Trans - Tasman Series
lawns 1 and 2 cont by steve wardle
don't know what happened there
23 Apr 2018 10:22AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
nina failed 3. Alison S in play now
23 Apr 2018 10:22AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
but fails 1 with r, yellow nearby..
b between 5 and peg, K north of 6
23 Apr 2018 10:24AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
B hits yellow , sends to 4, takes off from r to K
23 Apr 2018 10:25AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
clips K towards 3, still a bit of work to do...come on Nina
23 Apr 2018 10:25AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
safely through 3
23 Apr 2018 10:26AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
picks up R, sends to 5 and is away...
23 Apr 2018 10:27AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Back on lawn 1, Alison R is in play, rushes towards 1 from cnr 2
a bit short, maybe 4 yards to take off...
hits hoop 1... can get back to partner I think (on E bdy)
23 Apr 2018 10:29AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Lawn 2, Nina has made 6, but almost to n bdy.. long return shot
23 Apr 2018 10:32AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Nails it.. back in control..
23 Apr 2018 10:32AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
Lawn 1, Alix misses and Alison is back in, rushing to 1 from mid E bdy, short again
23 Apr 2018 10:33AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
takes off nicely , sails throand has 7 yard return roquet.. hopps don't seem to be posing too many problems
hits return, come on Alison
sticks in 2
23 Apr 2018 10:42AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
Nina goes to 4b and has a nice tidy spread.. Great turn
Alison S lifts the ball at 2 and shoots at B and K, misses..
23 Apr 2018 10:43AM (Tournament); 25 Readers
Lawn 1, Ed looks like he has made 2 and looks like a break is in the offing...
23 Apr 2018 10:45AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
lawn 2
Chris is rushing to 1, a bit of a cut, bit short...maybe 6 yards NNE
23 Apr 2018 10:47AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
2.5 yard hoop, makes it, and is away
23 Apr 2018 10:49AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
on lawn 1, ed is totally in control, approaching 1 back
23 Apr 2018 10:51AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
lawn 2, and Chris has tp laid out, makes 3, lines up peal on B
23 Apr 2018 10:53AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
jawsed 4b, now rush peeling before heading to 5
23 Apr 2018 10:58AM (Tournament); 16 Readers
lawn 1, Alix is in, not keeping up with that game sorr, my battery is going flat so I am pugged in but a far way from that lawn..
situation (I think)
B (alix) making 2
R Alison on 2
K Ed on 1 back
y aiken on 1 I think
23 Apr 2018 11:01AM (Tournament); 18 Readers
oh bother.
chris has failed 5, r has been left on the wire at 6, looks like a lift?? ref on the lawn
balls coming out.. chris lying on the lawn looking..three refs on the lawn
23 Apr 2018 11:05AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
oh bother.
chris has failed 5, r has been left on the wire at 6, looks like a lift?? ref on the lawn
balls coming out.. chris lying on the lawn looking..three refs on the lawn
23 Apr 2018 11:05AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
more press ups from chris, refs in hi viz doing all the checks..
23 Apr 2018 11:06AM (Tournament); 20 Readers
on lawn 1 Alix is approaching 4
23 Apr 2018 11:06AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
ref initially said it was wired, kiwis appealed, and it was open..
so Malc hit with yellow at K in 5 and is away..
23 Apr 2018 11:10AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
meanwhile, on lawn 1, Alix is making 6
23 Apr 2018 11:11AM (Tournament); 23 Readers
lawn 2, malc has all the balls, and is thru 2...
23 Apr 2018 11:12AM (Tournament); 22 Readers
lawn 1, alix has made her way to 2 back..bit of a discussion, from where I am , I cant see what the discussion is about , is there a ball at 2back??
23 Apr 2018 11:15AM (Tournament); 21 Readers
ok.. discussion was about the leave.. all pretty slow tbh
23 Apr 2018 11:17AM (Tournament); 19 Readers
lawn 2 malc looks like a DPO is in the mind of Malcom ...about to make 6 and blue is heading through penult
23 Apr 2018 11:18AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
so Alison S is on 1, chris is on 5 and malc is making 1back on a DPO of nina
23 Apr 2018 11:19AM (Tournament); 15 Readers
ok.. alix on lawn 1 has gone to penut and given contact..is this an ozzie tactic??
23 Apr 2018 11:26AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
lawn 2, malc peeing opponent through rover, has made rover
23 Apr 2018 11:28AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
pegging B out from about 5 yards towards cnr 3
23 Apr 2018 11:29AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
nails it, nina has played her last shot in this game
23 Apr 2018 11:30AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
nails it, nina has played her last shot in this game
23 Apr 2018 11:30AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
the leave is Y in corner 2
R 6 yards up Ebdy from crn 4
K by hoop 5 and is for hoop 5
R for hoop 1
23 Apr 2018 11:34AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
lawn 1
alix has give contact
r 4 yeards from crn 2
y 10 yards from crn 1
K in crn 3
Bin crn 4
23 Apr 2018 11:35AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
aiken takes contact off ball in crn 3,
takes off nicely to crn 4
23 Apr 2018 11:37AM (Tournament); 10 Readers
lawn 2 has stopped for lunch.. so I will too..
23 Apr 2018 11:37AM (Tournament); 11 Readers
ok. I'm back..
23 Apr 2018 11:47AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
lawn 1 and Alison R is on the lawn, sorry but my vantage point isn't the best as I'm still chargin the computer..
23 Apr 2018 11:49AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
looks like the situation is:
Clips
R 3
Y aiken 1
K ed 1b
B peg
ed has picked a roquet and is on the lawn..
23 Apr 2018 11:50AM (Tournament); 13 Readers
making penult.. things looking like the first match to aussies..
23 Apr 2018 11:58AM (Tournament); 12 Readers
right.. back from managerial duties again
lawn 1 is all over.. two straight games to Australia
lawn 2, chris has just failed an agly hoop 5, y (on the peg) is in corner 2 and red (hoop 1) is in corner 1
don't think chris can make 5
23 Apr 2018 12:13PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Alison S hits chris from crn 1... its academic if he could make it now
23 Apr 2018 12:14PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
it was runnable
23 Apr 2018 12:16PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
but still academic..
Alison laying up in crn 2...black about 5 yards north of hopp 4
23 Apr 2018 12:17PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
chris goes to crn 4
23 Apr 2018 12:18PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
greg now tightening up the leave.. pretty sure there will be nothing to shoot at here...
chris hits back into crn 4
Alison S rushes to 5 yards NW of hoop 1.
23 Apr 2018 12:20PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
takes off shortish.. 1.5 yard 45 deg
23 Apr 2018 12:20PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
makes it, she is very good on one ball shots...
23 Apr 2018 12:20PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
lays up 10 yards s of crn 2..
chris is very good at these types of games, the campaingner
like to say I taught him every thing he knows, but that would be a stretch...
23 Apr 2018 12:23PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
a l o n g stretch
23 Apr 2018 12:23PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
a l o n g stretch
23 Apr 2018 12:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
a longggggggg stretch
23 Apr 2018 12:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
chris elects to go just south of peg high, west bdy
23 Apr 2018 12:24PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
recap.. lawn one is finished, 2-0 to aussies.. 26-3 26-2 I think
23 Apr 2018 12:25PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
cat and mouse continues..
r and y laying up on nth bdy wired from Chris
23 Apr 2018 12:26PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
chris puts his ball one yard south of where it was ...probably level with 5 on w bdy
23 Apr 2018 12:27PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Alison makes 2, has rush to mid nth bdy
cuts to the north bdy mid way between 6 and 3..
and lays up near crn 3, for 3
23 Apr 2018 12:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Chris elects to play to nth bdy about 10 yards from crn 2
23 Apr 2018 12:31PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Alison blobs 3.. looks runnable...
23 Apr 2018 12:33PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Alison blobs 3.. looks runnable...
23 Apr 2018 12:33PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
chris shoots at yello and misses..
yellow malc shoots at chris
23 Apr 2018 12:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
.... and misses..
comes up touching.. red isn't much help.. not rushable to 5
so elects do a roll from 10 yards south of crn 3 and nails it. K 2 yards ssw of the hoop, grovels through.. has 10 yarder at Y
23 Apr 2018 12:38PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
just misses.. my spies tell me it started on... ends up on north bdy behind 2
red still on wire on hoop 3
23 Apr 2018 12:38PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
y now shooting at r on the wire hits it in the middle...
23 Apr 2018 12:39PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
takes off to chris ball..
sends chris to about 3 yards SW of hoop 2and will lay up near R in corner 3, giving Alison a rush to her hoop..
23 Apr 2018 12:42PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
still 1 hour 55 mins to go.. so time is ok (for now)
23 Apr 2018 12:43PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
chris goes back to 10 yards along nth bdy from crn 2
23 Apr 2018 12:43PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Alison rushes to 3, makes it..
just.. only a few inches thru
23 Apr 2018 12:45PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
calling a ref... Y about 5 yards due south of 3
23 Apr 2018 12:45PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
can play thru the hoop I think..
23 Apr 2018 12:45PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
misses.. just..
Chris is up again.. has two balls now 6 and 8 yards south of 3..shooting from behind 2
23 Apr 2018 12:47PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
misses.. just..
Chris is up again.. has two balls now 6 and 8 yards south of 3..shooting from behind 2
23 Apr 2018 12:47PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
misses....... darn
23 Apr 2018 12:47PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
yellow (malc) now taking it, can rush to south bdy , looking for a wired posy from K which is mid way on E bdy
23 Apr 2018 12:48PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
cuts it badly , not what he wanted to do, ends up hitting 5 and staying about a yard from that hoop
23 Apr 2018 12:50PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
lays up 3 yards SW of hoop 1..
don't know if chris can see them...
23 Apr 2018 12:51PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
he is looking..
now walking to see what sort of rush Alison has.. rememeber she is for 4, chris is for 6
23 Apr 2018 12:52PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
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23 Apr 2018 12:53PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
elects not to shoot, going mid West boundary ish..
maybe 3 yards south of midway
23 Apr 2018 12:54PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Alison rushes to 3.5 yards WNW of 4
makes 4 by about 6 inches
ref on the lawn again.. he is earning his money today
23 Apr 2018 12:55PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
she.. opps...
23 Apr 2018 12:55PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
clean shot. and hits..
23 Apr 2018 12:56PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
now looking to wire I=on east bdy level with hoop 4
23 Apr 2018 12:57PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
nina and chris are looking at it..body language suggests he doesn't like it..
23 Apr 2018 12:58PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
nina and chris are looking at it..body language suggests he doesn't like it..
23 Apr 2018 12:58PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
elects to go 1.5 yard east of crn 1
23 Apr 2018 12:59PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Alison rushes to within 3.5 yards of hoop 5.
another angly hoop.. maybe 1 yard..
rejects to stay in front
23 Apr 2018 1:00PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
chris now has a free hit..
has to shoot at red, cos red wont rush to 6
23 Apr 2018 1:01PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
smacks it to nearly peg high, about 3 yards east of peg.
yellow 3 yards not=rth of 5..
gets a nice rush, just the peg in the way..
23 Apr 2018 1:02PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
manages to rush past the peg, ends up 4 yards wsw of 6..
23 Apr 2018 1:03PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
bit angly... is angly a word??I'm sure you know what I mean
23 Apr 2018 1:04PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
fails the hoop.. looks to be on the wire, not really a good place to be, positive thing out of it, its with Y, who is shooting at partner
23 Apr 2018 1:05PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
misses to 2 yards north of crn 1
23 Apr 2018 1:05PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
nina and chris confiring at 6
23 Apr 2018 1:06PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
asking for the ref.. maybe it is runnable..
23 Apr 2018 1:07PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
asking for the ref.. maybe it is runnable..
23 Apr 2018 1:07PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
obviously runnable.. makes it easy..
now shooting through R , red is midway between 1 and 2,
23 Apr 2018 1:08PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
obviously runnable.. makes it easy..
now shooting through R , red is midway between 1 and 2,
23 Apr 2018 1:08PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
y is lurking behind red..
23 Apr 2018 1:08PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
no issue, smacks R in the middle.. rushes it to about 10 yards north of corner 2
23 Apr 2018 1:09PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
y is a bit more than 2 yards north of crn 2, maybe 4..
anyway, chris takes off nicely and gets a rush to 1 back...
23 Apr 2018 1:10PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
nails that too, maybe 1 yard SW of 1 back
23 Apr 2018 1:10PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
he has got such a good temperament, the lad from Brooklyn, wellington, the wellington college old boy,
makes 1b with reverse rush
R is 10 yerds N of crn 1
23 Apr 2018 1:12PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
looking to take off to red from beside 1b
23 Apr 2018 1:12PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
slides past it, by about 2 yards, no real rush (unless he wants to go to crn 2)
23 Apr 2018 1:13PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
approaching 2b from west bdy, 11 yards n of crn 2
23 Apr 2018 1:14PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
stopping red to 3b.....
23 Apr 2018 1:14PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
nails it, straight in front of 2b, maybe 3 feet away
23 Apr 2018 1:15PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
come on chris...
23 Apr 2018 1:15PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
grovels through.. by about 4 inches.. was mid swing when an ozzie hit something on another lawn and cries of shot as he was swinging..
23 Apr 2018 1:16PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
anyway.. shoots at r, near 3b.. misses by not very much..
23 Apr 2018 1:17PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
anyway.. shoots at r, near 3b.. misses by not very much..
23 Apr 2018 1:17PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
a picture. I'm on the deck elevated by a few feet on the sth bdy..
a good crowd...
23 Apr 2018 1:17PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Alison hits from 3b to the yellow at 1b .. Hits..
thus is turning to be a cliffhangrr
remember Red is for 5.. black is 3b high on east bdy
red and y laying up between 2 and crn 2
23 Apr 2018 1:18PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
chris and nina discussing..
23 Apr 2018 1:20PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
very tight rush for Alison.. directly at 5.. I don't know if K can see them..
23 Apr 2018 1:20PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
chris hits into corner 1.. maybe a foot along the south bdy
23 Apr 2018 1:22PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Alison rushes to directly in front of 5.. great shot that..
23 Apr 2018 1:22PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
makes 5 and roquets Y
tricky roll with that pesky peg in the way.. so elects to roll towards crn 3
23 Apr 2018 1:23PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
rolled up, but left y open to K.. so has gone wide to guard the shot thr
Y 5 yards sw of 3,
R 4 yards NW of 3.. but open..
23 Apr 2018 1:26PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
chris goes peg high east bdy
23 Apr 2018 1:27PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Alison rushes Y to close to 6,
makes 6 and has rush due west
23 Apr 2018 1:27PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
clips Y to 4 yards SE of 1b
23 Apr 2018 1:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
elects to roll into near corner 2and lays a rush to 1b
possibly wired from K
23 Apr 2018 1:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
chris, in all black including socks and shoes, now surveying the options..
23 Apr 2018 1:30PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
plays to nth bdy above hoop 4b
23 Apr 2018 1:31PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Alison is angly again.. but looks to be in the jaws..
23 Apr 2018 1:32PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
chris shoots at yellow... by the looks of his expression, it didn't miss by much
Chris isn't big on theatrics...
23 Apr 2018 1:33PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
chris shoots at yellow... by the looks of his expression, it didn't miss by much
Chris isn't big on theatrics...
23 Apr 2018 1:33PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
ends up mid west bdy
23 Apr 2018 1:34PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Alison makes 1b has rush to 2 back
23 Apr 2018 1:34PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
ends up a fair way from 2b.. maybe 9 yards NE of the hoop
but nails the roll
23 Apr 2018 1:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
ends up a fair way from 2b.. maybe 9 yards NE of the hoop
but nails the roll
23 Apr 2018 1:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
grovels through by a foot at most..
23 Apr 2018 1:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
ref on the lawn again
23 Apr 2018 1:35PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
just kisses Y, good shot that, with a lift lurking..
23 Apr 2018 1:36PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
rolls to K..
sends K to 4back..
puts R into Corner 2..
Y is mid way up west Bdy
23 Apr 2018 1:38PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
maybe 2 yards off the yard line..
23 Apr 2018 1:38PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
chris lifts Black and is shooting at R in corner 2..13 yarder..
23 Apr 2018 1:40PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
opps.. no he isn't..
23 Apr 2018 1:40PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
eyesight failing me..
he shoots at yellow but slides past.. Malc on the lawn now.. about 4 yards from K
23 Apr 2018 1:41PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Y leaves black a2.5 yrads off the south bdy behind 1, and goes to R in crn 2
23 Apr 2018 1:42PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
rolling both balls towards crn 3...
23 Apr 2018 1:43PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
hasn't got near it.. maybe 6 yards wnw of 4b
23 Apr 2018 1:44PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
both R and K on 3back remember.
23 Apr 2018 1:45PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
leaves Alison a rush probably to the mid of the east bdy.. big gap between fro chris to go through
23 Apr 2018 1:46PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
red is wired from K by hoop 6
23 Apr 2018 1:46PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
plays back to sth bdy, in front of 1...
23 Apr 2018 1:47PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
yellow now plays and tighnens up the leave, he can now wire both balls..
23 Apr 2018 1:47PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Alison has nice rush to 3b
chris deems
23 Apr 2018 1:48PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
alison rushes from nth bdy to a foot the wrong side of 3b.. a wee trickey take off required..
23 Apr 2018 1:49PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
looks good..
23 Apr 2018 1:49PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
hoops and roquets yellow6 yard ENE of the peg
23 Apr 2018 1:50PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
looking for a wired posy behind 4b
23 Apr 2018 1:50PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
wasn't wired, but definitely only one ball
23 Apr 2018 1:54PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
chris shot, but missed badly.. into corner 3.
alison has picked up chris and has 3bb making penult now
23 Apr 2018 1:55PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
sails thru penult, no ball at rover
has to rush K to rover from beside penult
23 Apr 2018 1:56PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
has rush pointin towards 3b
23 Apr 2018 1:56PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
but cuts very nicely.. 3 y NE of rover.
23 Apr 2018 1:56PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
makes rover with rush back to yellow..
23 Apr 2018 1:57PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
should be all over here...
23 Apr 2018 1:57PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
pegging out for 2 nil from 2 yardsds
23 Apr 2018 1:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
nails the peg out..
game and match to Aussie.. Very nice finish from Alison
23 Apr 2018 1:58PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
26 - 21
23 Apr 2018 1:58PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
that's over and out from me.. I will be heading off to sort out dinner for my flock
23 Apr 2018 1:59PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
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