Croquet England AC Eights
President's Cup round 10 by Andrew Gregory
Good afternoon from Hurlingham.
07 Sep 2024 1:18PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
One game started some time ago.
It's Samir Patel v Debbie Lines on lawn 3.
Lines got the first break and has made 9.
NSL.
07 Sep 2024 1:21PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
On lawn 2 it'll be Robin Brown v Gabrielle Higgins.
07 Sep 2024 1:23PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L3 Patel lifts the ball from hoop 4 to B-baulk. Misses.
07 Sep 2024 1:25PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
L2T1 brown red 2y NW of 5.
T2 Higgins blue to max distance on east boundary.
T3 Brown yellow at blue from A-baulk.
Misses.
07 Sep 2024 1:27PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
T4 Higgins black makes double from B-baulk.
Hits.
07 Sep 2024 1:28PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
L3 Lines is thru 1.
07 Sep 2024 1:29PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
L2 Higgins has break.
07 Sep 2024 1:31PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Not raining at the moment but still overcast.
L3 Lines fails tricky hoop 3.
07 Sep 2024 1:34PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Lawn 4 has started if you want to watch on YouTube.
07 Sep 2024 1:35PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
It'll be David Goacher and Harry Fisher on lawn 1.
07 Sep 2024 1:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Patel hits 5-yarder.
His eventual rush to 1 isn't great but he makes good hoop and he's away.
07 Sep 2024 1:38PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
L1T1 Goacher 12y N of IV.
T2 Fisher Red just S of Ii.
T3 Goacher misses partner from A-baulk.
T4 Fisher hits from B-baulk.
07 Sep 2024 1:41PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
L3 Patel not going for TPO, instead he's POPping.
07 Sep 2024 1:43PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L1 Fisher approached 1 from the boundary, made it then missed a silly roquet.
07 Sep 2024 1:44PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L2 Higgins has made 9.
B spread.
07 Sep 2024 1:45PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L1 Goacher misses 6-yarder.
07 Sep 2024 1:46PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L2 brown misses 12-yarder, flicking off peg into 4th corner.
07 Sep 2024 1:47PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L1 Fisher has break.
07 Sep 2024 1:51PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L2 Higgins is thru 2. There is still a ball in 4th corner.
07 Sep 2024 1:52PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L3 clips Patel black 4-back, blue 1; Lines red 4 yellow 4-back.
Leave reverse MSL with red at 4.
07 Sep 2024 1:55PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
L3 Lines lifts Yellow from 2 to A-baulk.
Misses to 2y S of II.
07 Sep 2024 1:58PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
L3 Patel blue takes on 5-yarder at yellow. Hits.
07 Sep 2024 1:59PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L2 Higgins blue is making 6 off black. Hoping to rush it in front of 4-back after the hoop.
07 Sep 2024 2:00PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Higgins is collecting a mat on which to kneel while lining up peel. Henceforth this will be known as a peeler kneeler.
07 Sep 2024 2:03PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Higgins' attempted peel of 4-back after 6 failed.
L3 Patel has standard tp in front of him.
He jawses 4-back peel after 3.
L1 Fisher's yellow clip is on 4-back.
Spread.
Goacher misses to 4th corner.
07 Sep 2024 2:08PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
L3 My experts are discussing on the best procedure after you've jawsed the first peel of a standard tp.
Do you rush north after 4?
Patel decides not.
Now my expert (and I) like the Wylie peel manoeuvre.
Which Patel goes for, after a fashion.
After 5 he rush-peels partner, rolls it near 6, then has a ball near the south bdry.
Run the hoop to the boundary, croquet the ball to 2-back getting rush on peelee. Do the peel getting rush on 4th ball to 1-back .
07 Sep 2024 2:15PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L1 Fisher failed 1 but Goacher almost had to run the hoop to hit him which he failed to do.
Now Fisher is trying the hogan roll.
ie from 4th corner sending a ball to 3 going to your pioneer at 2.
He leaves himself a 7-yarder, but copes.
Might get standard tp now.
07 Sep 2024 2:19PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
L2 Higgins is 4-back and peg.
Spread
Brown shoots at ball by peg from B-baulk.
Misses.
07 Sep 2024 2:21PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Patel requires a straight rover peel.
07 Sep 2024 2:22PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
L2 Higgins is thru 4-back and should finish.
07 Sep 2024 2:23PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Samir Patel beats Debbie Lines +14tp.
07 Sep 2024 2:25PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
L1 Fisher is still going.
He is thru 6 with one peel done (I presume).
07 Sep 2024 2:27PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Gabrielle Higgins beats Robin Brown +26.
07 Sep 2024 2:28PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
I can now concentrate on lawn 1.
Fisher has had one peel of his now delayed tp.
The peelee is his 2-back pioneer.
07 Sep 2024 2:30PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
It's raining again.
07 Sep 2024 2:31PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fisher sends yellow to penult after 2-back.
He fails to get forward rush after 3-back.
07 Sep 2024 2:34PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
The balls are all now near penult.
Several opportunities to be stymied.
07 Sep 2024 2:35PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fisher fails to peel penult before 4-back.
Straight double peel now needed.
07 Sep 2024 2:36PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fisher irish peels penult from 6" in front.
That went well.
Peelee avoids the peg and is 5' in front of rover.
07 Sep 2024 2:40PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Sorry it's much less than 5'.
Now peeling from about a foot.
Irish peel.
That also goes well.
07 Sep 2024 2:42PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Rush to the peg is not great.
Fisher is lining up a four yard pegout...
07 Sep 2024 2:43PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Harry Fisher beats David Goacher +26tp
07 Sep 2024 2:43PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Death v Mulliner is still in progress.
I shall start a new thread for the next round.
07 Sep 2024 2:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
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