With the injuries racking up, a crook Hustlers ventured out to take on Saracens A, looking to finally get in the points.
A steady start saw JT get our first 40 (& 9, to boot) of the night, ably assisted by further 40s from debutant Chris & veteran Pete, putting us into an early 4 pin lead. 2nd leg saw Mike partner the deadly duo of TC (who did well to evade the clutches of our Brasilian mascot, Barry)& Stavros. The lowest scoring leg did well to keep within 10 pins of the Saras & we turned around at the halfway point trailing by a narrow 6 pins, eminently gettable.
3rd leg set about closing the gap, with only Rich beating his man, despite our vice-skip’s 9 and Stu getting our 1st spare of the season, but somehow lost a further 2 pins, leaving the anchors to turn things our way. Neil’s opening 9 helped close the gap, before a glorious pair of spares from him & Gary finally saw us regain the lead, albeit briefly. An exchange of leads left it uo to the final hand to decide the match as we went into it all square. With a 40 from Gary & Neil’s season high 53, the task ultimately proved just too tough & we fell by a mere 3 pins.
Hospitals Cup is upon us next week, and we travel to the Merryfellow to face the Rebels in our 3rd consecutive away match.
JT |
7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 32 | 6 |
Chris |
4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 2 |
Pete | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 41 |
-4 |
1st leg total 125 v 121
AS |
6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 1 |
TC |
1 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 33 | -7 |
Mike | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 39 | -4 |
2nd leg total 104 v 114
Rob |
9 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 43 | -2 |
Rich |
7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 42 | 1 |
Stu | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 42 | -1 |
3rd leg total 127 v 129
Neil |
9 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 53 | 9 |
Steve |
6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 35 | -3 |
Gary | 7 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 47 |
-1 |
4th leg total 135 v 130
Grand total 491 v 494
WON by -3