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Newport Open Weekend

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Newport Open Weekend

Final David Maugham v Gabrielle Higgins by Andrew Gregory

Thanks to managerial fiddling, this is a best-of-3.

I'm in a game, so don't expect full commentary.

19 May 2024 12:32PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Ga.e 1, Maugham has first ball to 4-back.
I think 4th turn after a second corner opening.
MSL.
Higgins hit the lift (I assume) and has 4-ball break.

19 May 2024 12:34PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Gorgeous weather today.
Yesterday was OK once the sun burnt through.

19 May 2024 12:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

As you see from the results, Maugham and Higgins crunched the other 5 players fairly efficiently.
Higgins completed 3 triples out of 5, Maugham had 2 triples and 3 failed sextuples

19 May 2024 12:39PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

For reasons I shall discover later, Higgins had to.jump over a ball to run 1-back. She coped.

19 May 2024 12:42PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Higgins has made 9.
NSL with Yellow (for 1) by hoop 4

19 May 2024 12:46PM (Tournament); 4 Readers

Maugham hit the lift.
Maugham wins game 1 17tp (6th turn).

19 May 2024 1:17PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Game 2
Higgins to 4-back 5th turn.
NSL.
Maugham misses long shot.
Higgins rush to 1 is not great but she copes.
Delayed TP required.

19 May 2024 1:52PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Imperfect play mounts up and Higgins breaks down at 1-back and penult.

19 May 2024 2:02PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Maugham picks up break.

19 May 2024 2:09PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Maugham thinks.
DPO?
1-back leave?
Or just nine hoops?

19 May 2024 2:13PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Looks like 9 hoops is the decision.
He was probably thinking about the leave.

19 May 2024 2:14PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Blue (for 1-back) is left just SW of hoop 2.

19 May 2024 2:16PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Black (for penult) is just NE of 4.
This is the Maugham Standard Leave!

19 May 2024 2:21PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Higgins lifts Black to the end of B-baulk.
Must be some of Blue poking out.
She misses.

19 May 2024 2:23PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

You'd expect Maugham to finish here.

19 May 2024 2:27PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

First peel of triple done after 3.

19 May 2024 2:33PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Maugham wins game 2 10tp

19 May 2024 2:48PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

Maugham wins the Cornelius Trophy.

19 May 2024 2:48PM (Tournament); 1 Readers

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