2017 12:52PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

probably an in off from C2

18 Jun 2017 12:52PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Jumping....

18 Jun 2017 12:52PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

sweaty hands

18 Jun 2017 12:53PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

gone to get a towel

18 Jun 2017 12:53PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

well- worth the wait

18 Jun 2017 12:55PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

jumps it to pull it back to 4-3! off the south boundary

18 Jun 2017 12:56PM (Tournament); 16 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 4 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 12:57PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

momentum shift?

18 Jun 2017 12:57PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Ian looking more determined than ever

18 Jun 2017 12:57PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

good effort at H8 from C2 hits the wires. You can't doubt Ian's confidence at the moment

18 Jun 2017 12:58PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

yellow goes through Hoop 7 to about halfway up the lawn.

18 Jun 2017 12:58PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Blue's 10 yard clearance from south boundary only just snicks red, and Reg has a shot to go 5-3 up

18 Jun 2017 12:59PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

it sticks to one side of the jaws

18 Jun 2017 12:59PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

might just about be runnable

18 Jun 2017 12:59PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Ian goes for safety and clears with black

18 Jun 2017 1:00PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Black off the centre of the South Boundary, Red off the centre of the north

18 Jun 2017 1:00PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

yellow to pretty tight position, but Ian will fancy black to clear that and will probably just lag in

18 Jun 2017 1:00PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

....shooting?

18 Jun 2017 1:00PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

must have been a double from blue, as he takes a shot and is disappointed that it cleared yellow

18 Jun 2017 1:01PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Ian has tremendous faith in his long range game at the moment, and seems pretty reluctant to just put a ball in front

18 Jun 2017 1:01PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

still-- it's working for him

18 Jun 2017 1:01PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Rd to relatively deep position, black just about gets the block I think, but is going to get cleared by red

18 Jun 2017 1:02PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Reg drops an excellent yellow in from the East boundary, dead in front of H8

18 Jun 2017 1:02PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

and that shot from Ian is not going to help him at all

18 Jun 2017 1:03PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

just snicks red, changing his clearance on black to one toward C4 rather than H1

18 Jun 2017 1:03PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

black is dispatched to corner 4, red off the south boundary

18 Jun 2017 1:03PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

bit poor control there from Reg I feel, and as Ian centre balls his return clearance, I bet Reg wishes he'd centred his clearance too

18 Jun 2017 1:04PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

still- another good position from yellow

18 Jun 2017 1:05PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Ian has another go at another double from 30 yards, taking out yellow to south boundary

18 Jun 2017 1:05PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

red reapproaching...

18 Jun 2017 1:05PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

good position

18 Jun 2017 1:05PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

black positions yellow positions

18 Jun 2017 1:06PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

another good clearance from Ian from C1 takes red just north of hoop 4

18 Jun 2017 1:07PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Reg now shooting to stay in Hoop 8...

18 Jun 2017 1:07PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

half balls it, and I think he's got the wire line

18 Jun 2017 1:08PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

that's a little fortunate I feel, but there doesn't seem to have been any other flukes this game for either player so far

18 Jun 2017 1:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

black just snicks yellow, and the fist pump afterwards tells me that's all he could see

18 Jun 2017 1:09PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

just nudges Reg away from hoop running position, and Ian is flying, despite being 4-3 down

18 Jun 2017 1:10PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Almost complete opposite position as we had at H4. Now it's probably Reg wanting to bog this game down and try to shift the momentum

18 Jun 2017 1:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Another double as yellow lands just in front

18 Jun 2017 1:11PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

and Ian takes it on again-- again clearing the ball

18 Jun 2017 1:11PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

I reckon J-P is 4-1 up in the third. Didn't see who ran hoop three, but I think it was J-P

18 Jun 2017 1:12PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

J-P is about the only player I've not seen blob hoops this week

18 Jun 2017 1:12PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Well- Ian would have been pleased if that went through. Very speculative effort at Hoop 8 from about hoop 6 tells you about his confidence at the moment

18 Jun 2017 1:13PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

good effort, but gets rejected to east boundary

18 Jun 2017 1:13PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

looks like blue's clearance on red is blocked by yellow, and this could be hoop over

18 Jun 2017 1:13PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

A miss from Ian gives Reg a chance for hoop 8

18 Jun 2017 1:14PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

....runs to boundary. Big hoop and Ian's looking a little dejected

18 Jun 2017 1:14PM (Tournament); 13 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 5 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 1:15PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Bad overapproach by Ian there to Hoop 9. Goes about 3 yards west of 9

18 Jun 2017 1:15PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Reg takes fairly deep position and Ian looks like he has a pretty angled position with blue now

18 Jun 2017 1:15PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

red falls a little short too, and is angled

18 Jun 2017 1:16PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

black clears yellow toward C1, with black going off the boundary in front of H9

18 Jun 2017 1:16PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Yellow heads toward red and blue, and now there's a cluster of three balls about 4 yards angled in front of H9...

18 Jun 2017 1:17PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Think Ian was planning to clear yellow with blue, but doesn't think it's worth it now

18 Jun 2017 1:17PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

hmmmmm- clips coming off

18 Jun 2017 1:17PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

not convinced this goes...

18 Jun 2017 1:17PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

reapproaching the ball for the third time

18 Jun 2017 1:18PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

hampered by red...

18 Jun 2017 1:18PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

this can't be a good shout

18 Jun 2017 1:18PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

strikes it cleanly enough, but it was a difficult hoop. Ends up rejected off the west boundary

18 Jun 2017 1:18PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Reg jawses red from pretty much an identical spot as blue

18 Jun 2017 1:19PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

or not quite it seems. Think it's actually rejected dead in front

18 Jun 2017 1:20PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Ian tries a clearance from the boundary, maybe a double with the hoop, but doesn't get either

18 Jun 2017 1:20PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Reg runs a cracking hoop 9 up off the lawn

18 Jun 2017 1:20PM (Tournament); 15 Readers


GAME 3: Ian won Game 1, Reg won Game 2
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 6 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 1:21PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

It's actually 3-3 in Tobi J-P 's game

18 Jun 2017 1:21PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

All the balls play down to position at 10. Reg tries to clear with yellow, but catches Red on his way through, Yellow scatters just outside of C4, Red to H1. Blue plays back tight in front, but actually looks a bit more angled than Ian would like

18 Jun 2017 1:22PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

4-3 to JP

18 Jun 2017 1:23PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

red plays pretty deep, but Ian instantly clears with black to the boundary.

18 Jun 2017 1:23PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Ian's game plan the last 6 hoops seems to have been to prevent Reg taking any shots at the hoop, even if that means only having long range efforts himself

18 Jun 2017 1:23PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Reg lags yellow to position, apparently happy for Ian to attempt this blue

18 Jun 2017 1:24PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Ian tries to jump it through but doesn't catch the hoop right and gets rejected

18 Jun 2017 1:24PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Ian looking a little more dejected.

18 Jun 2017 1:24PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

In fairness to Ian- he's played all the difficult shots this game. It's just he's also been banking on pulling off an awful lot of big shots, and that's not quite been sustainable

18 Jun 2017 1:25PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Red declines the clearance on black, instead choosing to take position....

18 Jun 2017 1:26PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Black shooting for hoop.....

18 Jun 2017 1:26PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

misses.

18 Jun 2017 1:26PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Reg jumping over partner for the match

18 Jun 2017 1:26PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

nicely done

18 Jun 2017 1:26PM (Tournament); 22 Readers


GAME 3: Reg Seals his place in Final by 2 games to 1
Ian Burridge (B+B) 3 - 7 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 1:27PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Really good effort from Ian, and the scoreline in the last two games were a little unfair. Reg looked a little wobbly at the start of the match, but got into the stride of things halfway through their second game. Although Reg didn't have to play too many big shots in the third game, he did keep dropping balls into good positions, which is not a given on these lawns. And, when eventually he had to make the big clearance- he managed it despite not having played one in some time

18 Jun 2017 1:30PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Right- I'm going for lunch, shade and a charging point. I'll provide intermittent updates on JP - Tobi scores on a separate commentary

18 Jun 2017 1:33PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

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