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CAI SILVER MEDAL

 

At Carrickmines  29th April - 1st May

 

 

 

2006 Silver Medals Match Report (E.N.)

 

Having failed to translate his speed croquet tactics to the ski slope, the defending champion Ed Cunningham remained sidelined for this year’s event with a spiro-fractured leg. In his absence no clear betting patterns emerged and a case could be made for most participants. Thus the event unfolded:

 

Simon sprinted from the gates with four straight wins, three of them triples. Charlie amazed even himself with a tantalizing triple over Ronan in round two. Mark seemed to lose his way early on. Fred relaxed with an honourable bottle of wine after a + 8 OT victory in round three. This of course ruined any chance of Fred emulating last year's record of zero wins by the tournament manager.

 

And then things drifted. In a vague compromise, time limits were extended for the second scheduled session of seven games by adding 15 minutes to the initial time limit of 2 hours. As far as round 10 only Ronan managed to sustain any pace to record eight wins and be two clear of the field. With only four games to go this seemed an unassailable lead. But the first of these against Alan was characterized by errors on many winning turns by both players and eventually Alan won + 8. Ronan then, against expectations, made no further progress against a couple of triples by Mark and Simon. Alan meanwhile, inspired by victory over Ronan no doubt, then proceeded to win his next three games as well. Others had varying fortunes and suddenly a monumental draw loomed into focus.

 

Coming to the last round most players were regretting narrow or unexpected losses in earlier rounds that would have now left them leader or joint leader. Instead there were six players within a point of each other. Andrew then failed to reach the final tie with a simple three back hoop position miss on his final turn. Simon and Patsy (who played consistently but tripleless throughout) were both victims of an inspired Charlie "of the final rounds". Mark at last steadied himself sufficiently to stay in the hunt with three speedy triples in the last four games.

 

Thus there was a three way tie as neither games won, nor who beat whom, nor triple counts could produce a clear winner. So Mark, Simon and Alan, all on nine wins, proceeded to a 4 ball peg shoot that in turn went to a sudden death shoot out with Mark prevailing over Alan.

 

As for the others: how close can you go? With Ronan, Andrew and Patsy all just one short on 8 wins and Charlie flying at the end, there is nothing very clear here for the selectors. Perhaps the upcoming Dublin Championships will sort out some sort of order unless, of course, we have a whole stable of Champions! It was apparent from an overall perspective that (perhaps not surprisingly) no player managed to maintain concentration over an intense three days and fourteen games. The hoops were tight but being early in the season the lawns were forgiving and ran true. Tripling rates were down by a third from 30 to 20 compared with 2005. But as an early season contest (in fact preliminary for most players) there was plenty of latent ability on view. This needs to be built on.

 

 

                               

Andrew playing a hampered shot

 

 

 

                   
    IRISH SILVER MEDALS 29th April to 1st May 2006  
           
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  3 Ronan  McInerney V Fred Rogerson Ronan + 17 75
Round 1 1 Mark McInerney V Charlie Von Schmieder Mark + 22 75
9.00am Sat 2 Simon Williams V Patsy  Fitzgerald Simon + 11 TP 95
  2 Andrew Johnson V Alan McInerney Alan + 20 90
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  2 Ronan  McInerney V Charlie Von Schmieder Charlie + 17 TP 95
Round 2 2 Mark McInerney V Patsy  Fitzgerald Patsy + 4 130
10.30am Sat 3 Simon Williams V Alan McInerney Simon + 26 TP 49
  1 Andrew Johnson V Fred Rogerson Andrew + 16 117
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  1 Ronan  McInerney V Patsy  Fitzgerald Ronan + 17 TP 60
Round 3 3 Mark McInerney V Alan McInerney Alan + 4 TP 100
12.00am Sat 2 Simon Williams V Andrew Johnson Simon + 13 105
  2 Charlie Von Schmieder V Fred Rogerson Fred +8 OT .. Bottle of wine 125
                   
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  2 Ronan  McInerney V Alan McInerney Ronan + 4 105
Round 4 3 Mark McInerney V Andrew Johnson Andrew + 24 TP 120
2.30pm Sat 1 Simon Williams V Charlie Von Schmieder Simon + 26 TP 32
  1 Patsy  Fitzgerald V Fred Rogerson Patsy + 17 74
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  1 Ronan  McInerney V Andrew Johnson Ronan + 16 90
Round 5 1 Mark McInerney V Simon Williams Mark + 26 TP 35
4.00pm Sat 2 Alan McInerney V Fred Rogerson Alan + 7 55
  3 Patsy  Fitzgerald V Charlie Von Schmieder Patsy + 25 44
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  3 Ronan  McInerney V Simon Williams Ronan + 9 95
Round 6 3 Mark McInerney V Fred Rogerson Mark + 15 100
9.00am Sun 2 Andrew Johnson V Charlie Von Schmieder Andrew + 15 119
  1 Alan McInerney V Patsy  Fitzgerald Patsy + 11 110
                   
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  2 Ronan  McInerney V Mark McInerney Mark + 17 TP 80
Round 7 3 Simon Williams V Fred Rogerson Simon + 6 100
10.30am Sun 3 Andrew Johnson V Patsy  Fitzgerald Patsy + 17 105
  1 Alan McInerney V Charlie Von Schmieder Alan + 17 115
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  1 Fred Rogerson V Ronan  McInerney Ronan + 17 TP 90
Round 8 1 Charlie Von Schmieder V Mark McInerney Mark + 14 OTP 80
12.00pm Sun 2 Patsy  Fitzgerald V Simon Williams Simon + 16 120
  3 Alan McInerney V Andrew Johnson Andrew + 23 TP 89
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  3 Charlie Von Schmieder V Ronan  McInerney Ronan + 26 55
Round 9 2 Patsy  Fitzgerald V Mark McInerney Patsy + 25 60
2.30pm Sun 1 Alan McInerney V Simon Williams Alan + 14 80
  1 Fred Rogerson V Andrew Johnson Andrew + 20 70
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  1 Patsy  Fitzgerald V Ronan  McInerney Ronan + 20 TP 50
Round 10 1 Alan McInerney V Mark McInerney Mark + 17 80
4.00pm Sun 2 Andrew Johnson V Simon Williams Andrew + 13 OTP 95
  3 Fred Rogerson V Charlie Von Schmieder Charlie + 24 85
                   
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  3 Alan McInerney V Ronan  McInerney Alan + 6 100
Round 11 3 Andrew Johnson V Mark McInerney Mark + 24 TP 45
9.00am Mon 1 Charlie Von Schmieder V Simon Williams Charlie + 3 100
  2 Fred Rogerson V Patsy  Fitzgerald Patsy + 24 65
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  1 Andrew Johnson V Ronan  McInerney Andew + 17 90
Round 12 2 Simon Williams V Mark McInerney Simon + 17 70
10.30am Mon 3 Fred Rogerson V Alan McInerney Alan + 20 TP 95
  3 Charlie Von Schmieder V Patsy  Fitzgerald Charlie + 13 135
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  3 Simon Williams V Ronan  McInerney Simon + 26 TP 55
Round 13 1 Fred Rogerson V Mark McInerney Mark + 26 TP 40
12.00pm Mon 2 Charlie Von Schmieder V Andrew Johnson Andew + 23 90
  2 Patsy  Fitzgerald V Alan McInerney Alan + 23 TP 55
                   
                   
  Lawn           Result Comments Time
  2 Mark McInerney V Ronan  McInerney Mark + 26 TP 45
Round 14 1 Fred Rogerson V Simon Williams Simon + 26 TP 40
2.30pm Mon 3 Patsy  Fitzgerald V Andrew Johnson Patsy + 8 OT .. Bottle of wine 140
  2 Charlie Von Schmieder V Alan McInerney Alan + 25 TP 45

 

 

 

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