British Open Championship
Semi-Final: Moberly vs Riva Game 3. by Will Gee
Hi All. Really nice Weather here at Southwick today. On Lawn 4 we have Reg vs Stephen. Lawn 2 is Jose vs JP which is what I'll be focusing on
24 Jun 2018 11:28AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Game All. Jose is B&B, JP R&Y
24 Jun 2018 11:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
JP lost game 2 so gets game 3 underway with Red
24 Jun 2018 11:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Red in front, black in front, yellow in front
24 Jun 2018 11:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
blue shooting......
24 Jun 2018 11:29AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Centre ball! Very nice. Red comes back in front, and black is sizing up an angled hoop run.
24 Jun 2018 11:30AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Jose doesn't like it and clears Red. Black follows onto the wire, but is instantly cleared by Yellow.
24 Jun 2018 11:30AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue is fed back in and Jose has the definite advantage at Hoop 1
24 Jun 2018 11:30AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Nice cut clearance by Red takes blue to the middle of the south boundary, whilst Red deflects off boundary in front of H1
24 Jun 2018 11:31AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Thought Jose might have fancied the 7 yarder with Black at the hoop, but instead plays in. Not sure about that one
24 Jun 2018 11:31AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Yellow comes in, and Blue needs to clear this
24 Jun 2018 11:32AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Good connection, cuts Yellow halfway to Hoop2
24 Jun 2018 11:32AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
JP can either clear or take the hoop....
24 Jun 2018 11:32AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
not a nice decision, but way he's playing, I reckon hoop
24 Jun 2018 11:32AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Good effort! Looked like he hit the right spot in the hoop, but gets spat out a few yards East of H1
24 Jun 2018 11:33AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black tries an angled H1 but gets rejected back along the same angle. JP feeds in Yellow deep .
24 Jun 2018 11:33AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Blue comes in. JP clears Black with Red, and black is shooting to clear Yellow......
24 Jun 2018 11:34AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
firm clearance just snicks yellow, which heads most of the way to H4. Yellow centres blue off West Boundary, but I don't think he's held hoop running position
24 Jun 2018 11:35AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Nice angled clearance by blue on Yellow sends Yellow toward Corner 4. 3 Balls on boundary in front of H1.
24 Jun 2018 11:36AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
I reckon JP is shooting at the hoop here......
24 Jun 2018 11:36AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
not quite sure what the intention was there. Red headed about a foot past the hoop--- not sure if it was an effort at very tight position or a speculative jaws or hoop attempt
24 Jun 2018 11:37AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Jose puts black slap bang in front, and this isn't looking good for JP. HE needs to hit this clearance from C4......
24 Jun 2018 11:37AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Nope. Misses off the West Boundary.
24 Jun 2018 11:38AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Jose clears Red from 7 yards. Red is a few yards south of Hoop 3
24 Jun 2018 11:38AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue has gone to the west boundary near Hoop 2, so big shot coming up
24 Jun 2018 11:39AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Nails it! JP centres black from about 20 odd yards, and suddenly this hoop has turned.
24 Jun 2018 11:39AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black takes on the hoop, but catches the near wire. Yellow feeds a ball in and now Blue has to do something from near hoop 2
24 Jun 2018 11:40AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue plays toward hoop 1, but collides with black. Think it's an okay result, as black was getting cleared anyway, but instead Red clears blue back up the lawn, holding position near hoop 1
24 Jun 2018 11:41AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
black clears yellow which plays back in....
24 Jun 2018 11:41AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
was that intentional? Plays fairly firm and centres Red...! Red rushed to about 3.5 yards in front of Hoop1
24 Jun 2018 11:42AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue shoots back but misses, and JP has earnt a hoop shot....
24 Jun 2018 11:42AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
clangs it and Red bounces a couple of yards to the west of the hoop.... Hoops have been pretty challenging this week
24 Jun 2018 11:44AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
JP comes off better from a couple of rounds of controlled clearances and now has two balls in front of the hoop. Black is shooting from about 14 yards to stop a hoop shot...
24 Jun 2018 11:45AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
..............collides with Blue?? Not sure Jose will be pleased with that.
24 Jun 2018 11:45AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
JP runs a straightforward hoop with yellow to a couple yards north of H2
24 Jun 2018 11:46AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
1-0
24 Jun 2018 11:47AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
blue plays in, red plays in. Black shoots at the red but misses. Yellow centres blue to the south boundary. Blue's return clearance collides with yellow and now Red has an easy hoop shot.....
24 Jun 2018 11:48AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
easy. JP runs to the boundary.
24 Jun 2018 11:48AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
2-0
24 Jun 2018 11:48AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black plays in front of H3, a couple of yards back. Yellow follows suit, going to deep position.
24 Jun 2018 11:49AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue plays in
24 Jun 2018 11:49AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red plays in quite tight...? Was expecting a clearance, but Jose didn't look too surprised so maybe black's hoop shot is trickier than it looks.
24 Jun 2018 11:50AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
black plays close to yellow. It's not really stuck on it and yellow has options
24 Jun 2018 11:51AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
JP is hammering in the hoop. Looks like the hoop is option 1
24 Jun 2018 11:51AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
takes alot of wire, but goes a few yards through. He'll be happy with that for 3-0
24 Jun 2018 11:51AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
3-0
24 Jun 2018 11:51AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Blue plays in about 3 yards away from hoop 4. Red gets in between blue and the hoop (though maybe not blocked)
24 Jun 2018 11:52AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Black is short of blue... Wouldn't be liking that hoop shot if needed.
24 Jun 2018 11:52AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Yellow shooting.....
24 Jun 2018 11:52AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
came close to running the hoop! Wonder if it was a double
24 Jun 2018 11:53AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
blue clears red, which promptly turns around and clears blue up the lawn holding position for the hoop
24 Jun 2018 11:54AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
black clears red to C4, and yellow takes position.... Looking good for R+Y here.
24 Jun 2018 11:54AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
yeah, blue needed to hit that. Blue shoots at yellow and misses to the south boundary.
24 Jun 2018 11:55AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red centres black which ends up past hoop 2! Black misses the return tea-lady clearance and JP has a 1 yarder to make it 4-0
24 Jun 2018 11:55AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
No dramas here as he runs it easily
24 Jun 2018 11:56AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
4-0
24 Jun 2018 11:56AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue plays in close, and looks pretty good.
24 Jun 2018 11:56AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Red plays in close, but looks a little short. JP's body language from that one makes me think that's not running
24 Jun 2018 11:57AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
black plays in
24 Jun 2018 11:57AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
yellow comes in deep--- blue must be trickier than it looks.
24 Jun 2018 11:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Was definitely angled, but I reckon runnable still. Blue jawses...
24 Jun 2018 11:58AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Red clears black to the west boundary, and black misses the return clearance
24 Jun 2018 11:58AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Big jump shot coming here--- 5-0 or 4-1 soon to be 4-2??
24 Jun 2018 11:58AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Good effort, and think he took nothing but crosswire. Blue runs to level with Hoop 6
24 Jun 2018 11:59AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
4-1
24 Jun 2018 11:59AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Red plays to peg rather than go too close to blue. Black plays close to the hoop
24 Jun 2018 11:59AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
See this is the dilemma that never seems to have a good answer. Yellow is near 5 and position, clear and hoop all look equally unappealing.
24 Jun 2018 12:00PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
chooses hoop. Good effort, but deflects off to the south boundary
24 Jun 2018 12:00PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
blue sneaks in front, blocking red's hoop. JP trying the jump
24 Jun 2018 12:01PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
good line, wrong trajectory as red clears blue. Red and yellow both on the North boundary
24 Jun 2018 12:01PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
black declines angled hoop in favour of trying to get double wiring. Doesn't work, and is instantly nudged a few yards away by yellow--- nice shot
24 Jun 2018 12:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
blue plays in close
24 Jun 2018 12:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
red plays in.
24 Jun 2018 12:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
black clears red
24 Jun 2018 12:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
yellow clears blue
24 Jun 2018 12:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
not sure Jose wants to get drawn into controlled clearance competition with JP....
24 Jun 2018 12:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue is in front
24 Jun 2018 12:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
hmmmmmm. Red's clearance misses to just outside corner 1 and suddenly Jose is back in control of 6
24 Jun 2018 12:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
black clearing yellow toward C2? Would be tempted to put a second ball in
24 Jun 2018 12:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
not sure if intentional, but black heads toward Hoop 7, leaving yellow a shot at blue.... Seems a little greedy if that was the plan, but I suppose he's got to catch up some hoops
24 Jun 2018 12:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
gamble pays off as JP misses toward C4. Blue runs and already Jose is looking strong at 7
24 Jun 2018 12:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
4-2
24 Jun 2018 12:06PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
JP pings red off the north boundary in front of 7, and Jose plays black a couple of feet in front.
24 Jun 2018 12:06PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
pffffft....! That's (part of) the reason JPs playing in this tournament still. He didn't like black being there and clears with yellow from near C4!
24 Jun 2018 12:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue plays into pretty nice position and red is shooting for the hoop from the boundary
24 Jun 2018 12:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Nope. Takes wire and bounces off toward the west boundary a few yards from hoop 7
24 Jun 2018 12:08PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
black clears Yellow past hoop 5....
24 Jun 2018 12:08PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow misses return roquet and blue has a nice hoop shot for 4-3. He'll be wanting to punt this up to 8
24 Jun 2018 12:09PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Nice hoop! Blue runs past hoop 5 and is looking good at 8. Good recovery here from Jose!
24 Jun 2018 12:09PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
4-3
24 Jun 2018 12:09PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
can't work out how nice blue is for the hoop. Not sure it's one you'd want to take on. Red goes deep
24 Jun 2018 12:10PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
black goes deeper than red... that was a mistake I feel
24 Jun 2018 12:10PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
yellow plays in closer, blue clears.
24 Jun 2018 12:10PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Reckon JP is fancying this hoop with Red now
24 Jun 2018 12:10PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
sure enough he firms up the hoop and is aiming for 5-3
24 Jun 2018 12:10PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
nope. gets rejected to just in front. Not sure if runs, but I reckon it does
24 Jun 2018 12:11PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black now jumping from 4 yards or so....
24 Jun 2018 12:11PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
nightmare. Black's trajectory isn't good but his line is fine. Black rush peels red through the hoop, conceding first approach to 9
24 Jun 2018 12:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
5-3
24 Jun 2018 12:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
yellow plays in a few yards back. Blue plays in tight (mistake?) and red plays in a couple yards back
24 Jun 2018 12:13PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I reckon Red has strayed east a bit too much, which could cause problems if black centres yellow
24 Jun 2018 12:13PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
nice shot. Black hits yellow to just outside C4. Think he has a return clearance, but red could be awkward
24 Jun 2018 12:14PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
half balls it- could have been all he could see. Yellow sails off toward Hoop2, but at least Jose can't run the hoop
24 Jun 2018 12:14PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
blue knocks red off east boundary.
24 Jun 2018 12:15PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
JP plays red off south boundary and black plays a couple of feet in front of 9
24 Jun 2018 12:15PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Bit surprised JP isn't just playing in, but instead he's clearing
24 Jun 2018 12:15PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Nice one. Perfect clearance takes black of east boundary and yellow off south boundary. Probably has an OKay angle for the hoop
24 Jun 2018 12:16PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
blue in front. JP shooting for the hoop I reckon
24 Jun 2018 12:16PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
close, but gets rejected to a few yards south of H5
24 Jun 2018 12:16PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Jose playing black in. Will probably want a block because yellow is almost certainly going for the hoop here
24 Jun 2018 12:17PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
pretty deep attempt at a block, ends up about a metre away from yellow...
24 Jun 2018 12:17PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
not sure it's blocked anything, and JP is shooting
24 Jun 2018 12:18PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
another close one! Both looked pretty good but both got rejected
24 Jun 2018 12:18PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Blue taking on shortish hoop
24 Jun 2018 12:18PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
oooof.... a big clunk as blue takes loads of wire and trundles through by a yard. Fine at 4 all, but at 5-3 down he won't be happy...
24 Jun 2018 12:19PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
5-4
24 Jun 2018 12:19PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Red plays into nice position and Jose is in nasty position. Yellow is near to blue and can easily block or hamper blue's shot on red
24 Jun 2018 12:20PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Nice shot! Centres red with black. Unfortunate that black ends up a couple of yards past hoop 10, and JP will be trying to get the cross wire here.
24 Jun 2018 12:20PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Yellow plays in, a little deep I reckon. Don't have the angle to say whether it's blocked, but blue shoots at something, so guessing Jose doesn't like what black can do
24 Jun 2018 12:21PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Blue misses to north boundary and red plays in front.
24 Jun 2018 12:21PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
black middles yellow?! Quite surprised that blue's not in front if black could see yellow....
24 Jun 2018 12:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
yellow overplays positional shot, ending up just east of 10. Could be awkward for 11 if the hoop is run soon
24 Jun 2018 12:22PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
problem solved, as blue snicks yellow whilst trying to clear red. Really bad outcome, as yellow heads near to 11.
24 Jun 2018 12:23PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red lining up hoop for 6-4
24 Jun 2018 12:23PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Simple.
24 Jun 2018 12:23PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
6-4
24 Jun 2018 12:23PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black plays deep to avoid being instantly cleared by yellow. Yellow sneaks in front.
24 Jun 2018 12:24PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Bit surprised blue's not shooting at this, but instead blue lags to deep position.
24 Jun 2018 12:24PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
JP shooting
24 Jun 2018 12:24PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Nice shot....!! Centres black to west boundary near hoop 1!
24 Jun 2018 12:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
phwoooarrr... Black centres return clearance to keep his chances alive
24 Jun 2018 12:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow was punted toward C3, and plays to close to hoop 11
24 Jun 2018 12:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Think blue had a long hoop shot, but declines it for closer position...
24 Jun 2018 12:26PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
red misses blue....
24 Jun 2018 12:26PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
quite a ballsy move by Jose there. Needs to follow up with a good clearance by black
24 Jun 2018 12:26PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
hmmmmm, it's enough, sort of. Black shifts yellow about 6 yards, but black disappears to the middle of the south boundary...
24 Jun 2018 12:27PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
hmmmm... JP won't be happy with that. relatively short clearance is only just snicked. Blue quickly plays back dead in front of 11, but yellow is in the C3 corner spot
24 Jun 2018 12:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
JP hasn't got a ball within 15 yards of this.
24 Jun 2018 12:28PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
red plays in
24 Jun 2018 12:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
red plays in
24 Jun 2018 12:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
red plays in
24 Jun 2018 12:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
black plays in
24 Jun 2018 12:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
yellow shooting at blue.....
24 Jun 2018 12:29PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
half balls it.... Blue's not cleared by enough and clears red away
24 Jun 2018 12:29PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
black is quite deep here and I think Jose has already declined a hoop shot from this position at 11
24 Jun 2018 12:30PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
but red clears back. It's pretty good, as red ends up about 7 yards from 11
24 Jun 2018 12:30PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
black back in front
24 Jun 2018 12:30PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
yellow back
24 Jun 2018 12:30PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
blue plays in. I would've been tempted by the clearance, but I think he was trying to get the block.
24 Jun 2018 12:31PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
it's close, but a grimace suggests it's not done much
24 Jun 2018 12:31PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
JP confirms that as he centres the black off the north boundary in front of H3
24 Jun 2018 12:32PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
this must be about the 10th 15 yarder clearance at this hoop
24 Jun 2018 12:32PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
and that was one of the better ones. Yellow is cleared a few yards southwest of the peg. For a centre ball contact, yellow isn't shifted that far though. Firmer hitting, one way or another, would have finished this hoop sooner.
24 Jun 2018 12:33PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
it's enough though. JP hesitates for a while, but takes on the return clearance. He misses to the north boundary and we get the first hoop shot at 11....
24 Jun 2018 12:34PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
eeeeesshhhh. Though Jose had lucked out there for a second, but was completely wrong. Takes loads of wire, but just grovels through. Jaws might have been nicer at 6-4 down. JP is far away from 12 though
24 Jun 2018 12:35PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
JP MOBERLY (R+Y) vs Jose RIVA (B+B)
Game 3:
6-5
24 Jun 2018 12:35PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
wow... that was short by red. Good position with red would have all but ended this match, but red is only slightly past the peg and is pretty angled on the hoop.
24 Jun 2018 12:36PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
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