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Commentary on Day 6 at Surbiton

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Death hampered after 3back intending to make a diagional spread - looks tricky but hittable

James misses.  Marcus is 1 and 2 may have to hit a 6 yarder as his ball by the peg looks well placed.

Johnston has standard TP now at hoop 6 with everything perfect

jenny has an OSL

Johnston peels penult after 6 and ends up with the strikers ball in contact with peelee somehow.  Just has to play a croquet shot conceding the innings Rob has a 7 yarder.

Forster misses a shot at partner from A baulk to 5 yards S of corner 2

Trimmer finishes to win 3-0

Bamford super shot, Kevin to middle of E boundary, bamford misses from B baulk, Beard hits partner from A baulk

Rob misses his shot.  No idea if johnston is joined up, Rob is.

Beard didnt get a rush to 1 but took off from the supershot and made it, has a good break.

Jenny makes 4back.

There is a rumour that Bamford and Beard thought it was a best of 3!?

Looks like Maugham and Rutger had a supershot opening. Dave missing Rutger in corner 2 3rd turn and Rutger hitting.

Evans playing with his hoop 2 ball has got the first peel of a TPO after hoop 3.  Presumably he will be aiming for a two ball game.

Johnston is in the balls

Jenny finishes

Lawn 1 Forster 1 v Clarke 2 - between games

Lawn 2 Burch 0 v Trimmer 3

Lawn 3 (Primary) Fletcher 3 v Avery 0

Lawn 3 (Secondary) Bamford 2 v Beard 0 - Beard first break on hoop 6

 Lawn 4 Death 2 v Evans 2 - Marcus doing TPO, approaching hoop 5 with a peel done all other clips on hoop 1

Lawn 5 Maugham 2 v Beijderwellen 0 - Rutger has first break

Lawn 6 Chapman 2 v Hockey 1 - between games

Lawn 7 Fulford 2 v Johnston 0 - approaching 3back with a ball at 4back - partner for rover

Forster to E boundary, Jenny to corner to 2.

Chapman missed 4th turn of some sort of supershot opening against hockey who has established a break

Forster missed partner and Jenny has missed from A baulk

Marcus has all the peels done before 3 back

Dave is making hoop 1 with a 4 ball break ahead of him, I cant Rutger's clip on 4 back (I think it is on hoop 5)

Beard stops (I presume deliberately) at 3back but only has a B spread.  reg plays the ball at the peg and hits partner - Kevin has a 17 yard join on the E boundary

Forster has made hoop 1 and had to join partner on the E boundary again.  Jenny's balls at 1 and a couple of yards out of corner 2 nearly on the W boundary

Marcus is playing for a POP is it only going to be one off?

Jenny shoots at Forster's balls with the ball at hoop 1 and misses

Johnston has finished to trail Fulford 1-2

Bamford has failed to get going.  Laying up level with hoop 6 on W boundary with the 3back ball 3 yards in front of hoop 1 and the hoop 1 ball 5 yards east of hoop 3.  Will Kevin find his hoop 1 ball?

After rover Marcus rushes partner off the E boundary about 13 yards N of corner 4.  James' hoop 1 ball is in the Jaws of one the peelee is 4 yards from the peg

Beard plays his 3 back ball and hits partner

Forster has hampered shot after 3 for a break

Forster misses, easy but not trivial chance for Jenny

Hockey making NSL

Marcus gets the POP and the peg out and plays into corner 3.

Death thick take off to corner 3, no rush hits it and prepares to roll up

Jenny makes 1 with a break

Beard makes 3 back and is making a leave

Death does get a go at hoop 2 and elects to take (probably) tight wired position.

Beard 1 and 4back playing 1 and 1 has a rush from corner 3 to a ball on the W boundary 10 yards S of the corner and Reg is shooting at him with his other ball at hoop 1

James takes hoop 2 and misses the ball in corner 1

Maugham making an MSL

Looks like Paddy has missed the long shot and Hockey has established his second break.

Reg missed

Rutger lifts the ball at hoop 4 and hits the long lift

Marcus has guarded corner 1 with James' ball near hoop 3

James moves to corner 2

Marcus lays a wired rush to hoop 1 (presumably praying that James stays in corner 2)

Kevin has made 1 the hoop 2 pioneer isnt great but if he makes it will have a standard TP

Looks like Rutger hit with his hoop 5 ball and has failed to make it and Dave has a 6 or 7 yarder which he misses

James did stay in corner 2.  Marcus rushes badly to 1 and sets another wired rush

James did stay in corner 2.  Marcus rushes badly to 1 and sets another wired rush

Kevin has his standard TP.

Rutger, Hockey, Johnston and Clarke have breaks.

Marcus refuses to make hoop 1 for the third time, James still near corner 2

Dont think Rutger did have a break he is laid up still for 1 and 5 I think

Marcus makes hoop 1 rushes to 3 and hald yards S of corner 2 croquets this to near the N boundary E of hoop 2, hits the ball in the corner, approaches putting this to hoop 4 gets a 2 and half yard straight hoop which he fails to somewhere that looks runnable

Maugham misses and Rutger does now have a break with his hoop 5 ball.

Looks like Hockey has a delayed double to do

jenny (1 and 4back) has orthodox OSL

James plays to corner 1 - seems rather defensive compared to the lurking in corner 2

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