Month: October 2011

Who let the dogs out?

With 3 wins now under their wings, Hustlers set about extending their winning streak against newcomers Fox & Hounds.  Just how would they get on?

First leg set out in steady form, with the first 2 of our top scorers getting us off to a 5 pin lead.  2nd leg showed similar form, with the 2nd 2 top scorers helping to stretch the lead by a further 2 pins.  and, with Kate winning the raffle yet again, it was looking rosey at the halfway point.

But that’s when things started to take a turn for the worst again.  With 3rd leg failing to score 100, our lead was completeley overturned and we went 6 pins behind.  But there was still all to play for and we had the anchors still to come..  With Lewis breaking 1 of Lofty’s balls and JT chalking up our lowest score of the night, we soon saw that gap spread even further as anchor lost by a stonking 21 pins.

The winning streak was over.  No game next week, but we meet at the Bank House for a trip meeting.

24/10/11 v Fox & Hounds @ Suffolk

TC 5 5 8 7 7 7 39 6

Pete

 6 6 8 3 7 9 39 5

Gary

 6 5 5 4 8 4 32 -6

1st leg total 110 v 105

Clive

 8 2 7 7 6 9 39 0

JimBob

 7 6 6 4 7 4 34 -2
AS 6 7 6 9 5 6 39 4

2nd leg total 112 v 110

Mark

 7 7 5 4 5 4 32 -8

Rich

 5
 3 3 5
 7 7 30 -2
Mart 5 6 5 5 6 5 32 -3

3rd leg total 94 v 107

J.T.

 2 7 5 5 7 2 28 -12

Lewis

 4 8 7 6 8 5 38 -5
Rob 5

6

 3 6 8 6 34 -4

4th leg total 100 v 121

Grand total 416 v 443

WON by -27

 

Hustlers stroll to victory in style

After some initial scares, the Hustlers overran a very sociable Strollers team in a lively encounter at the Adam & Eve.

First leg provided the scares, not because of particularly bad scoring on our side but a Strollers leg of 130, including a 49, was a daunting score to follow on a strange alley.  At the end, Hustlers were second best to the tune of 21 pins.

Second leg soon rectified this and captain Clive’s innings of 53, which began with a 16 spare, ably supported by Gary’s 43, virtually wiped out the deficit and the two sides began the third leg only one pin apart.

Modesty prevents this writer from describing the intricacies of his 58, other than it began with a 15 flattener and finished with a 12 spare, but good support was provided by Lofty’s 42 and Pete’s 38 in ending the leg 18 pins ahead.

So to the last leg, where all three players gained on their opponents to the tune of 21 pins.  Lewis’ 50 included a 13 spare on his final hand; Rob’s 48 included a 10 spare; and JT managed 44 without needing the extra assistance of the sticker.

18/10/11 v Strollers @ Adam & Eve

Steve 6 6 3 8 6 8 37 -3

Rich

 8 6 8 6 7 5 40 -1

Neil

 8 3 5 2 8 6 32 -17

1st leg total 109 v 130

Gary

 8 5 8 7 8 7 43 1

JimBob

 7 7 9 4 6 5 38 -1
Clive 16 8 9 5 9 6 53 20

2nd leg total 134 v 114

Marty

 7 5 8 8 8 6 42 -1

Pete

 5
 7 7 4
 7 8 38 -2
Andy 15 8 8 8 7 12 58 22

3rd leg total 138 v 119

J.T.

 7 9 9 7 4 8 44 1

Lewis

 7 9 7 8 6 13 50 11
Rob 7 10 8 6 9 8 48 9

4th leg total 142 v 121

Grand total 523 v 484

WON by 39

 

A bad case of the grumps

Determined to put the Cup failure behind them, Hustlers went into tonight’s match looking to resume their league form against the Gamps.

A middling performance saw 1st leg establish a remarkable 22 pin lead, with only Swayner failing (narrowly) to beat his man.  2nd leg saw both sides struggling, with the Gamps just nudging it, despite Gary’s lone positv e BYM.  But we still retained the lead at half time – just a shame we were whitewashed in the raffle.

A struggling 3rd leg (with Clive as the stand out player with our first 9 and 40 of the night) were rapidly dropping pins woth no sign of an end.  Despite shipping 14 pins, they did, however, manage to keep us ahead as they handed over to the Anchors.  Nails were being well & truly bitten over the 1st 3 hands as the game gradually returned to all square.  Then Pete’s newly regained form soon showed itself again as he chalked up our 1st spare of the night, closely followed by our 2nd from Rob in an incredible  hand of 33.  And that was to prove decisive as we saw the game out with Pete’s top score cheering the team up greatly as we clawed our way back to another win.

We’re away at the Adam & Eve next week, with only a bare minimum team vailable, so no illness will be welcome.  And we hope that we will be able to decide on our trip venue & dates by then.

10/10/11 v Gamps @ Fox Suffolk

Steve 5 8 6 8 6 5 38 14

Mark

 4 5 2 8 6 6 31 -1

TC

 3 7 7 7 7 6 37 9

1st leg total 106 v 84

Andy

 3 5 4 7 5 6 30 -3

JimBob

 7 5 7 3 2 7 31 -10
Gary 4 7 3 5 6 7 32 7

2nd leg total 93 v 99

Mart

 5 5 5 5 4 7 31 -11

Stu

 3
 3 4 4
 5 8 27 -7
Clive 8 7 7 9 7 5 42 4

3rd leg total 100 v 114

Lewis

 7 6 6 6 6 8 39 3

Pete

 4 8 9 15 8 4 48 8
Rob 7 6 4 12 6 5 40 0

4th leg total 127 v 116

Grand total 426 v 413

WON by 13

Fool’s Gold?

Buouyed by last week’s opening win, Hustlers went to the Fox & Hounds in search of a Cup run.  And what a game it turned out to be.

We got off to an indifferent start, with Swayner struggling to make 30, but doing just enough to hand over a 2 pin lead.  But that was soon to change as our early season star player, Rich, made his first bid of the season for lowest score.  Failing to total 90 was a bad sign and we now found ourselves trailing by 12 pins at the midway point.

Despite JT’s best efforts, 3rd leg staged a great comeback, with TC clocking up our 1st 40 of the night, soon to be beaten by Lewis racking up his 1st ever scoring spare on his way to our top score of the season so far (overtaking his dad’s total in the process).  A massive 22-pin gap handed an easily defendable 10-pin lead to the anchors. 

Being Hustlers, this lead had disappeared by the end of the 2nd hand and we were soon chasing the game.  Pete did his best with our final 40 of the night, but couldn’t pull the others with him and we lost 19 pins to blow it at the end.

Mo has finally made it onto the scene, passing into the care of Gary, although Barry was mysteriously missing.  They have not yet been seen together – 1 for the conspiracy theorists, perhaps.  We’re back at home next week to resume our league campaign – don’t forget the trip meeting!!!! 

4/10/11 v Old Golds @ Fox & Hounds

Lofty 7 9 6 8 5 3 38 6

Mark

 6 7 1 4 6 5 29 -2

Clive

 5 8 6 7 4 5 35 -2

1st leg total 102 v 100

Andy

 6 5 5 4 6 8 34 10

Rich

 5 8 3 3 1 2 22 -17
Gary 2 5 6 6 5 9 33 -7

2nd leg total 89 v 103

JT

 3 1 7 7 5 4 27 -10

TC

 7
 8 8 7
 7 7 44 16
Lewis 8 5 9 8 7 13 50 16

3rd leg total 121 v 99

Steve

 3 2 6 9 7 3 30 -10

Pete

 7 4 7 6 9 8 41 -10
Rob 6 5 9 7 6 5 38 1

4th leg total 109 v 128

Grand total 421 v 430

WON by -9