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Hustlers Put The Elite To The Cannon

And so we finally come to our last game of the season, and possibly in Prem B as well.  Could the scratch Hustlers side at least finish on a high with a win (and a rare double)?

A mixed start saw a rare Lewis appearance, as he got our first 9 in narrowly missing a 40, but cancelling out Pete’s BYM, while Andy helped himself to our opening 40 as first leg eked out a lead of a single pin.  While second leg achieved our lowest leg total of the season and Stu his lowest, they did manage to drag the elite down with them as they dropped 6 pins, to leave us trailing by 5 at the halfway point, helped by a beaver from the Cannonballs.

Having dined in style, third leg set about turning the game around.  With vital 40s from Rich and top-scoring Chris, they stuck solidlly to the task and (despite facing another beaver and the only spare of the match) and ground out a deserved 14-pin lead.  Could we dare dream of that elusive Rob victory?  Only the anchors could determine that.  And they started off well, before a touch of the yips set in and they started to leak pins.  But not enough and they held on to take the game by 9 pins, giving us our third double of the season and the first win as stand-in skipper for Rob.

Now we wait to see what fate awaits us – relegation looms, but you can never be sure ………..

7/4/14 v Cannonballs Elite @ Suffolk

Pete

7 6 2 7 6 6 34 -6

Lewis

5 4 9 8 7 6 39 6
AS 5 8 8 5 8 6 40

1

1st leg total 113 v 112

TC

3 5 3 6 7 7 31

Stu

4 7 7 1 5 2 26 -11
Alan 3 6 6 2 6 7 30 5

2nd leg total 87 v 93

Mart

6 2 8 7 5 9 37 -3

Rich

7 9 7 5 6 6 40 12
Chris 7 7 7 7 7 6 41 10

3rd leg total 118 v 99

Rob

8 7 8 5 1 6 35 -6

Steve

6 7 6 6 6 7 38 -3
Gary 7 7 5 4 6 5 34

4

4th leg total 107 v 116

Grand total 425 v 416

WON by 9