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The Open Championship

Open final continued by James Death

As Chris plays in the z, I'll take o er

06 Sep 2020 10:20AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Over

06 Sep 2020 10:20AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Harry's continued on his break, left yellow near corner 2, makes 3 back.

06 Sep 2020 10:21AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Leaves black 5yds W of corner 4, blue 5yds N of corner 4 and retires to corner 3

06 Sep 2020 10:23AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Paddy lifts blue, cuts red out of corner 3 by a ft.

06 Sep 2020 10:25AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Taking off to black, moves red 3yds in lawn, gets 2yds north of black and then hits it

06 Sep 2020 10:26AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Rolls to corner 1,black 5ft short of the corner on the yardline, sets a rush to1

06 Sep 2020 10:28AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Harry shoots yellow at red....

06 Sep 2020 10:28AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Misses.
Harry shot quite softly and then exclaimed it's hilled off again

06 Sep 2020 10:30AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Paddy makes 1 but is semi hampered on his rush after the hiop

06 Sep 2020 10:31AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Red is far enough in that a takeoff to yellow has enough room to get a ball to 3 and a rush to 2

06 Sep 2020 10:32AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Rushes blue most of the way to 6, takes off to short of red, rushes into corner 3

06 Sep 2020 10:33AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Stops it half way to 3, getting the rush

06 Sep 2020 10:34AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Rushes to 4ft from hoop 2 and the break is established

06 Sep 2020 10:34AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Having left red near 3, I'm expecting the tpo

06 Sep 2020 10:35AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Didn't get red straight in front of 4back, angled peel jawsed

06 Sep 2020 10:39AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Hoop and roquet after 4, paddy cleans a lump of mud off yellow before continuing

06 Sep 2020 10:40AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Rush peel after 5, hoop 6 pioneer is 3yds East of 6

06 Sep 2020 10:42AM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Rolls peelee to straight in front of penult, has a good rush on yellow to 6

06 Sep 2020 10:42AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Peels penult by a ft

06 Sep 2020 10:43AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Break is under good control and should be peeling rover on the way to 3back

06 Sep 2020 10:47AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Peel is done, will we see a pop as well?

06 Sep 2020 10:49AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Blue is left half way between 1 and rover. Red (the peelee) goes to penult. Makes 4 back and rushes yellow near 1

06 Sep 2020 10:52AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Didn't cut the rush enough, very angled jawsing attempt hits the near wire and sits next to the hoop

06 Sep 2020 10:53AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

After penult over cuts the rush on red, 7yds sw of peg. Takes off to yellow, aiming to peel going to rover

06 Sep 2020 10:55AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Peeling from 1ft straight

06 Sep 2020 10:55AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Gets the peel

06 Sep 2020 10:56AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Rushes blue into corner 4 after rover

06 Sep 2020 10:57AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Moves it 1fr north, taking off to yellow

06 Sep 2020 10:58AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

1ft obviously

06 Sep 2020 10:59AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Leaves yellow near 1, rushes red to 5ft from the peg

06 Sep 2020 10:59AM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Pegs red out and retires to corner 1

06 Sep 2020 11:00AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

1 and peg plays 2 and box

06 Sep 2020 11:01AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Harry looks around the lawn a bit.

Takes the lift, cuts black 6inches out of the corner and rolls to 2

06 Sep 2020 11:03AM (Tournament); 6 Readers

Hates it immediately both balls 7yds short of 2, takes on the hoop but fails bouncing west

06 Sep 2020 11:04AM (Tournament); 5 Readers

Paddy takes black to 4 yds West of corner 4

06 Sep 2020 11:06AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

Harry is stood behind yellow pondering his options

06 Sep 2020 11:07AM (Tournament); 3 Readers

After much deliberation, yellow to just south of corner 3

06 Sep 2020 11:09AM (Tournament); 7 Readers

Paddy rushes to the end of a baulk, rolls near corner 1 and sets a rush

06 Sep 2020 11:10AM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Yellow to corner 4 as the sun appears

06 Sep 2020 11:13AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Yellow to corner 4 as the sun appears

06 Sep 2020 11:13AM (Tournament); 11 Readers

Paddy makes 1, rushes to 2yds South of 6

06 Sep 2020 11:15AM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Rolls behind hoop 2 and is considering where to point the rush

06 Sep 2020 11:16AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Sets the rush pointing south at hoop 2

06 Sep 2020 11:19AM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Yellow to just outside corner 1

06 Sep 2020 11:20AM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Paddy makes 2 and rushes to 2 yds into b baulk, rolls to near corner 3 and sets a rush

06 Sep 2020 11:22AM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Yellow into corner 2

06 Sep 2020 11:25AM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Paddy makes 3 and rushes to 7ft West of hoop 4

06 Sep 2020 11:27AM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Rolls near corner 4 and sets a rush

06 Sep 2020 11:28AM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Harry plays yellow to just south of corner 3

06 Sep 2020 11:29AM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Paddy makes 4 and 5

06 Sep 2020 11:31AM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Rushes to 6

06 Sep 2020 11:31AM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Approaches putting black deep, runs the hoop off the boundary

06 Sep 2020 11:32AM (Tournament); 10 Readers

Rushes to 1 back, makes 1 back and gets a rush pointing west

06 Sep 2020 11:33AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Cuts it to the boundary, 11yds north of corner 1

06 Sep 2020 11:33AM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Stops black 1 yd North and fires to corner 4

06 Sep 2020 11:34AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Harry checks that he only gets a lift

06 Sep 2020 11:35AM (Tournament); 12 Readers

Lifts to corner 1 and misses black finishing level with hoop 2 on the boundary

06 Sep 2020 11:38AM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Black to 3yds West of corner 4 and blue

06 Sep 2020 11:38AM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Harry plays to middle of West boundary

06 Sep 2020 11:42AM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Paddy played black and set a rush in corner 4

06 Sep 2020 11:46AM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Wired but sooty would shoot knowing the hill

06 Sep 2020 11:46AM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Harry moves 3yds North

06 Sep 2020 11:47AM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Paddy rushes to just north of yellow

06 Sep 2020 11:48AM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Chips black in lawn getting a rush on yellow, rushes to 2back

06 Sep 2020 11:48AM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Puts yellow deep, crashes through 2back but only by 1yd

06 Sep 2020 11:49AM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Hits yellow, rolls yellow to nw of 6 trying to get a rush on k, comes up short

06 Sep 2020 11:50AM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Hits black and rolls towards corner 4

06 Sep 2020 11:51AM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Black possibly wired from yellow but blue is 1yd in front of 3back

06 Sep 2020 11:52AM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Paddy is looking for a spot for a leavenear the South boundary

06 Sep 2020 11:54AM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Black is wired, Harry shoots at Blue....

06 Sep 2020 11:55AM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Hits

06 Sep 2020 11:55AM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Rushing black to 2 has a fair amount in the way

06 Sep 2020 11:56AM (Tournament); 23 Readers

The rush misses 4

06 Sep 2020 11:56AM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Misses the peg

06 Sep 2020 11:57AM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Comes up 5yds short

06 Sep 2020 11:57AM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Rolls up well

06 Sep 2020 11:57AM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Makes 2, but has a bad rush after to half way between 3 and blue

06 Sep 2020 11:58AM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Plays a good roll to get the rush back upto 3

06 Sep 2020 11:58AM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Good rush, should finish now....

06 Sep 2020 11:59AM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Rushed unto the back of 1back, with the 2 back pioneer South of 2back

06 Sep 2020 12:06PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Referee called to check the placement, just able to roll through 1back from the front

06 Sep 2020 12:07PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

All back in control

06 Sep 2020 12:08PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Harry finishes game 1 +6otp

06 Sep 2020 12:12PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Game 2 will start after the players take a couple of minutes

06 Sep 2020 12:14PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Meanwhile the sun is out and it feels the warmest it has been all week.

06 Sep 2020 12:15PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

In the plate Ormerod beat van loon and Reeve has beaten Cordingley

06 Sep 2020 12:15PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Game 2

Paddy Black to 8yds North of corner 4
Harry takes red to b baulk and goes just outside corner 2
Paddy shoots blue at black, just misses

06 Sep 2020 12:22PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Harry shoots at the double from b baulk, hits blue onto black

06 Sep 2020 12:23PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Takes off behind black, leaving a rush towards corner 2

06 Sep 2020 12:24PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Gets half way past hoop 2, takes off short of red, rolls towards corner 1

06 Sep 2020 12:25PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Only rolls 2/3 of the way and then scatters

06 Sep 2020 12:26PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Red 10yds North and yellow 8yds East of corner 1

06 Sep 2020 12:27PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Paddy Black misses blue

06 Sep 2020 12:27PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Harry red at yellow....

06 Sep 2020 12:28PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Changes his mind, yellow at red...

06 Sep 2020 12:28PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Missed

06 Sep 2020 12:28PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Paddy rushes in lawn a bit, rolls to 2 and Harry's balls, comes up 7yds short and misses!

06 Sep 2020 12:30PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Harry makes 1 and has a break

06 Sep 2020 12:32PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

I now predict ball to 4back, a leave from paddy and a shot by Harry

06 Sep 2020 12:38PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Harry is round to 4back, red just south of corner 2, blue 8ft west of corner 4, and black a similar distance north. Yellow in corner 3

06 Sep 2020 12:48PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Paddy lifts black and heads towards yellow, with the lift. Cuts it slightly south of the corner

06 Sep 2020 12:49PM (Tournament); 9 Readers

Takes off towards blue, comes up just short of level with blue. The rush is playable

06 Sep 2020 12:50PM (Tournament); 7 Readers

And playable it is, cuts it to 3yds south of 1

06 Sep 2020 12:51PM (Tournament); 8 Readers

Hoop and roquet after 1, takes off to yellow, takes off to red and is rolling from the corner

06 Sep 2020 12:54PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

5ft slightly angled

06 Sep 2020 12:54PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Runs it to level with red

06 Sep 2020 12:54PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Ian rushes to end of b baulk, yellow still near corner 3 and blue 4yds North of 1

06 Sep 2020 12:55PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Sorry about predictive text, but I am working from my phone at the moment

06 Sep 2020 12:56PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Ook off from red to yellow, rushed yellow to peg high east boundary and is now pass rolling to behind 4 and blue

06 Sep 2020 12:57PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Rushed blue to 10yds South of 3

06 Sep 2020 12:58PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Took off onto the ba k of the hoop

06 Sep 2020 12:59PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Plays back to East boundary level with blue

06 Sep 2020 1:01PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Harry shoots red (hoop 1) at black and hits the middle of it

06 Sep 2020 1:02PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Black goes near 2 and rushes blue to near yellow

06 Sep 2020 1:03PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Rush to 1 is a little short, copes and has a chance to make it 2-0

06 Sep 2020 1:06PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Rushes back down near 4 after hoop 2 to swap and improve the pioneer. Partner is 3yds from hoop 3

06 Sep 2020 1:07PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Makes 3, position not ideal, escape ball is east of the 3-4line and black is west of 4 by 3yds

06 Sep 2020 1:09PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Jawses the peel and rushes blue just past black

06 Sep 2020 1:11PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Rush peel after 4, takes off to 5

06 Sep 2020 1:17PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Goes back after 5, 1 back pioneer is short, jawses the penult peel after 6

06 Sep 2020 1:18PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Need to play a 5yd rush to 1back

06 Sep 2020 1:18PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Makes 1back,mishits the Croquet stroke and the 3back pioneer only reaches rover. Peelee was actually through penult, sends that to 3back instead

06 Sep 2020 1:21PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

A lot of his pioneers are coming up 3yda short on this break

06 Sep 2020 1:22PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Rushes peelee back to rover after 3back, 5ft 40 degrees approximately

06 Sep 2020 1:24PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Bounces off far wire

06 Sep 2020 1:24PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Break under control, straight rover peel to go

06 Sep 2020 1:25PM (Tournament); 14 Readers

Rushes peelee to almost straight in front of rover

06 Sep 2020 1:28PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Walks all over the peel and just needs a rush to the peg

06 Sep 2020 1:29PM (Tournament); 13 Readers

Rushes to 8ft and pegs out

06 Sep 2020 1:30PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

+24tp and a 2-0 lead

06 Sep 2020 1:31PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

The plate final is a single game between Ormerod and Reeve

06 Sep 2020 1:31PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Reeve is 1 and 4, Ormerod fails 2 with a clip on 4back

06 Sep 2020 1:33PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Harry is taking lunch, play to resume in 10-15 minutes

06 Sep 2020 1:34PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Game 3

Harry yellow 10yds North of corner 4
Paddy Black to corner 4

06 Sep 2020 1:48PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Harry shoots at black...

06 Sep 2020 1:48PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Misses on the left

06 Sep 2020 1:48PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Paddy shoots at the target. 2 ball gap

06 Sep 2020 1:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Misses left of red

06 Sep 2020 1:49PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

Harry looks at red at black, blue very close to red and can't get his mallet in there

06 Sep 2020 1:51PM (Tournament); 15 Readers

Red hits blue sending it 4ft nortg

06 Sep 2020 1:52PM (Tournament); 16 Readers

North

06 Sep 2020 1:52PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Takes off on the in lawn side of black, cuts it a few yds north, sends it to halfway between 3 and 4, failing to get a good rush on yellow

06 Sep 2020 1:54PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Chips yellow in and rolls upto very angled at 1

06 Sep 2020 1:54PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

Takes an aggressive hoop 1 jump shot, bounces off to side boundary

06 Sep 2020 1:55PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Paddy shoots black at Blue...

06 Sep 2020 1:56PM (Tournament); 17 Readers

Stops, goes and looks at red and yellow, 5yds apart level with 1

06 Sep 2020 1:57PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Takes black at blue...

06 Sep 2020 1:57PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Doesn't like it off the mallet and it misses into corner 4

06 Sep 2020 1:58PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Harry takes his 5 yd rush

06 Sep 2020 1:58PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Backward takeoff to 1

06 Sep 2020 1:58PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Makes 1 and rushes to 3

06 Sep 2020 1:59PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Takes off to corner 4, chips black in lawn, rushes blue well and makes 2. Break is now almost under control

06 Sep 2020 2:03PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Makes 3 without a rush, takes off to corner 4 and finishes digging black out

06 Sep 2020 2:05PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Brings yellow back into the break and this should now be a ball to 4back

06 Sep 2020 2:07PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Yellow is left 1yd east of corner 2 after 1back

06 Sep 2020 2:12PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

After 3back blue is rushed off 7yds north of corner 4, and black is 8ft west of corner 4

06 Sep 2020 2:17PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Red into corner 3

06 Sep 2020 2:17PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Paddy lifts black, chips red out of the corner with the lift

06 Sep 2020 2:17PM (Tournament); 23 Readers

Croquets red 5yds past 1and gets behind blue...

06 Sep 2020 2:18PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Is it on...
Samir goes out to check

06 Sep 2020 2:18PM (Tournament); 18 Readers

On by half an inch

06 Sep 2020 2:19PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Rush to 3yds East of 1, underhits the approach

06 Sep 2020 2:19PM (Tournament); 19 Readers

Stalking the hoop shot doesn't have baulk behind him...

06 Sep 2020 2:21PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Jumps through to thunderous applause from the 7 people sat nearby

06 Sep 2020 2:22PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Rushes red off the boundary behind 2, takes off to yellow rushes it level with 2

06 Sep 2020 2:27PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Sends it to 3 approaching 2, runs to the boundary

06 Sep 2020 2:28PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Approaching 3off yellow from very close, tries approaching into the jaws

06 Sep 2020 2:29PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Runs by not a lot, sweep shot at red is successful.

06 Sep 2020 2:29PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Jawses the peel, blue as the hoop 4 pioneer is still closer to 1 than anything else

06 Sep 2020 2:30PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Rushes yellow too near to blue so can't get it all the way to 5

06 Sep 2020 2:31PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Runs 4 off the boundary, clips the edge of the paving and just misses Rob Wilkinson's head

06 Sep 2020 2:34PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Rush peel after 4 and a long takeoff back to yellow for hoop 5

06 Sep 2020 2:34PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Don't worry I'm used to dodging balls at my head Rob says

06 Sep 2020 2:35PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Tpo is under control now

06 Sep 2020 2:36PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Peeled penult to past the peg after hoop 6

06 Sep 2020 2:40PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Peel is setup for going to 3back

06 Sep 2020 2:41PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Peel is done before 3back

06 Sep 2020 2:43PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Yellow is sent to 1 after making 3back

06 Sep 2020 2:44PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Red has gone west of penult, looks like the pop is being played as a roll to penult

06 Sep 2020 2:45PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Rushes blue off behind yellow after 4back

06 Sep 2020 2:46PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Clubs the rush on yellow, just a takeoff back to penult

06 Sep 2020 2:46PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Rushes red past yellow after penult, back towards the peg it goes

06 Sep 2020 2:48PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Pop completed, with a rush to rover

06 Sep 2020 2:49PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Rushes to 4 inches east of rover, tricky to get a rush to corner 4 after

06 Sep 2020 2:50PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Rushes blue to peg high east boundary, takes off to yellow and will be pegging red out

06 Sep 2020 2:52PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Red is pegged out and bla k hits corner 1

06 Sep 2020 2:54PM (Tournament); 35 Readers

1 and peg plays 2 and box again

06 Sep 2020 2:54PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Harry chips black North of the corner and rolls up.
Ends up 7yds short again
Sticks on right wire

06 Sep 2020 2:58PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Worst possible place according to Harry

06 Sep 2020 2:58PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Paddy lagged to 5yds short of blue

06 Sep 2020 3:07PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Harry called a ref and tried to hit corner 4, got some hoop as well as ball and got just past hoop 4

06 Sep 2020 3:08PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Paddy rushed to the middle of the lawn, took off behind yellow and rushed to 1

06 Sep 2020 3:08PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

He is now approaching 3 with the break under control

06 Sep 2020 3:09PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Upto 2back with no trouble..

06 Sep 2020 3:14PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Coming to rover with all 3 balls

06 Sep 2020 3:19PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Paddy finishes +12tpo
Harry still leads 2-1

06 Sep 2020 3:20PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Game 4

Paddy Black 9yd north of corner 4
Harry yellow to just outside corner 2

06 Sep 2020 3:23PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Paddy blue at black from a baulk...

06 Sep 2020 3:23PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Misses just right

06 Sep 2020 3:23PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Harry heads to b baulk

06 Sep 2020 3:24PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Takes the double on from near the end of b baulk

06 Sep 2020 3:24PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Nails blue

06 Sep 2020 3:25PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Rushes black to 1, makes 1 and rushes back to corner 4

06 Sep 2020 3:27PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Black to 3, rushes blue to 4yds South of corner 2, makes 2 off yellow and should go round

06 Sep 2020 3:30PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Game 3 was Harry's first loss in the tournament

06 Sep 2020 3:30PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Unsurprisingly, Harry has left yellow near corner 2 after 1back, and is taking black and blue to 3back again

06 Sep 2020 3:41PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Black is 5yds West of corner 4 and blue is 6yds North of corner 4.
Red to corner 3

06 Sep 2020 3:43PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Paddy lifts black, chips red off the corner spot,.
Sends red to 5ft in front of 1 but goes off 9yds North of blue

06 Sep 2020 3:47PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Harry puts red back in corner 3

06 Sep 2020 3:47PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Black rushes blue to corner 4, rolls near corner 1 and sets.a rush

06 Sep 2020 3:49PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Yellow at red, just misses

06 Sep 2020 3:50PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Paddy makes 1, rushes to 2yds off the end of b baulk

06 Sep 2020 3:53PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Rolls short of 3 and the corner. Hits the 5yd shot at the corner balls

06 Sep 2020 3:53PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Rushes red (4back) to 2

06 Sep 2020 3:54PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Doesn't get a rush after 2, rolls to peeling position, hits yellow, sends it to 4and now has a tpo in front of him

06 Sep 2020 3:57PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Hoop and roquet after 3,peel is clean through

06 Sep 2020 3:58PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Not a great rush to 4 but copes, picks peelee up after 4

06 Sep 2020 4:02PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Peels penult after 6

06 Sep 2020 4:04PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Fails the rover peel going to 2back

06 Sep 2020 4:08PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Peels rover going to 3back, yellow is at 4back, same parity as game 1

06 Sep 2020 4:08PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Peel didn't go through going to 3back. It is rush peelable

06 Sep 2020 4:09PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Blue to penult after 3back, rush peels red

06 Sep 2020 4:11PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Peel was gentle and then took off to yellow,

06 Sep 2020 4:12PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Rush after 4back headed towards 4

06 Sep 2020 4:13PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Yellow 3yds short of 1, black slid past the hoop to get to red

06 Sep 2020 4:14PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Took off to penult, work to be done still if a pop is wanted on top of the leave

06 Sep 2020 4:15PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Blue se of rover, peel is from 3ft going back to rover

06 Sep 2020 4:16PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Rejected

06 Sep 2020 4:16PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Puts red w of rover, makes the hoop and rushes blue to corner 4

06 Sep 2020 4:17PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

1 last go at the pop?

06 Sep 2020 4:17PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Take off goes 4yds past

06 Sep 2020 4:19PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Rushes yellow towards red, pegs red out and runs into corner 3

06 Sep 2020 4:20PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

1 and peg against 1 and box

06 Sep 2020 4:21PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Harry rolls up from blue sending blue to nearly peg high and getting a 5yd hoop sgot

06 Sep 2020 4:22PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Sticks in the hoop

06 Sep 2020 4:22PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Blue back to corner 4

06 Sep 2020 4:24PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Harry runs 1 tmost of the way to 2

06 Sep 2020 4:25PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Hits the outside of the left wire of 2 finishing 3yds e of corner 2

06 Sep 2020 4:25PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Black to 3yds West of corner 4

06 Sep 2020 4:27PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Yellow to corner 3

06 Sep 2020 4:29PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Paddy rushes to 1, makes 1

06 Sep 2020 4:30PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Paddy is looking at laying up 3yds North of 1

06 Sep 2020 4:32PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Harry is looking at bending a shot around the peg

06 Sep 2020 4:32PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Thinks better of it and retires to corner 4

06 Sep 2020 4:33PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Paddy cuts his rush to near b baulk, rolls to corner 2 and sets a rush

06 Sep 2020 4:34PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Rolls to behind hoop 2 not the corner

06 Sep 2020 4:35PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Harry shoots....

06 Sep 2020 4:36PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Hills off towards the end, he was interested for the first half of the shot

06 Sep 2020 4:36PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

That should be 2-2

06 Sep 2020 4:37PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Approaching rover, no danger yet...

06 Sep 2020 4:48PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Pegs out +12tpo
We're going the distance

06 Sep 2020 4:50PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Game 5

Harry yellow to 9 yds north of corner 4

06 Sep 2020 4:52PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Paddy Black to just out of corner 2

06 Sep 2020 4:52PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Harry red at yellow from a baulk

06 Sep 2020 4:53PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Misses

06 Sep 2020 4:53PM (Tournament); 21 Readers

Paddy takes blue to b baulk and is looking at the double

06 Sep 2020 4:54PM (Tournament); 20 Readers

Hits yellow

06 Sep 2020 4:55PM (Tournament); 22 Readers

Rushes red to 5yds East of corner 2

06 Sep 2020 4:56PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Gets a rush to 1

06 Sep 2020 4:57PM (Tournament); 24 Readers

Paddy rushes slightly short but makes 1 anyway.

06 Sep 2020 4:58PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Rushes back to 2 yds off a baulk, takes off to yellow and rushes to just short of corner 2

06 Sep 2020 4:59PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

This should be a ball round, first time paddy has had first break in the final

06 Sep 2020 5:00PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Paddy has made 4, break is not under tight control yet but balls are in lawn

06 Sep 2020 5:06PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

My battery is down to 16% I hope it will last to the end

06 Sep 2020 5:07PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Makes 1back and leaves black near corner 2

06 Sep 2020 5:12PM (Tournament); 25 Readers

Yellow is nearer corner 4 than 3back, paddy didn't get a rush to the corner after 2 back

06 Sep 2020 5:14PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Olled red to 5ft out of corner 4 off both yardline from about 17yds. Rushed yellow off 5yds North of corner 4 and retreated to corner 3

06 Sep 2020 5:15PM (Tournament); 26 Readers

Harry lifts yellow rolls blue to the peg and gets within 5yds of red

06 Sep 2020 5:17PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

Thanks to James Galpin, I have power for the pgone

06 Sep 2020 5:17PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Hits red

06 Sep 2020 5:17PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Lays up about 1yd w of corner 4

06 Sep 2020 5:19PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Paddy shoots black at Blue...

06 Sep 2020 5:21PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Misses

06 Sep 2020 5:21PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Harry digs Black out rushes yellow most of the way to blue

06 Sep 2020 5:24PM (Tournament); 33 Readers

Sends it to 2 getting a rush to 1

06 Sep 2020 5:24PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Qpo?

06 Sep 2020 5:24PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Not a great rush to 1, 5yds east

06 Sep 2020 5:24PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Under rolls, easier than paddy's jump but fails the hoop

06 Sep 2020 5:25PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Paddy plays blue, hits red, takes off to black

06 Sep 2020 5:26PM (Tournament); 33 Readers

Makes 3 back

06 Sep 2020 5:27PM (Tournament); 32 Readers

Red is halfway between 1 and the corner, yellow is near 2

06 Sep 2020 5:28PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Paddy rushes to 12yds South of corner 3, takes off past yellow

06 Sep 2020 5:29PM (Tournament); 27 Readers

Rushes yellow behind 2, looks like wired from red and returns to partner

06 Sep 2020 5:31PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Yellow will not rush to 1

06 Sep 2020 5:31PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Lays a rush

06 Sep 2020 5:32PM (Tournament); 28 Readers

1 and 1 v 1 and 4back

06 Sep 2020 5:32PM (Tournament); 29 Readers

Harry shoots yellow at black and blue....

06 Sep 2020 5:33PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Hits blue

06 Sep 2020 5:33PM (Tournament); 30 Readers

Rushed black to 2, took off to yellow, slightly agort

06 Sep 2020 5:36PM (Tournament); 35 Readers

Rolled up, made the hoop but hampered

06 Sep 2020 5:37PM (Tournament); 35 Readers

Coped

06 Sep 2020 5:37PM (Tournament); 31 Readers

Will we have a tpo from Harry this time

06 Sep 2020 5:39PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

?

06 Sep 2020 5:39PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Pass rolls peelee to reasonable position getting a rush to 3

06 Sep 2020 5:40PM (Tournament); 33 Readers

Harry seems to be playing a bit too quickly at the moment

06 Sep 2020 5:41PM (Tournament); 33 Readers

Runs 3 to next to the es ape ball, hampered on blue

06 Sep 2020 5:41PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Hits red instead

06 Sep 2020 5:42PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

No peel and blue goes to 5

06 Sep 2020 5:42PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Makes 5, looks like we will have a lift leave

06 Sep 2020 5:46PM (Tournament); 36 Readers

Blue goes west, black at the peg and we have a diagonal spread with Harry stopping at 6

06 Sep 2020 5:47PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Paddy lifts black and is taking the short lift at ref and yellow

06 Sep 2020 5:48PM (Tournament); 35 Readers

Misses the ref but tickles yellow. Finger raosef

06 Sep 2020 5:49PM (Tournament); 34 Readers

Harry "don't tell anyone but my tactic was for him to miss"

06 Sep 2020 5:50PM (Tournament); 33 Readers

Finger raised for the thin snick

06 Sep 2020 5:51PM (Tournament); 39 Readers

Paddy makes 1 and has a standard triple to complete the comeback

06 Sep 2020 5:53PM (Tournament); 38 Readers

Ball at 2, ball in the middle, and peelee at 3

06 Sep 2020 5:54PM (Tournament); 38 Readers

Slightly over approaches 3 but strokes the hoop shot through

06 Sep 2020 5:57PM (Tournament); 39 Readers

Peel through after 3

06 Sep 2020 5:57PM (Tournament); 38 Readers

Picks peelee up after 4, rushes it s of 5 and sends it back to 6

06 Sep 2020 5:59PM (Tournament); 37 Readers

All going smoothly, making 6

06 Sep 2020 6:01PM (Tournament); 44 Readers

2nd peel done after 6

06 Sep 2020 6:02PM (Tournament); 42 Readers

Peeled to level with rover

06 Sep 2020 6:02PM (Tournament); 37 Readers

Earlier in the day Mark Ormerod beat Duncan Reeve in the final of the plate.
Rob Wilkinson beat Chris O'byrne in the z final

06 Sep 2020 6:05PM (Tournament); 41 Readers

Rover peeled before 2back

06 Sep 2020 6:05PM (Tournament); 42 Readers

All looks very easy at the moment

06 Sep 2020 6:07PM (Tournament); 40 Readers

Only a Maugham error can save Harry now

06 Sep 2020 6:07PM (Tournament); 38 Readers

Harry is wishing it was best of 3 for the last 5 hoirs

06 Sep 2020 6:09PM (Tournament); 38 Readers

Through penult with a laid break

06 Sep 2020 6:10PM (Tournament); 36 Readers

Pegs out from 2ft

06 Sep 2020 6:11PM (Tournament); 42 Readers

Paddy +21tp to win 3-2

06 Sep 2020 6:12PM (Tournament); 42 Readers

Paddy is the open champion for the first time

06 Sep 2020 6:12PM (Tournament); 39 Readers

Never looked in doubt on the last break

06 Sep 2020 6:13PM (Tournament); 37 Readers

Until next time good night

06 Sep 2020 6:13PM (Tournament); 38 Readers

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