Month: October 2014

Following last week’s glorious victory Hustlers went into this match looking to extend our winning streak, despite our weakened state, against high-flying Chosen Champs.

First leg got us off to a cracking start, with Mart narrowly misssing out on the first 40, as the eased to a 15-pin lead.  Although Gary got our first 9 and first 40, all three lost to their man and conceded the lead by a mere 2 pins at halftime.
 

Third leg weren’t happy with that, so Mark and top-scorer Rich set about turning the game around as they each got solid spares on their wa to their 40, with Steve narrowly losing to his man.  The lead now restored, the absent (broken) Rob made a clean sweep in the raffle and all looked rosier going into the rejigged anchor leg.  With bottom-scoring AS teh only one to lose to his man, this low-scoring leg proved to be really tense as it became our second losing leg  But Chris and our stand-in Sayeed (Cap’n Clive) did enough to hold onto the lead and we scraped another win.

With the Cup next week and the demise of the Sinners, we now get an extended break.  Time to recharge fully and come back with a flourish.

28/10/14 v Chosen Champs @ Churchdown Club

 

TC	7	4	6	7	5	7	36	8
Lloyd	8	4	5	7	6	7	37	6
Mart	7	5	6	7	6	8	39	1

1st leg total 112 v 97

Pete	5	6	7	7	5	8	38	-4
Dave	2	6	6	2	7	6	29	-11
Gary	7	7	6	7	4	9	40	-2

2nd leg total 107 v 124

Mark	5	3	12	6	8	7	41	5
Rich	6	7	4	6	14	8	45	5
Steve	6	7	6	5	6	4	34	-1

3rd leg total 120 v 111

Chris	7	6	5	4	8	4	34	4
AS	5	3	6	6	3	4	27	-9
Clive	5	9	8	6	5	6	39	2

4th leg total 100 v 103

Grand total 439 v 435

WON by 4

Following last week’s glorious victory Hustlers went into this match looking to extend our winning streak despite our weakened state.

First leg got us off to a cracking start, with Mart narrowly misssing out on the first 40, as the eased to a 15-pin lead.  Although Gary got our first 9 and first 40, all three lost to their man and conceded the lead by a mere 2 pins at halftime.
 

Third leg weren’t happy with that, so Mark and top-scorer Rich set about turning the game around as they each got solid spares on their wa to their 40, with Steve narrowly losing to his man.  The lead now restored, the absent (broken) Rob made a clean sweep in the raffle and all looked rosier going into the rejigged anchor leg.  With bottom-scoring AS teh only one to lose to his man, this low-scoring leg proved to be really tense as it became our second losing leg  But Chris and our stand-in Sayeed (Cap’n Clive) did enough to hold onto the lead and we scraped another win.

With the Cup next week and the demise of the Sinners, we now get an extended break.  Time to recharge fully and come back with a flourish.

28/10/14 v Chosen Champs @ Churchdown Club

 

TC	7	4	6	7	5	7	36	8
Lloyd	8	4	5	7	6	7	37	6
Mart	7	5	6	7	6	8	39	1

1st leg total 112 v 97

Pete	5	6	7	7	5	8	38	-4
Dave	2	6	6	2	7	6	29	-11
Gary	7	7	6	7	4	9	40	-2

2nd leg total 107 v 124

Mark	5	3	12	6	8	7	41	5
Rich	6	7	4	6	14	8	45	5
Steve	6	7	6	5	6	4	34	-1

3rd leg total 120 v 111

Chris	7	6	5	4	8	4	34	4
AS	5	3	6	6	3	4	27	-9
Clive	5	9	8	6	5	6	39	2

4th leg total 100 v 103

Grand total 439 v 435

WON by 4

Following last week’s glorious victory Hustlers went into this match looking to extend our winning streak despite our weakened state.

First leg got us off to a cracking start, with Mart narrowly misssing out on the first 40, as the eased to a 15-pin lead.  Although Gary got our first 9 and first 40, all three lost to their man and conceded the lead by a mere 2 pins at halftime.
 

Third leg weren’t happy with that, so Mark and top-scorer Rich set about turning the game around as they each got solid spares on their wa to their 40, with Steve narrowly losing to his man.  The lead now restored, the absent (broken) Rob made a clean sweep in the raffle and all looked rosier going into the rejigged anchor leg.  With bottom-scoring AS teh only one to lose to his man, this low-scoring leg proved to be really tense as it became our second losing leg  But Chris and our stand-in Sayeed (Cap’n Clive) did enough to hold onto the lead and we scraped another win.

With the Cup next week and the demise of the Sinners, we now get an extended break.  Time to recharge fully and come back with a flourish.

28/10/14 v Chosen Champs @ Churchdown Club

 

TC	7	4	6	7	5	7	36	8
Lloyd	8	4	5	7	6	7	37	6
Mart	7	5	6	7	6	8	39	1

1st leg total 112 v 97

Pete	5	6	7	7	5	8	38	-4
Dave	2	6	6	2	7	6	29	-11
Gary	7	7	6	7	4	9	40	-2

2nd leg total 107 v 124

Mark	5	3	12	6	8	7	41	5
Rich	6	7	4	6	14	8	45	5
Steve	6	7	6	5	6	4	34	-1

3rd leg total 120 v 111

Chris	7	6	5	4	8	4	34	4
AS	5	3	6	6	3	4	27	-9
Clive	5	9	8	6	5	6	39	2

4th leg total 100 v 103

Grand total 439 v 435

WON by 4

With both Mo & Barry missing from the action this week, Hustlers went into this match looking to keep the winning streak going.
 

First leg got us off to a decent start, with Rob getting our first 9 and Lloyd narrowly misssing out on the first 40 as he faced their top score.  Trailing by four pins, a steady secong leg, lead by Steve with our first 40, did enough to win the leg and claw a pin back, to keep it tight at halftime.

With landlord Alan taking the honours in the raffle, third leg stepped up to bridge the gap.  Pete got our second 9, but lost to his man, while AS & bottom-scoring Rich both just beat their man.  But they still lost 3 more pins, to leave the anchors chasing 7 pins for the win.  And what a leg it turned out to be.  With Gary adn Neil narrowly missing their 40s, it was Captain Clive who claimed top score in squeezing past his man.  Unbelievably, another victory comes the way of the Hustlers.

Now on a high, we need to keep this form going as we head off next week to the Churchdown Club to take on Chosen Champs.

22/10/14 v Golden Miller @ Suffolk

Rob	6	7	5	4	6	9	37	6
Lloyd	5	8	5	7	6	8	39	-4
Chris	6	6	4	5	6	6	33	-6

1st leg total 109 v 113

TC	8	8	5	3	5	7	36	5
Mark	4	6	8	5	7	6	36	-5
Steve	7	5	7	6	8	7	40	1

2nd leg total 112 v 111

Pete	4	3	5	6	7	9	34	-6
Rich	6	6	4	4	5	5	30	2
AS	6	6	7	5	4	8	36	1

3rd leg total 100 v 103

Clive	7	8	8	8	6	7	44	14
Gary	5	6	5	8	7	7	38	4
Neil	6	8	8	6	6	5	39	1

4th leg total 121 v 102

Grand total 442 v 429

WON by 13

Looking for that first win if the season, a still depleted Hustlers set out on a miserable night to face British Legion Extras. 

Normal service appeared to have resumed as first leg opened the match.  But then a glkimmer of hope appeared as Lofty got our only spare on his way to a top score, while Lloyd & Chris were both left trailing as we ended the leg 7 pins down.  Second leg was a different story as TC’s rare 40 saw him lose to his man, while bottom-scoring Dave drew with his man and Gary beat his,  Despite being the lowest scoring leg, they only dropped a further 4 pins, to leave us down by 11 pins at the midpoint. 

Third leg once more stepped up to bring the game back, with AS getting our third 40, ably supported by Pete, pulling back 10 pins in style.  And so the game was perched on a knife edge as the anchors faced off.  With Clive and Neil battling for top honours (Neil scraping that one narrowly to match Mart), it all came down to the final hand.  And the highest leg score proved more than enough, as they turned the game around and we finally got our season under way with a 6-pin victory.

We return to the Suffolk next week, hoping to continue winning ways as we host Golden Miller.

15/10/14 v British Legion Extras @ Hatherley & Reddings CC

Mart	5	13	5	7	7	9	46	13
Lloyd	1	4	6	7	8	6	32	-10
Chris	6	6	5	5	2	6	30	-10

1st leg total 108 v 115

TC	9	6	6	9	6	5	41	-6
Dave	4	1	5	7	6	5	28	–
Gary	5	8	5	8	5	4	35	2

2nd leg total 104 v 108

Pete	7	4	7	5	9	7	39	11
Rich	7	6	6	3	5	2	29	-7
AS	5	7	6	9	7	8	42	6

3rd leg total 110 v 100

Clive	9	6	7	8	7	8	45	5
Steve	7	4	7	6	4	8	36	-6
Neil	9	8	7	7	7	8	46	8

4th leg total 127 v 120

Grand total 449 v 443

WON by 6

Back in league action once more, Hustlers were looking to restart their season as they took on Flyers at Fortress Suffolk.
 

And first leg got us off to a flying start with an early 7-pin lead, although that was not to last too long, as Flyers then took the lead.  Despite Marty getting our first Beaver of the season, he still managed to outscore their bottom scorer and kept the gap to a respectable 4 pins.  Second leg were to fare little better, despite regaining the leg after our first hand.  With 1s from TC and bottom-scoring Dave (who rounded off his night by taking possession of Barry from Lofty), Rob managed to keep the losses down to just another 4 pins with his 9 helping him to our first 40 of the night.
 

Third leg saw a little recovery, as Rich added another 9, while Clive became host to Mo as he hit our third "almost" spare in as many weeks  Although they improved our score, they also had the misfortune to concede a further 12 pins, leaving the anchors a little challenge.  And they set about about the task with some success as Chris added another 9 to claim joint top score with Rob as they became our first winning leg.  But that win proved once more to not be enough, as we fell short by a mere 15 pins.

It’s a road trip next week as we head out to Hatherley to face their cricketers.  A good wicket could give us a sniff at victory.

6/1014 v Flyers @ Suffolk

TC	7	6	1	7	6	4	31	2
Dave	7	1	2	6	8	0	24	-14
Rob	6	9	3	8	6	8	40	8

2nd leg total 95 v 99

Pete	5	5	8	7	2	3	30	-3
Rich	6	6	4	6	9	4	35	-4
Clive	6	3	7	8	9s	6	39	-5

3rd leg total 104 v 116

Chris	8	9	6	5	6	6	40	11
Steve	7	7	5	3	3	7	32	-8
Neil	6	2	6	6	8	8	36	2

4th leg total 108 v 103

Grand total 402 v 417

WON by -15