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‘Slurs Bowled Over By Cowley CC

Still on a run of victories, Hustlers looked to out bowl Cowley CC, just as the Robins faced the mighty Bulls in Hereford.

1st leg got off to a great start as Lofty stole possession of Mo with our first "almost" spare of the season.  Pete reached our first 40 of the night with our only genuine spare, just beating Lewis.  But we trailed by 5 as 2nd leg took over.  Mike opened with a 9, his 40 helping a steady leg to lose no further pins and keep the game finely balanced.

A valiant 3rd leg saw a brief flurry of 9s, but Neil’s 40 wasn’t equal to a Wolves fan’s flukey last hand 17 spare, and we lost a dozen pins.  The anchors were up for the challenge and started pulling pins from the off.  And with 1 hand to go we found ourselves a single pin down.  Despite a magnificent 125 leg, the chase proved just 4 pins too much and our run was over.

We return to the Suffolk after the Christmas hiatus to start the return games with a match against the Sinners.

11/12/12 v Cowley CC @ Charlton Kings Club

Mart

9s 5 5 6 5 6 37 -6

Pete

4 7 6 6 7 12 42 8
Lewis 6 8 8 4 8 7 41 -7

1st leg total 120 v 125

TC

5 6 6 5 7 7 36 -10

Mike

9 7 4 5 8 8 41 5
Clive 7 8 7 6 6 5 39 5

2nd leg total 116 v 116

AS

8 5 7 6 8 5 39 -1

Mark

4 6 6 7 9 7 39 -4
Neil 3 8 9 9 8 6 43 -7

3rd leg total 121 v 133

Rob

6 8 7 8 7 7 43 -5

Gary

6 8 7 8 4 4 37 7
JT 8 8 8 8 8 5 45

11

4th leg total 125 v 112

Grand total 482 v 486

WON by -4

Hustlers Toy With Tivoli Boys

On the back of 5 straight wins, Hustlers were looking to make it 6 in a row as they took on Tivoli Boys.

1st leg began the game steadily, with just Mike failing to beat his man, and kept the match interesting with a rare tied leg.  With just Lewis losing to his man, 2nd leg matched 1st leg’s score, but managed to eke out an 8-pin lead at the midpoint.

Scoring improved with 3rd leg, as our first 9s of the match appeared.  Despite his beaver, Lofty was the only 1 with a positive BYM, but still finished behind joint top scorer Stu as the leg added 3 pins to the lead.  A poor start from the anchors didn’t bode well, until joint top scorer Rob hit our only spare of the night.  But that wasn’t quite enough to make up for Steve’s bottom score as we suffered our first losing leg.  Fortunately, it was enough to cling onto the lead and give us another win.

It’s Cowley CC at the Charlton Club next week.  Another win would set up the Christmas break perfectly.

3/12/12 v Tivoli Boys @ Suffolk

Gary

3 7 6 4 7 7 34 2

Mike

5 7 6 7 6 6 37 -5
TC 6 7 5 6 7 7 38 3

1st leg total 109 v 109

Pete

4 4 8 7 6 5 34 3

AS

7 7 6 5 6 7 38 7
Lewis 3 6 8 7 6 7 37 -2

2nd leg total 109 v 101

Clive

5 4 6 6 9 5 35 -1

Mart

7 9 0 5 8 9 38 6
Stu 8 7 6 6 5 7 39 -2

3rd leg total 112 v 119

Rob

1 6 7 7 12 6 39 2

Steve

3 4 4 7 6 5 29 -2
JT 6 5 4 7 4 7 33

-4

4th leg total 101 v 105

Grand total 431 v 424

WON by 7