South of England Championship
Final: Dominic Nunns v David Maugham by Alison Jones
Morning all, the final of the Southerns has just started, so I'll try and be quick to let you know what's happened...
27 Sep 2020 10:15AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
T1 Nunns Blue shooting at Rover... misses, places blue end of B baulk
T2 Maugham Yellow hits blue 4ft out of c2, plays yellow to 4ft out of c4
27 Sep 2020 10:17AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
T3 Nunns Black shooting at Yellow... hits
27 Sep 2020 10:17AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Takes croquet from c4 sending yellow 13 yards down from c3 (earlier ft should've been yards.. sorry)
27 Sep 2020 10:20AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
black gets to near blue on north boudary, roquets blue and takes off for h1 position.... looks very angled from here
27 Sep 2020 10:20AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
He takes a brief look.... sends black to c2
27 Sep 2020 10:21AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
T4 Maugham Red shoots at yellow from c3, misses to 1ft west of c4
27 Sep 2020 10:22AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
T5 Nunns Blue shoots at black in c2.... now has some thinking to do
27 Sep 2020 10:23AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Meanwhile, Dave has made it back to the car for some shelter from the wind. We have strategically parked at the North boundary (not too close). Covid really has changed a few things around here.
27 Sep 2020 10:24AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Nunns set up a dolly rush pointing towards h1 with black, ignoring all other balls.
27 Sep 2020 10:25AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
T6 Maugham Yellow shoots at Red which was just out of C4.... Hits. Taking off to C2. Yellow stops 2 ft from blue and black.
27 Sep 2020 10:26AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
I have 1hr 9 mins left (50%) on my laptop battery, and a sleeping Ben in the back. If he wakes up, and I can find a spot to socially distance myself, and if the club allows it, I will move into the club house to continue. There's a lot of If's these days.
27 Sep 2020 10:28AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Maugham has popped black as h2 pioneer, rushed blue to h1, made h1 and is now on his way to h2.
27 Sep 2020 10:29AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue arrives safely at it's destination near h3 and yellow tickles black to make a 3ft approach to h2 from the west.
27 Sep 2020 10:29AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Makes h2, tickles black on the way through... big croquet stroke coming up.
27 Sep 2020 10:30AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Black was sent to 4ft out of c4 near to red, yellow to h3.... makes h3 with a rush to the south boundary next to black and red. Assuming nothing odd happens, this should now be an uneventful four ball break for 3b or 4b....
27 Sep 2020 10:32AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Maugham has completed the turn with contact leave after 3b, B&B are both in c4, red is 1ft east of c2 and yellow is being sent to c3
27 Sep 2020 10:44AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
T7 Nunns Blue, lifts to take contact from Yellow in c3, Big croquet stroke sending Yellow just south of peg toward h1... blue has a 10 yard shot at black if he wants it
27 Sep 2020 10:46AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Shoots blue to give black a 2ft dolly rush along the south boundary.
27 Sep 2020 10:48AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
T8 Maugham Yellow shoots at B&B, Goal! Missed through the middle.
27 Sep 2020 10:50AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
T9 Nunns didn't get through h1,
27 Sep 2020 11:04AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
T10 Maugham, shot from c2 through a ball on side boundary, missed....
27 Sep 2020 11:04AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
T11 Nunns Blue, approached h1 from c1 and is now doing a TPO
27 Sep 2020 11:04AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Nunns has unfortyunately stuck (Blue) in 2b from 1ft in front, having made 2 peels on yellow. Blue in jaws of 2b, Black 1dt to the east of 2b, yellow 1ft east of Rover, Red with a 5 yard roquet at yellow pointing to h1
27 Sep 2020 11:20AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
T12 Maugham Red, has made hoop 1 and has a 4bb in front of him...
27 Sep 2020 11:21AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Maugham finishes game 1. This is a best of three, so stay tuned :) Chaps are taking lunch now though.
27 Sep 2020 11:45AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Game 2 has started
27 Sep 2020 12:09PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
G2T1 Nunns Blue shoots at Rover from A Baulk.... it's sitting in the middle
27 Sep 2020 12:09PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
T2 Maugham Yellow just out of C2
27 Sep 2020 12:10PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
G2T3 Nunns Black misses yellow and is in C2
27 Sep 2020 12:12PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
G2T4 Maugham Red shoots at his huge target in C2, hits and is now rushing yellow to h1, black is just out of C2
27 Sep 2020 12:14PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Approaching with a backward takeoff from 2 ft behind h1
27 Sep 2020 12:14PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Makes h1, with backward rush of 5ft
27 Sep 2020 12:15PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Hits.... big croquet stroke coming up...
27 Sep 2020 12:15PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Sorry, Ben just threw his lunch on the floor.... so I've missed a bit...
27 Sep 2020 12:20PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
G2T5 Nunns (After I assume something went horribly wrong for Maugham whose red clip is on 3) Black taking off from Blue near c3, gets a rush on Yellow toward h1 with Red 3 yards nw of h2
27 Sep 2020 12:22PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Nunns has made h1, has a rush on red to just north of h2, Yellow left near h1, blue 3 yards east of h3
27 Sep 2020 12:25PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Nunns has tidied up a pioneer at h3 rather than approaching h2, has gone back to h2 and run through to the boundary. Nunns is now on a fairly standard break.
27 Sep 2020 12:31PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Nunns is now approaching h4 (Black) with a standard 4bb in front
27 Sep 2020 12:39PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Nunns has now made 1b with Black and rushed blue west boudary beside 2b
27 Sep 2020 12:44PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Baring in mind that red is for h3, this contact leave will need some thought.
27 Sep 2020 12:45PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Nunns makes 3b with Black, rushes Yellow to the west boundary 13 yards south of c2
27 Sep 2020 12:48PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Takes off to Blue which is peg high between 1&2
27 Sep 2020 12:49PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rushes blue 2 yards north of c4
27 Sep 2020 12:49PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Let's make that 3 yards, sorry
27 Sep 2020 12:50PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Leave was blue 3 yards north of c4, red on east boundary in line with h3, black in c2 and yellow on west bounday.
27 Sep 2020 12:55PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
G2T6 Maugham Yellow takes croquet from black sending black to h1, yellow to red... sets up rush for red to h3
27 Sep 2020 12:57PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
G2T7 Nunns Blue shoots at black near h1... hits
27 Sep 2020 12:58PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Rolls to h1, not had enough lunch me thinks.... very short indeed.
27 Sep 2020 12:59PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Blue has run away to c4
27 Sep 2020 1:00PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
G2T8 Maugham Red rushes yellow to h3
27 Sep 2020 1:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Makes h3 with a rush to black just north of h1
27 Sep 2020 1:01PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Rushed black to blue in c4
27 Sep 2020 1:03PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Rushes blue 2ft east of h4
27 Sep 2020 1:04PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Makes h4, has a 4 yarder at black, hits
27 Sep 2020 1:05PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Starting to look like a nice 4bb now
27 Sep 2020 1:05PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Looking at how close that pivot ball is to the peg, I'm thinking this could be an sxp leave
27 Sep 2020 1:17PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
It was indeed an sxp leave, b&b either side of peg, without a shot to r&y on west boundary
27 Sep 2020 1:18PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
G2T9 Nunns shoots from A baulk at red and yellow, misses to c2
27 Sep 2020 1:18PM (Tournament); 3 Readers
G2T10 Maugham Yellow rushes red east of black by the peg, will rush black to h1 and embark on the sxp
27 Sep 2020 1:20PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
First peel was done after h2, now off to make second peel before 5...
27 Sep 2020 1:29PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Second peel now completed, with a rush on blue to h5. Black is currently 3ft north of h6
27 Sep 2020 1:30PM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Yellow has run h5, with a southward rush on blue to near c1, red is 2 yards south of h1
27 Sep 2020 1:31PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Stompy time.... Stop shot sending blue to middle of lawn went too far for yellow, so no rush to 3b for red
27 Sep 2020 1:32PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Croqueted red to 2 yards se of 3b, now approaching 6 with backward takeoff from black.
27 Sep 2020 1:32PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Made 6 with a rush back to c4 on black.
27 Sep 2020 1:33PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Croquet stroke from c4 sending black to 2b.... get's the rush on red toward position at 3b
27 Sep 2020 1:34PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Red goes slightly over, but still peelable
27 Sep 2020 1:34PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue is currently between peg and h5 as a pioneer for 1b
27 Sep 2020 1:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
It's a takeoff putting red in the jaws of 3b, perfect rush on blue though...
27 Sep 2020 1:35PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Approaching 1b from 3 yards nw of 1b
27 Sep 2020 1:36PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Approaching 1b from 3 yards nw of 1b
27 Sep 2020 1:36PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
kes the 3ft hoop run, hits 4 yarder at blue... phew.
27 Sep 2020 1:36PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Croquet stroke middle of lawn between 1b & 2b on blue, remember red is in the jaws of 3b and black is between 1b and rover
27 Sep 2020 1:37PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Roll shot it is then, rolling Blue to north of 3b and yellow to rush on black toward 2b
27 Sep 2020 1:38PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
2b has been made.
27 Sep 2020 1:39PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
We are now looking at a straight quad
27 Sep 2020 1:39PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Peeling red at 3b from within the jaws, sending red to 4b with a stop shot, and blue is waiting just north of 3b...
27 Sep 2020 1:40PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Made 3b and the peel, rushing blue to 3 yards se of penult
27 Sep 2020 1:41PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Blue is between 4b and pen, just stopping black to ne of 4b getting rush on peelee at 4b
27 Sep 2020 1:41PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
4b peel has now been made, some thinking is happening.
27 Sep 2020 1:43PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Still thinking...
27 Sep 2020 1:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Right, now we have black being sent to peg high, blue rushed passed red (peelee) near c4, croqueted back to just east of Pen
27 Sep 2020 1:46PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rushes red into 2ft peeling position at Pen.... wish I could do that!
27 Sep 2020 1:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Almost a straight, straight peel...
27 Sep 2020 1:46PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Stops it through, but red just creeps through and yellow is in front, but needs to jump to keep this going
27 Sep 2020 1:47PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Serious thinking time now... hand waving and head nodding has begun
27 Sep 2020 1:49PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Runs pen with hoop and roquet on red. Now lining up the final peel from 1 yard north of peg.
27 Sep 2020 1:50PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
No peel, Rushes black north to behind blue.
27 Sep 2020 1:51PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Rushed blue to rover and makes rover with Yellow. Rover run ends up south of Red...
27 Sep 2020 1:52PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Rushes red to west boundary in line with h2
27 Sep 2020 1:52PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Which is where Red will be laid to rest for the end of this turn.... take off to black
27 Sep 2020 1:53PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rushing black to near c4. The shake of the head indicates 'near' was nowhere near good enough. Should've been cut into the corner.
27 Sep 2020 1:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Black is left 4 yards west of c4, blue is left 4 yards north of c4, yellow if now in c3
27 Sep 2020 1:56PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clip update: Maugham R Rover Y Peg; Nunns Blue 1 Black 4b
27 Sep 2020 1:57PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
G2T11 Nunns Blue takes off from yellow, sending yellow a couple of yards out of c3. Shoots off south boundary to give blue a rush on black along the south boundary for next time...
27 Sep 2020 1:59PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
G2T12 Maugham Red shooting at b&b
27 Sep 2020 1:59PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Oooohhh..... just misses blue
27 Sep 2020 2:00PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
G2T13 Nunns will now be starting a fairly pressured TP turn.
27 Sep 2020 2:00PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Nunns blays blue, croquet sending red into the lawn, gets rush pointing at h1 with black.
27 Sep 2020 2:01PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Black is a little short of h1, maybe 4 yards se. Good croquet stroke, 2ft hoop run. Makes it.
27 Sep 2020 2:02PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Has a rush on black to yellow. Good shot!
27 Sep 2020 2:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Gets a rush with yellow to h2, black is just off the north boundary 3 yards out of c3
27 Sep 2020 2:04PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Makes h2, has a rush pointing south on yellow. flicks off to the left and ends up between h3 & h4
27 Sep 2020 2:05PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Red is 2 yards off the south boundary near h4. And is being ignored.
27 Sep 2020 2:06PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Take off to black on the north boundary, will be rolling up to h3 from directly behind on the north boundary
27 Sep 2020 2:07PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Good shot, makes h3, taps black and is looking at popping it into a position with a takeoff to yellow
27 Sep 2020 2:08PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Rushes yellow to south boundary behind Red
27 Sep 2020 2:09PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Any minute now this is going to look suspiciously like a controlled delayed TP. Eek.
27 Sep 2020 2:10PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Now has a pioneer at h5, approaching h4 with red from 2ft and black is in position at 4b. All looking good.
27 Sep 2020 2:11PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Runs h4, hits red
27 Sep 2020 2:12PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Now I'm a little confused, red was sent 2 yards west of peg, gets a rush to 5 with yellow though, so that's good.
27 Sep 2020 2:12PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Runs h6, hits yellow and sends yellow to midway between 6 & 1b
27 Sep 2020 2:13PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rushes red to h6, this looks like it will be a takeoff 4b peel to get to 1b
27 Sep 2020 2:14PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Makes h6, rushes red to 2 yards out of c3
27 Sep 2020 2:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Croquet sending red to 2b (good pioneer) and gets nice blue to tap black into peeling position.
27 Sep 2020 2:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Takeoff peel works, black has now made 4b and blue has a rush on yellow to 1b
27 Sep 2020 2:17PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Approaching 1b from 1ft ne
27 Sep 2020 2:17PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Makes 1b, rushes yellow to north boundary just beyond 4b
27 Sep 2020 2:18PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Stopping yellow down to 3b, but went just a little too far.... now has a half ball of black to hit from the wrong side of the hoop.
27 Sep 2020 2:20PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Get's it, but the next croquet stroke is not getting black to penult
27 Sep 2020 2:20PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
It's just a takeoff to red, short, so a 4 yarder at red
27 Sep 2020 2:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Snicks it. Phew
27 Sep 2020 2:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Good stop shot sending Red deep. Powers blue through to the south boundary, get's a rush back up the lawn
27 Sep 2020 2:22PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Good shot, made it past black, he can now put that in a position for 4b peeling black at Pen
27 Sep 2020 2:22PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Rushes red near to Pen, but decides not to try the peel, just a takeoff leaving it in position going to yellow at 3b
27 Sep 2020 2:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Blue has now made 3b, rushed yellow 5 yards west of peg, and croqueted west of pen getting nice little roquet at black.
27 Sep 2020 2:27PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Taps black and send black through pen going to red between pen and 4b
27 Sep 2020 2:27PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Blue has now made 4b and there is just one peel to go, to make it 1 all.
27 Sep 2020 2:28PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Black looks good in front of Rover. Blue has made Penult and it all looks fairly simple from here.
27 Sep 2020 2:31PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Blue is now peeling black through Rover.with a nice clean shot. Using both escape balls to get behind peelee
27 Sep 2020 2:33PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Nunns is pegging out...
27 Sep 2020 2:35PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Nunns has peggen out. Off to Game 3. It's 1 all.
27 Sep 2020 2:35PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
G3T1 Nunns Blue misses h5, so puts it at the end of B bulk
27 Sep 2020 2:41PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
G3T2 Maugham rushes to near h2 on the north boundary, leave blue 3 yards out of c2 on north boundary, sends yellow off south boundary 6 yards west
27 Sep 2020 2:43PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
G3T3 Nunns Black shoots at Yellow
27 Sep 2020 2:44PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Missed to 1 yard north of c4
27 Sep 2020 2:44PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
G3T4 Maugham red, shoots and hit yellow, gets a cannon with Black
27 Sep 2020 2:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham is now in break approaching h3 with a little takeoff. Has a short backward rush with blue and plays a big croquet stroke rolling blue to h5 and gets a rush on black to h4. Yellow is 1 yard off the south boundary behind h5
27 Sep 2020 2:52PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Apologies everyone, fancied a bit of a coaching session with the lovely Lara.
27 Sep 2020 3:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Maugham won the third game after setting a standard contact leave, Nunns set a leave and Maugham attempted to run back to c3 from c1.... ran 4b with the 4b ball. Maugham gets back in and basically has a 4 ball break to the peg. Congratulations Maugham. :)
27 Sep 2020 3:56PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
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