WCF GCWC Main Event
Quarter Final - mostly Felix Webby v Pete Landrebe by Jenny Clarke
Good morning everyone. Here we go! Lawn 2 we have Felix v Pete, and on lawn 1 John Christie v Ahmed Nasr.
And they're off already. Bit breezy and cool looking, best of 5s. Felix still in a hoodie as the sun isn't out yet.
03 Mar 2017 7:03AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Pete.... wins the toss
Plays blue in to a couple of yards away
Red is a bit short
Black -plays to about a foot behind blue - always hate that - hard to have a confident swing
Yellow - shoots... misses
03 Mar 2017 7:04AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue - thinks about it for a bit - then clears red.
03 Mar 2017 7:04AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red centre balls black from 5-6 yards away, Black plays in, yellow comes inside that in lovely blocking position
03 Mar 2017 7:05AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
(Ahmed Nasr and John Christie warming up. Quite contrasting styles, and John will have to take on more hoops than yesterday - Nasr is a great shot)
03 Mar 2017 7:05AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Pete misses a gentle dribble at yellow, and red plays in a perfect block to snuggle against black - there is nothing Pete can do here!
03 Mar 2017 7:06AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Plays an angly scatter - black and red sail a few yards away, and Felix will have first go at the hoop. After it has been tapped gently down
03 Mar 2017 7:07AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Felix leads 1-0 - very nice hoop stroke up to 2 yards to the right of hoop 2
03 Mar 2017 7:07AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue plays in short. Both players playing very quickly.
03 Mar 2017 7:08AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red in front - still a bit long.
03 Mar 2017 7:08AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Pete plays black in - looks perfect - right in front. His specialty yesterday was certainly getting into the jaws or dead in front from distance - lovely touch.
03 Mar 2017 7:08AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black was good - Felix clears black with yellow, sending black to the side boundary and yellow 10 yards SSW of hoop 2.
03 Mar 2017 7:09AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Pete stops red away, he's closer now with blue, but angly
03 Mar 2017 7:09AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Red plays back in.
03 Mar 2017 7:09AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Not sure how long this commentary will last sorry folks - got a big match myself today.
By the way... comments/questions/requests/gifts of chocolate to physjcw@gmail.com
03 Mar 2017 7:10AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Looks like black cleared red. yellow now clears blue
03 Mar 2017 7:10AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Pete plays blue back in - and red's back and fairly straight and tight. Felix will have a 10y clearance with yellow.
Black sends red to the west boundary near corner 2.. and yellow plays back in.
03 Mar 2017 7:11AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Blue has about a 3 yarder - Felix is leaving this testing hoop for Pete ..
03 Mar 2017 7:12AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
.. who has no problems 1-1
03 Mar 2017 7:12AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
(Meanwhile on lawn 1, Ahmed Nasr hasn't yet appeared after his hit up - Christie and his ref are having a natter and watching the other quarter final. Quarters from the top half of the draw on first.
03 Mar 2017 7:13AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Red takes perfect position at hoop 3 - straight and tight. (Ahmed appears). Pete shoots.. misses
03 Mar 2017 7:13AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Yellow plays in. Pete shoots.. misses
03 Mar 2017 7:13AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Felix lines it up, slight angle...runs hoop 3 to peg high. He'll be a little disappointed with the distance, but that'll put anything at hoop 4 well in range.
03 Mar 2017 7:14AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Felix leads 2-1
03 Mar 2017 7:14AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Yellow and black play in, blue a bit shorter. Felix shooting with red... misses
03 Mar 2017 7:15AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Pete runs hoop 4 from 4 feet, 2-2
03 Mar 2017 7:15AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
(Ahmed and John have started. Blue is a bit long and angled, but we'll see what the Egyptian can do with that)
03 Mar 2017 7:16AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Yellow takes position, red clears gently - too gently...
03 Mar 2017 7:16AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
good grief - got those balls wrong - anyway, Felix played in, Pete cleared gently, Felix played in again, as did Pete, then Felix cleared.
03 Mar 2017 7:17AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Anyway, that wasn't very interesting. What we have now... Felix has two balls in front, though red is probably blocking yellow. Both blue and black are on the west boundary, having shot and missed from the east boundary
03 Mar 2017 7:18AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Nope - one of the blues was Ahmed. Pete is north of hoop 5, having been nudged there by red. Yellow in front of hoop 5. Black shooting from west boundary. It's early, but I'l try to concentrate!
03 Mar 2017 7:18AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Felix runs hoop 5 to north of the peg Felix leads 3-2
03 Mar 2017 7:19AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
blue plays in - north of hoop 6 - he's trying to get really tight. Red comes in - angled and a couple of yards back.
03 Mar 2017 7:20AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Black tries to take tight position, but doesn't end up in front.
03 Mar 2017 7:20AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
4 yard hoop shot from felix... bounces out.
03 Mar 2017 7:20AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Black dribbles back - at red? - ends up long and hitting nothing.
03 Mar 2017 7:21AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
nope - that was blue - no idea how it got there, think it was deliberately played to the other side of the hoop to red.
03 Mar 2017 7:21AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Felix takes on his longish angly hoop.. sails through to the boundary - Felix leads 4-2
03 Mar 2017 7:21AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Yellow, blue and red play in.
03 Mar 2017 7:22AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
sry... still waking up... black yellow and blue play in (argh - wish I could edit!).
03 Mar 2017 7:22AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Red clears black - but only to teh short boundary, and red is now down nearly level with hoop 1
03 Mar 2017 7:23AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Black clears yellow
Yellow clears blue
blue and red play back in - some quality shooting here!
03 Mar 2017 7:23AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
So, blue is definitely runnable, red is a bit angly, black is now in front, and Felix is shooting with yellow from the near boundary... hits blue - clearing it towards corner 3 - nice power there. Yellow is SE of the peg though.
03 Mar 2017 7:24AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Blue's back, and red is indeed unrunnable. lovely touch shot though... Felix plays in tight to the hoop with red, but Pete is up to it and gently clears red
03 Mar 2017 7:24AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
14 yarder for Felix.. misses. Pete's now got a 7 foot hoop 7... which he runs to within a couple of yards of the south boundary. Felix leads 4-3
03 Mar 2017 7:25AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Red goes 3-4 yards north of hoop 8, black plays inside this. Yellow comes down to south of the hoop, but seems to have a good block on blue clearing red.
03 Mar 2017 7:26AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Pete plays blue in for some kind of block - doesn't get it and Felix is taking on his hoop... it's long... bounces out. Pete runs his hoop with black from 4 feet 4-4
03 Mar 2017 7:27AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Yellow takes good position at 9 - about two yards straight, blue plays deep. Red comes in, but is a little far, and black clears yellow. Both balls made it to the east boundary, but it looked a pretty gentle shot.
03 Mar 2017 7:28AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Yellow plays back in, and blue has a angled go at the hoop... might have just snicked the outside wire as it sails to the east boundary.
03 Mar 2017 7:29AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
More hoop adjustments and Felix crunches red through from 8 feet, through by about 8 yards - Felix leads 5-4
03 Mar 2017 7:29AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Black plays up - poor shot is some yards short of 9. yellow comes up next to it. Blue comes up next - centreballs black, nudging it a yard closer
03 Mar 2017 7:30AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
It's all far enough back that felix is just playing another ball in. it's very angled, but closer and runnable.
03 Mar 2017 7:30AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Pete's got a ref as blue is in play behind black. Slightly awkward stance, but he's taking on a 3 yard straight hoop
03 Mar 2017 7:31AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Decent attempt, but the Atkins hoop wins.Yellow can clear blue to stay in front
03 Mar 2017 7:31AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Blue now in the middle of the east boundary. That missed hoop at 9 will cost him. Aargh - just seen the last couple of lines. Hoop 10 - we're playing for hoop 10 here
03 Mar 2017 7:32AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
(Lester hughes is now covering lawn 1)
03 Mar 2017 7:32AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Felix takes on his very angled hoop with red - huge rejection towards the middle of east boundary
03 Mar 2017 7:32AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Black clears yellow - it's a long way back now, but straight - but more importantly, is about 4 yards from red.
03 Mar 2017 7:33AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Felix plays yellow in. Pete needs to clear that with blue. He has a lovely dribbly clearance shot, and hits again
03 Mar 2017 7:33AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
The courts look a lot slower than yesterday afternoon - that was hot and crispy. - green tinge there now
03 Mar 2017 7:34AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Red plays in. black has a long go at the hoop - plants it on the wire - don't believe it's runnable.
03 Mar 2017 7:34AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Yellow comes in - very average shot pulls up short.
03 Mar 2017 7:35AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Blue clears red towards north boundary. Not sure how much Felix had, but he smashes black towards the west boundary
03 Mar 2017 7:35AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Black's back, Paddy's distracting me, and black has been cleared again it seems, blue tries to play in tight, and fails to get in trong. Red's in good position. Black shoots - misses.
03 Mar 2017 7:37AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Felix runs hoop 10 with yellow, Felix leads 6-4
03 Mar 2017 7:38AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Blue plays in... too long!
03 Mar 2017 7:38AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Red goes deep. Black is in front. Yellow on the north boundary
03 Mar 2017 7:38AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Yellow dribbles in hitting the middle of black and staying in front - nice shot!
03 Mar 2017 7:39AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
hope - yellow plays in - George distractign me this time!
03 Mar 2017 7:39AM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Blue plays a block - not sure what red can see.. has a go at the hoop, but flicks yellow on the way and bounces of the wire to far away
03 Mar 2017 7:39AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Black runs hoop 11 to level with the peg - not really far enough. Felix leads 6-5
03 Mar 2017 7:40AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
yellow plays in. Blue is taking an aggressive line... bounces off the hoop to next to it.
03 Mar 2017 7:40AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Red plays in from the west boundary - it's short and too angly.
03 Mar 2017 7:41AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
black clears yellow and rolls on to out of position. Yellow is back - might have clipped the hoop on its way back from the south boundary
03 Mar 2017 7:41AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Blue clears yellow getting in front.
03 Mar 2017 7:42AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Red is taking on its angly hoop... bounces out, and black has the choice of a straight clearance holding position, or something cutty to get near 13
03 Mar 2017 7:42AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
clears red towards hoop 13. Can't see him fancying running the hoop with black now.
03 Mar 2017 7:42AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
(wit blue - don't want to run wtih blue, and let red have first play to 13 from nearby)
03 Mar 2017 7:43AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
saved from the decision - yellow plays in next to blue - blue clears getting decent position
03 Mar 2017 7:43AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
red plays back down, but too far.
03 Mar 2017 7:44AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
black tries to block yellow at blue. takes the decision to not go in front of the hoop to achieve this. ...and doesn't get the block
03 Mar 2017 7:45AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
yellow clears blue.
03 Mar 2017 7:45AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
looks like blue came back and red cleared it to hoop 13
03 Mar 2017 7:45AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
all balls come back to the hoop... and felix runs a 3 yard straightish hoop 12 with red to take game 1. Big fist... he's pleased to get that first one under his belt.
03 Mar 2017 7:47AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
all balls come back to the hoop... and felix runs a 3 yard straightish hoop 12 with red to take game 1. Big fist... he's pleased to get that first one under his belt.
03 Mar 2017 7:47AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
all balls come back to the hoop... and felix runs a 3 yard straightish hoop 12 with red to take game 1. Big fist... he's pleased to get that first one under his belt.
03 Mar 2017 7:47AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Sorry about that repeat - computer misbehaving!
03 Mar 2017 7:47AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Felix Webby v Pete Landrebe game 2 - Felix leads the match 1-0
03 Mar 2017 7:48AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
(nope, it's drinks break time)
03 Mar 2017 7:48AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
(and hoop 1 is now out of the ground)
03 Mar 2017 7:49AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
excitement in the cheap seats - the gc world rankings have been updated! Felix now up to number 6 in the world - very well deserved.
03 Mar 2017 7:54AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Sherif Abdelwahab has just moved his impressive videography collection inside - it's drizzling!
03 Mar 2017 7:56AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
And we're off...
03 Mar 2017 7:56AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Blue in to decent position, red a bit short, but runnable by felix, black in position
03 Mar 2017 7:56AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Yellow shoots... misses
03 Mar 2017 7:56AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Blue has a bit of angle and distance, but should be ok.. runs it by 6 yards. Pete leads game 2 1-0
03 Mar 2017 7:57AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Red plays up - is well short.
03 Mar 2017 7:58AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Black up... short again, and Red is all over that
03 Mar 2017 7:58AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Yellow takes good position - cleared by blue... and Felix runs a long hoop 2 1-1
03 Mar 2017 7:58AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Hm, John has his raincoat on.
03 Mar 2017 7:59AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
sorry - no idea how they got there - was talking to George and Lachy.
03 Mar 2017 8:00AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
we now have red on east boundary, black in front, yellow frontish, blue angled.
03 Mar 2017 8:00AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
blue cruises into the jaws - another Pete special. Red shooting at something... misses.
03 Mar 2017 8:01AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Pete will clear yellow and Felix will concede hoop 3
03 Mar 2017 8:01AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Clears yellow to the middle of north boundary
03 Mar 2017 8:01AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Yellow plays to between 3 and 4
03 Mar 2017 8:02AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
blue runs 3 town to 5 feet north of 4
03 Mar 2017 8:02AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
red comes in. Black tries to play super tight, and drifts past
03 Mar 2017 8:02AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
yellow is in - blue is very angled... and he gets that into the jaws as well!
03 Mar 2017 8:03AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
red nudges yellow in, but it's open on black. Black clears yellow. Let's see if he's fully in the jaws
03 Mar 2017 8:03AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Pete leads 3-1
03 Mar 2017 8:04AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Red takes position, black centres a dribbly clearance
03 Mar 2017 8:04AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
yellow takes position
03 Mar 2017 8:05AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
blue misses, and red also plays back in - it's really angled though, but yellow is dead in front, and red might have the block
03 Mar 2017 8:05AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Black gently clears red (did it get a double clearance or red onto yellow?). Anyways, felix stuns black away keeping yellow in front.
03 Mar 2017 8:06AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
comes be - very short and wrong side of the hoop..poor shot
03 Mar 2017 8:07AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
reds back in, black misses, and yellow runs hoop 5 up to near hoop6
03 Mar 2017 8:08AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
blue plays in very tight to hoop 6. Pete is leading 3-2
03 Mar 2017 8:08AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Felix shoots - hits partner to the side of 6 - that'll be enough to clear blue
03 Mar 2017 8:08AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Pete plays black in short - that was disappointing touch again
03 Mar 2017 8:09AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Yellow clears. Looks like it hit blue onto the wire, as blue pinged back to the peg, and yellow is 3 yards north of corner 1
03 Mar 2017 8:09AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Red's on the north boundary north of hoop 2, so Pete just plays blue back in and is now favourite for the hoop
03 Mar 2017 8:09AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Red shooting...
03 Mar 2017 8:09AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
misses
03 Mar 2017 8:10AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
That very nice Josh Freeth has just bought me a can of fanta. Yumm
03 Mar 2017 8:10AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Black has a go at the hoop, but bounces out.
03 Mar 2017 8:11AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Yellow shooting - hits black - not much use, as blue is the ball in front. Pete leads 4-2
03 Mar 2017 8:11AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Red plays in from towards corner 4. Goes deep and a bit angled, but decent shot
03 Mar 2017 8:11AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
black comes in short - very short and probably unrunnable.
03 Mar 2017 8:12AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
yellow takes position
03 Mar 2017 8:12AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
blue plays in, and red runs a lovely hoop 7 by a couple of feet. Pete leads 4-3
03 Mar 2017 8:13AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Black takes good position. Yellow probably needs to have a go at this, as I don't think Red has a shot
03 Mar 2017 8:13AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Josh musing on the possibility of Sherif using his drone in the final. Probably too noisy for that, but his gyroscopic setup will be great to see some video from - he had that in action at teh U21 worlds final, and again yesterday
03 Mar 2017 8:14AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Yellow shoots - clears black - both balls now on the south buondary
03 Mar 2017 8:14AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Blue plays in woefully short
03 Mar 2017 8:14AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Red takes the other extreme, and is more than halfway to the south boundary!
03 Mar 2017 8:14AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Black's back, and long and a bit angled - that's a decent place to be, although getting the wire was the goal
03 Mar 2017 8:14AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Felix plays a good yellow in. I wonder if Pete will take on his 6? yard hoop with blue.
03 Mar 2017 8:15AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
you bet he does... but he hits the nearside wire and bounces off to south boundary
03 Mar 2017 8:15AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
yellow plays in looking for a block. Looks like he as it, as the clip is off. pete is jumping!
03 Mar 2017 8:16AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Hits the same outside wire.
03 Mar 2017 8:16AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Red and yellow look to be in the way of each other, and Felix is looking for wired position - has nailed that with yellow
03 Mar 2017 8:16AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
Pete has conceded hoop 8, and played to the halfway line
03 Mar 2017 8:17AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Red goes halfway, black has a go at clearing something, and yellow runs the hoop
03 Mar 2017 8:18AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
4-4
03 Mar 2017 8:18AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Blue takes good position, but red clears both to the side boundary
03 Mar 2017 8:19AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
black takes position, but has red menacing it from the side boundary
03 Mar 2017 8:19AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
yellow plays in short and very angled
03 Mar 2017 8:19AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
yellow must be unrunnable, as blue has just played in for a block - I reckon he got it, as Felix just played red in.
03 Mar 2017 8:20AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Pete runs hoop 9 - Pete Landrebe leads 5-4
03 Mar 2017 8:20AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Black is not up on the north boundary, and the ref is on to watch Felix play a hampered shot on yellow up to hoop 10. Plays it quite well, and is about 5y straight
03 Mar 2017 8:21AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Not sure what Pete was tryign to do, but he has gone well past and wide
03 Mar 2017 8:21AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Red goes up - short again, but with Felix's hoop running, it's probably a great position, as Pete is unlikely to clear it
03 Mar 2017 8:21AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Black takes position
03 Mar 2017 8:21AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Yellow looks like it's taking on the hoop - easy! 5-5
03 Mar 2017 8:21AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Big hoop here - we're off to hoop 11
03 Mar 2017 8:22AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Nearly through game 2 and Ahmed's game 2 hasn't started yet
03 Mar 2017 8:22AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
right... blue takes position - red clears centrally - great shot
03 Mar 2017 8:23AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
black to position, yellow to position
03 Mar 2017 8:23AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
blue shooting - important shot for Pete.. Nails it, leaving blue very near the hoop.
03 Mar 2017 8:24AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
red plays back in.
03 Mar 2017 8:24AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Black taking on the hoop for a vital lead... bounces out!
03 Mar 2017 8:24AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
yellow clears black - yellow might be just in front - bit angled. Blue isn't in front, and will stop red away
03 Mar 2017 8:24AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
plays that well.
03 Mar 2017 8:24AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
red comes back in - I can't tell if that's in front - looks like it could be adjacent to the hoop
03 Mar 2017 8:25AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Black is on the west boundary, so I'm guessing it missed something.
03 Mar 2017 8:26AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Yellow clears blue to the north boundary. Not sure if he was taking on his hoop or red there, but clears red
03 Mar 2017 8:26AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
reds back, but blue will be able to see that. Yellow has a longish hoop, but I'd expect Felix to run that
03 Mar 2017 8:27AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Black has a gentle go at clearing, but misses, and Felix runs 11 down to the south boundary. Felix leads 6-5
03 Mar 2017 8:27AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Some wonderful hoop running here.
03 Mar 2017 8:27AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Blue takes position at 12
03 Mar 2017 8:28AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Red shoots at something - misses. looks like yellow can't see anything, and black plays over to just south of the eastern penalty spot. Thank goodness Lester was watching!
03 Mar 2017 8:29AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Yellow plays in, and blue runs the hoop 6-6
03 Mar 2017 8:29AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
Red plays up to off the north boundary. Black's in play, but red should be all over that
03 Mar 2017 8:30AM (Tournament); 35 Readers
yellow... it's bobbling, but is a really good shot
03 Mar 2017 8:30AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
Pete probably needs to take a shot at this one
03 Mar 2017 8:30AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
shoots, misses the long shot by quite a way.
03 Mar 2017 8:30AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
red clearing... fantastic shot - black towards corner 1 - peg and hoop 1 in play
03 Mar 2017 8:31AM (Tournament); 35 Readers
Pete shoots... hits!
03 Mar 2017 8:32AM (Tournament); 37 Readers
yellow for the hoop... it's in the jaws!!
03 Mar 2017 8:32AM (Tournament); 38 Readers
Blue tries the jump from the boundary... doesn't hit it well.
03 Mar 2017 8:32AM (Tournament); 38 Readers
red plays up, maybe for a bit of a block.
03 Mar 2017 8:32AM (Tournament); 37 Readers
Black tries jumping from corner 3 - nothing else to do.
03 Mar 2017 8:33AM (Tournament); 37 Readers
peels yellow Felix wins 7-6, leads the match 2-0
03 Mar 2017 8:33AM (Tournament); 38 Readers
Clips are exchanged, and it looks like they'll get away with starting without the hoops being pulled out agai
03 Mar 2017 8:34AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
Game 3 - Felix Webby v Pete Landrebe, Felix leads the match 2-0
03 Mar 2017 8:34AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Nope.. they delayed too long, and hoop 4 is out of the ground!
03 Mar 2017 8:35AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
hoop 5 passes the test, while Felix and Pete have a natter in corner 4
03 Mar 2017 8:38AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
hoop 2 is up. I think hoop 1 was deemed ok
03 Mar 2017 8:40AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Pete's gone for elevensies and Dennis has stopped by for a chat with Felix. Great kiwi contingent here, and a record number of kiwis in the quarters (particularly if you consider Pete was born in Ashburton or somewhere very near there!)
03 Mar 2017 8:41AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Aaha - I've finally spotted the lawn where Edward "Nedward" Wilson and Hamish "Cuddle" McIntosh are playing. Up on lawn 4. The big hitting Australian looks to have a lot of clips on. He took the first 7-4. This one could well be looking like 7-2
03 Mar 2017 8:42AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Hoop 6 - is up
03 Mar 2017 8:43AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Hoop 3 getting some treatment. Chris is now at teh back of a very long queue trying to get me a croissant - great move here -they have brought in an outside contractor for catering and they are awesome!
03 Mar 2017 8:47AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
And they're off!!
03 Mar 2017 8:47AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Game 3
03 Mar 2017 8:47AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
And we pick up where we left off...
03 Mar 2017 8:47AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Pete takes good position with blue, red clears both off the side boundary
03 Mar 2017 8:48AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Pete takes very deep position with black
03 Mar 2017 8:48AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
(Ned and Hamish on the way back - that's 2-0 to Ned Wilson - another hugely talented youngster.)
03 Mar 2017 8:48AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Yellow plays in - it's more than 45 degrees.
03 Mar 2017 8:49AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Blue takes position - very angled, and red plays inside this blocking it fro mthe hoop
03 Mar 2017 8:49AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Can Pete run his 6.6 yard hoop?...no ... bounces off towards the west boundary
03 Mar 2017 8:49AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
yellow dribbles against blue. There is probably enough distance and possibly the angle to get a double clearance.
03 Mar 2017 8:50AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Calls the ref. WHY DONT THEY MARK BALLS???!!!
03 Mar 2017 8:50AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Plays a nice double clearance, but it's all very gentle, and red comes back.
03 Mar 2017 8:50AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
black clears, yellow back, blue clears, red back, black nudges it and goes up to hoop 2 - that's Pete in trouble immediately
03 Mar 2017 8:51AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Pete tried to clear something - maybe was going for a challenging double clearance. Misses everything from about 3 yards
03 Mar 2017 8:52AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
red takes great position - tight and blocking blue
03 Mar 2017 8:52AM (Tournament); 35 Readers
(turns out Ned played very well to crunch up Hamish 7-4 7-3. I think he's done for the day - next round of the bowl not until tomorrow)
03 Mar 2017 8:53AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Pete plays back in - proably shooting at something - misses.
03 Mar 2017 8:53AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
yellow will try to block blue at red. It's proably giong to be another 7 yard jump attempt. This doesn't appear to be a shot Pete has
03 Mar 2017 8:54AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Goes for a double clearance - just gets yellow
03 Mar 2017 8:54AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Ian got a good view of his first jump attempt at 13 in the last game - apparently it was quite a good effort
03 Mar 2017 8:54AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Red runs hoop 1 up to the peg. Black takes horribly wide position, and yellow comes in
03 Mar 2017 8:55AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Blue takes good position (hitting yellow en route), and red clears that.
03 Mar 2017 8:55AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Felix leads 1-0 by the way
03 Mar 2017 8:55AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
black clears yellow, and yellow comes back wide on the western side. Felix is really dominating proceedings now.
03 Mar 2017 8:56AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
A few balls dribbling around at hoop 2 while we were checking how out high Felix will get in the rankings. Will be #5 after this, and marching towards the top 3. Highest index in the world. Very impressive -he's just 17 years old!
03 Mar 2017 8:58AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
We're now in a position with yellow in front and black on the short boundary - centres yellow away, and hoop 2 is still very competitive. Yellow comes in to great position
03 Mar 2017 8:59AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Pete clears that. red comes in
03 Mar 2017 8:59AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
red is long, so pete takes position
03 Mar 2017 9:00AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
yellow centres blue to 3y north of c1...beautiful shot
03 Mar 2017 9:00AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
blue plays back to tight... goes too far and red has a long hoop go... Felix leads 2-0!!
03 Mar 2017 9:02AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Black yellow and blue play across. Red is shooting... misses
03 Mar 2017 9:02AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Angled black - Pete really needs this .. hits the far wire and gets a firm Atkins rejection
03 Mar 2017 9:03AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Felix has a longish hoop with yellow... fails it!
03 Mar 2017 9:03AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
I've lost track a bit. Blue has just cleared yellow, and we're paying attention now.
03 Mar 2017 9:04AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Red rolls up - very angled and a bit long
03 Mar 2017 9:04AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Black needs to block here - yellow has a 7 yard chance here
03 Mar 2017 9:05AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Black plays in to somewhere. Yellow has a go... bounces out.
03 Mar 2017 9:05AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Blue dribbles (at the hoop?), and wanders past, red now in frontish, and black clears it - both on north boundary now
03 Mar 2017 9:06AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
croquetscores being a little slow updating commentary lines, but no big deal
03 Mar 2017 9:06AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
yellow takes position, blue in tight - might be on the wire. Red plays in - looks like he was trying to block black at yellow and has missed that.
03 Mar 2017 9:07AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Black dribbles in to dead in front of yellow. Ref on for the stun shot
03 Mar 2017 9:07AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
NO MARKERS
03 Mar 2017 9:08AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
Plays it well.
03 Mar 2017 9:08AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
red and yellow now in front, blue can clear one of them - or play for the block.. tries to get the block and appears to have hit the leg of the hoop - Felix jumping though
03 Mar 2017 9:09AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Fails the jump, but clears blue away. Black shooting at yellow...
03 Mar 2017 9:09AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
misses.
03 Mar 2017 9:09AM (Tournament); 24 Readers
Yellow for 3-0..from a couple of yards and a wee angle. Gave the hoop a fairly aggressive waggle - that hoop is VERY floppy.
03 Mar 2017 9:10AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Ref on and give the hoop a wee tap
03 Mar 2017 9:10AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Big rejection - yellow bounces off to between hoop 6 and hoop 2. That's three consecutive misses
03 Mar 2017 9:10AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
(Ahmed has developed an effective technique of using teh top of his mallet to tap down hoops)
03 Mar 2017 9:11AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Reds now on the north boundary, black in front, yellow shooting - nails it.
03 Mar 2017 9:11AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Blue coming back in, will look to come tight and block red's shot
03 Mar 2017 9:11AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
red plays into position
03 Mar 2017 9:12AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
black clears, yellow dribbles in. Blue isn't in front - takes very tight position
03 Mar 2017 9:12AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
red shooting - clears blue to the middle of east boundary. Another powerful clearance.
03 Mar 2017 9:13AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Pete has a go at the hoop - bounces off to the east boundary
03 Mar 2017 9:13AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Felix with another go... runs hoop 3 down towards hoop 5. Felix leads 3-0
03 Mar 2017 9:14AM (Tournament); 29 Readers
Still gloomy and cloudy out there. I'm expecting to be on lawn 1 (Reg was on 2 yesterday)- and despite Ahmed's dominance, they are only on game 2 atm, at 6-3
03 Mar 2017 9:14AM (Tournament); 26 Readers
Right - blue plays in, then red, then black, yellow clears blue to the side boundary. Blue..shoots... misses
03 Mar 2017 9:15AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Red fails hoop 4!
03 Mar 2017 9:15AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
distracted by the return of JP Moberly - despite failing 4, Felix is in fully control of it
03 Mar 2017 9:16AM (Tournament); 27 Readers
Bit of clearing, and red's in front, but a bit angled. Yellow clears black, getting to south boundary in front of hoop 5. Blue comes back - misses.. Felix Webby leads 4-0 - he'll be in the medal rounds tomorrow if he continues like this, and is a very good prospect for gold
03 Mar 2017 9:18AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Pete takes position at 5, Felix follows, blue in trying for the block - close, but not blocked..
03 Mar 2017 9:18AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
Red clears black to the west boundary, level with hoop 2. A few hoop fails in this match, but still excelletn shooting, and some very good hoops
03 Mar 2017 9:19AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Pete has blue in play of hitting Felix's yellow. This is going to be 5-0.
03 Mar 2017 9:19AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
doesn't shoot - awful shot - well short - free hoop for Felix... Webby leads 5-0
03 Mar 2017 9:19AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Runs the hoop a bit hard - but hits the peg and stays on the correct side of 6!
03 Mar 2017 9:19AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Blue into position, red into slightly better position, black shooting...
03 Mar 2017 9:20AM (Tournament); 35 Readers
misses red, hits the near wire of the hoop - might have been a desperate hoop shot, or just a really attractive double target of hoop and ball
03 Mar 2017 9:20AM (Tournament); 35 Readers
Felix clears blue off the west boundary!
03 Mar 2017 9:21AM (Tournament); 35 Readers
Pete hits. - nothing near 6 now
03 Mar 2017 9:21AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
Red plays in - a bit long, but straight
03 Mar 2017 9:22AM (Tournament); 37 Readers
black promote blue up by the looks of things.
03 Mar 2017 9:22AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
Yellow takes positino
03 Mar 2017 9:22AM (Tournament); 36 Readers
I think Blue will try to dribble into close position
03 Mar 2017 9:22AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
looks like blue dribbled red away, and red is now back. Black hits yellow, but not far. And yellow has cleared blue to the west boundary. Pete has spent a lot of time on that west boundary today!
03 Mar 2017 9:24AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Blue shooting - it'll be 6-0 if he misses!
03 Mar 2017 9:24AM (Tournament); 30 Readers
Misses, bounces harmlessly off the wire of the hoop
03 Mar 2017 9:24AM (Tournament); 31 Readers
Red runs hoop 6 off the north boundary. Felix Webby leads 6-0 One more point for an open world championship medal!!
03 Mar 2017 9:25AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Pete takes position just in front of the jaws - great shot
03 Mar 2017 9:25AM (Tournament); 34 Readers
Yellow plays in, blue plays for the block, but it seems he can see - looks like he'd peeled black, but got away with that! - and blue is now blocking black at yellow
03 Mar 2017 9:26AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Felix lines up hoop 7
03 Mar 2017 9:26AM (Tournament); 33 Readers
Felix Webby wins the third game 7-0 to take the first quarter final!!!
03 Mar 2017 9:27AM (Tournament); 32 Readers
And that's it from me. I expect to be on lawn 1, but you never know. They're in the break. Off to congratulate Felix - very very impressive performance
03 Mar 2017 9:27AM (Tournament); 28 Readers
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