WCF GCWC U21s
Day One U21s by Lester Hughes
Good Morning from Carinlea.
Yes I spelt my own name wrong - I expect ribbing.
The players have just been briefed and are strolling out onto the courts for their warm ups.
Its 14 or 15 degrees right now heading for a top of 20.
No wind to speak of at the moment.
18 Feb 2017 7:51AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
On Lawn one we have Joshua Freeth (B and K) vs Angus Coulter (R and Y)
On Hoop 1 Joshua has K in the jaws
assume Angus will take on the 4 yard jump with Y
18 Feb 2017 8:11AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Huge jump dead straight but well over the top of the hoop
18 Feb 2017 8:11AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
R has no shot p[lays to halfway.
K runs to 8yards short of hoop 2
18 Feb 2017 8:13AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y plays to dead in front from penalty spot
18 Feb 2017 8:13AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
I missed Bs shot its wide of hoop?
R protected Y
K missed canon
Y runs hoop
1 each
18 Feb 2017 8:15AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
B short to H3
18 Feb 2017 8:15AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R takes deep position
18 Feb 2017 8:16AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K long - Joshua still getting used to the speed
18 Feb 2017 8:16AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y short
B trys block
R big shot I assume at Hoop but clears B
18 Feb 2017 8:17AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Tony Hall has arrived to much fanfare!
18 Feb 2017 8:18AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Tony Hall has arrived to much fanfare!
18 Feb 2017 8:18AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Ooops i look up R in front of H3 blocking B 3 to 4 yards directly behind
18 Feb 2017 8:19AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
B jumping... GREAT SHOT! thru to South B.
18 Feb 2017 8:20AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R forced to play thru H3 to get position also rolls to south B. 4Ys West of B
18 Feb 2017 8:21AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K 7yards shy of H4
Y 1y direct in front.
18 Feb 2017 8:21AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
B Plays to parallel of the hoop??
R fails at protecting Y
18 Feb 2017 8:22AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K hits Y to cnr4 and K sits in jaws - awesome
18 Feb 2017 8:23AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y misses hitting K out rolls to west B
B clears Red to west B
R plays to just inside west penalty spot?
Josh thinks then taps K thru.
2 each
18 Feb 2017 8:25AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R and Y both short to 5
B 30degree just out in front
K firing at Y...
18 Feb 2017 8:26AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Nicks it but no damage done
Y clears B
18 Feb 2017 8:26AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Josh Collecting K on westB now over B on eastB
18 Feb 2017 8:27AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
B plays deep and west of H5 for protection from Y
R plays to one foot in front
18 Feb 2017 8:28AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K takes wide position
Y clears B to westB
18 Feb 2017 8:28AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Oops south B
B firing at R...
18 Feb 2017 8:28AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Re-stalking... Hits!
R down to H6
18 Feb 2017 8:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
R firing at K
Hits
R to southB
18 Feb 2017 8:30AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
K tries to take position but still short
Y plays back in short on opposite to K
18 Feb 2017 8:31AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
B tries to take positon rolls to far
R with nothing to hit takes on 10.5Yard hoop runs it to 3 yards in front of 6 Great shot!
18 Feb 2017 8:32AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
K overshoots h6
18 Feb 2017 8:32AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y hides from K
18 Feb 2017 8:33AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
B with nothing left to do runs H6 from 18yards - great shot!
3 each
18 Feb 2017 8:34AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
ooops Lucky TH is here
Josh 4 Angus 2
18 Feb 2017 8:35AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Joshua is doing well considering his positional shots are a little off
18 Feb 2017 8:37AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Y runs H7 after waiting out a 7y try from K
Josh 4 Angus 3
18 Feb 2017 8:40AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Given I have no readers just at the moment I am going to go for a walk around the courts.
I leave this game Joshua 4 Angus 4
18 Feb 2017 8:46AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Let that be a lesson - never go for a walk around the lawns as you are likely to become a hoop setter.
18 Feb 2017 3:57PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
A quick wrap-up day one.
It was cold then warm then windy then rainy then cold then warm again. Welcome to Melbourne Under 21s.
The top four seeds in Joshua, Felix, Edmund and George did as expected winning their matches today.
Edward EJ Wilson looked good winning his 3 matches today. If his world ranking doesn't improve the most over the next three odd weeks, then someone else will be having a brilliant breakout tournament.
Jason Hodgett and James Gumbrell should be happy as both won two matches today.
I would expect some of the second block seeds to find more wins tomorrow.
18 Feb 2017 4:18PM (Tournament); 1 Readers
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