CROQUET:  1999 Kid Sextuples at U.S. Open

The National Croquet Calendar
Volume XII Number 1
January - February 1999

The first sextuple peel (while running one ball, you peel your other ball through the last six wickets, and then peg out both balls) by an American in tournament play was done by Jacques Fournier (aged 17) in the first match of the U.S. Open at Indian Ridge Country Club on 4 December 1998.

Fournier went on to win the U.S. Open.



 
Jacques Fournier vs Dick Tucker
45 minutes 37 seconds
Tucker Blue at A (South balk) to E (boundry).
Fournier Red at A to W opposite #2 (hoop).
Tucker Black at A missing Blue on E to E.
Fournier Yellow at A missing Red on W to NW (corner).
Tucker Blue at E rushed Black at E to #3. 
Takeoff Black towards Yellow in NW. 
Roquet Yellow. 
Croquet Yellow to #2, and Blue to Red at W. 
Rush Red to #1. 
Pass #1. 
Missed Red!
Fournier Yellow at #2 roquet Red at #1. 
Run #1 through #6. 
Leave Blue and Black wired on both sides of #1, Red and Yellow in SE with a rush for Red at #2.
Tucker Blue at #1 missed Red in SE.
Fournier Red at SE rush Yellow at SE to #2 (also #1-back). 
Takeoff Yellow towards Black at #1. 
Roquet Black. 
Run #1 through #6-back, peeling Yellow #1-back through #6-back, and pegging Yellow and Red out. 
A sextuple peel!


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