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