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Western Championship
Western Championship Final: David Maugham v Jonathan Powe by Alison Jones
Good morning croquet fans, this is Alison Maugham and I will be your commentator for the day. We are enjoying the company at the East Dorset Lawn Tennis & Croquet Club and have been graced with some warm sunshine. The final has started on lawn 2, which can be viewed on a facebook livestream for those interested:https://www.facebook.com/AlisonMaughamCroquet/videos/411569113030837/
David Maugham v Jonathan Powe, Best of 5, Super Advanced. Wishing very good luck to our finalists!
19 May 2019 10:23AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Game 1 has started, Maugham has first break with yellow and is currently making his way to 1b, I assume setting up for a contact leave.
19 May 2019 10:24AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Maugham completes break with Yellow, so Yellow is on 4b and all other clips on 1. I missed a bunch of stuff, but I think red didn't get in front of 1, retreated to C3... Powe hits black with blue from north boundary to C4.... 1 big shot out of C4 to start his break...
19 May 2019 10:47AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Powe has started his break with Blue, currently on h4, with Yellow in the jaws after starting the TPO
19 May 2019 10:56AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Slightly hampered after h4
19 May 2019 10:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Okay, barely hampered... he continues...
19 May 2019 10:58AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
On a side note... Alison Maugham makes it to the final of the Plate... OMG!!! Plate Final will be Chris Williams v Alison Maugham, Best of 3.
19 May 2019 11:11AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Back to the final. Powe continues with blue, completed penult peel on yellow going to red at 3b.
19 May 2019 11:13AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Powe makes 3b. Off to start our best of 3... back shortly...
19 May 2019 11:14AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Alison Maugham won the first in the Plate, second has started
19 May 2019 12:23PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Back to the main event... Still in game 1, Y for Box, Red for 3, Blue for Peg and Powe in play with Black approaching 2b.
19 May 2019 12:29PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Powe keeping the 3bb going, is now approaching 4b
19 May 2019 12:32PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Powe did create himself a slightly angled Rover, but coped....
19 May 2019 12:36PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
And Powe wins the first
19 May 2019 12:39PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Game 2 will be starting shortly, the players have decided to play through and have lunch on the go
19 May 2019 12:41PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Game 2 has now started. Maugham Red & Yellow, plays in first to East boundary, Power Blue & Black, plays black to V2 (just out)
19 May 2019 12:44PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Maugham shoots red and Yellow, nicks it, takes off to Black in C2
19 May 2019 12:45PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
4 Yrd shot to corner
19 May 2019 12:46PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Hits.... and I've got to go and play... Back shortly
19 May 2019 12:46PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Maugham send black middle of court between h1 and h2. Lays up on east boundary with partner.
19 May 2019 12:49PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Powe shoots with blue at red & yellow... hits yellow.
19 May 2019 12:49PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Had to pop and get a cup of tea. So Powe has now run H2, approaching h3 with a standard 4 ball break in front, all other clips for 1.
19 May 2019 12:55PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe has run 1 back with blue, leaving black near c2 ready for the contact leave.
19 May 2019 1:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe wasn't in control at 3b, so he has opted to create a good leave rather than try and approach a difficult hoop. Yellow is 4 yards west from c4 on the south boundary, red is level with h4, but not quite on the boundary, blue in c3 and black 1 yard our of c2 on north boundary
19 May 2019 1:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clips so far, Powe: Blue 3b, Black 1, Maugham 1&1
19 May 2019 1:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham takes contact with yellow from Black near c2, takes off to blue in c3
19 May 2019 1:10PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Hits blue from 3 yards
19 May 2019 1:10PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Take off to red, hits red and rolls both over, sets up with rush to h1.
19 May 2019 1:13PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Powe shoots black and blue, misses to just out of c3.
19 May 2019 1:13PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Dave has somehow mis-appraoched H1, didn't see what happened, but black and blue are joined up in c3. Yellow is now scattered to north boundary, red middle of lawn 7 yards below h3.
19 May 2019 1:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe now in play, but has andgled h1.
19 May 2019 1:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Easy Peasy.... Black now in play, will be rolling red from h1 to yellow near h3.
19 May 2019 1:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Short on yellow, so will rush to north boundary, the take off behind blue near c2
19 May 2019 1:20PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Powe's rush goes the wrong way.... ending up NNE h3
19 May 2019 1:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Powe doesn't get behind blue, so just taps it to West boundary. Rolls to h2... straight in front
19 May 2019 1:22PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Runs hoop to north boundary, hits return on blue. Blue is croqueted to h4, possible quad on it's way.
19 May 2019 1:23PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe now approaching h4, setting up for 3back peel.
19 May 2019 1:27PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe has made the first peel, now approaching h5 with yellow, red near ish h6. Blue 2ft north of 3back
19 May 2019 1:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
No more peels have been made, Powe now for 1b with black, approaching with yellow.
19 May 2019 1:36PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Powe through 2b, seems like a 4 ball break to the peg type affair from here.
19 May 2019 1:39PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
I stand very much corrected, not just a 4 ball break.... the 4 back peel has now been completed (straight). Lining red up for the promotion on blue to penult.
19 May 2019 1:46PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue is promoted to about 2 yards from hoop and penult peel attempt is now a couple of feet and about 45 degree angle.
19 May 2019 1:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Decides not to go for it and just makes penult.
19 May 2019 1:49PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Powe finishes turn on Penult and Peg. Maugham now in play with Yellow and through hoop 1.
19 May 2019 2:01PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Not sure what happened, but Maugham now sitting in club house, clips are Yellow for 4 and red for 1. Powe back in playing blue, which is for penult.
19 May 2019 2:07PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Powe seems to have control, taking off from black in middle of lawn to behind red. Rushing red to Penult from peg high.
19 May 2019 2:08PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Powe wins the second.
19 May 2019 2:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Game 3 looks to have started, but so has the rain.
19 May 2019 2:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Powe missed turn 4, so Maugham will be playing with Yellow, rushing to black near west boundary to start the break.
19 May 2019 2:22PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Maugham was on his way to setting up for an SXP leave, but didn't manage to run H5 with yellow, yellow now in jaws of 5, with a pretty line of three other balls leading to h6... blue, black then red. So yellow clip for 5, all others for 1.
19 May 2019 2:30PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Powe playing blue, now approaching h2.
19 May 2019 2:36PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe now approaching h4 with Yellow
19 May 2019 2:40PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Alison Maugham (That's me) wins the Western Championship Plate. Whoop Whoop.
19 May 2019 2:52PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Anyway, back to the main event again. Powe has had his break with blue to 4b, and left a contact leave.
19 May 2019 2:53PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
David has just commented that he now gets to play a big soggy roll.... I'm not sure he's looking forward to it.
19 May 2019 2:53PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Clipe: Blue 4b, Black 1, Yellow 5, Red 1. Maugham lifts Red, rushes blue out of c2.
19 May 2019 2:54PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
oops... rushes blue out of c3 sorry
19 May 2019 2:54PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Big soggy roll putting Blue to h1 and getting 3ft from yellow was successful
19 May 2019 2:55PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
But he missed it. Oops
19 May 2019 2:55PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Powe shooting Blue at double red & yellow
19 May 2019 2:56PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Hits yellow.
19 May 2019 2:56PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Powe has made a leave, Blue has rush lined up with black on north boundary, pointing to yellow which is 3 yards north of C4. Red is peg high between H1 & H2.
19 May 2019 3:03PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red is shooting at Blue & Black
19 May 2019 3:03PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Misses through the middle
19 May 2019 3:03PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Powe is now in play with black. Grovelled through H1
19 May 2019 3:06PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Missed the hampered shot at Blue
19 May 2019 3:08PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Maugham taking a shot at blue and black with Red near to north boundary, blue & black near H1
19 May 2019 3:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Missed through the middle.
19 May 2019 3:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Powe back in playing black, hits blue toward south boundary to pick up red. Black is now for H2.
19 May 2019 3:11PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Takes off short behind red, cut rush needed on a soggy lawn, not easy
19 May 2019 3:11PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Get it two thirds up the lawn on the west boundary, this will be a roll into h2
19 May 2019 3:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black has a pop at the hoop, misses into wire and rejects to the right.
19 May 2019 3:13PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham rushes red to half way down east Boundary
19 May 2019 3:14PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Takes off to yellow near C4.
19 May 2019 3:14PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Hits yellow and takes off to blue near C1
19 May 2019 3:15PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Hits blue, rolls to H1, doesn't get position, so retreats to yellow. Given a double for both black and blue.
19 May 2019 3:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Maugham says it might be a big enough double that he's able to play with black.
19 May 2019 3:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Maugham is not a happy bunny
19 May 2019 3:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Powe is now contemplating. Its a 17 yarder at the double in C4.
19 May 2019 3:18PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
He's shooting with Black (blue is near H1)
19 May 2019 3:18PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
He actually found the middle. Blimey.
19 May 2019 3:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Maugham has his new gloves on. So he's ready to make waves... literally... it really is soggy. Powe comments an 'expensive' miss.
19 May 2019 3:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Maugham played yellow (which was for H5), and is now in a fairly standard break.
19 May 2019 3:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Maugham now approaching 2b, setting an MSL, so black is just by h2. Yellow had a slightly angled 2b, but coped.
19 May 2019 3:26PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rolling red over to near 3b, perfect little rush on blue to 3b
19 May 2019 3:27PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
MSL has been set. Black has been lifted by Powe which was at H2. Black shooting at red and yellow on east boundary. Blue just off the back of 3b.
19 May 2019 3:30PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
He shoots.....
19 May 2019 3:30PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
He misses
19 May 2019 3:30PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Maugham has a standard TP to complete.
19 May 2019 3:30PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Maugham is through H1, seems to have the pace of the lawn so his take off to yellow gives him a perfect rush to h3. Yellow is now in a nice position at H3, rushing black to h2.
19 May 2019 3:34PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Now through H3
19 May 2019 3:36PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Tried the peel for yellow, yellow has ended up pinned to the back of the left wire. Yuk!
19 May 2019 3:37PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Yellow has now been peeled, Maugham is for 1b, rolling yellow to penult whilst getting to blue for 1b.
19 May 2019 3:42PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow is being peeled with a death roll to black at h1
19 May 2019 3:44PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow didn't make it through, but red has now run 2b. Rush on black to near 4b finished well short of the peg, so another soggy roll.
19 May 2019 3:46PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Got great position to hit yellow away from hoop, another death roll coming up to blue at 3b
19 May 2019 3:46PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow really doesn't want to go through that hoop. Yellow now just out of the jaws of penult, approaching 3b with blue from just north east of hoop
19 May 2019 3:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
slight angle on hoop run
19 May 2019 3:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Stick... oops
19 May 2019 3:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Looks like it's on the wire too.
19 May 2019 3:48PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clip update: Yellow for Penult, Red for 3b, Blue for 4b and black for 2.
19 May 2019 3:49PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe shooting black at yellow, rush to 2.
19 May 2019 3:50PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Approaching 2 from 2 or 3 yards SE
19 May 2019 3:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Little angle, but I'm sure he will cope
19 May 2019 3:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
And it's a hampered shot after 2.... yuk!
19 May 2019 3:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Hampered shot was missed. Maugham back in with Yellow, makes Rover and is now setting a leave.
19 May 2019 3:58PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black is on north boundary, 4 yards to the east of h2. Maugham trying to wire blue at Reds hoop (3b), but missed the wire, so scatters both red and yellow to south boundary.
19 May 2019 3:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue has 7 or 8 yarder at red and yellow on south boundary....
19 May 2019 4:00PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue misses yellow, can red finish from here? Red on south boundary, blue next to it, yellow just above it pointing at 3b. Black on north boundary
19 May 2019 4:01PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red rushes blue nearer to C4, stops it into the middle of the lawn between peg and rover.
19 May 2019 4:02PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rushes yellow to his hoop (3b)
19 May 2019 4:02PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Makes the hoop, he seems to have picked up the pace a little. Short on blue, wanted a rush to black on north boundary. Got the cut rush though.
19 May 2019 4:03PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Maugham is now through 4b
19 May 2019 4:04PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Looks like a three ball break to the finish, just approaching penult with yellow
19 May 2019 4:05PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Maugham now through Rover.... looks like game 4 is looming. At least the rain is a little lighter.
19 May 2019 4:06PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Maugham wins game 3.
19 May 2019 4:08PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Game 4 has started, Yellow plays in first (Maugham) to East Boundary, Black (Powe) to 6 inches out of C2.
19 May 2019 4:09PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red shooting at Yellow
19 May 2019 4:09PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Hits. This could very well be a long day!
19 May 2019 4:10PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Maugham set a rush for red with yellow on east boundary, black peg high between 1 & 2. Blue shoots turn 4 from C3, misses to C4.
19 May 2019 4:14PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham now through 1, but has rushed black back through the hoop on the return roquet. So now taking off to blue in C4
19 May 2019 4:17PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Hits blue in C4, big roll out of c4...
19 May 2019 4:18PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Hits is 7 yarder to h2
19 May 2019 4:19PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Maugham is now for h3 with red, all other clips for 1. I'm off to the bar, surely nothing interesting will happen in a four ball break...?
19 May 2019 4:20PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Bad news, the cafe have run out of fruit cake. Just a cup of tea then. :(
19 May 2019 4:24PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Maugham had a hampered shot after 6, the leave had been set up already for the SXP, but unfortunately the hampered shot was missed. I know this because i had to go our in the rain to watch it miss.
19 May 2019 4:30PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Anyway, Powe is now in with black, and has made hoop 1. Once again, this looks suspiciously like a four ball break.
19 May 2019 4:31PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Powe had a big pause at hoop 4, not entirely sure why though. Still looks like a 4 ball break from where I'm sitting.
19 May 2019 4:38PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Now approaching 5. I think he's now just planning a spread...
19 May 2019 4:40PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
No sorry, change of plan. Red has been croqueted to 2b as an early pioneer. Blue is off as a pioneer to 1b and we now have a slightly angled cut rush to h6.
19 May 2019 4:42PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Phew... the four ball break continues.
19 May 2019 4:42PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Just discussing whether it's a good idea to give David contact, knowing his plan was to SXP anyway. So Gott (spectating) says he would be trying to make the contact leave, but pop David's h1 ball through a couple of hoops first.
19 May 2019 4:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Anyway, 1 back has been run, with black (blue and yellow clips on 1), red clip on 1b.
19 May 2019 4:46PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red has been rushed to near C2, take off to blue, to rush blue south.
19 May 2019 4:47PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
So, looks like Powe will be stopping at 3 back. Blue has been left just north west of 2 back... but the approach to 2 back was over run, oops.
19 May 2019 4:49PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red is near C2, Yellow jusy SW of h1, Blue 2 yards NW h1, black shooting into C3...Missed.
19 May 2019 4:50PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
take his rush on black which is 6 inches south of C3.
19 May 2019 4:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rushes black just into lawn, two yards from east boundary, four yards below h3.
19 May 2019 4:52PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rushes black just into lawn, two yards from east boundary, four yards below h3.
19 May 2019 4:52PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Takes of to red, hits red near c2, pass roll coming up, putting red to 1 back and yellow to blue by h1
19 May 2019 4:52PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Red is 2 yards SE of h2, with a rush to h1 on blue.
19 May 2019 4:53PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham now through H1, big roll coming up to go to black near h3
19 May 2019 4:54PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gets a rush on black to red at h2
19 May 2019 4:54PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow is through 1 back, mini roquet on red. which is now in peeling position.
19 May 2019 4:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red has been peeled through 1 back, one down and 5 to go....
19 May 2019 4:56PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Wiggled through hoop 3, but far enough to hit blue on the other side.
19 May 2019 4:57PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue is being sent to 2 back, yellow has a rush on red toward black which is at hoop 4
19 May 2019 4:58PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
I think red will be stopped over to 2 back leaving a little rush to hoop 4 with black.
19 May 2019 4:59PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yep... amazing, I got it right.
19 May 2019 4:59PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Okay, he will be making hoop 4, after hoop 4 putting black to 6 whilst going to red at 2 back.
19 May 2019 4:59PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
His plan will be to peel 2 back whilst getting a nice little rush on blue to hoop 5...
19 May 2019 5:00PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Success so far, two peels down, four to go.
19 May 2019 5:01PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham is through hoop 5, hits blue and leaves it north of 3 back, as a pioneer for 1 back.
19 May 2019 5:02PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Black is waiting at hoop 6.
19 May 2019 5:02PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Taking off from red which is now in perfect peeling position at 3 back.
19 May 2019 5:03PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Making hoop 6 with black
19 May 2019 5:03PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Ran hoop 6, rushed black to south boundary... black is put between 1 back and rover... going to red.
19 May 2019 5:05PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Now lining up the 3 back peel on red. Red goes through and he has a rush to 1 back.
19 May 2019 5:05PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rush ends up peg high just off the west boundary... oops.
19 May 2019 5:06PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Taking off to 1 back... looks good.
19 May 2019 5:06PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
It's in front, but it's about 2 yards
19 May 2019 5:06PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Eeew... pinged off the wire.
19 May 2019 5:06PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Powe has a lift shot.... he lifts blue.
19 May 2019 5:08PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black is between hoop 1 and rover, red is 2 yards north of 3 back, yellow is 1 yard west of 2.
19 May 2019 5:09PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clips: Blue 1, Red 4b, Black 2b, Yellow 1b
19 May 2019 5:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe is shooting blue at yellow.
19 May 2019 5:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe misses.
19 May 2019 5:10PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Maugham puts the new soggy gloves back on...
19 May 2019 5:11PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham shoots yellow at red. Blue is now 10 yards south of C2 on the west boundary.
19 May 2019 5:12PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow misses to 2 yards north of C4.
19 May 2019 5:13PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
black is shooting at red.... I guess the shortest shot?
19 May 2019 5:14PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Misses.
19 May 2019 5:14PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Apparently that was a 10 yarder.
19 May 2019 5:14PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham is now shooting with Yellow at Black.
19 May 2019 5:15PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Hits... on the nose!
19 May 2019 5:15PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Do balls really have noses? hmmm...
19 May 2019 5:15PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
So, black is sent to 2 back, yellow has a rush with red over to blue on the west boundary.
19 May 2019 5:16PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red doesn't quite make it to the boundary... it is rather soggy still. Although the rain has now stopped.
19 May 2019 5:16PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Took off to blue, but ended up short. managed to cut rush north ish of 1 back
19 May 2019 5:17PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gets the approach sending blue to near peg.... he's through 1 back
19 May 2019 5:17PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham is now through 2 back with yellow, looking suspiciously like a 4 ball break to the peg.
19 May 2019 5:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
He made it.. phew!
19 May 2019 5:26PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
A diagonal spread has been set.
19 May 2019 5:27PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Maugham is very pleased with himself for not only completing his 4 ball break to the peg, but doing it with a McCulloch (putting his partner ball to 3 back so to not tempt himself into the straight TP).
19 May 2019 5:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Powe shots black at red and yellow, misses through the middle.
19 May 2019 5:29PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Maugham rushes yellow toward blue (black was the ball at the peg in the spread), didn't make it all the way, so it was a take off to get the rush toward 4 back.
19 May 2019 5:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Approaching 4 back from 3 yards....
19 May 2019 5:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Runs 4 back and has a rush back to yellow.
19 May 2019 5:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Made sure of that rush, it's ended up on the boundary.
19 May 2019 5:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gets his rush on yellow to penult. Slides past a little but fixing with a little take off
19 May 2019 5:33PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red runs penult, hits yellow, and should be finishing very soon.
19 May 2019 5:33PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Maugham has a 4ft peg out
19 May 2019 5:35PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
He wins. Onto the fifth.
19 May 2019 5:36PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
I shall return shortly with more tea.
19 May 2019 5:36PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Powe is Black and blue, going in first with Black to East Boundary.
19 May 2019 5:37PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
I have hunted high and low, there is no tea... disaster.
19 May 2019 5:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Meanwhile, some croquet has happened and Maugham is playing with yellow, ran hoop 1 and is now huddled in corner 3 getting a rush on black to hoop 2.
19 May 2019 5:50PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Blue is now just south of C3, red 8 yards north of hoop 4, 2 yards off the boundary.
19 May 2019 5:50PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
How exciting, Top Turn Tom has just offered me a cup of tea. I am saved!
19 May 2019 5:51PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Maugham has a slightly awkward take off to do, to try and get behind blue which doesn't have a lot of space between the boundary.
19 May 2019 5:52PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
But he manages it easily... apparently this ame is simple.
19 May 2019 5:52PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
After running hoop 4, yellow misses the return roquet on blue. Yellow is now north boundary 3 yards out of C3
19 May 2019 5:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Blue shot at red, missed.
19 May 2019 5:55PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Red is shooting at yellow.... smack!
19 May 2019 5:56PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Red takes off from yellow, leaving it back on north boundary near C3, Hits black which was near h4, takes off to blue on south boundary.
19 May 2019 5:57PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clips: Blue, red and black for 1, yellow for 4.
19 May 2019 5:58PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Croquet red into wired position from black behind h4, continuation shot back to yellow for a nice tidy leave. Red is now north boundary, north of hoop 3.
19 May 2019 5:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Powe had a shot at his 'wired' ball... Maugham says there was about a third of a ball to hit. Anyway, he missed.
19 May 2019 6:00PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Mugham back on, plays yellow.
19 May 2019 6:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Rishes red toward blue which was north boundary, north of hoop 2.
19 May 2019 6:01PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Cut rush blue to near peg, which will be sent as a pioneer for hoop 5.... get's his rush on black to hoop 4.
19 May 2019 6:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Huge congratulations to Dave Kibble who appears to have won the Bernard Neal Advanced Tournament in Cheltenham! Well done Dave!
19 May 2019 6:03PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Back to Maugham v Powe. Maugham has set a 'sort of' sextuple leave.
19 May 2019 6:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow clip now for 1 back, all others for 1.
19 May 2019 6:09PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red in C2 with rush on yellow to peeling position for 1 back. Blue was wired from black on west of lawn, with black at peg.... blue has been lifted.
19 May 2019 6:10PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Blue shoots at Black...
19 May 2019 6:10PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
He's hit!
19 May 2019 6:10PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Thank you Mr Ormerod. Top Turn Tom passed on your message x
19 May 2019 6:11PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue takes off to red and yellow in C2.
19 May 2019 6:11PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Hits yellow.
19 May 2019 6:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Takes off to red but goes short, no rush to h1
19 May 2019 6:13PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
He cuts it well.... wow!
19 May 2019 6:13PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red ends up 3 yards NW of h1.... but the approach didn't make it
19 May 2019 6:14PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue ran away to C4, black is now next to the peg. Red shot at yellow in C2 and missed.
19 May 2019 6:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black shot at blue... hits.
19 May 2019 6:17PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Black takes off to red and yellow in c2, really good take off, but misses red.
19 May 2019 6:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clips: Blue, red and black all for 1, yellow for 1b.
19 May 2019 6:19PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Maugham got back in, I was chatting... oops.
19 May 2019 6:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
He's now made his next three hoops with yellow, so yellow clip is now on 4b, all other for 1. He is trying to set a New Standard Leave, everything is pretty good with blue in hampered position at 3b, but Black is very short, ended up right side of the line between h1 & h2, 2 yards north of peg high.
19 May 2019 6:26PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black shoots at blue from where it lies... Panther goes out to watch.
19 May 2019 6:27PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Hit it on the nose.
19 May 2019 6:28PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
So, deep breath, we're off again. Blue was sent up to between penult and peg, little magic shot on yellow at east boundary, getting the perfect rush to 1 with red.
19 May 2019 6:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Panther has informed me it is spitting again.
19 May 2019 6:30PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Slightly short croquet stroke, gets an angled hoop 1....
19 May 2019 6:30PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Stuck.
19 May 2019 6:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
:( (Sad face)
19 May 2019 6:31PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black has stuck in h1, with red two yards north of it. Powe has just given Maugham a pretty easy start.
19 May 2019 6:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red makes h1, has a rush to yellow on east boundary. Blue is sitting comfortably in the middle of the lawn north of the peg, waiting to be rushed to h2.
19 May 2019 6:32PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Yellow has been sent to slightly wide position at 4b, but got a nice rush on blue to h2.
19 May 2019 6:33PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Didn't quite reach hoop 2, so slightly angled hoop coming up...
19 May 2019 6:34PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Makes it. Looks like a standard TP on it's way.
19 May 2019 6:34PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham made hoop 3, has peeled yellow through 1 back and is now heading to hoop 4.
19 May 2019 6:37PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Get the rush to c3 out of hoop 4, it's as if he's a completely different player to the one we watched 8 hours ago. This really is text book croquet.
19 May 2019 6:38PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Slightly wonky croquet stroke which David was clearly not happy with, sending black short of 1 back... but still looks pretty standard procedure to me
19 May 2019 6:40PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Another peel down, yellow is now for Rover and is just north of the peg. Maugham continues his break to 1 back.
19 May 2019 6:42PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Final peel done, yellow is now for peg, and red has just run through 3 back.
19 May 2019 6:46PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
I was just wondering if David might try and provide a little entertainment by collecting all clips... he already has red, yellow and black from the start of the turn.... surely he can get the forth on his pocket?
19 May 2019 6:47PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Maugham has run 4 back, he's put blue in the middle of the lawn, so it looks like he's not thinking about clip collecting. Such a shame.
19 May 2019 6:48PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Okay, nothing more interesting to report. Only three clips on the pocket. Maugham wins!
19 May 2019 6:50PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
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