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Hustlers chase front pin glory

 With the Leagues and Cup now ended, focus turned to the Front Pin competition during May.  Follow the fortunes of our 2 intrepid entrants – Rob & Cap’n Clive.

Rob was drawn against the Black Abbotts’ Terry Middleton in the first round,  winning it despite failing to score in the 3rd hand:
4, 3, 0, 6, 8, 6  27   v   3, 3, 8, 4, 2, 2  22

In the 2nd round he was drawn against Kevin James of Old Golds but narrowly lost in a very tight game, to go out of the competition early:
7, 0, 9, 3, 6, 3  28   v   2, 3, 9, 4, 6, 3  27

Clive’s 1st round was against Adam Gregory, which he won easily, despite failing to score in the first hand:
0, 3, 3, 5, 7, 1  19   v   4, 8, 4, 7, 8, 0  31

Up next was Clive Hodges of the Brolly Boys, who proved more of a challenge for our skipper:
0, 4, 4, 6, 9, 6  29   v    4, 8, 9, 6, 2, 5  34

Clive’s march through the rounds continued with a resounding victory in round 3 over Terry Johnson of the Travellers:
7, 6, 7, 8, 7, 7  42   v   4, 3, 7, 8, 1, 7  30

The ¼ finals saw Clive facing the Steamers’ Paul Ashfield and putting in another great performance to secure another win:
4, 5, 7, 2, 8, 6  32   v   9, 7, 5, 7, 3, 8  39

The semi-final  brought Clive’s toughest challenge yet as he fought through against 2007 Champion Mick Benbow:
7, 6, 7, 11, 0, 8  39   v   3, 9, 7, 9, 3, 9  40

And so we came to the final, where Clive was pitted against the Travellers’ Darren Johnson:
8, 7, 6, 8, 9, 6  44   v   7, 8, 2, 8, 4, 9  38

Falling at the last, but not disgraced, Clive collected his runner-up trophy to bring us our 1st trophy since winning the shield at Woolacombe last year.  Well down skip – a great finish to a hard season.  Can we go 1 better next year?

 

Final Tables

The final league tables are now out and provisional promotions and relegations are available.

So, it looks like we’re saying goodbye to the Jets, St Marks and Batmen.

Down from Div 1, it’s currently looking like:

Shadows – United Services (Monday)

Saracens A – Saracens (Tuesday)

Smiths A – RBL, Bishops Cleeve (Monday)

Coming up from Div 3, we look set to face:

Ullenwood CC – Suffolk (Tuesday)

Cowley CC – Charlton Club (Tuesday)

Pitville Outcasts – Gas Club (Tuesday)