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Very helpful.

13:23 ARRGGHHH ! It was just getting interesting.

In 2014 the 7th Edition of the Laws was being used. If an impass was claimed, in this clip position, a coin toss would determine which side payed first from baulk with no roquets allowed for the first 11 turns.

Very Nice commentary as usual. Why did RF try to run Penult 6:20 rather than jawsing / taking very close position in order to run it to position at Rover?

Thanks for this great vid. 3:30 yep I'd be happy with that.

Works for me! Magic, very well explained, cheers.

Wow! Grown men really do this for fun! Get a girlfriend.

An Egyptian solomon grip!

Seeing that RED nestled up against the peg is wonderful...this game is such a leveller!

Can you sweep shot in a way that you don't even hit the ball, you only sweep it, and don't even make an impact on it?

might be nice to have a full screen shot to see the results of your shots

Thanks heaps, my dad has been getting me into association croquet and your videos have been a great help

What a flogging 😎

What a treat! Lovely lawns, gorgeous morning, and the first successful TPO I've ever seen recorded on video, filmed beautifully with the minimum of well- informed commentary. There's 25 minutes left in the clip so presumably plenty of interaction to come too. Thank you so much for this!!

This is really good quality croquet from the lady’s

Reg is brilliant, my favourite player 👌

Great camera work, and a good game to watch 😎

I was a little disappointed in their game, I expected a lot more for a world championship

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My best is 3:1. Sometimes I can get 4:1. I wish I could do what you do.

The fence is not to keep the crowd out. It is to protect the spectators and buildings from the power of the strokes of this level of players.

Just wondering if it is a foul when a player goes to strike their ball and misses, like it is in the game of golf??????? Loving the sweeping shot.

I never understand why some of these players use so much power to get it through the damn hoop, Seems unnecessary. You don't have to hit it with all your might to send it across the lawn!

0:47 risky...

Thak you Dr.S.C.Bose

Talk about time wasting!!

Where is this?

This game has got to 6-5. By that I have to assume both players are of near equal skill. If the shot you are proposing is to be successful then red must have a reasonable level of skill. Probably I’m guessing in the 3 down region...but so has blue. Ok, here we go. Black plays to just over the halfway line as near to the centre peg as practicable. Should be able to roll it just to the left (looking from 11 down to 12) maybe a ball width out and half metre down and is now effectively in the triangle of danger. By doing this black’s leave blue a shot either at the hoop or red. At this level of skill running the hoop is quite possible however roqueting red is the preferred shot because it’s a bigger target, and blue at this skill level should be able to roquet red away. In your scenario to be able to hit red accurately enough to send black to the eastern boundary and red to the northern boundary would be a shot worthy of Reg Bamford. The temptation to run 12 for red I believe would be too much. At least red has taken the game to 13. Hopefully for red, blue will opt for safety and go to the northern boundary, but I reckon at this level blue will roll black into a nice spot between the boundary and the hoop and at such an angle near wiring any attempt by red to roquet it away. As you describe the tactic could work however I suggest that red needs to be further out from the hoop and be able to hit black fatter. But I’m betting blue will roquet red away or worst still run the hoop which I suggest would be easier than red hitting the black just so that what you describe transpires. If you are 6-5 then the only way that you can lose is if you muck up the run to 13 or red plays a freaky shot through 13s back door. As for blue getting up to 13, if red can peel off of black and do it, then blue can peel off of yellow and do the same.

This’ only works if blue and black miss. I would have just let red win the hoop while setting up to win 13. Done it many times when 6-5

Good stuff. Thanks.

I wish I could tell which country the players were representing. The England team is obvious, the others are a mystery.

Great footage and editing. Fun to watch.

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Very tidy croquet strokes from Aiken, nice to see precision play. Best not comment on some of the others, especially the leaves.

Thanks for posting all these matches. I sincerely doubt I'd have the opportunity to see any quality croquet by any other means.

perfect form , some incredible croquet. I like to rub napalm on the short of my back.

Thank you so much for your videoing and commentary, I thoroughly enjoy your work, may it long continue and increase in content longer.

And thank you for posting these videos and responding to my query!!

Ahmed must have known that he was likely to double-tap there?? Perhaps the refs were over-awed by the two best players, in the world, in a World Champ final?

What was the fault there, Chris??

Thanks for the vids Chris. Cracking match to watch! Future looks good for Felix, solid performance . Ahmeds positioning was consistently fantastic. Two great players to watch

Nice pressure jump at 13 to keep Felix in the tournament and he managed to avoid the rush peels twice, which is a relief 😊

Thank you for posting, Felix is an amazing shooter.. keep it up champ.

What an extraordinary match! Thank you for filming it so well, and for the very helpful and informative commentary - I learned a lot.

High quality display of Australian refereeing

Interesting refereeing, as you say

Fabulous! Really looking forward to Clip 2....

I'm on #3 of this series and it's really nicely done ... great work, enjoyed footage of two players I haven't seen before. Definitely shows how Felix made it to the top four.

Thanks for putting these up, Chris!! Great to see and, as always, your commentary is excellent!!