Trans - Tasman Series
TT Test 2 , day 1 Doubles Lawns 3 and 4 by steve wardle
Good morning From Wynnum on ANZAC day
A day of remembrance for New Zealand and Australian Soldiers who gave their lives
The day has dawned fine after light showers over night
25 Apr 2018 8:28AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
the lawns have been mowed and rolled over night, big thanks to the groundsman who came in on his afternoon off and worked after dark.. these lawns have floodlights , but still.. thanks from the players of both teams
25 Apr 2018 8:29AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
We join the action at 8;30 am local time.
I will cover lawns 3 and 4.
25 Apr 2018 8:30AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
On lawn 3 we have Aiken and Alison R playing Malcolm and Alison S
Aiken playing K has made the first break an is currently approaching 2b
all other clips are on 1
25 Apr 2018 8:31AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
on Lawn 4 we have Greg B and Pam playing Greg F and Claire
Greg B took K around to 3b while popping Greg F to 3
Claire has hit the lift and is now approaching 3 having taken off from beside 4 to get in position.. get this and shes away
25 Apr 2018 8:36AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
sails through to peg high... great hoop
25 Apr 2018 8:36AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Claire playing R has B at 4, Y is on nth bdy behind 2 and has taken croquet off K putting that to 5
25 Apr 2018 8:37AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
On lawn 3, Aiken gone to 3b as well.. but broken down with K about 3 yards E of the end of A baulk.. don't know what happened there.
25 Apr 2018 8:39AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
B is further along sth bdy,
Alison S (playing R) has rushed B to near 6, Y near W bdy beside2.
25 Apr 2018 8:41AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
isn't able to rush it to her hoop (1)
looking to lay up along the W bdy
25 Apr 2018 8:42AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Lawn 4, Claire is thru 6 still with Y on Nth bdy, but looks likely to pick it up now..
25 Apr 2018 8:43AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Lawn 3
Alison R (B) shooting at K
from 6 to sth bdy behind 4..
HITS..
25 Apr 2018 8:44AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
sends K to 2 and picks up Y, could be away now
gets rush on R to the hoop (1)
25 Apr 2018 8:46AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
back on lawn 4. Claire now heading to 2b with R, partner at 2b, B (pam) is pivot ball, K at 3b
25 Apr 2018 8:47AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
looking at her leave now..
25 Apr 2018 8:49AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
over on lawn 3, Alison R failed hoop 1, Alison S has picked up the break and is away now..
25 Apr 2018 8:50AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
looks to be a revese spread.. remember greg F is on 3 after 2 pops
25 Apr 2018 8:54AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
laying up tight in corner 2
nice break Claire
25 Apr 2018 8:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
those last two comments were for lawn 4 btw.. hope you are keeping up..
25 Apr 2018 8:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
those last two comments were for lawn 4 btw.. hope you are keeping up..
25 Apr 2018 8:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
as always, comments to kiwisurveyor@gmail.com
25 Apr 2018 8:58AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
on lawn 3, Alison S has made her way to 1b, partner sitting nicely at 2b
looks pretty solid, a minor hiccup at hoop 4, but she navigated that OK
25 Apr 2018 8:59AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
sorry, had to do a coffee run for Aiken..
on Lawn 3 Malcom has just missed something after making 1 and Alison R is on the lawn, don't know what happened there
25 Apr 2018 9:13AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
on lawn 4, Pam hit the lift I think and is now approaching 2...
25 Apr 2018 9:14AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
have to say, Pam looked VERY solid yeaterday
25 Apr 2018 9:14AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
commentators curse strikes again.. blobbed B with Claire 2 feet away, but completely cross wired.
Greg F hits from somewhere near mid nth bdy and hits Y , rushing it to the W bdy
K is a yard or so north of crn 1
B is rushable to 3 (his hoop)
25 Apr 2018 9:18AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
makes 3 with return rush to mid north bdy
25 Apr 2018 9:18AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
R is 4 yards NE of peg
25 Apr 2018 9:19AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
greg f has missed a 4 yarder at K and Greg B now has the innings, he is for 3b ... R is lurking at 3b
25 Apr 2018 9:27AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
how far will the Kiwi captain go??
25 Apr 2018 9:28AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
over on lawn 3, Alison S has stuck in 4b so Alison R has positioned her self on the A baulk
Malcolm shoots at his partner from crn 4, Misses..
Aiken now shoots at B with K,, misses...
now there is 2 balls on A baulk and 1 ball on B baulk and 1 ball in jaws of 4b
25 Apr 2018 9:32AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Alison S makes 4backstill has a 6 yarder along Nth bdy to collect partner.
Hits
25 Apr 2018 9:32AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
sorry.. managerial duties again..
25 Apr 2018 9:39AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Alison S on Lawn 3 has gone to the peg, nicely got all those balls off baulk lines
aiken has hit the lift and looks to be setting up
25 Apr 2018 9:42AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
ok.. now I'm back again.. had to do some organising for my home life.. its all go here..
25 Apr 2018 9:50AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Aiken on Lawn 3 is looking to peg Alison S out, this could get interesting.. making rover now..
25 Apr 2018 9:51AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Lawn 4 and pam (B) is still on 3 and Malcolm is still on 5, the other two are for 4 back
25 Apr 2018 9:52AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Lawn 3.. Y to max position near E bdy
I was wrong.. doesn't try to peg out R, leaving a reverse diagonal spread..
R about 6 inches from the peg, and for the peg...
25 Apr 2018 9:54AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
over on lawn 4.
Pam is approaching 3, looks Ok.. through nicely with a ball lurking 4 yards NNW of hoop 4
25 Apr 2018 9:55AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
pam loads 5 and flirts with the West Bdy, stays in but hasn't got a rush at all..
25 Apr 2018 9:57AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
clooects K and now has a 7 yard approach from straight
25 Apr 2018 9:57AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
clooects is not a real word by the way
25 Apr 2018 9:57AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
through 4, only just...
ref on..
greg B pacing..
its all go here
25 Apr 2018 9:58AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
on lawn 3, Alison s shot down the line after lifting the peg ball and missed
Aiken has taken this and looks to be setting Alison R up
25 Apr 2018 9:59AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Lawn 4 ...
Pam made that hampered shot look easier than it was, a rough ish split gets K to 6 but no real rush to 5.. another tricky approach coming up..
25 Apr 2018 10:00AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
looks ok.. 2.5 feet straight
25 Apr 2018 10:00AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
through..
25 Apr 2018 10:01AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
isn't it funny, I'm a surveyor and use the metric system all day , every day.. and I still revert to inches, feet and yards when at croquet.. weird
25 Apr 2018 10:02AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Pam has finally got a controlled hoop approach going to 6.. Yellow on Nth bdy behind 2, R at 1b
25 Apr 2018 10:02AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Lawn 3, aiken still on lawn doing some setting up...
25 Apr 2018 10:03AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
puts Y to hoop 4
r to a few yards south of the middle of nth bdy
joining up with partner midway W bdy, with a rush to Alison R's hoop (1)
25 Apr 2018 10:04AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Lawn 4, Pam has picked up Y off nth bdy and is sending to 2b
looks like a 4 ball break now
Y a foot from 2b
25 Apr 2018 10:05AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
makes 1b
25 Apr 2018 10:06AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
over on lawn 3,
Alison S hits a long shot.. from a kiwi point of view, making her play isn't the end of the world, unless she pegs aiken out
25 Apr 2018 10:07AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
which is whats happening
25 Apr 2018 10:09AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
and she pegs herself out..
now its malcolm F on 5 and Alison R on 1.....
25 Apr 2018 10:10AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
I think Ive been calling the fletcher boys wrong.. Malcolm is playing with Alison S..
and greg F is playing with Claire..
man this commentary thing is harder than it looks..
25 Apr 2018 10:12AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
over on lawn 4, pam (at least Ive got that right) is approaching 4b, partner ball still for 4b, opponents for 5 and 4b
25 Apr 2018 10:13AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
all quite tidy, making penult off partner
25 Apr 2018 10:16AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
on lawn 3, Malcolm has missed beside AlisonR, so she is rolling to 1, but has over cooked that..and cant wire herself
25 Apr 2018 10:19AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
malcolm is shooting from 2 to 1 he has been hitting well.. he is for 5 remeber
25 Apr 2018 10:19AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
but missed that one
25 Apr 2018 10:20AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
tragedy... on lawn 4 if youre a kiwi
25 Apr 2018 10:20AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Pam has stuck in rover.. with Y lurking by, Y is for 5..
two other balls near the peg..
25 Apr 2018 10:21AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
inexplicable .. Greg has missed from about 4 yards. hit the outside wire of 5.. bounced off to y yards E of 5..
25 Apr 2018 10:22AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
now greg B is looking.. he is for 4b and could easily finish from here..
R is a yard W of peg,
B 4 yards e of peg, but open
B in rover
Y 5 yards east of 5
25 Apr 2018 10:24AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
the first B should be a K..
any way he roquets R with K, now looking to rush B through R
25 Apr 2018 10:25AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
hits but it bounces off both wires and pops out about a foot out of the hoop. can peel going to Y
25 Apr 2018 10:26AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
sails through 4b to the bdy..
B is jawsed in rover
25 Apr 2018 10:27AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
on lawn 3, Alison r has made 1 and 2, malcolm is still on 5
can she pull off a great upset
25 Apr 2018 10:28AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
greg b hoop and roquets R should finish here...
Lets Go Greg B !!!
25 Apr 2018 10:29AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
greg b hoop and roquets R should finish here...
Lets Go Greg B !!!
25 Apr 2018 10:29AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
ok..
taps B gently, irish peels B nicely
25 Apr 2018 10:31AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
on lawn 3.. malcolm has got in and is now approaching 1 b
fails but bounces back a few yards, makeable..
Alison r is between 1b and 2b, shooting at Y
25 Apr 2018 10:32AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
lawn 4, greg is lining up the peg from 3 yards
25 Apr 2018 10:32AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
26-13 to the kiwis
25 Apr 2018 10:33AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
lawn 3 now..
malcolm is in again, approaches 1b again..
makes it this time, but misses his shot at y and ends up on the A Baulk
lift given...
25 Apr 2018 10:35AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
back live.
we have just had our ANZAC day serice.
for those non Kiwis or Aussies, ANZAC Day commemorates the fallen soldiers from past conflicts.
origianally commemorating the day many thousand NZ and Austrailian men lost their lives at Gallipoli on 25th april 1915
25 Apr 2018 11:07AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Back to the action..
lawn 3 Alison R has made it to 3 but Malcolm is on 4b now..
25 Apr 2018 11:09AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
lawn 4 and game two has just started
didn't see the opening, but Pam is on the lawn and its turn 5..
K in crn 2
she is rushing to hoop 1 from mid point of W bdy,, gets to about 4 yards s of hoop 5
R remains on west bdy.
rolls up short and will join.
B 3 yards NW of hoop 1
25 Apr 2018 11:11AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Alison R has made 5, Y lurking at 6..
25 Apr 2018 11:12AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
hits the peg and bounces off to 7 yards s of 3
25 Apr 2018 11:13AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
malcolm smacks Alison R's ball.. now rolling to 4b
25 Apr 2018 11:14AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
back on lawn 4..
greg F misses the two kiwi balls
so pam strides back onto the lawn
25 Apr 2018 11:15AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
lays up a bit in lawn near hoop 1
25 Apr 2018 11:17AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
on Lawn 3, malcolm is now about to peg out..
25 Apr 2018 11:17AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
and does..
first aussie win this morning.. 26 18 I think
25 Apr 2018 11:18AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Lawn 4 now..
Claire (K) in crn 2 is shooting at partner mid W bdy
25 Apr 2018 11:19AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
misses
25 Apr 2018 11:19AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
over on lawn 2
25 Apr 2018 11:26AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Nina and chris have won a nail bitter 24-23 after time
chris and ed were in the box.. ed had pegged chris out when Nina was some way behind Alix
Nina drew level after the time went, then endured three long shots by Alix (both were for penult) that just missed..
CHris looks even greyer..
25 Apr 2018 11:28AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
ok.. back to lawn 4
Pam has made 1 but broke down, all other clips on 1
25 Apr 2018 11:29AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
so a recap of the morning so far..
Josh and Jenny are game up on lawn 1
Chris and Nina are game up on lawn 2
malc and Alison S are game up on lawn 3
Greg B and Pam are game up on lawn 4
25 Apr 2018 11:30AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
any comments to kiwisurveyor@gmail.com
25 Apr 2018 11:34AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
right.. on lawn 2 this is what happened..
Chris went to 3b on turn 5
Ed did a QPO on him
at that stage Alix and Nina were both for 1
Then when Nina was for 3 and Alix was for 4, Ed was heading back to his partner with a croquet shot and smaked straight into the peg
from then on it was a two ball dog fight
25 Apr 2018 11:41AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
lawn 4
Claire has a break out heading for 2
25 Apr 2018 11:42AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
lawn 3
Alison R has layed up near crn 1 heading for 1
all other clips on 1 as well
Alison S shooting from 2 to mid west bdy..
HITs
two balls at her hoop !
25 Apr 2018 11:45AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
and on lawn 4
Claire now approaching 4, having dragged all 4 balls out now.. in control
25 Apr 2018 11:46AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
rushes B into the jaws of 4 after making it.. should be ok.. two balls a foot apart at 5
25 Apr 2018 11:48AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
rushes B into the jaws of 4 after making it.. should be ok.. two balls a foot apart at 5
25 Apr 2018 11:48AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
back on track now
25 Apr 2018 11:49AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
on lawn 3..
Alison S in control too..
approaching 3
25 Apr 2018 11:50AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
bounces out of 3 big time.. ends up pretty much mid Nth Bdy
Aiken shooting and hits from 3 yards W of hoop 3
25 Apr 2018 11:52AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
lawn 4..
Claire looking good, heading for 1b
partner ball at 2b
25 Apr 2018 11:53AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
back on lawn 3
Aiken lays up for his partner at 1
Alison shoots from 2 towards her partner at 4 and misses..
25 Apr 2018 11:56AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Alison R sails through hoop 1 by 7 yards..
25 Apr 2018 11:57AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
and misses her return
25 Apr 2018 11:57AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
a bit of in and out.. with Aiken missing at Malcolm, so he is on the lawn now
25 Apr 2018 12:03PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
over on lawn 4..
Claire left a NSL and Greg Blifted the hoop 4 ball and shot down the line and missed..
25 Apr 2018 12:04PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
and now Greg is away.. approaching 2 now..
25 Apr 2018 12:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
over on lawn 3
Alison R has got in, and is approaching 4.. from midway between 1 and 2..
25 Apr 2018 12:16PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
over on lawn 3
Alison R has got in, and is approaching 4.. from midway between 1 and 2..
25 Apr 2018 12:16PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
over on lawn 3
Alison R has got in, and is approaching 4.. from midway between 1 and 2..
25 Apr 2018 12:16PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
over on lawn 1
Jenny and Josh continue their winning ways over Stephen and Rosie
that's 2-0 and the first match to the kiwis..
scores in due course
25 Apr 2018 12:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
over on lawn 1
Jenny and Josh continue their winning ways over Stephen and Rosie
that's 2-0 and the first match to the kiwis..
scores in due course
25 Apr 2018 12:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
lawn 4 and Greg has jawsed K in 4b, just made 6..
25 Apr 2018 12:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
that's Greg F
25 Apr 2018 12:20PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
rush peels 4b
sends it to 2b
25 Apr 2018 12:21PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
and on lawn 3.. Alison S is making 4 with a ball at 5 and a ball at 6..
25 Apr 2018 12:22PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Big long swings from the aussie
25 Apr 2018 12:23PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
its green and gold on lawns 3 and 4..
25 Apr 2018 12:27PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
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