Championship of Surrey
Final: Robert Fulford v Mark Avery by Andrew Gregory
Good afternoon from Surbiton.
04 Aug 2024 1:26PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford missed his duffer time 4th turn.
Avery made 1, but misapproached 2 and failed an angled hoop.
04 Aug 2024 1:28PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford picked up break, but blobbed 6 from nowhere.
04 Aug 2024 1:29PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery is going round.
04 Aug 2024 1:29PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I'm guessing it's SuperAdvanced.
We'll know soon enough.
04 Aug 2024 1:33PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Avery has made 9.
It's not SuperAdvanced.
OSL.
Clips: Fulford red 1 yellow 6.
Avery black 2 blue 4-back.
04 Aug 2024 1:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
The red is 5y SW of 2.
Fulford lifts Yellow to A-baulk.
Shooting at Black (13y)...
04 Aug 2024 1:39PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
... Fulford misses.
04 Aug 2024 1:39PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
I believe you can watch this match via the Surbiton CC website.
04 Aug 2024 1:40PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery is thru an angled 2.
He wants a rush to near 4th corner, but instead it finishes one yard east of 1st corner.
Rolls toward yellow, but not to yield a rush.
Now taking off from S bdry to ball at 3
The triple will be delayed.
04 Aug 2024 1:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
After 3, Avery black croquets blue to 5.
Tries to run 4 to boundary, but is rejected.
04 Aug 2024 1:47PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fulford red misapproaches 1.
04 Aug 2024 1:49PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Avery has a 16-yarder. To my surprise he plays with his forward ball. Hits.
04 Aug 2024 1:51PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery makes a leave.
04 Aug 2024 1:55PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fulford does not have an attractive shot
04 Aug 2024 1:57PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Avery's balls are north of 6, so a good time for yellow to hit.
No it's too dangerous. Yellow to 3rd corner.
04 Aug 2024 1:59PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
In order to discourage the shot, Avery's position now makes picking up the break a bit tricky.
He's now approaching 4 from 6 yards.
4 or 5' hoop.
Again the ball is rejected.
04 Aug 2024 2:01PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Fulford snicks an 8-yarder.
04 Aug 2024 2:02PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Again Fulford misapproaches 1.
This might be feasible.
No, back to 10y west of partner.
04 Aug 2024 2:04PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery hits a 13-yarder.
04 Aug 2024 2:05PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery has a leave.
04 Aug 2024 2:08PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Fulford red takes on 22-yarder
Misses.
04 Aug 2024 2:09PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Avery black makes 4.
Rushes blue a few yards east of peg, takes off to red.
Rushes yellow 3y west of 5.
Take-off approach.
Grovels thru, has break.
04 Aug 2024 2:13PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Avery Black has made 2-back.
Blue is the 3-back pioneer so I doubt we'll be seeing any peels.
04 Aug 2024 2:19PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
There is a bucket of soil on the lawn. Avery is in a hoop-hole near penult. Bit critical, but resolved.
04 Aug 2024 2:26PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Avery is aiming for a diagonal spread, with yellow at the peg.
Clips Fulford red 1 yellow 6.
Avery blue 4-back black peg.
04 Aug 2024 2:28PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fulford lifts Yellow to A-baulk.
Has 16-yarder...
04 Aug 2024 2:31PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fulford hits!
04 Aug 2024 2:31PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fulford has hit the inlawn ball. (The other may have been wired from the end of A-baulk.)
04 Aug 2024 2:33PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fulford almost fails 6 again.
He's through but can he hit red?
Ref is on.
04 Aug 2024 2:35PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Fulford tries to roquet by bouncing off the wire.
Fails.
04 Aug 2024 2:37PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery misses 8-yarder.
04 Aug 2024 2:37PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Fulford plays with red.
Will he attempt sextuple?
Probably not, I'd say.
Though yellow is now at 2.
04 Aug 2024 2:38PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Red is thru 1 with 4-ball break.
Will we see sextuple?
04 Aug 2024 2:41PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fulford red peels Yellow thru 1-back after 2.
04 Aug 2024 2:43PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
I suppose one may as well try a few peels, and if it doesn't work out, one can still peg out oppo.
04 Aug 2024 2:45PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
The hoop 5 pioneer is at 5, so he doesn't appear committed to the sextuple.
04 Aug 2024 2:47PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Yellow is the 1-back pioneer, so no more peels I guess.
04 Aug 2024 2:49PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Fulford is intent on pegging out Avery.
04 Aug 2024 2:55PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Contact leave: yellow in or near 2nd corner, red on South boundary behind 4.
Fulford red peg, yellow 2-back.
Avery blue 4-back black box.
04 Aug 2024 3:05PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Avery blue takes contact from yellow, rolls to 4-back. Blue goes too far, yellow falls off north boundary.
04 Aug 2024 3:07PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Yellow to 4th corner.
04 Aug 2024 3:08PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Avery blue hits red (23y)
04 Aug 2024 3:09PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Take-off to yellow is good.
Blue rushes yellow to maybe 3y SE of 4-back.
Over-approaches. Poor shot.
Taps blue in front.
04 Aug 2024 3:12PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Blue is not wired from yellow.
Fulford yellow hits blue (7y).
04 Aug 2024 3:13PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Blue is croqueted near 2nd corner, yellow goes off near red with rush to 2-back.
04 Aug 2024 3:16PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Avery misses 37-yarder.
04 Aug 2024 3:17PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Fulford should finish.
04 Aug 2024 3:18PM (Tournament); 20 Readers
Fulford is thru 3-back with no rush.
The penult pioneer goes 6y N of hoop.
04 Aug 2024 3:21PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Maybe 5 yards north.
04 Aug 2024 3:21PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Fulford gets rush to penult.
04 Aug 2024 3:22PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Fulford wins game 1 +4.
Best-of-3, normal advanced.
04 Aug 2024 3:24PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Game 2 starts the same as game 1, but this time Fulford hits his duffer 4th turn.
04 Aug 2024 3:34PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fulford is thru 1.
04 Aug 2024 3:36PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Fulford has break.
04 Aug 2024 3:37PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
No problem at hoop 6 this time.
04 Aug 2024 3:44PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fulford is in full control at 2-back.
04 Aug 2024 3:46PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Fulford has made 9.
NSL is attempted, but key ball is not where it should be.
04 Aug 2024 3:54PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Yellow is north of 4, not northeast.
Red is left a few yards south of 2nd corner.
Blue peg-high East boundary.
Black in 4th corner
04 Aug 2024 3:56PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Avery Yellow hits black (9y).
04 Aug 2024 3:57PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Take off to blue, no rush.
Blue sent 2y NW of 1,.
Red has rush out of 2nd corner.
04 Aug 2024 3:59PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Fulford Blue has ball and a quarter target at Red/ yellow. Hits the quarter.
04 Aug 2024 4:01PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
Red is left 18" WSW of 2 yellow near end of B-baulk, presumably wired.
Black and blue near 4th corner.
04 Aug 2024 4:06PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Avery Yellow misses Black.
04 Aug 2024 4:08PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Fulford struggles thru 1
He has a standard tp in front of him.
04 Aug 2024 4:11PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
In running 3, Fulford Black roquets Yellow.
04 Aug 2024 4:16PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Yellow is left near 4-back, blue is the hoop 5 pioneer.
04 Aug 2024 4:17PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Red is now near 4-back, yellow at 6.
Can he rush blue to peeling posi after 5?
04 Aug 2024 4:20PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Not a bad rush. 3 or 4y peel, he can play it straight.
04 Aug 2024 4:21PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Blue hits the far wire, bounces off just west of hoop.
04 Aug 2024 4:22PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fulford Black sends blue to 2-back.
Thoughts of peeling postponed.
04 Aug 2024 4:24PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Excitement on lawn 3.
Robin Brown and Tom Coles are both 4-back and box.
Time has been called.
04 Aug 2024 4:28PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Back to lawn 2 and a ref is on.
Fulford has randomly hampered himself with a third ball.
Copes.
Blue is nicely in front of 4-back for a potential straight triple.
04 Aug 2024 4:31PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Brown wins plus one on time.
04 Aug 2024 4:32PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fulford Black peels Blue thru 4-back.
After 4-back red bombards blue most of the way to penult.
Nice rush on blue to 2 or 3 feet in front of penult.
04 Aug 2024 4:36PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
The Irish peel of penult goes well.
Blue is 1y west of rover.
Yellow is rushed near red, which is near end of B-baulk.
04 Aug 2024 4:38PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Red is put as a side ball.
04 Aug 2024 4:39PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Irish peel of rover also successful.
04 Aug 2024 4:40PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Red is rushed to yellow, yellow to black, blue to the peg.
04 Aug 2024 4:41PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fulford wins game 2 +26stp.
04 Aug 2024 4:42PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Robert Fulford is Champion of Surrey.
04 Aug 2024 4:43PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
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