March 2013 – The Hustlers

Hustlers Put To The Sword

Catching up with a report from 2 weeks ago – IT issues.

Despite a 40 from Rob, 1st leg struggled to find form, but managed to only drop 3 pins to the Sarries. 2nd leg form was somewhat poorer, especially TC’s bottom score, but they somehow managed to end the leg with Hustlers leading by 5.

3rd leg’s form was a little better, with Lofty getting our second 40 of the night, but they did lose 4 pins, leaving the anchors with the narrowest of leads to defend. A much better perfomance followed, although only jTmade 40 (a sadly low top score), but not enough as Sarries took the leg by 4 pins to take a very tight game at the end.

18/3/13 v Saracens A @ Suffolk

Rob	5	7	6	9	5	8	40	-6
Gary	6	4	8	5	5	4	32	-5
Lewis	6	5	6	5	6	5	33	-14

1st leg total 105 108

AS	7	5	7	6	6	5	36	6
TC	5	6	4	5	2	4	26	-7
Clive	8	7	7	4	7	5	38	9

2nd leg total 100 v 92

Mart	8	4	7	9	8	4	40	6
Dan	5	5	7	4	6	6	33	–
Pete	3	8	8	4	6	6	35	-10

1st leg total 108 112

Neil	8	5	7	2	6	7	35	1
Steve	5	7	4	6	8	8	38	-2
JT	7	6	8	7	6	8	43	-3

4th leg total 115 v 119

Grand total 428 v 431

WON by -3

Would You Adam & Eve It?

Hustlers headed off to the Adam Eve looking for a rare double against Tivoli Boys.

1st leg set a steady pace as Pete & TC got our first 40’s of the night, with just Lewis failing to beat his man or get a 40, as we eked out a 4-pin lead. Cap’n Clive bottom scored, offsetting 40s from Lofty & AS (who set his season’s best), but enough to see the lead fritter away to a 2-pin deficit. Boosteded by his new high score, Stavros then went on to take the raffle.

Season’s bests fom Rich & Rob (who also joined the 50 club), with another 40 from Steve, saw that deficit turn around once more, this time giving the anchors a lead of 19 to defend. Three 40s (with a season’s best for JT) easily beat three 30s and helped us cruise to a 45-pin victory.

Another break next week, with Easter on the cards, but it’s back to the Suffolk after that to face Cowley CC.

25/3/13 v Tivoli Boys @ Adam & Eve

Pete	9	7	6	6	7	9	44	11
TC	8	7	6	5	8	7	41	1
Lewis	2	7	9	6	6	9	39	-8

1st leg total 124 v 120

Mart	7	7	8	7	8	7	44	0
AS	7	7	8	8	9	6	45	4
Clive	5	6	6	5	7	8	37	-10

2nd leg total 126 v 132

Steve	8	7	8	6	8	9	46	10
Rich	8	13	5	5	8	8	47	2
Rob	6	8	9	7	8	12	50	9

1st leg total 145 v 122

Neil	5	9	5	8	8	7	42	7
Gary	8	12	5	7	7	6	45	7
JT	7	7	8	7	6	14	49	12

4th leg total 136 v 124

Grand total 529 v 484

WON by 45

Di Arder

On very unfamiliar territory, Hustlers headed out to Whaddon, looking to complete a double over the Diards

1st leg got off to a poor start, with only Lewis (with two 9s) beating his man to stop the 15-pin gap looking even worse. 2nd leg fared much better, with just Stavros failing to beat his man, yet still losing the leg & failing to make the 100 mark. But we were still only 18 pins down, so all was not yet lost

3rd leg improved and we finally saw 100 on a leg. With Pete being our 1st player to break 30 after 5 hands, he also got our first 40 of the night. But Champs managed to go 21 better – gloom was descending. And so the anchors onle needed to win by 39 to tie the game. In setting his lowest score of the season (and taking home Barry the Brasilian Beaver to boot), Neil was the only neative BYM of the leg, while JT top scored without a spare. Our only winning leg tonight wasn’t quite enough to snatch victory, so we endured a very narrow defeat.

Suffolk awaits next week, as we take on Saracens A.

24/3/13 v Diards @ Whaddon Bowling Club

Mart	3	4	4	2	9	2	24	-16
TC	3	7	4	3	4	6	27	-9
Lewis	9	5	4	3	8	9	38	10

1st leg total 89 v 104

AS	4	3	6	5	6	5	29	-7
Rich	8	7	4	1	3	8	31	1
Rob	9	3	6	4	5	6	33	3

2nd leg total 93 v 96

Steve	6	3	5	6	6	5	31	-17
Pete	6	8	7	6	5	8	40	4
Clive	5	1	7	5	6	5	29	-8

3rd leg total 100 v 121

Neil	5	6	1	7	0	6	25	-9
Gary	5	5	6	8	6	8	38	-2
JT	6	9	4	8	7	9	43	12

4th leg total 106 v 101

Grand total 388 v 422

WON by -34