On the back of last week’s morale boosting home win, Hustlers travelled to United Services, looking to complete our first double of the season over high flying Stragglers.
Rob salvaged some pride with a pair of 9s to open first leg, while Stu cruised to our first 40, with AS stuttering slightly behind. A good opening, to set us on our way with an 11-pin lead. JT & TC both suffered a little upturn in form, but were put in the shade after Clive’s opening 9 set him up for our second 40 of the night. Another 10 pins opened up a most pleasing gap at the midpoint.
A bit of a faltering leg saw Lofty get a very strange 40, with an early beaver giving way to a 9, followed by our top spare, but still fail to beat his man. Mike then managed to steal Barry the Brasilian Beaver away from him almost at the death, while Chris steadied the ship a little with another 9, as he helped himself to another 40. With a pin dropped, it was looking good as the anchors stepped up, but anything could happen with the ‘Slurs. And so it proved, as Steve opened with a 3, before Neil compensated with our second spare, immediately followed by our 3 from top scorer Gary. With all three making 40s (including a share of another three 9s between Gary and Steve), though, they eased their way to a 6-pin gap to round off one of our best scores of the season and deliver another rare victory.
We’re back at home next week to face Golden Miller. Another win will help us climb further away from the relegation slots. How will we do?
28/1/14 v Stragglers @ United Services
Rob |
4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 3 |
Stu |
6 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 10 |
AS | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 34 |
-2 |
1st leg total 113 v 102
JT |
3 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 34 | 5 |
TC |
5 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 36 | -1 |
Clive | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 5 |
2nd leg total 114 v 104
Mart |
6 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 42 | -2 |
Mike |
7 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 31 | -8 |
Chris | 9 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 43 | 9 |
3rd leg total 116 v 117
Gary |
6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 45 | 9 |
Steve |
3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 42 | -4 |
Neil | 10 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 44 |
1 |
4th leg total 131 v 125
Grand total 474 v 448
WON by 26