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
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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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