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British GC Championship

Bamford vs Moberly --- Open Final by Will Gee

Hello all- final is just beginning. Tobi's going to try to get live streaming up and running, will send the link when I've got it

18 Jun 2017 2:43PM (Tournament); 3 Readers

J-P wins the toss and is blue and black, Reg red and yellow

18 Jun 2017 2:45PM (Tournament); 5 Readers


GAME 1:
JP Moberly (B+B) 0 vs 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 2:46PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Blue lags to decent position. Red black and yellow all join them

18 Jun 2017 2:46PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

blue takes very tight position dead in front of H1. Red goes for a jump, but collides with Blue

18 Jun 2017 2:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

both balls end up just west of H1. Cracking hoop 1 by J-P runs to the north boundary

18 Jun 2017 2:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers


GAME 1:
JP Moberly (B+B) 1 vs 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 2:48PM (Tournament); 6 Readers

yellow blue and black all play down to position. Black slices yellow slightly out of hoop running position.

18 Jun 2017 2:49PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Yellow clears blue to north boundary, flicking off the west boundary

18 Jun 2017 2:49PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Blue's clearance hits the back of the hoop and red runs to the boundary

18 Jun 2017 2:49PM (Tournament); 8 Readers


GAME 1:
JP Moberly (B+B) 1 vs 1 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 2:50PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

going at a much quicker pace this game, struggling to keep up!

18 Jun 2017 2:50PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

black's approach is pretty bad as it ends up about 3 yards south west of H3. Yellow gets better position, but both blue and red get relatively poor position

18 Jun 2017 2:51PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

black clears yellow to C3

18 Jun 2017 2:51PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

yellow comes back in, but over runs. I think that might have been deliberate, and that Reg is setting up for a promotion by Red on Yellow. Not convinced it's a hoop winning strategy though

18 Jun 2017 2:51PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

JP clears Red, so promotion is off and yellow is left in unrunnable position

18 Jun 2017 2:52PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

red lags back to position and J-P is lining up the hoop from a yard or so out of C3.....

18 Jun 2017 2:52PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

misses to south boundary near H1...

18 Jun 2017 2:52PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

yellow lags in front, but again, not convinced it's a very easy hoop to run

18 Jun 2017 2:53PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

think blue needs to clear red here

18 Jun 2017 2:53PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

maybe yellow is better than it looks from here, as JP goes for the hoop. Rejected off the west boundary, level with H3

18 Jun 2017 2:53PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

East boundary sorry

18 Jun 2017 2:53PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Yellow must be trivial as red plays halfway

18 Jun 2017 2:54PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

black plays just north of east penalty spot

18 Jun 2017 2:54PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

yeah, yellow is slightly angled, but pretty straightforward

18 Jun 2017 2:55PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Reg runs yellow off the south boundary...

18 Jun 2017 2:55PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 1:
JP Moberly (B+B) 1 vs 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 2:55PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

blue to deepish position, red to tighter position

18 Jun 2017 2:56PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

black overplays his approach and ends up in an unrunnable position west of H4

18 Jun 2017 2:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Good clearance by Reg takes Blue out to H2, with yellow scattering to C3

18 Jun 2017 2:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

big shot for JP here

18 Jun 2017 2:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

good one- half balls red off east boundary, blue on boundary almost directly behind H4

18 Jun 2017 2:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

a bit deep position from red. Tricky dilemma for JP- clear with black or bank on clearing 10 yarder with blue and slide black in position?

18 Jun 2017 2:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

goes for black into tight position.

18 Jun 2017 2:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Yellow goes very deep- I think an underhit

18 Jun 2017 2:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

JP centres clearance on red up north of H3- nice shot

18 Jun 2017 2:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

looks like Reg has got a double, but JP has got to be pleased with that one

18 Jun 2017 2:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Reg is shooting....

18 Jun 2017 3:00PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

watching

18 Jun 2017 3:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

hits black off south boundary, red in C4. Probably wishing yellow was tighter to the hoop now as JP lags into position

18 Jun 2017 3:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

gone a bit far I feel, and I think the controlled clearance on black is the best option

18 Jun 2017 3:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

nope- elects for hoop shot. Gets rejected, but it's another one of these rejections to 2 feet dead in front

18 Jun 2017 3:01PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

JP clears the yellow from dead in front with blue. nice shot

18 Jun 2017 3:01PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

not convinced I'd want to leave JP that shot, but still think block is best option, as red tries to block black's hoop

18 Jun 2017 3:02PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

blocked nicely

18 Jun 2017 3:02PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

jumping....

18 Jun 2017 3:02PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

nope- takes the outside wire and deflects to centre of south boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:02PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yellow plays in and blue's forced to clear red. Nicely done, and the bounce off toward H5 might come in handy if black misses his shot

18 Jun 2017 3:03PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

red back in front

18 Jun 2017 3:03PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

black shooting at yellow- might be tempted to clear red here

18 Jun 2017 3:03PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

hmmm-- black clangs the back of the hoop and bounces somewhere that might be awkward to get to 5 from

18 Jun 2017 3:04PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

yellow shooting for the hoop from a couple of yards out

18 Jun 2017 3:04PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Just runs. Reg would probably have preferred a jaws as yellow can't have much of a shot to 5, but either way, Reg leads 3-1

18 Jun 2017 3:05PM (Tournament); 13 Readers


GAME 1:
JP Moberly (B+B) 1 vs 3 Reg Bamford (R+Y)


18 Jun 2017 3:05PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

JP takes his shot with blue at hoop 5. Not his best and it gets rejected 4 yards west of 5

18 Jun 2017 3:05PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

red plays deep- about 4.5 yards in front of H5, and black plays between hoop and red.

18 Jun 2017 3:06PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Doesn't quite look blocked

18 Jun 2017 3:06PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Well that's a pretty good shot from there, as Reg plays the ball just through 4 to 5 yards dead in front of H5

18 Jun 2017 3:06PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Nice centre ball clearance by JP takes red out off the south boundary. Reg has got to clear black here, but I'd say it's only 7 yards

18 Jun 2017 3:07PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

yep. Red scatters a bit more than he'd like, but job done. Black returning from pretty much H6

18 Jun 2017 3:07PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Black to position and I think this is a hoop shot from Reg

18 Jun 2017 3:07PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

big rejection.

18 Jun 2017 3:08PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

rejects 90 degrees, almost to west boundary, and really wasn't hit that hard

18 Jun 2017 3:08PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

JP's position looking good at H5, with 2 balls in front and Reg's two balls near East Boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:08PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Reg plays a promotion on yellow to stick yellow 4.5 yards in front of 5

18 Jun 2017 3:09PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

JP having to jump his partner ball....

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

nope

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

bit of a surprise as Reg clears rather than hoops

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

and JP plays back to position

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

red to position

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

Black clearing red.....

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

good enough, but both balls scatter

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

yellow clearing blue....

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

centre, and yellow holds position 4 yards in front

18 Jun 2017 3:11PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

blue in front and red fails to take position

18 Jun 2017 3:12PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

LIVE STREAMING LINK FROM TOBI SAVAGE:
https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live

18 Jun 2017 3:12PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

good clearance by JP there with black, but Reg immediately counters with a clearance of his own

18 Jun 2017 3:13PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

blue now shooting at red. Not convinced this is necessary

18 Jun 2017 3:13PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

makes a good hit of it though as blue goes off centre of south boundary and red heads toward H4

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

red to posi

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

good position

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

black to posi

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

bit straight behind the hoop, so all JP's eggs are in one basket as he banks on clearing with blue

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

Reg is shooting though

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

nope, not shooting it seems. Yellow to position

18 Jun 2017 3:16PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

blue's shot only just glances red. Takes it out of position, but red simply clears black holding position. Black clears Red, leaving yellow a hoop shot....

18 Jun 2017 3:17PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

jawses. Reg will take that every day, even if JP is on the north boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:17PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Woah- JP will definitely take that! Clears through the back of the hoop to a yard in front! Cracking clearance that might have just saved the game for JP

18 Jun 2017 3:18PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Reg confidently plays one dead in front, relying on yellow to clear blue from 9 yards

18 Jun 2017 3:18PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

JP might be eyeing up a block here, or simply a clearance on the red

18 Jun 2017 3:18PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

shooting...

18 Jun 2017 3:18PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

hits. Good one. Takes red to east penalty point. Black goes just north of H5

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

hmmmm.... not too sure if that was a good shot, a double or a shanked clearance, but Reg runs 5 from the boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:20PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

wipes its feet on its way through, but finishes 2 yards through

18 Jun 2017 3:20PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 1: Reg vs JP
JP Moberly (B+B) 1 vs 4 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:21PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

JP to position, Reg to position. JP clears Reg to East of H4

18 Jun 2017 3:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Reg shooting.....

18 Jun 2017 3:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Hits--- good shot

18 Jun 2017 3:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

JP shooting at ball in front.....

18 Jun 2017 3:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Hits. Two good clearances

18 Jun 2017 3:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red plays back to position and JP is shooting...

18 Jun 2017 3:23PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

think its a double...

18 Jun 2017 3:23PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Straight through the hoop. Nice one.

18 Jun 2017 3:23PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 1:
JP Moberly (B+B) 2 vs 4 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:23PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

good response from Reg as he drops yellow nicely in front of H7

18 Jun 2017 3:23PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

pretty good position by blue from where he was. deep about 4 yards in front

18 Jun 2017 3:24PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Reg plays red to 2 yards in front

18 Jun 2017 3:24PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

JP shooting...

18 Jun 2017 3:24PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

urgh-- unlucky. JP half peels yellow, which sticks in the jaws

18 Jun 2017 3:24PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Reg runs down most of the way to H8. Probably just about a tempting hoop shot

18 Jun 2017 3:25PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 1:
JP Moberly (B+B) 2 vs 5 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:25PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Blue to really good position, but it's going to get cleared by yellow surely

18 Jun 2017 3:25PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

red to relatively deep position

18 Jun 2017 3:26PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

black clears yellow- nicely done, although it looked like it came dangerously close to H8

18 Jun 2017 3:26PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Reg shooting from South boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:26PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

hits it, but only half ball. Yellow disappears to the north boundary, blue to the west. If JP can centre this clearance, he'll be in good shape at 8

18 Jun 2017 3:27PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

he didn't want that at all. just nicks it, and nicks it toward hoop 8 with blue disappearing to the east boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:27PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Reg runs a pretty simpe hoop to make it 6-2.

18 Jun 2017 3:28PM (Tournament); 10 Readers


GAME 1:
JP Moberly (B+B) 2 vs 6 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:28PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Black lags to position and it's an OK position. But it'll be tricky to run from there all the way up to 10, which is what JP will need

18 Jun 2017 3:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Reg just misses his clearance, which slides down the side of black too end up off the boundary dead in front of 9

18 Jun 2017 3:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

pretty good position from blue. Think it's blocked yellow's hoop shot

18 Jun 2017 3:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

another miss by Reg, this time from 14 yards. Black has a hoop shot....

18 Jun 2017 3:30PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

wow, that's a very good hoop shot. Runs it most of the way to 10. Still about 5-6 yards away from 10, but that is just what JP needs right now

18 Jun 2017 3:31PM (Tournament); 9 Readers


GAME 1:
JP Moberly (B+B) 3 vs 6 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:31PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Yellow goes to pretty angled position. Blue holds about 3 yards from H10

18 Jun 2017 3:32PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

red goes pretty tight to the hoop, slightly angled. Not blocking blue, but should be runnable

18 Jun 2017 3:32PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Black clears yellow off north boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:32PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

yellow does a nice return clearance. Blue most of the the way to C4, yellow most of the way to C1

18 Jun 2017 3:33PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

big shot....

18 Jun 2017 3:33PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

hmmm-- not his best. Blue misses red by about a foot

18 Jun 2017 3:33PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Red shooting for the game....

18 Jun 2017 3:33PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

simple enough hoop. Runs to the north boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:34PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 1: Reg wins game 1
JP Moberly (B+B) 3 vs 7 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:34PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 2: Reg leads one game to nil
JP Moberly (B+B) 0 vs 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:34PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Brief intermission...

18 Jun 2017 3:35PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Right back up and running

18 Jun 2017 3:39PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

good first ball in from JP. Reg goes very deep with his second

18 Jun 2017 3:40PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

black into to similar posi as blue

18 Jun 2017 3:40PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Reg's clearance with yellow just snicks black leaving blue a hoop shot

18 Jun 2017 3:41PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

shooting...

18 Jun 2017 3:41PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

wow- only body language told me that went through as it doesn't touch the sides

18 Jun 2017 3:41PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Blue runs off the north boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:42PM (Tournament); 10 Readers


GAME 2: Reg leads one game to nil
JP Moberly (B+B) 1 vs 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:42PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

red to decent position in front of 2. Might just about be wired

18 Jun 2017 3:42PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

JP's shooting

18 Jun 2017 3:42PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

nice one. Spins a moment in the hoop and drags itself through. JP 2-0 up after playing only 4 shots!

18 Jun 2017 3:43PM (Tournament); 10 Readers


GAME 2: Reg leads one game to nil
JP Moberly (B+B) 2 vs 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:43PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

yellow to position and blue to position

18 Jun 2017 3:44PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

well- it happens to the best of them. Reg just played black to slap bang in front of 3

18 Jun 2017 3:44PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

to clarify, black is JP's ball

18 Jun 2017 3:44PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

JP runs hoop 3 with his 6th shot of the game-- is this a record?!

18 Jun 2017 3:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

although, only just

18 Jun 2017 3:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 2: Reg leads one game to nil
JP Moberly (B+B) 3 vs 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yellow plays down to H4 and it looks pretty angled.

18 Jun 2017 3:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

UNBELIEVABLE!

18 Jun 2017 3:46PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

JP plays his 7th shot of the game and runs hoop 4!

18 Jun 2017 3:46PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

unbelievable

18 Jun 2017 3:46PM (Tournament); 12 Readers


GAME 2: Reg leads one game to nil
JP Moberly (B+B) 4 vs 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:46PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

OKay, black is hampered and hoop 5 is looking pretty dubious, but JP must be flying inside right now

18 Jun 2017 3:47PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

but actually, that is a really good shot, and JP somehow lands black 3 yards in front of 5 from a couple of inches south of 3

18 Jun 2017 3:47PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yellow to position. Can JP keep this blitzkrieg going?

18 Jun 2017 3:48PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

sure can. It's just about his worse shot of the game so far, but he still half balls red to H6.

18 Jun 2017 3:48PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Reg clears black to the south boundary in front of 1. JP clears yellow to keep the hoop alive, but scatters to the north boundary

18 Jun 2017 3:49PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

yellow's reapproach is about 1 yard short and he doesn't have a hoop shot. Red on the south boundary at the moment, so not clear where blue will go. Probably quite deep

18 Jun 2017 3:50PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Blue actually goes alot closer to the hoop than expected. Red tales a speculative shot at the hoop from the boundary. Would've thought position would be better

18 Jun 2017 3:51PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

JP takes a shot but glances off H6 and ends up off the south boundary, in front of Hoop 4

18 Jun 2017 3:52PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

yellow to jaws, blue jumping for 5-0....

18 Jun 2017 3:52PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

nope.

18 Jun 2017 3:52PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

trajectory good, direction off, and JP lands in C2

18 Jun 2017 3:53PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red to halfway, black to halfway

18 Jun 2017 3:53PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

yellow runs through but collides with the peg ending up 1 yard east of the peg. Even so, Reg must be relieved to stop the rot here

18 Jun 2017 3:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 2: Reg leads one game to nil
JP Moberly (B+B) 4 vs 1 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 3:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

pretty good position from Blue in front of 6

18 Jun 2017 3:54PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Reg takes a shot at hoop 6 with Red from near the peg. Rejected off the boundary east of H3

18 Jun 2017 3:55PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

JP not letting Reg have a second shot as black clears yellow centre ball

18 Jun 2017 3:55PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

black holds a few yards in front of H6, yellow goes westward

18 Jun 2017 3:55PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

looks like blue isn't in such a good position as yellow comes back into position

18 Jun 2017 3:56PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

oh dear--- JP clears yellow with blue but scatters into black making his hoop shot harder

18 Jun 2017 3:56PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

bit of interference with line of sight here, but looks like red lagged short of hoop running position, ending up 1 yard east of H6

18 Jun 2017 3:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

black takes a shot at H6 but gets rejected south of H2

18 Jun 2017 3:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Yellow to 2 yards in front

18 Jun 2017 3:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Blue taking another hoop shot....

18 Jun 2017 3:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Nope.

18 Jun 2017 3:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

rejected west of H6 and Reg looks in control of 6

18 Jun 2017 3:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

out and out block attempt by Red leaves itself without a hoop shot and fails to cover yellow

18 Jun 2017 3:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

black centres yellow, and I feel like Reg has lost control of this hoop

18 Jun 2017 3:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

blue centres red

18 Jun 2017 3:58PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

red to position.....

18 Jun 2017 3:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

black taking yellow out

18 Jun 2017 3:59PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

nice one. Yellow cleared to east boundary and black bounces into red, shifting red to H2 and stopping black nicely

18 Jun 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

JP now in firm control of the hoop

18 Jun 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

yellow to position. I reckon this is a centre ball clearance

18 Jun 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

yep- blue holds as it takes yellow off N boundary, but blue is quite angled still....

18 Jun 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

red to position, black clearing....

18 Jun 2017 4:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

well... JP won't be so happy with that one

18 Jun 2017 4:01PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

black slices red, and black ends up near H5, with red most of the way to the E penalty spot. Probably enough though

18 Jun 2017 4:01PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Reg only slices his clearance, and takes blue to a position it won't be hooping from

18 Jun 2017 4:01PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

but yellow flies off the south boundary, and Reg's return clearance looks tricky

18 Jun 2017 4:02PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

blue to in front of H6.....

18 Jun 2017 4:02PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Reg shooting with Red. Needs to hit this

18 Jun 2017 4:02PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

nope. Didn't sound like the cleanest contact, and it heads toward C2

18 Jun 2017 4:03PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

JP is going to have two in front of H6 now with Reg in C2 and on the south boundary

18 Jun 2017 4:03PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

yellow takes a shot- I think at the hoop, but misses off the north boundary

18 Jun 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

this for 5-1....

18 Jun 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

simple. JP runs from a couple of feet by about 4 yards

18 Jun 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 12 Readers


GAME 2: Reg leads one game to nil
JP Moberly (B+B) 5 vs 1 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 4:04PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Change of approach by Reg, as he heads very deep to H7 from the East penalty spot

18 Jun 2017 4:05PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

don't think he's quite off the boundary

18 Jun 2017 4:05PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

JP doesn't mind a 7 yard shootout it seems and pings blue off the boundary

18 Jun 2017 4:05PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

yellow into 3 yard position, but looks a little angled.

18 Jun 2017 4:06PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

doesn't stay there long anyway, as JP clears with blue.

18 Jun 2017 4:06PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

hoop shot from Reg,,,,

18 Jun 2017 4:06PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

hmmm, not a good rejection, and it gets rejected down the lawn

18 Jun 2017 4:06PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

JP takes a pop, and although he gets rejected too, his remains much nearer the hoop

18 Jun 2017 4:07PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

is this really a hoop shot?

18 Jun 2017 4:07PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Reg takes on a 5 yard very angled hoop 7. Very good effort, but gets rejected a couple of yards east of 7

18 Jun 2017 4:08PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Blue to position

18 Jun 2017 4:08PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Cleared by Red- good shot

18 Jun 2017 4:08PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

missed a couple of shots there, but looked like a standard rotation of clearances.

18 Jun 2017 4:09PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

no ball in front with black on centre of north boundary, blue 5 yards south of 2 and yellow near peg

18 Jun 2017 4:10PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Red plays in - good position. Might be wired from Blue

18 Jun 2017 4:10PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

JP shooting....

18 Jun 2017 4:10PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

clears with black. Nice shot

18 Jun 2017 4:10PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

yellow goes really quite deep again, looked like a yard off the boundary. Blue takes it out (?!) and ends up on the boundary with it. Another 7 yard shoot out?

18 Jun 2017 4:11PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Red plays pretty near to the hoop and collides with the hoop. Seems to work out okay though, and red is in front

18 Jun 2017 4:11PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

JP clears. Not sure when the last missed clearance from JP was

18 Jun 2017 4:11PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

first of the 7 yard hoops of this shootout....

18 Jun 2017 4:11PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

good effort by Reg gets rejected 3 yards east of 7. Trying to work out how many 7 yarders have gone through in the knockouts. I think there's been fewer than 10

18 Jun 2017 4:12PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

having said that- JP runs his 7 yarder!

18 Jun 2017 4:12PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Huge, as JP goes 6-1 up

18 Jun 2017 4:13PM (Tournament); 14 Readers


GAME 2: Reg leads one game to nil
JP Moberly (B+B) 6 vs 1 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:13PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Blue goes about peg high on its way through. Red plays about 1 yard in front- very nice shot

18 Jun 2017 4:13PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

hmmmm- I think black has block blue there with an otherwise very nice placement 1.5 yards in front of 8

18 Jun 2017 4:14PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

yep- JP forced to go for the hoop. JP means business, but his good effort is firmly rejected

18 Jun 2017 4:14PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Reg runs from 1 yard to go 6-2

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


GAME 2: Reg leads one game to nil
JP Moberly (B+B) 6 vs 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:15PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

oh dear, that was careless by JP. Black sails about 5 yards past hoop 9.

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

Reg again elects to go close to the boundary...

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

blue comes in tight

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

red comes in tight and black is shooting at red

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

good shot

18 Jun 2017 4:16PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

centres red back toward H1 and black goes most of the way to H5

18 Jun 2017 4:16PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Reg goes for the 7 yard hoop but gets rejected

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

This could be a pretty quick and easy game for JP to wrap up

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

yep- runs a simple hoop 9 for a extraordinarily composed game from JP

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


GAME 2: JP levels the match 1-1
JP Moberly (B+B) 7 vs 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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


GAME 3: Reg wins game 1, JP wins game 2
JP Moberly (B+B) 0 vs 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Water-break

18 Jun 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

I've got to say- that was incredible from JP. Ooozing confidence in really very challenging conditions

18 Jun 2017 4:19PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Players retaking positions as Reg is to start this game

18 Jun 2017 4:23PM (Tournament); 12 Readers


GAME 3: Reg wins game 1, JP wins game 2
JP Moberly (B+B) 0 vs 0 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:23PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Reg plays red to 2-3 yards in front of 1. Black is pretty deep and a little angled

18 Jun 2017 4:24PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

yellow a bit tighter, but again, a little angled.

18 Jun 2017 4:24PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

JP misses his clearance from C4 with blue. Red has an early opportunity to take the first hoop

18 Jun 2017 4:25PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Reg's hoop shot gets rejected to the west boundary

18 Jun 2017 4:27PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

JP shooting...

18 Jun 2017 4:27PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

oh dear- rejected east of H4.

18 Jun 2017 4:27PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Reg plays yellow into the jaws

18 Jun 2017 4:27PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

what can blue actually see here? He's lining up a shot at the hoop

18 Jun 2017 4:27PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

wow- pops yellow about 6 inches out of H1. He must have hit all he could see ther

18 Jun 2017 4:28PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

still- long way to go for JP at hoop 1 as red plays in front

18 Jun 2017 4:28PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

black shooting at yellow, but with blue in C3, this hoop isn't looking good at all for JP

18 Jun 2017 4:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

black misses yellow to west boundary and yellow has a 6 inch hoop to go 1-0 up

18 Jun 2017 4:29PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

yep- runs to just east of H2

18 Jun 2017 4:29PM (Tournament); 13 Readers


GAME 3: Reg wins game 1, JP wins game 2
JP Moberly (B+B) 0 vs 1 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:29PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

blue playing to position...

18 Jun 2017 4:30PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

that's very good position actually from where he was. Couple of yards infront of H2. Not sure if yellow is east or north of H2 in fact, so it might even be wired

18 Jun 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

probably open as Reg lags red to position

18 Jun 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

black to posi

18 Jun 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

yellow clearing blue...

18 Jun 2017 4:31PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

blue to the south boundary behind H4, yellow to west penalty point

18 Jun 2017 4:32PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

blue's clearance misses by a couple of feet

18 Jun 2017 4:32PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Reg runs to north boundary to go 2-0 up

18 Jun 2017 4:32PM (Tournament); 14 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 0 vs 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:32PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

short and sweet couple of hoops

18 Jun 2017 4:33PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Good position by black in front of H3.

18 Jun 2017 4:33PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

yellow shooting from W penalty spot...

18 Jun 2017 4:34PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

bit surprising but it's a good shot

18 Jun 2017 4:34PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

clears black and yellow ends up just outside C3

18 Jun 2017 4:34PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Blue to position

18 Jun 2017 4:34PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

good one

18 Jun 2017 4:34PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

red to position. Bit short and ends up angled, but I reckon Reg will have that hoop

18 Jun 2017 4:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

JP is clearing red with black...

18 Jun 2017 4:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

another centre ball clearance

18 Jun 2017 4:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

black can't hold for hoop position but remains in the mix as red is shifted toward H2

18 Jun 2017 4:35PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Half ball clearance by Reg sends blue halfway up the lawn. Yellow disappears off to West penalty spot

18 Jun 2017 4:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Blue lags back into decent position and JP looks in control of this one

18 Jun 2017 4:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Red misses blue into C3...

18 Jun 2017 4:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

difficult to call this game. Neither player is currently playing as well as in the games they each won

18 Jun 2017 4:37PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

black to position. Pretty angled but is probably close to the blocking line

18 Jun 2017 4:38PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

gentle position shot by yellow sails by the hoop ending up in a very angled position

18 Jun 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

blue shooting at the hoop....

18 Jun 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 10 Readers

nope

18 Jun 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

rejected a few yards west of H3

18 Jun 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

red to position

18 Jun 2017 4:39PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

overcooks it a bit and ends up quite angled.

18 Jun 2017 4:40PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

JP lining up the hoop- not an easy one

18 Jun 2017 4:40PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

great hoop, clean as a whistle. Just doesn't quite take enough wire and it just goes off the south boundary.

18 Jun 2017 4:40PM (Tournament); 11 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 1 vs 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:40PM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Well that's the danger isn't it? Yellow plays a very nice positional shot to what looks like wired from black and blocking blue's hoop

18 Jun 2017 4:41PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

JP shooting, but the rush peel is quite possible here....

18 Jun 2017 4:41PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

just slices yellow, but in these conditions it's enough to send it almost off the east boundary. Good shot

18 Jun 2017 4:42PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Blue's off the south boundary, but doesn't look like Red wired blue on its approach

18 Jun 2017 4:42PM (Tournament); 12 Readers

either way, another good centre ball 8 yarder wrestles control for JP, as black shifts yellow up lawn and holds position about 4-5 yards in front of H4

18 Jun 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

yellow to posi, but looks pretty angled...

18 Jun 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

JP shooting? Don't think this is necessary...

18 Jun 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Misses up toward H3

18 Jun 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Red clearing black...

18 Jun 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Well.

18 Jun 2017 4:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

That can't have been much further than 4 yards and Reg has missed it altogether

18 Jun 2017 4:44PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Came out really quite gentle, so I wonder if he changed his mind about what he was trying to achieve halfway through that shot

18 Jun 2017 4:44PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

JP capitalises straight away and runs a good hoop 4 to level off the game

18 Jun 2017 4:44PM (Tournament); 15 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 2 vs 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:45PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

And Reg won't be pleased with that either, as yellow goes a bit too far and ends up unrunnable at 5

18 Jun 2017 4:45PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Blue to quite deep position

18 Jun 2017 4:45PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

red to a yard or two in front of5. Black to similar

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

STATS JUST IN-- JP and Reg have played a total of 10 games now, and Reg has won 6 of them

18 Jun 2017 4:46PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Black is hidden from yellow by red, and blue is a little too deep to clear and hold nice position

18 Jun 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

After a brief think, Reg clears blue gently off the lawn

18 Jun 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

After a brief think, Reg clears blue gently off the lawn

18 Jun 2017 4:47PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

blue shooting at Red

18 Jun 2017 4:48PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

didn't sound like a clean contact, but came out nicely enough. Red punted off the north boundary and blue goes Peg high

18 Jun 2017 4:48PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

JP looking favourite to run hoop 5 at the moment

18 Jun 2017 4:48PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Red's shooting

18 Jun 2017 4:48PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

watching it....

18 Jun 2017 4:48PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

misses to south boundary.

18 Jun 2017 4:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

right- a few yards away from 3-2 up

18 Jun 2017 4:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

nope- JP clangs that hoop. He won't be happy. That was a good opportunity

18 Jun 2017 4:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

That's very tight position by yellow and I think it needs shifting now

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

well... JP went for a very gently shot from near the peg and it doesn't even get south of hoop 5

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

black clearing yellow after red lags to position

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

centre ball

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

Reg is clearing blue. Aggressive, given that blue can't run.

18 Jun 2017 4:51PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Reg misses to west boundary

18 Jun 2017 4:51PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

I reckon I would have delayed the clearance one shot

18 Jun 2017 4:51PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

centre ball clearance by JP, but blue still heads about 4 yards south of H5

18 Jun 2017 4:52PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Red back 1 yard in front

18 Jun 2017 4:52PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

JP's clearing with black.

18 Jun 2017 4:52PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Centred, albeit fairly gently

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

Yellow shooting...

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

or not. Lags to position

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

1 yard in front. Bit of a teaser for JP. Hoop or ball, hoop or ball?

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

good on you JP- he chooses hoop. He wants to go out and win this

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

but it gets rejected to 2 yards dead in front

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

Red clears black to the centre of the south boundary, and blue could be awkward this shot

18 Jun 2017 4:54PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

nope, black centres yellow, but yellow crashes into the hoop leaving it an easy clearance on Blue

18 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Yellow clears Blue to C3 holding in front

18 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

As a reminder:

18 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 15 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 2 vs 2 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Not a great position shot from JP- it goes a couple of yards too far and ends up unrunnable west of H5

18 Jun 2017 4:55PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Red slap bang in front

18 Jun 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

black clearing- looks like red

18 Jun 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

yep

18 Jun 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

right- will this pay off

18 Jun 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

yellow shooting at the hoop

18 Jun 2017 4:56PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

yellow runs H5 down to about 2 yards west of H6. Good shot

18 Jun 2017 4:57PM (Tournament); 14 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 2 vs 3 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 4:57PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Hmmm- tough one for JP that hoop. Let's see how he copes with losing that hoop after some good chances

18 Jun 2017 4:57PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

well... both black and blue have only gone as far as peg on their approaches to H6, and Reg is happy enough to stick yellow an inch or two in front of H6

18 Jun 2017 4:58PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Blue clears Red...

18 Jun 2017 4:58PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Big jump coming. Big reward if he gets it

18 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

red lags back to position. looks short, but probably useful enough to stick in the jaws

18 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

this could be a big moment....

18 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

HUGE MOMENT

18 Jun 2017 4:59PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

JP jumps from peg high to level off the game

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

I think yellow can squeeze toward H7 still, but that is huge in terms of scoreline and momentum

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


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 3 vs 3 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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

Yeah, yellow gets nice position in front of 7. Blue looks a little angled as it goes to deep position

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

Difficult to tell what red has, but I suspect it's only slightly angled and about 2-3 yards in front

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

black clears yellow to west boundary and yellow is shooting at blue...

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

good shot. Blue is cleared about 4 yards west of C3

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

water break

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

JP's back

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

blue clearing red. 20 yarder...

18 Jun 2017 5:02PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

watched it, but doesn't hit it

18 Jun 2017 5:03PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Reg has a shot for 4-3

18 Jun 2017 5:03PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

runs it hard, off the south boundary.

18 Jun 2017 5:03PM (Tournament); 18 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 3 vs 4 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 5:03PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Black hung back really quite deep, given that the wire on red was a good possibility. Yellow overcooks his approach and ends up fairly angled

18 Jun 2017 5:05PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

blue comes in about 2 yards in front

18 Jun 2017 5:05PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

think Black has a shot on yellow

18 Jun 2017 5:05PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Red plays in front of the hoop, but again, looks fairly angled

18 Jun 2017 5:05PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

JP takes the hoop. Takes alot of wire but through it goes by about 1 foot. All even

18 Jun 2017 5:06PM (Tournament); 19 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 4 vs 4 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 5:06PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

that's a nice position as we enter crunch time of the match. Yellow ends up a few feet dead in front of 9

18 Jun 2017 5:06PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

good clearance to match. Blue takes yellow out to C4

18 Jun 2017 5:07PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Red into good position too, maybe 2 yards, but again dead in front of H9

18 Jun 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

no clearance this time as black plays into 3 yard slightly angled position.

18 Jun 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

I reckon yellow should take black out here, but Reg is lining up the block on Blue's clearance

18 Jun 2017 5:08PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

well... that's well past the block, to one foot dead in front

18 Jun 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

I suspect that might have been a deliberate shot masked as a block attempt

18 Jun 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

JP only just glances the clearance and barely changes red's shot

18 Jun 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Red is hooping...

18 Jun 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

runs by a few yards

18 Jun 2017 5:09PM (Tournament); 18 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 4 vs 5 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 5:10PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Black to pretty good position in front of H10, maybe about 3 yards in front

18 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

yellow takes fairly angled position, but still doable

18 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

blue hangs really quite far back

18 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

red shoots.....

18 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

....and misses to north boundary

18 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

close

18 Jun 2017 5:11PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

JP hooping to level it off at 5-5

18 Jun 2017 5:12PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

hmmmm- after running hoops cleanly all week, there's a few mistakes creeping in now, as black gets rejected west of 10

18 Jun 2017 5:13PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

yellow's hooping...

18 Jun 2017 5:13PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

rejected to near black. Could be handy for JP if he lags to position

18 Jun 2017 5:13PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

well fair enough. Blue takes on the hoop shot, but it was from a fairly deep position and it gets rejected to the east of H10.

18 Jun 2017 5:14PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

think he should have settled for a position

18 Jun 2017 5:14PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

spot of bad luck as Reg's clearance shot on black scatters his partner ball to H11 and red ends up in the middle of the South boundary

18 Jun 2017 5:14PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Black attempts to retake position and goes to far. I think that could be a big wate

18 Jun 2017 5:15PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

waste

18 Jun 2017 5:15PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

after a bit of thought, Reg takes position with yellow in an unrunnable location about 6 yards SE of 10. Clearing position

18 Jun 2017 5:16PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Blue to fairly deep position

18 Jun 2017 5:16PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

red to close-ish position only to get centre balled by black

18 Jun 2017 5:16PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

yellow sneaks in close. Can't quite tell if that's in front.

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

doesn't look like it. JP has a gentle attempt at the hoop / jaws, which hits the inside wire

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

red ends up very angled about 2-3 feet SE of 10

18 Jun 2017 5:18PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

black to in front

18 Jun 2017 5:18PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

4 balls within about 3 yards of the hoop

18 Jun 2017 5:18PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

yellow clearing...

18 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

centred, but still keeps enough roll on yellow to take it maybe 5 yards from the hoop

18 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

well... JP was unfortunate there

18 Jun 2017 5:19PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

looked like it was in the jaws, but after it became stationary it rolled backward slightly leaving it open to a dolly clearance by red

18 Jun 2017 5:20PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

bit of a double for black now...

18 Jun 2017 5:20PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

hills off the hoop line into red. Wasn't sure red could run anyway though

18 Jun 2017 5:20PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Reg lining up the hoop from 5 yards with yellow. Red legal quite near 11...

18 Jun 2017 5:21PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

could be effectively Championship point

18 Jun 2017 5:21PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

looked clean enough and on-line when it left the mallet, but just caught the wrong part of the upright and gets rejected.

18 Jun 2017 5:21PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Blue to position and it looks like red is trying a promotion on yellow

18 Jun 2017 5:22PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

bit risky with black nearby

18 Jun 2017 5:22PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

....that came out a lot more forcefully than expected! red crashes yellow off the boundary, presumably trying to hold for position in front of 10

18 Jun 2017 5:22PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

red fails to get in front

18 Jun 2017 5:23PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

black to in front

18 Jun 2017 5:23PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

yellow clears blue, but fails to hold position

18 Jun 2017 5:23PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

blue's coming back, and it's looking more like JP's hoop again

18 Jun 2017 5:23PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

moreso now, after a relatively short clearance is hit off centre by Reg's red, carrying it to the East penalty point

18 Jun 2017 5:24PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

black heading back into position...

18 Jun 2017 5:24PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

bit angled, but should be good enough as it's quite tight to the hoop

18 Jun 2017 5:24PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

and Reg misses his 10 yarder with yellow to leave JP 1 yard in front with a hoop shot

18 Jun 2017 5:25PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

lining it up...

18 Jun 2017 5:25PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

and it's through

18 Jun 2017 5:25PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

all even again! Given how the two are playing- who has the advantage? First approach or first clearance?

18 Jun 2017 5:26PM (Tournament); 20 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 5 vs 5 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 5:26PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

well the first approach with red is a good start to this hoop. 1 yard bang in front

18 Jun 2017 5:26PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

JP takes good posi, 1.5 yards in front, but in clear sight of 12

18 Jun 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Reg elects to put a second ball in, but it doesn't look like it's blocked

18 Jun 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Big moment...

18 Jun 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

wow- was that a double? Blue samples the jaws but spins out

18 Jun 2017 5:27PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

he got down too quickly for it to be a blocked shot, so might have been a double

18 Jun 2017 5:28PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Reg cooly dispatches hoop 11 to take the lead at this crucial time

18 Jun 2017 5:28PM (Tournament); 20 Readers


GAME 3:
JP Moberly (B+B) 5 vs 6 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

LIVESTREAM at : https://www.youtube.com/user/tobisavage102788/live


18 Jun 2017 5:28PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Red ran through to about peg high, albeit at an angle. Two good positions by black and yellow. Blue clears red to south boundary in front of H1

18 Jun 2017 5:29PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Blue ends up just outside of C4....

18 Jun 2017 5:29PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Was Reg wired?

18 Jun 2017 5:29PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Reg dribbles into position, and it looks like he's got the block. Pretty ballsy if he had the shot open

18 Jun 2017 5:30PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

JP is jumping. Another big moment.

18 Jun 2017 5:30PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Think yellow has unimpeded approach to 13...

18 Jun 2017 5:30PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

well- doesn't matter

18 Jun 2017 5:30PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Jump had good trajectory, but catches the outside wire

18 Jun 2017 5:30PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

think this is open for Yellow...

18 Jun 2017 5:31PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

clangs it!

18 Jun 2017 5:31PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

but JP is in a lot of trouble as yellow rejects to 6 inches infront

18 Jun 2017 5:31PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

wired from black

18 Jun 2017 5:31PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

only hope is a double clearance by blue from C4...

18 Jun 2017 5:31PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

looks like a nice target for it...

18 Jun 2017 5:31PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

just snicks the wire of hoop 5 and rebounds toward C2

18 Jun 2017 5:32PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Reg umming and erring but this has got to be game over

18 Jun 2017 5:32PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

1 footer

18 Jun 2017 5:32PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

yep, yellow's rejection really was kind

18 Jun 2017 5:32PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Red runs to seal the match for Reg

18 Jun 2017 5:33PM (Tournament); 19 Readers


GAME 3: Reg wins to win British Open
JP Moberly (B+B) 5 vs 7 Reg Bamford (R+Y)

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18 Jun 2017 5:33PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Well--- JP will be disappointed with the result, but there's no way he can be disappointed with how he played. Really good match. It's difficult to pinpoint what it was that Reg had that made the difference, as it seemed like JP was more consistent on his shots and hoop running. I suspect it might be Reg's positional shots, which were pretty much spot on each time. Congratulations to JP and congratulations to Reg.

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

That's me done for the weekend---- bye for now

18 Jun 2017 5:35PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

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