Hustlers well and truly plucked
Stand-in skipper Rob put us in to set and 1st leg gave us a good 6-pin lead, with both AU & Lofty getting to 40. 2nd leg performed steadily, but couldn't match the Pluckers, so ended the 1st half of the match trailing by 3 pins and all to play for.
3rd leg then stepped up and struggled to find the pins. Never having sat on the bench before, Rob succeeded in getting lowest score for the 2nd time this season as 19 pins were lost, leaving the anchor to get 23 pins to win. Despite Gary's top-scoring 45 (featuring our first spare of the season) and winning the leg, it wasn't quite enough and we ended the match losing by 14 pins.
With the sad demise of the Divers, we have no game next week, so our next match is away yet again (will we ever play at the Suffolk again?) at Cheltenham CC. Rob will be in the chamois trousers, while Lewis owes Jim (match fees) and Gary (spare), so who will be least happy?
6/10/09 v Pluckers @ Double Barrel
| AU | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 42 |
| JT | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 36 |
| Lofty | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 40 |
1st leg total 118 v 112
| TC | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 36 |
| Rich | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 35 |
| Lewis | 5 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 36 |
2nd leg total 105 v 114
| Rob | 2 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 32 |
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Steve |
5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 33 |
| Stu | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 38 |
3rd leg total 102 v 122
| AS | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 39 |
| Gary | 7 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| Neil | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 33 |
4th leg total 116 v 109
Grand total 443 v 457
WIN by -14