| Maugham and ROT Tony Hall discuss details prior to the
final. |
David Maugham (England) before the start of the final. |
Maugham and Osborn observe the toss by ROT Hall at the
start of the final. |
Maugham plays the 2nd ball (red) into the game in a
corner II opening. |
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| Osborn (in 3rd turn) hits with blue .... |
.... and rolls out to mid-court. |
Osborn makes the first break. Here starting
with black. |
Osborn gets hampered after hoop two with black, but
escapes.... this time.. here's how: |
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| First he considers the hit to blue, hampered and calls
the referree. |
Referee Tony Hall observes while Osborn decides. |
Eventually Osborn plays away to the N boundary leaving
Maugham a shot. |
Which he prepares for .. |
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| .. takes and hits, but came unstuck at
hoop 2 with the jumpshot. (see next photo) |
Osborn made seven points on his 2nd
break off this error before breaking down. |
Osborn on the sidelines watching. The lift shot to hope
for. However,.... |
Maugham peeling red through 4-back on his championship
winning break. |
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| Approaching red off black for the peg-out. |
Checking all line up. |
And that's it.. Both balls onto the peg and Maugham is
the winner for the third time. |
Maugham with the winner's garland presented in a brief
ceremony before the real main event - the Charity Wine Auction. |
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| David Maugham discussing the final with Ted Elliot of
Sonoma-Cutrer. |
To announce the charity auction a skydiver arrived
nicely on cue from the local airport. |
The players (here Mik Mehas) parade the wine around the
lawn before the crowd bidding to a record amount. |
Ren Kraft parades a specially decorated Sonoma-Cutrer
bottle. |
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