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Croquet England AC Open Championship
Saturday Singles by Andrew Gregory
Good morning from Surbiton.
It's gonna be another hot one.
12 Jul 2025 9:38AM (Tournament); 1 Readers
Reminder of where we are.
Robert Fulford and James Death won their quarterfinals by 2pm yesterday. Each had 2 tps, the only ones of the day.
Fulford awaits the winner of Stephen Mulliner and Mark Avery. They are game all overnight. All matches except maybe the final are best of 3.
Death will play the winner of Jenny Clarke and David Fuller. Fuller is game up overnight.
12 Jul 2025 9:43AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
The hoops on 2, 3 and 4 have been reset.
Thanks to Andy Dibben for that.
12 Jul 2025 9:44AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
On lawn 3 Fuller and Clarke are warming up.
If warming up is the apposite phrase in this weather.
12 Jul 2025 9:47AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Chris Clarke explains to me that these Atkins hoops are OK to run straight, but once you get an angle of 15 degrees or more they become difficult.
And on fast lawns any approach from distance is subject to the local vagaries of the lawn. And these are good lawns.
Apparently we are at 12.5 plummers.
Probably reach 14+ this afternoon.
12 Jul 2025 9:54AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Mulliner is practising taking off from east boundary to 2nd corner.
Now checking the long shot from 3rd corner.
12 Jul 2025 9:56AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Gabrielle Higgins failed a triple yesterday when her irish peel at rover finished with her 2 balls in contact.
You'd think that a rare occurrence but it happened to David Fuller last month.
12 Jul 2025 10:00AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
We're off.
Clarke to east boundary.
Fuller near 2nd corner.
Clarke misses partner.
Fuller misses from A-baulk.
12 Jul 2025 10:02AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Clarke makes 1, 2.
Now approaching 3 from 5 yards.
Runs 3 to near 4.
Hits 7-yarder.
Not yet a break.
12 Jul 2025 10:06AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Clarke overhits rush to 4 from by the peg.
Good 7' take off.
She now has the first break.
12 Jul 2025 10:09AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Clarke grovels thru 5.
Cannot hit intended ball but hits an unhampered 6-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 10:11AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Sorry I missed the opening on 4.
Mulliner had the first innings.
Avery has just hit 15-yarder
All clips on 1.
12 Jul 2025 10:12AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Avery thru 1, 2.
Pretty good pioneer at 3.
12 Jul 2025 10:14AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
A few good strokes and Avery has 4-ball break.
12 Jul 2025 10:15AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Clarke's break isn't as tight as it might be, but she's still going. Thru 2-back now.
12 Jul 2025 10:16AM (Tournament); 2 Readers
Clarke has made 9.
Yellow is 6y W of 6.
Red is in middle of east boundary.
Black is just N and a little west of 4th corner.
Blue is 18" North of black.
12 Jul 2025 10:22AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller plays red as it lies.
Maybe he can see a sliver of black?
Misses.
Allegedly he had a ball and 3/4 target.
12 Jul 2025 10:24AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke black taps red, rushes blue shy of yellow.
OK croquet stroke but rush to 1 almost reaches south boundary.
Good approach and she has chance for second break.
12 Jul 2025 10:27AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery has made 9.
NSL.
12 Jul 2025 10:28AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner lifts ball at 4 to B-baulk.
Hits! (20y)
12 Jul 2025 10:30AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke is 4 or 5y north of 4.
Forward take off.
Too close to hoop but fortuitously falls 3" in front.
Runs 4, hits red for 4-ball break.
12 Jul 2025 10:32AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner has leave.
12 Jul 2025 10:34AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
More good fortune for Clarke at 6 as she rushes into back of hoop but ball ends up in jaws.
The break continues.
Avery corners.
12 Jul 2025 10:37AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke has to jump good angled hoop at 1-back.
12 Jul 2025 10:39AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner makes a hoop.
Another leave.
12 Jul 2025 10:39AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke has 6-yarder after 2-back.
No problem.
12 Jul 2025 10:41AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Avery has wide join.
His balls are in 4th corner and at the end of A-baulk.
12 Jul 2025 10:41AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner does 2 press-ups before 2.
Makes it.
12 Jul 2025 10:43AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
After 2 Mulliner black rushes blue near yellow. Red is in 4th corner.
He fails to rush yellow to red.
Another leave.
12 Jul 2025 10:45AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke black makes penult off blue.
12 Jul 2025 10:46AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke is 4-back and peg v Fuller 1 and 1.
12 Jul 2025 10:47AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Avery takes on 23-yarder.(target?)
Hits.
He's playing the forward ball.
12 Jul 2025 10:49AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke leaves yellow 3y WSW of peg.
Red 7y south of 4-back.
Cross pegged?
Blue a yard and a half North of 4th corner.
Black 7' north of blue.
12 Jul 2025 10:52AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red and yellow are not cross pegged.
Fuller Red hits yellow. (10y)
12 Jul 2025 10:52AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller's take off stops 6" short of yardline.
12 Jul 2025 10:53AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I do apologise.
On lawn 4 I thought yellow was for 4-back.
In fact it is red.
So Avery is playing his backward ball.
Except now he isn't as he's blobbed hoop 3.
12 Jul 2025 10:56AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller Red makes 1.
12 Jul 2025 10:56AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner has made hoop 3 by not very much at all
Ref is on for hampered shot.
Easy enough.
Now has break.
12 Jul 2025 10:59AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller has left rush from North boundary.
It is wired from Clarke's ball between 1 and 2.
Sadly that ball is also wired on the 4th ball.
Clarke has wiring lift.
Hits 7-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 11:01AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner fails 5.
12 Jul 2025 11:02AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery
Red 4-back
Yellow 5
Mulliner
Blue 1
Black 5.
12 Jul 2025 11:03AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Sorry
Yellow is for 4, not 5.
12 Jul 2025 11:04AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Tricky pick up for Avery with ball in 5.
Clarke was playing with her peg ball, so has leave.
Fuller misses 25-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 11:06AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery ignores black for now.
He rolls off 4 from 6 yards.
Through for the break.
12 Jul 2025 11:07AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke makes 4-back.
Rushes partner into middle of lawn.
Takes off to red near 4th corner.
Yellow is 3y NW of 4.
Good croquet stroke yields 4' rush.
Plays rush well, maybe 3y past hoop.
Runs it, should finish.
12 Jul 2025 11:10AM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke wins game 2 +25
One game all in a best-of-3.
12 Jul 2025 11:13AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
After the quick second game we have a time limit of 4 hours for the decider.
Limit is 4, 7 9.
Used to be 10.
12 Jul 2025 11:18AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
G3T1 Fuller Red to 9y N of IV.
T2 Clarke blue just S of Ii
T3 Fuller joins up.
T4 Clarke black at yellow (15y)
Misses.
12 Jul 2025 11:21AM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery has reached peg and 4-back.
But he's only just thru rover.
Ref is on.
Avery copes.
And there is a ref on 3 to watch red hit yellow.
Fuller was slightly hampered by black.
Fuller Red rushes black into 2nd corner.
12 Jul 2025 11:25AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Avery has leave.
Mulliner takes on short shot (13y).
Hits.
12 Jul 2025 11:26AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Fuller has cannon.
Plays a wafer.
Black doesn't move much, blue goes off S bdry.
Over-approaches.
Back to yellow.
12 Jul 2025 11:29AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Clarke blue at Red/ yellow (20y, target?)
Hits red.
12 Jul 2025 11:30AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Clarke Blue rushes yellow 4y past 1.
Approach, runs hoop to north boundary.
Blue misses Black (9y).
12 Jul 2025 11:32AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Mulliner made hoop 5 only in his turn.
12 Jul 2025 11:33AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Fuller yellow to 1st corner.
12 Jul 2025 11:35AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Clarke has leave.
Fuller Red to 4th corner.
12 Jul 2025 11:37AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
I think Avery has finessed.
12 Jul 2025 11:38AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Mulliner has leave.
12 Jul 2025 11:38AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke makes 2, rolls near 3.
12 Jul 2025 11:39AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Avery hits 25-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 11:39AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Avery is playing with yellow, which is for the peg.
12 Jul 2025 11:40AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fuller moves red to middle of west boundary
12 Jul 2025 11:41AM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke makes 3, rolls to 4, sends croqueted ball off south boundary.
12 Jul 2025 11:42AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller yellow at Red (17y).
Misses to just east of 2nd corner.
12 Jul 2025 11:43AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke attempts 4.
Bounces off to east boundary.
12 Jul 2025 11:44AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Fuller Red at yellow (16y).
Misses.
12 Jul 2025 11:45AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Clarke blue hits black (8y).
12 Jul 2025 11:45AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Avery leave
Mulliner missed something.
Avery now has 2y rush to 4-back from 15y away.
Good stroke!
12 Jul 2025 11:48AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Avery fails 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 11:48AM (Tournament); 3 Readers
Clarke takes off to red and yellow.
Rushes red 8y N of 4.
Good stroke sends red to 5 as she gets 4' in front of 4.
Thru 4 to the boundary for 3-ball break.
12 Jul 2025 11:50AM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner fails 6.
12 Jul 2025 11:51AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Avery Yellow hits Black.
(9y, maybe not whole ball available.)
12 Jul 2025 11:54AM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Avery may be contemplating crosswire at 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 11:56AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Avery leaves black NE of 4-back.
Blue by peg. (Cross wired?)
Red and yellow near 4th corner.
12 Jul 2025 11:58AM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Clarke's breaks seem ragged to me.
But then I can't hit 5-yarders.
She's thru 2-back.
12 Jul 2025 12:00PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner black hits red (28y).
12 Jul 2025 12:01PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner black runs 6.
12 Jul 2025 12:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke is round to 4-back.
(Other 3 clips on 1.)
OSL.
ish.
12 Jul 2025 12:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke's final croquet sends black off in 4th corner. Accidentally.
Blue is 3y N of black.
12 Jul 2025 12:07PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner black has not made 1-back.
Avery missed something.
Mulliner now playing with Blue.
12 Jul 2025 12:09PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fuller plays yellow as it lies.
Hits blue (12y).
Rushes black to red, which is 8y S of hoop 2.
12 Jul 2025 12:11PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fuller fails 1.
12 Jul 2025 12:13PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke misses 16-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 12:14PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner fails to approach 2 from 8 yards.
Back to mother.
12 Jul 2025 12:15PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Fuller yellow takes on black on south boundary.
Hits 6-yarder (just).
12 Jul 2025 12:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Avery just misses long shot .
Mulliner plays with black.
12 Jul 2025 12:18PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fuller had poor croquet stroke, has leave.
Clarke misses 20y double.
12 Jul 2025 12:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
All balls on lawn 3 are on the east boundary.
12 Jul 2025 12:20PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner grovels thru 1-back.
Has to take on 28-yarder.
Misses
Avery lifts Yellow, hits 5-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 12:22PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Again Avery is in with the peg ball.
12 Jul 2025 12:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
In approaching 2, Fuller croquets ball off north boundary.
12 Jul 2025 12:24PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke joins up, sort of.
Fuller hits 12-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 12:25PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fuller has ten yard take off for a rush.
But he falls off the lawn.
Chance of break for Clarke.
12 Jul 2025 12:28PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner shoots at partner.
Hits hoop 4, thus getting wired join.
12 Jul 2025 12:29PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery makes 4-back with rush to penult.
Avery fails penult.
12 Jul 2025 12:30PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Wide join not wired join.
D'oh!
12 Jul 2025 12:30PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner Blue hits black (7y).
12 Jul 2025 12:31PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke has the balls for a standard triple, should she fancy it.
12 Jul 2025 12:32PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
She is sensibly not going for tp.
12 Jul 2025 12:34PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Mulliner has leave.
Avery hits something.
Again with his peg ball.
12 Jul 2025 12:37PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery
Red penult
Yellow peg
Mulliner
Blue 3
Black 2-back
12 Jul 2025 12:38PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery has crosswired blue and black at rover.
(I assume.)
Leaves rush to penult from north of 2.
12 Jul 2025 12:42PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Mulliner Blue must be able to see at least some of Black.
Hits. (8y, not full ball)
12 Jul 2025 12:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke thru 1-back.
She's playing tidily now.
12 Jul 2025 12:44PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner makes 3.
12 Jul 2025 12:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
If Mulliner makes 4 he has break.
Pioneer is 10y N of 4.
Not ideal for the rush.
Approaching from 5 or 6y.
He is thru.
12 Jul 2025 12:48PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke through 3-back.
4-back pioneer not ideal.
12 Jul 2025 12:50PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke fails 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 12:52PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner 2-back and break v
Avery penult and peg.
Will we see a Riggall?
(I really should have looked up the spelling.)
12 Jul 2025 12:56PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fuller approaches 1 from south boundary.
Poor effort.
Runs 8' hoop.
Down to red by 2.
12 Jul 2025 12:58PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Fuller fails to approach 2.
Leave.
12 Jul 2025 1:00PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Clarke 4-back and 4-back
Fuller 2 and 2.
12 Jul 2025 1:01PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke hits in.
12 Jul 2025 1:01PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Mulliner Blue is thru 4-back.
Black is the rover pioneer.
12 Jul 2025 1:03PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Red too is sent to rover.
12 Jul 2025 1:03PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke approaches 4-back from 4y.
Removes clips in preparation for jump shot.
Thinks better of it.
Retires to boundary.
12 Jul 2025 1:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Mulliner has made rover, no rush on red.
Black is by peg.
Yellow halfway between penult and peg.
12 Jul 2025 1:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Rumour that beer is running out.
Seafarers gone, ESB low.
James Death is urgently contacting local breweries.
12 Jul 2025 1:09PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mulliner blue tries to peg out yellow from 3 yards.
Fails to do so.
12 Jul 2025 1:10PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Clarke is approaching 4-back again.
Thru with a lot of wire.
There's a ball 6y N of 1st corner.
12 Jul 2025 1:13PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery lifts red to B-baulk.
Hits yellow (15y)
(Blue and black may have been in background.)
12 Jul 2025 1:15PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Clarke runs penult beyond rover, hits 6y return.
12 Jul 2025 1:16PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Avery's rush to penult not great.
4y take off.
Not in front.
12 Jul 2025 1:19PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke blue runs rover from 6 or 7 feet.
12 Jul 2025 1:19PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery red to west boundary.
They are pausing for lunch.
12 Jul 2025 1:20PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke misses 12-yarder.
Fuller Red at yellow (9y)
Hits.
12 Jul 2025 1:21PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
I think lawn 3 is also lunching.
And so am I.
12 Jul 2025 1:23PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Mulliner Blue hits yellow (10y?)
12 Jul 2025 1:45PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Mulliner has leave.
Avery
Red penult
Yellow peg
Mulliner
Blue peg
Black 2-back
12 Jul 2025 1:48PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Fuller plays big croquet stroke.
Ball does not stay on the lawn.
Not sure he picked the best time to break for lunch.
12 Jul 2025 1:50PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Avery has hit in.
With his peg ball.
12 Jul 2025 1:51PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Clarke fails 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 1:54PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Avery has leave.
Blue near 1st corner.
Black near middle of east boundary.
Red has rush on yellow to penult from NW of 2.
12 Jul 2025 1:55PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fuller misses 7-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 1:56PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Clarke makes 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 1:56PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Mulliner Blue misses Black.
12 Jul 2025 1:57PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery rushes near penult.
Not near enough, goes to blue/ black.
Take off approach from 2y to the side.
Makes penult.
Blue is 3y SE of peg.
12 Jul 2025 1:59PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Clarke taking off to penult from 5 yards.
Good hoop.
12 Jul 2025 1:59PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Avery has made rover.
12 Jul 2025 2:01PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Clarke thru rover with a jump.
No rush.
12 Jul 2025 2:01PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Avery wins game 3 +7
12 Jul 2025 2:02PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Clarke has 6 or 7y peg-out.
Centre peg.
Clarke wins game 3 +24
12 Jul 2025 2:03PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Death had some cunning practice on 3 during lunch.
Fulford having a knock on 4.
12 Jul 2025 2:05PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
In the not too distant we shall have:
Robert Fulford v Mark Avery on lawn 3.
Jenny Clarke v James Death on lawn 4.
12 Jul 2025 2:06PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Fulford and Avery have played 70 games over the years.
Fulford has won 42.
Their last match was the final of the Championship of Surrey in August 2024.
Fulford won 2-0.
I can only see one match at the Opens (discounting the qualifying phase).
2012 quarter-final.
Fulford won 3-1, with 3 TPOs.
12 Jul 2025 2:10PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Death and Clarke have played 21 games.
Death has won 11.
Their last match was the Open quarter-final last year. Death won 3-1.
12 Jul 2025 2:10PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Open Singles Championship
Semifinals
12 Jul 2025 2:21PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
L3G1T1 Avery Yellow 9y N of IV
T2 Fulford Black at Yellow from A-baulk.
Misses to leave target.
T3 Avery red hits black.
12 Jul 2025 2:25PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
L4G1T1 Death blue 11y N of IV
T2 Clarke Yellow just S of II.
12 Jul 2025 2:26PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
T3 Avery rushes Yellow 6y past 1.
Overhits approach.
12 Jul 2025 2:28PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
T3 Death hits (?)
Leaves rush to II, but too close.
T4 Clarke red hits black from B-baulk.
12 Jul 2025 2:30PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Avery retires to Black.
T4 Fulford to B-baulk.
Blue rushes black off south boundary (20 y).
12 Jul 2025 2:32PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Death hit something.
Thru 1 with nice hoop and rush.
12 Jul 2025 2:33PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Good croquet stroke gives Fulford rush to 1.
For once a rush is underhit.
Fulford runs 1 but was hoping for hoop and roquet.
Misses 5y return.
12 Jul 2025 2:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Death fails 2.
12 Jul 2025 2:36PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery Yellow misses blue (7y).
12 Jul 2025 2:37PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Yellow and blue are in contact.
Fulford blue rolls Yellow to 4, then black to 3 going to red near 2.
He is thru 2.
12 Jul 2025 2:40PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Death has 13-yarder with peg in play.
Hits peg, bounces off near 3.
Clarke is laid up near 1st corner.
12 Jul 2025 2:42PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Fulford has 4-ball break.
12 Jul 2025 2:42PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Clarke's rush to 2 collides with another ball.
Leave.
One hoop each.
12 Jul 2025 2:45PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Death misses 14-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 2:46PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Clarke yellow hits red, takes off to blue.
Big croquet stroke sends blue to 2, yellow just stays on lawn.
Thru 1, hits 5y return.
12 Jul 2025 2:51PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fulford is demonstrating that you can play controlled breaks on these lawns.
Or at least he can.
12 Jul 2025 2:52PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Clarke has good chance for break.
12 Jul 2025 2:54PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Fulford has got to 4-back.
Other 3 clips on 1.
NSL with western ball 1 yard in lawn.
12 Jul 2025 2:56PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Clarke has 4-ball break.
12 Jul 2025 2:56PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Avery assesses his options.
He seems to think he has a chance of playing Yellow (at 4) as it lies.
Calls ref on.
Restalks.
Misses Black.
(6y, hampered)
12 Jul 2025 3:02PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Clarke's break continues.
She has reached 1-back.
12 Jul 2025 3:03PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Fulford Black runs 1, though not with desired rush.
Plays good croquet stroke to rectify matters
Chance for standard triple.
12 Jul 2025 3:07PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Clarke's clip will be going on 4-back
4-back and 2 v 2 and 1.
12 Jul 2025 3:10PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Fulford blobs 3.
He was all set for the triple.
12 Jul 2025 3:13PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Clarke has OSL.
12 Jul 2025 3:14PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Death hits 13-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 3:15PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Avery thru 1.
He peeled black thru 3 to set up the break.
12 Jul 2025 3:16PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Death thru 2 with a break.
12 Jul 2025 3:17PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Death TPO??!
You wouldn't put it past him.
12 Jul 2025 3:19PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Death Blue fails to peel yellow thru 4-back after 3.
That should be the end of that experiment.
12 Jul 2025 3:20PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery has break.
12 Jul 2025 3:21PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Death has difficult hoop 6.
Clubs it through.
12 Jul 2025 3:23PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
I'm told the experts are reluctant to have the early 2-back pioneer. They prefer to keep all 4 balls around.
Avery clearly disagrees with this thinking.
12 Jul 2025 3:27PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
In these conditions, I should have said.
12 Jul 2025 3:27PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Death is now 4-back and 1 v Clarke 2 and 4-back.
He has run 3-back too far.
Hits return, has unwanted collision.
Still manufactures an NSL.
Except that the ball at hoop 4 might be in the jaws (just).
12 Jul 2025 3:31PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Avery has reached 2-back.
Thinking about the leave.
Fulford is on 4 and 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 3:32PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Clarke lifts Red from near W boundary to B-baulk.
Hits black (20y).
12 Jul 2025 3:34PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
While yellow may not rush to 1, it definitely won't go to 2.
So Clarke rushes blue to 2.
Doesn't approach, so goes off near 3rd corner.
Yellow will have a wiring lift next turn if it's not moved.
12 Jul 2025 3:37PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Death Black hits yellow. 10y.
12 Jul 2025 3:38PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery leaves black near East boundary, blue 14y N of 1st corner and in a bit.
Red near 2nd corner.
Yellow 1y S of red.
12 Jul 2025 3:40PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford lifts Blue to B-baulk.
Shoots at Black (20y)
Hits.
12 Jul 2025 3:42PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Death leave.
Clarke miss.
12 Jul 2025 3:43PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford has 30 yard take off.
Hits 3-yarder
12 Jul 2025 3:45PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Death gesticulating as his hoop 1 approach goes awry.
12 Jul 2025 3:46PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke yellow hits red (12y).
12 Jul 2025 3:47PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Fulford is trying to score 4-back.
Rejection.
12 Jul 2025 3:48PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Avery red hits blue.
12 Jul 2025 3:49PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke also has opportunity to score points for 4-back ball.
12 Jul 2025 3:50PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery leaves blue 3y NE of peg.
Black 2y S of 1.
Leaves rush to 1 from by 2nd corner.
12 Jul 2025 3:54PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Looks like blue is wired from red and yellow
Fulford Black at blue. Snicks it. (18y).
12 Jul 2025 3:56PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke has made 2 hoops.
2 and rover plays 1 and 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 3:56PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Death has wide choice of 13-yarders.
12 Jul 2025 3:57PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fulford's rush to 4 is intercepted by hoop 5.
Approach is short.
Blue is 3y W of peg.
12 Jul 2025 3:59PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Death misses 13-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 3:59PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford hits black off west boundary.
12 Jul 2025 4:01PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke has done well to make 2.
Chance of break.
12 Jul 2025 4:02PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery Yellow joins up with red near 2nd corner.
12 Jul 2025 4:03PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford Black at blue (10y).
Hits.
12 Jul 2025 4:04PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke is thru 3 with a break.
12 Jul 2025 4:04PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford is again rushing to 4 from 2nd corner.
Right direction but overhit by 4y.
Four foot hoop.
Run to boundary.
12 Jul 2025 4:07PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Just gone to get some tea.
Fulford still making progress with black.
Clarke has ref on at 1-back.
I think she has rushed into back of hoop, and the question is can she place red so that it hasn't started to run hoop.
The answer to that is No.
But she can play a stroke bouncing it off wire to running posi.
A little jump and the break continues.
12 Jul 2025 4:18PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fulford Black is coming up to 4-back with Blue as the pioneer.
It looks like he at least thought about the straight triple.
12 Jul 2025 4:22PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Clarke continues with a less tidy break.
Just needs a single peel to finish this turn.
12 Jul 2025 4:23PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke red is thru 4-back.
Yellow is sent to rover.
It's a foot or two west of hoop.
12 Jul 2025 4:26PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford has reached peg and 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 4:27PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Can Clarke negotiate the straight rover peel?
12 Jul 2025 4:28PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
After penult Clarke red puts black deep going to blue.
Now the little rush on yellow.
Good enough to go for the Irish peel...
12 Jul 2025 4:30PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Yellow is thru, but is it staying on the lawn?
Yes, by inches.
Red stopped in the jaws.
12 Jul 2025 4:31PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fulford leaves Red in middle of lawn, yellow in middle of east boundary, blue and black with rush out of 4th corner.
Avery lifts red to A-baulk, hits blue (13y).
12 Jul 2025 4:33PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke has 3, maybe 4 yard peg-out.
12 Jul 2025 4:34PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke wins game 1 +17
Best of 3.
12 Jul 2025 4:35PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery red makes 1 off black.
12 Jul 2025 4:35PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery red runs 2, has eastward rush.
12 Jul 2025 4:37PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery red rushes black 7y S of 3.
Good take-off to yellow gives him rush to 3.
Blobs 3.
12 Jul 2025 4:40PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fulford Black has 5- or 6-yarder.
Hits.
Black is for peg, blue for 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 4:42PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fulford plots his leave.
Yellow is rolled 3y W of 3rd corner.
But black goes too far on red.
Black hits red but it is still in jaws.
Ref is on.
12 Jul 2025 4:45PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Ref may just be on to ensure that red is not moved while Fulford places black.
12 Jul 2025 4:49PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
After all that we have a little take-off.
Red has scored 3.
It appeared to fall to the east.
Can red see yellow?
Some of it.
Fulford may be in danger of conceding a wiring lift.
No he thinks red can hit blue.
Black joins up with blue.
12 Jul 2025 4:53PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery squints at Red and yellow.
12 Jul 2025 4:55PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery shoots yellow at Red.
Yellow hits the hoop.
Comes within a yard of hitting black!
12 Jul 2025 4:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford should finish.
12 Jul 2025 4:57PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
L4G2T1 Clarke blue 11y north of IV.
T2 Death Red at blue from B-baulk.
Misses to 6" west of IV.
T3 Clarke Black at Red from A-baulk.
Misses into corner.
12 Jul 2025 5:01PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
T4 Death yellow at Red from A-baulk.
Hits.
Corner cannon.
12 Jul 2025 5:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Death goes for promoting black to 1.
In fact promotes it 6y past 1.
Big croquet stroke stays on lawn.
12 Jul 2025 5:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford wins game 1 +14
12 Jul 2025 5:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Death runs 4' hoop 1.
I think his hoop 2 pioneer is closer to the corner than the hoop.
12 Jul 2025 5:06PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
What is the collective noun for referees?
There is a cluster on lawn 5 adjudicating on whether a ball is on the lawn.
12 Jul 2025 5:09PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
There's now a ref on lawn 4.
Trouble at hoop 2.
I think it's just filling in an old hoophole.
12 Jul 2025 5:10PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
The issue on lawn 5 was apparently resolved by the ruling "If there's doubt it's out."
Which I've never heard before but I like rhyming advice.
Backgammon players will be familiar with "Hit and split".
12 Jul 2025 5:13PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Death has 4-ball break.
12 Jul 2025 5:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Death is thru 6.
Thinking, presumably about the leave.
12 Jul 2025 5:18PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
L3G2T1 Avery black 7y N of IV
T2 Fulford yellow misses Black from A-baulk.
T3 Avery blue at black/ yellow from A-baulk
Perfect double.
Bad shot.
12 Jul 2025 5:21PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Death appears to have a 4-back pioneer.
12 Jul 2025 5:23PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Blue comes on in contact with yellow.
T4 Fulford red hits black.
Has yardline cannon.
Promotes yellow toward 1.
12 Jul 2025 5:25PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Death yellow has made ten hoops.
Contact leave.
Blue in 3rd corner
Black in 2nd corner
Red just north of 4th corner.
Yellow in middle of east boundary.
12 Jul 2025 5:27PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Fulford has break.
12 Jul 2025 5:28PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke blue takes croquet from red.
Rolls red east of hoop 3.
Sends yellow to hoop 1.
Goes off 3y east of black.
12 Jul 2025 5:31PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Death yellow to just north of IV.
12 Jul 2025 5:31PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke black rushes blue near end of B-baulk.
Takes off to red.
Gets rush to hoop 1.
Rushes it 5y west of hoop.
Not a bad approach
But not good enough.
Angled hoop rejected.
Death red at yellow (18y).
Sundry players wander in Death's eyeline.
Death misses into 4th corner.
12 Jul 2025 5:37PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke Black has 20 yard target.
Hits yellow.
12 Jul 2025 5:38PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford still going round. Thru 1-back.
12 Jul 2025 5:39PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke black overhits rush to 1, OK take-off approach, runs hoop to north boundary.
Misses 4-yarder at blue.
12 Jul 2025 5:42PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Death red at yellow (25y).
Misses.
12 Jul 2025 5:43PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
"That was hitting. Then it didn't."
12 Jul 2025 5:44PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke blue misses 10-yarder at Black.
12 Jul 2025 5:44PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
It's not going to be one of the usual leaves by Fulford.
Or at least an unusual way of achieving the leave.
12 Jul 2025 5:46PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Pretty good rush by Death from 3rd corner to hoop 1.
Through hoop, hits 7y return.
12 Jul 2025 5:48PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fulford's leave:
Blue 3y NNE of 4.
Black in middle of West boundary
Yellow in 2nd corner.
Red South of yellow.
Avery lifts Blue to B-baulk, hits yellow.
Red is for 4-back, other clips on 1.
12 Jul 2025 5:51PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Death has made 2.
Good 25y take off to get rush on blue.
Almost has break.
12 Jul 2025 5:53PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery blue has made 1.
Work needed to establish break.
12 Jul 2025 5:54PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery tries stop shot approach of 2 putting ball toward 3.
Underhit.
Fails hoop.
12 Jul 2025 5:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Death has stopped.
He ended up wired from partner and missed a sliver.
12 Jul 2025 5:57PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke black misses blue (15y).
12 Jul 2025 5:58PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Death red hits yellow (6y).
He's 4 and penult (v 1 and 2).
12 Jul 2025 5:59PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Fulford red is rearranging the balls.
12 Jul 2025 6:00PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Death red picks up break.
Yellow is the hoop 5 pioneer, so tricky to arrange penult peel after 6.
12 Jul 2025 6:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford leaves blue 2y SW of 2, black near end of B-baulk, presumably wired from each other.
Yellow in A-baulk, red 8' NW of yellow.
Red is wired from blue.
12 Jul 2025 6:05PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Death red makes 1-back.
Yellow is at 2-back.
12 Jul 2025 6:06PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery does not know what to do.
Considering blue at yellow (26y).
12 Jul 2025 6:08PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
After 2-back, Death doesn't rush yellow to peeling position.
12 Jul 2025 6:09PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Avery plays blue to 1st corner.
12 Jul 2025 6:09PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fulford yellow rushes red to 1.
Through 1.
Can he cut red into 1st corner?
No, overcut.
4y take off is short.
12 Jul 2025 6:12PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Death needs straight double peel to win game.
Peel of penult could not have gone better.
Yellow is 18" in front of rover.
No I don't know how it missed the peg.
12 Jul 2025 6:14PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Death wins game 2 +25sdp
Game all, best-of-3.
12 Jul 2025 6:16PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Fulford sends blue toward east boundary.
Leaves yellow 7' west of red.
12 Jul 2025 6:17PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Death claims a point in the race for the peeling prize.
Do you remember the SDP?
They were briefly big on the '80s, then fizzled out at the election.
12 Jul 2025 6:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery blue misses red / yellow.
12 Jul 2025 6:19PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
I was going to make a point about history repeating itself, but probably best not to be political.
12 Jul 2025 6:21PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford plays good croquet stroke to have chance of break.
He's through hoop 2.
12 Jul 2025 6:22PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Death and Clarke are wandering on lawn 4 bashing hoops in.
12 Jul 2025 6:23PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
A few more good strokes may yield opportunity of standard triple peel for Fulford.
12 Jul 2025 6:24PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
Fulford yellow tries to peel red thru 4-back after 3.
Peel does not go through.
He's disappointed with his rush but a nice pass roll retrieves the break.
12 Jul 2025 6:26PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
L4G3T1 Death blue supershot. 2y NW of 5.
T2 Clarke yellow just S of II.
T3 Death black misses yellow.
12 Jul 2025 6:28PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
T4 Clarke red at Black/ yellow.
Apparently there is a 1.2 ball gap.
Red hits black.
12 Jul 2025 6:30PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Fulford has another peel attempt before 6.
No joy.
12 Jul 2025 6:32PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke is thru 1.
12 Jul 2025 6:32PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Now Fulford has trouble with an old hoophole.
12 Jul 2025 6:33PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Players sorting it out refereelessly.
That's not a word is it.
12 Jul 2025 6:34PM (Tournament); 5 Readers
Clarke red thru 2, hits 6-yarder at ball near 2nd corner.
12 Jul 2025 6:36PM (Tournament); 4 Readers
That was probably a rush peel attempt after 6 from Fulford.
Red clip still on 4-back.
Red goes to 2-back.
Fulford misapproaches 1-back.
Maybe 35°.
Maybe worse.
Good hoop!
12 Jul 2025 6:39PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Now Clarke earns applause for a good hoop.
She has break now.
12 Jul 2025 6:40PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Did you notice I've discovered how to enter the degree symbol?
12 Jul 2025 6:41PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Clarke misses 4y return after 4.
12 Jul 2025 6:44PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Maybe 5y.
12 Jul 2025 6:44PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Death has innings.
12 Jul 2025 6:44PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fulford still under control, but unlikely to try straight triple.
12 Jul 2025 6:46PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Death fails hoop 1.
12 Jul 2025 6:47PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Death was hoping he might bounce off 1 to near blue at 4!
Clarke yellow misses red (20y).
12 Jul 2025 6:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Death black at blue (14y).
Hits.
12 Jul 2025 6:49PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford is peg and 4-back.
Black (for 1) is just south of penult.
Blue (for 2) is in middle of east boundary.
Red is just north of IV with northward rush.
12 Jul 2025 6:55PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Avery lifts black to A-baulk.
13-yarder...
12 Jul 2025 6:56PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
...Misses.
12 Jul 2025 6:57PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fulford red taps black.
Rushes yellow 6y south of blue.
Sends yellow east of 4-back.
Rushes blue east of 4-back.
Approaches sending blue to penult.
Runs hoop to boundary.
Hits yellow (6y).
12 Jul 2025 7:00PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fulford fails penult.
12 Jul 2025 7:03PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Sorry I've had to relocate inside the hut to recharge my battery.
On lawn 4 Death approached 1 from S bdry but failed hoop.
Clarke hit something and has break.
12 Jul 2025 7:07PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Avery has good chance for a break with Blue.
12 Jul 2025 7:08PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Avery plays wrong sort of roll after 3.
Red is short of 5, blue has overshot yellow.
Tries to roll to 4 from 9y, not in front.
Hits 7-yarder at Black near IV.
Drive approach.
Three foot hoop, 20°.
Hoop is failed.
12 Jul 2025 7:12PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford yellow snicks 5-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 7:13PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke still going round.
Fulford still thinking.
12 Jul 2025 7:16PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
I am momentarily distracted by events on lawn 2.
Samir Patel has pegged out Omied Hallam
Patel is 4-back and peg.
Hallam has just run rover and gone to middle of east boundary.
12 Jul 2025 7:19PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford has defensive leave.
12 Jul 2025 7:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Hallam misses the peg.
12 Jul 2025 7:20PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Clarke runs 3-back.
12 Jul 2025 7:21PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Avery misses 25-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 7:22PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford red hits yellow, takes off to black and blue (near 1st corner)
12 Jul 2025 7:24PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fulford's rush to penult goes 3y past.
He runs penult almost to south boundary.
Hits 6-yarder.
12 Jul 2025 7:27PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Nice triangulation from Hallam.
12 Jul 2025 7:27PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Fulford will be trying to make rover off black, which is currently by the peg.
12 Jul 2025 7:28PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fulford fails 3' rover.
12 Jul 2025 7:30PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Hallam wins.
That's good, I don't really like seeds winning the Plate.
Nothing personal against the manager!
12 Jul 2025 7:33PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Avery is thru 4 with a nice jump.
12 Jul 2025 7:34PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Lawn 4 clips.
Clarke
Red 5
Yellow 4-back
Death
1 and 1.
12 Jul 2025 7:37PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Avery has break.
12 Jul 2025 7:38PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Clarke runs 5, hits 6y return.
12 Jul 2025 7:43PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Lawn 3 clips
Fulford
Red rover
Yellow peg
Avery
Blue 4-back
Black 1
12 Jul 2025 7:44PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery has NSL with yellow at 4.
12 Jul 2025 7:45PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Clarke has break.
12 Jul 2025 7:47PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
I'm back up to 30%, so I'll head back outside.
12 Jul 2025 7:48PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
Fulford has lifted yellow to B-baulk.
Shooting at Black (20y).
Hits!
12 Jul 2025 7:50PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke is thru 3-back.
No ball is especially close to 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 7:53PM (Tournament); 6 Readers
Fulford leaves black South of 4, blue North of 3, wired.
Red is very near 2nd corner.
Yellow 18" SE of red
12 Jul 2025 7:55PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery blue hits yellow (20y)
12 Jul 2025 7:56PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Clarke is thru 4-back and back in control.
12 Jul 2025 7:57PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Avery blue rushes red to 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 7:59PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery makes 4-back, rushes red off south boundary.
12 Jul 2025 8:00PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery rushes black near yellow, then yellow to penult.
12 Jul 2025 8:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Clarke is peg and 4-back v Death 1 and 1.
12 Jul 2025 8:02PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Diagonal spread coming up on lawn 4.
12 Jul 2025 8:04PM (Tournament); 8 Readers
Avery 1 and peg v Fulford rover and peg.
12 Jul 2025 8:04PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
"Last" shot time for Death.
12 Jul 2025 8:08PM (Tournament); 7 Readers
Fulford lifts Yellow to A-baulk.
Shooting at Black (14y)...
12 Jul 2025 8:09PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
... Fulford misses.
Looked close.
12 Jul 2025 8:09PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Death lifts black to B-baulk to shoot at blue which is by the peg.
Misses to A-baulk.
12 Jul 2025 8:11PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery fails 1 off red.
12 Jul 2025 8:12PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Here is Clarke's rush to 4-back.
I'd call that very good.
12 Jul 2025 8:12PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Clarke fails 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 8:13PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
Death blue hits yellow (5y).
12 Jul 2025 8:14PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Fulford red rushes blue near yellow, which is 2y SE of 4.
12 Jul 2025 8:15PM (Tournament); 11 Readers
Fulford red rushes yellow 8' past rover.
Underapproaches.
The lawns are getting slower now.
12 Jul 2025 8:17PM (Tournament); 9 Readers
Fulford decides not to try angled rover.
Retires to 3rd corner.
12 Jul 2025 8:19PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Avery blue hits yellow.
Rushes black toward 3rd corner but it hits hoop 6.
12 Jul 2025 8:21PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Death has break.
Will he stop at 4-back?
Will he peg out Red?
12 Jul 2025 8:22PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Avery has leave.
Yellow is at 1, so Fulford must move that.
He's shooting at Red (26y)...
12 Jul 2025 8:25PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
...Fulford misses.
Close.
12 Jul 2025 8:25PM (Tournament); 12 Readers
Death has reached 2-back so we'll soon know his plan.
12 Jul 2025 8:26PM (Tournament); 13 Readers
Death sends out a 4-back pioneer.
For the third consecutive evening we might have an exciting three ball ending.
12 Jul 2025 8:28PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Avery is thru 1.
He needs all round break to force a decider.
12 Jul 2025 8:29PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
I hope you are on the edge of your seats.
Tremendous entertainment.
12 Jul 2025 8:32PM (Tournament); 16 Readers
The red ball is removed from lawn 4.
12 Jul 2025 8:32PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Death leaves black in 4th corner, blue in 1st corner.
12 Jul 2025 8:33PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Avery has reached hoop 4.
12 Jul 2025 8:34PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Clarke yellow takes off from black.
Well off line.
Takes posi.
12 Jul 2025 8:35PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Death black joins blue.
12 Jul 2025 8:35PM (Tournament); 17 Readers
Clarke runs 4-back.
12 Jul 2025 8:35PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Clarke goes to end of B-baulk.
12 Jul 2025 8:36PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Clarke goes to end of B-baulk.
12 Jul 2025 8:36PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Sorry for repeated comment.
12 Jul 2025 8:36PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Death Blue rushes Black North.
Takes off to yellow.
Yellow is sent toward 4th corner.
Blue joins Black.
12 Jul 2025 8:39PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Clarke sends yellow to end of B-baulk.
12 Jul 2025 8:39PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Avery has reached 2-back in full control.
12 Jul 2025 8:40PM (Tournament); 19 Readers
Death blue croquets black toward 3rd corner.
Sends yellow west of 1.
Looking for wired spot for blue.
12 Jul 2025 8:42PM (Tournament); 18 Readers
Clarke yellow shooting at Black.
Not close.
12 Jul 2025 8:43PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Death black hits yellow.
Takes off to blue.
Rushes blue off middle of W boundary.
Rolls toward 1st corner.
12 Jul 2025 8:45PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Avery wins game 2 +3
Game all, best of 3.
No best-of-5 final this year.
12 Jul 2025 8:47PM (Tournament); 15 Readers
Clarke yellow to 4th corner.
And we're pegging down.
12 Jul 2025 8:48PM (Tournament); 14 Readers
10am start tomorrow.
See you then!
12 Jul 2025 8:54PM (Tournament); 10 Readers
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