The northerns final is between David Maugham and Ian Lines. It has been tricky conditions, so the final didn't start until about 4.30 pm on the final day.

Currently Maugham has dominated game one of the final and is on a finishing turn through penult but with no rover pioneer.

The courts are very patchy between green and brown and getting in front of most hoops is quite challenging, especially from any distance.

The clips are currently 1 & 3 v rover & peg. Maugham has a 3 m angled approach to rover.

Very angled rover...

Smashes it through to the south boundary with a 3 m roquet of blue. Partner is in the middle of the lawn, so this should be a finish for a 1 game lead.

Maugham pegs out to win game 1 by 24. No TP was attempted, even though it was possible earlier. He must think the court conditions are too demanding for peeling turns.

Only 3 TPs have been completed for the weekend, all by people called David.

Game 2 will start immediately.

Game 2 will not start tonight. Booo.

David doesn't want to start game 2 with only about 1 hour of daylight left, so we will reconvene tomorrow morning. Unfortunately rain is forecast overnight, so the fantastic challenging conditions we have had all weekend will be gone when we restart.

Oh well. I'll hopefully be back tomorrow morning for game 2. Not sure what time yet. Maybe around 10 am.