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Hustlers come out of the Shadows in time for Christmas

Back at home this week, Hustlers were looking to round off 2011 and the 1st half of the season with a win.  What would Santa bring them?

A clean slate from 1st leg, saw them set a 6-pin lead, with TC hitting our only spare & Lofty our 1st 40.  With Clive just missing out on a 40, 2nd leg stretched our lead by a further 3 pins to leave it tight at the halfway point.
 
Despite Gary getting our 2nd 40 of the night with a cracking 9, 3rd leg failed to break the ton, dropping a whopping 13 pins in the process to leave the anchors to pull the game back out of the hat.  And so we saw a seesaw leg ensue.  And with all 3 reaching 40 (& JT top scoring), it all came down to the vewry last hand.  With an epic score (& just Rob losing to his man), they showed great consistency to win the leg by 9 pins and hand us a very nice Christmas present indeed.

There’s no game now until 9 January, when we return to the Suffolk, looking to get the 2nd half of the seasons off to a winning start.

19/12/11 v Shadows @ Suffolk

TC 5 3 16 5 4 4 37 2

Mark

7 4 4 5 3 6 29 2

Mart

5 7 6 8 7 8 41 2

1st leg total 107 v 101

Pete

4 8 8 2 7 6 35 3

JimBob

7 3 7 5 3 4 29 -3
Clive 6 6 7 6 7 7 39 3

2nd leg total 103 v 100

Gary

5 7 8 8 6 9 43 4

Dan

7
6 4 6
3 2 28 -9
Steve 3 6 7 4 3 5 28 -8

3rd leg total 99 v 112

Rob

8 7 8 5 6 7 41 -1

Lewis

6 7 9 8 7 7 44 4
JT 9

8

8 6 7 8 46 6

4th leg total 131 v 122

Grand total 440 v 435

WON by 5

 

Hustlers sign up for flying lessons @ Parklands

Hustlers ventured to the unknown as they faced the Flyers at Parklands in our last away game of 2011.  Could winning form be regained?

Despite Stavros’ best efforts, 1st leg got us off to a great start, with Statto setting our highest score of the night and Dan his highest of the season.  With Flyers failing to break the ton, we pulled out a 15-pin lead.  2nd leg soon set about that nd, with Swayner actually beating his man, somehow contrived to lose 11 pins, but still left us narrowly ahead at the halfway mark.

3rd leg went toe-to-toe in a tight scrap, with Lofty & Wallsy both getting 40 & Steve getting our lone spare of the night.  With just a single pin lost, it was down to the anchors to hold on to the lead.  And what a great anchor leg it was – unfortunately, they were playing for the flyers,.  Despite 40s from Lewis  & JT, Flyers just kept pulling pins and ultimately scraped home by a narrow 26 pins.

We’re back at home next week to take on the Shadows in our final game pf the year.

13/12 Flyers @ Parklands

TC 8 8 6 6 5 9 42 11

Dan

6 7 5 6 8 6 38 8

AS

4 6 5 6 5 6 32 -4

1st leg total 112 v 97

Pete

5 8 4 7 4 5 33 -6

Mark

6 8 4 5 6 6 35 4
Clive 7 7 7 8 4 5 38 -9

2nd leg total 106 v 117

Gary

7 8 6 6 4 2 33 -7

Mart

9
6 7 6
4 8 40 4
Steve 5 7 7 2 8 12 41 2

3rd leg total 114 v 115

Neil

7 4 6 2 3 3 25 -20

Lewis

6 6 8 9 8 4 41 -14
JT 7

5

7 6 9 8 42 5

4th leg total 108 v 137

Grand total 440 v 466

WON by -26

 

Fishers hooked as Hustlers angle for a win

Back at home this week, Hustlers looked to return to winning ways against Fishers.  Could they give bench warmer Clive an early Christmas present?

Early jitters saw the lead swinging back and forth and, with a pair of 40s, eventually saw first leg tied with a nelson apiece.  Second leg then struggled, despite Lewis notching our sole spare of the night, and dropped 3 pins as they failed the break the ton.

Third leg, buoyed by Neil & Lewis taking the raffle prizes, turned that around as Lofty got our top score of the night and the leg pulled 7 pins to give us the lead for the first time.  To boot, they were the only leg to see no pins dropped to their men. 

And so the anchors only had to keep the lead.   But they were soon making hard work of it as Dobbin struggled to hit a barn door.  Eventually, with Neil getting our final 40 of the night and Steve just missing out on one, they actually pulled a further pin to give us a much anticipated victory.

We’re away next Tuesday at Parklands

5/12/11 v Fishers @ Suffolk

TC              5     9     8     7     5     8     42     7
JimBob       4     7     4     4     5     5     29     -11
AS              6     4     7     5     9     9     40     4
1st leg total 111 v 111

Mark           5     4     6     7     6     3     31     -3
Rich            6     4     6     4     2     6     28     -4
Lewis         5     7     3     5     13    5     38     4
2nd leg total 97 v 100

Gary           6     6     2     4     9     4     31     0
Mart           7     9     5     8     8     7     44     6
JT               7     8     6     6     4     7     38     1
3rd leg total 113 v 106

Steve         6     6     7     6     8     6     39     5
Neil            8     8     6     5     7     9     43     3
Rob            3     2     7     4     4     6     26     -7
4th leg total 10 v 107

Grand total 429 v 424
WON by 5