Hustlers shaded Old Anchor Ladies by 2 pins in a pre-season friendly on Friday night.
Getting warmed up for the new season, we gathered nervously at the Royal Union under the leadership of our glorious vice-captain.
Our skip made us set, so 1st leg warmed up the alley with a steady 8-pin lead. 2nd leg followed suit, giving us hope of a win. We then found ourselves oddly fielding a visiting child on 3rd leg (was this a subtle sabotage attempt by the sneaky Anchors?), who did well for his first ever attempt at skittles, but we still lost 13 pins, setting up a very tense contest on the last leg. Our anchors struggled valiantly, but couldn’t win the leg. But they’d done just enough and we’d scraped through to a 2-pin victory – surely a portent of things to come.
We kick off the season with a Hospitals Cup match at home on 1 September. Will it be the start of a successful run this year? Watch this space.
28 August 2009 v Old Anchor Ladies @ Royal Union
| Lofty | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 35 |
| Rich | 8 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 37 |
| TC | 5 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 39 |
1st leg total 111 v 103
| Pete | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 45 |
| Jim | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 31 |
| Lewis | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 45 |
| JT | 9 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 44 |
2nd leg total 165 v 157
| Gary | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 42 |
| Harry | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 27 |
| Stu | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 39 |
3rd leg total 108 v 121
| Salty | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 31 |
| Stavros | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 41 |
| Dobbin | 7 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 43 |
4th leg total 115 v 116
Grand total 499 v 497
WIN by 2