British Open Update: Singles Playoff Bracket

The open swiss is complete and the full bracket can be found here:

https://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=news/newsdb.asp&NewsID=3839

Full list of players that made the knockout (wins/games):

Open Swiss 5/5 Reg Bamford
Open Swiss 5/6 Ben Rothman
Open Swiss 5/6 Mark Avery
Open Swiss 5/6 Robert Fulford
Open Swiss 5/6 Samir Patel
Open Swiss 5/7 Danny Huneycutt
Open Swiss 5/7 David Maugham
Open Swiss 5/7 Jamie Burch
Open Swiss 5/7 Jeff Soo
Open Swiss 5/7 Kevin Beard
Open Swiss 5/7 Robin Brown
Open Swiss 5/7 Rutger Beijderwellen
Open Swiss 5/8 Jeff Dawson
Open Swiss 5/8 Keith Aiton
Open Swiss 5/8 Miranda Morgan
Open Swiss 5/8 Paddy Chapman
Open Swiss 5/8 Stephen Mulliner
Open Swiss 5/9 Brian Cumming
Open Swiss 5/9 Chris Patmore
Open Swiss 5/9 Hamish McIntosh
Open Swiss 5/9 James Death
Open Swiss 5/9 Martin French
Open Swiss 5/9 Tim Wilkins
Open Swiss 5/10 Andrew Johnston
Open Swiss 5/10 Dave Kibble
Open Swiss 5/10 David Goacher
Open Swiss 5/10 Dennis Bulloch
Open Swiss 5/10 James Hopgood
Open Swiss 5/10 Jim Bast
Open Swiss 5/10 Nick Parish

British Open Update: Singles Playoff Qualifiers

With the open swiss still in progress, the following twelve players have qualified for the singles knockout at the British Open:

5/5 Reg Bamford
5/6 Ben Rothman
5/6 Mark Avery
5/6 Robert Fulford
5/6 Samir Patel
5/7 Danny Huneycutt
5/7 David Maugham
5/7 Jamie Burch
5/7 Jeff Soo
5/7 Kevin Beard
5/7 Robin Brown
5/7 Rutger Beijderwellen

More results available on the Croquet Association website:
http://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=news/newsdb.asp&NewsID=3790

Solomon Trophy: Final Day Open Thread

The U.S. now leads 9-6 and is two wins away from overall victory. The U.S. picked up the ninth match when Jim Bast defeated Ian Lines +25, +3. Great Britain is still hanging tough though as David Maugham took down Danny Huneycutt +13TP, +3. Updates the rest of the day will be posted in the comments of this thread. Add your own commentary if you so desire.

US 8-5: BURRIDGE (GB) beat SOO (US) +17,+15
US 9-5: BAST (US) beats LINES (GB) +25,+3
US 9-6: MAUGHAM (GB) vs HUNEYCUTT (US) +13TP, +3
ROTHMAN (US) vs MULLINER (GB) +13
LE MOIGNAN (GB) vs GRIMSLEY (US) +3
PATEL (GB) vs PATMORE (US) +7

Solomon Trophy Update: US Leads 8-5

Great Britain drew first blood on the final day of the Solomon Trophy test. Ian Burridge defeated Jeff Soo +17, +15 to cut the U.S. lead to 8-5. Currently, Great Britain is leading in three of the five singles matches in progress.

US 8-5: BURRIDGE (GB) beat SOO (US) +17,+15

In Progress

BAST (US) vs LINES (GB) +25
MAUGHAM (GB) vs HUNEYCUTT (US) +13TP
ROTHMAN (US) vs MULLINER (GB) +13
LE MOIGNAN (GB) vs GRIMSLEY (US) +3
PATEL (GB) vs PATMORE (US) +7

Solomon Trophy Update: US Jumps to 8-4 Lead

The day started with a 4-3 lead for Great Britain, but the U.S. swept the third round of doubles and also won the both of the resumed matches. The Croquet Association website reported that Great Britain won just one of the nine games played today.

Tomorrow is the final day of play with six singles games to start, two pegged down singles games and one pegged down doubles match on the schedule. The US needs to win three to of the nine matches to win their second straight Solomon Trophy.

ROUND THREE DOUBLES

SOO & PATMORE (US) beat LINES & PATEL (GB) +15, +3
GRIMSLEY & ROTHMAN (US) beat BURRIDGE & MAUGHAM (GB) +16, +14
HUNEYCUTT & BAST (US) beat MULLINER & LE MOIGNAN (GB) +3, +6

RESUMED GAMES

PATMORE & SOO (US) beat LE MOIGNAN & MULLINER (GB) +26TP (P), -21TP (M), +22
GRIMSLEY & ROTHMAN (US) beat LINES & PATEL (GB) +1, +17

ROTHMAN COMMENTS

Ben Rothman posted the following comments on the Croquet World Forum:

To those wondering why no one seems to be "on form" yet (failing hoops and putting down triples etc.) I invite you to come try the Hamptworth lawns. If you mowed Ren Kraft's [Arizona] court bare and set the hoops at contact, you would find it more managable than lawns 3 and 4 here.

Mulliner took it upon himself to reset the hoops to a 64th of an inch clearance and seems to enjoy checking hoops to reveal a few photons of light through and declaring any claim of contact hoops "over ruled".

That being said, our team is staying mentally strong (although I am a bit of an exception as I mutter to myself on the sidelines like a psych patient). We have tied the test at 4-4 and we are tied or ahead in the seven matches in progress.

Solomon Trophy Update: Day 3 Early Action

They've started day three with the third round of doubles action, meaning rounds two and three have been left to be completed at a later time. Early scores:

SOO & PATMORE (US) beat LINES & PATEL (GB) +15 lead 1-0
GRIMSLEY & ROTHMAN (US) beat BURRIDE & MAUGHAM (GB) +16 lead 1-0
HUNEYCUTT & BAST (US) beat MULLINER & LE MOIGNAN (GB) +3 lead 1-0

Solomon Trophy Update: Great Britain Up 4-3

Ian Lines (GB) beat Jeff Soo (USA) +19, -17 , +3 later in today's action to put Great Britain in front 4-3 overall. Second round results:

GB 3-1: PATEL (GB) beat GRIMSLEY (US) +5TP, +10
GB 3-2: BAST (US) beat BURRIDGE (GB) +2, +4
TIED 3-3: PATMORE (US) beat LE MOIGNAN (GB) +3, +15
GB 4-3: LINES (GB) beat Soo (US) +19, -17 , +3

To be continued:
MAUGHAM (RY) vs ROTHMAN (KU)
HUNEYCUTT (KU) vs MULLINER (RY)

Solomon Trophy Update: US Ties Score at 3-3

Second round doubles action will be concluded at a later date. In the meantime, singles matches started today with the following early results:

GB 3-1: PATEL (GB) beat GRIMSLEY (US) +5TP, +10
GB 3-2: BAST (US) beat BURRIDGE (GB) +2, +4
TIED 3-3: PATMORE (US) beat LE MOIGNAN (GB) +3, +15

Currently in play:

LINES (KU) vs SOO (RY)
MAUGHAM (RY) vs ROTHMAN (KU)
HUNEYCUTT (KU) vs MULLINER (RY)