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Creamed

After a 3-week gap we finally get to play a match, and it’s back at the Suffolk.  Would the break have been good for us or would lack of match practice show?

A nervous start saw AU lead the way with a steady 40, only for 1st leg to hand over 5 pins down.  With Jim-Bob improving on his previous score, Clive’s top score (and our only spare of the night) helped turn the game around and handed over 2 pins up.

A steady 3rd leg couldn’t improve on this and dropped 11 pins, leaving it all up to the anchors to win the game for us.  But a faltering performance saw another 20 pins dropped and our winning streak come to an end.

Our next game is the rearranged fixture v the Kraftsmen, back at the Suffolk next Wednesday.

25/1/10  v Cream @ Suffolk

AU 7 9 5 5 8 6 40
Jim 8 3 4 4 5 5 29
Steve 6 8 4 4 6 7 35

1st leg total 104 v 109

Pete 5 4 6 6 5 7 33
Jim-Bob 3 7 6 5 3 4 33
Clive 6 5 6 8 6 13 44

2nd leg total 105 v 98

Mark 6 8 7 6 8 2 37

Rich

7 6 5 3 6 6 33
Lewis 6 7 5 7 5 6 36

3rd leg total 106 v 117

Rob 8 5 5 5 3 6 32
Gary 8 6 7 4 7 6 38
Neil 5 4 4 3 9 4 29

4th leg total 99 v 119

Grand total 414 v 443

WIN by -29

 

Snow Fun @ the Robins

The first snows of a new decade saw the Hustlers take on the Jets at the Robins Club for the first of our return matches.  Would it be a whitewash?

Despite the weather keeping some players from attending (and Stu on the start of his extended sojourn in the Colonies), we managed to field a full team and 1 reserve on the night.  Following, a rejigged 1st leg put in a mixed performance (with Rob joint top-scoring) to hand over a single pin in front.  2nd leg were steady, but stretched the advantage out by a further 8 pins.

3rd leg added another 2 joint top scorers, with Lewis chalking up a superb spare in the process, to extend the lead by 3 more pins.  Anchor then followed on with an indifferent performance, losing pins, but still managing to keep a winning margin overall.

A great start to a new year, hopefully indicating a better 2nd half of the season.  We finally return to the Suffolk next week for a run of 4 home games – a chance to establish a winning streak.

5/1/10  v Jets @ Robins Club

AU 6 6 5 7 6 9 39
TC 3 4 5 5 7 6 30
Rob 6 8 6 6 6 8 40

1st leg total 109 v 108

Gary 7 6 7 5 3 8 36
Rich 13 6 6 2 5 6 38
Steve 5 7 5 5 4 7 33

2nd leg total 107 v 99

Pete 6 7 8 3 8 8 40

Mart

6 3 5 7 5 4 30
Lewis 15 5 5 4 4 7 40

3rd leg total 110 v 107

Clive 7 8 7 2 6 6 36
AS 5 7 6 2 7 6 33
JT 6 5 8 7 2 4 32

4th leg total 101 v 106

Grand total 427 v 420

WIN by 7