Author: Andy Spence

Whaddon Road again

Dobbin in particular will be pleased to hear that we now have another game at Whaddon Road.

The Jets, whom we beat at the Suffolk in the first game of the season, are to move from the Fox & Hounds to Jeff’s other licence, the Robins Club.  We are due to play them away in our first game of 2010.

The more discriminating beer drinking Hustlers will feel another pre-match drinking session at the Kemble coming on.

Trip venue decided – it’s Bournemouth !

At the trip meeting on 21 September, the Hustlers agreed that the 2010 Spring Trip would be at Bournemouth.

The recommended accommodation is the De Vere Royal Bath, which is a large 4-star hotel located in the centre of Bournemouth.  Group rate for bed and full English breakfast for the two nights 26 and 27 February is £69 per person if sharing, and £99 for no-mates in a single room.

Transport is still to be resolved; the proposed plan is to share cars but Neil will investigate the use of a self-drive minibus.

Full details of the proposed hotel can be found at

http://www.devere.co.uk/our-locations/royal-bath

If anyone has an alternative proposal for the accommodation then there is still time to submit it.

 

 

Hossie Cup

Lofty has announced that our next opposition in the Hospitals Cup will be the Pluckers, a Division 6 team who play at the Double Barrel on Tuesday nights.  The game is to be played in the week commencing 5 October but their Secretary has not as yet been in touch.

Turning to Division 2, the Fox & Hounds in Prestbury Road is the latest pub to convert its alley to a restaurant.  As well as being a loss to the skittling community, this particularly concerns us because we are due to play the Jets there on 5 January (and, if they have to disband because they can’t find another alley, then our only win so far this season could be scratched..)

Hustlers Spring Break 2010

Following the practice of previous years there will be a trip meeting immediately after the home game on 21 September.

Team members are invited to submit proposals for next year’s trip.  In order to avoid an interminable series of follow-up meetings, please note that only fully baked proposals which are accompanied by a provisional idea of costs will be considered. 

Hustlers uproot Old Anchors

Hustlers shaded Old Anchor Ladies by 2 pins in a pre-season friendly on Friday night.

Getting warmed up for the new season, we gathered nervously at the Royal Union under the leadership of our glorious vice-captain.

Our skip made us set, so 1st leg warmed up the alley with a steady 8-pin lead. 2nd leg followed suit, giving us hope of a win. We then found ourselves oddly fielding a visiting child on 3rd leg (was this a subtle sabotage attempt by the sneaky Anchors?), who did well for his first ever attempt at skittles, but we still lost 13 pins, setting up a very tense contest on the last leg. Our anchors struggled valiantly, but couldn’t win the leg. But they’d done just enough and we’d scraped through to a 2-pin victory – surely a portent of things to come.

We kick off the season with a Hospitals Cup match at home on 1 September. Will it be the start of a successful run this year? Watch this space.

28 August 2009 v Old Anchor Ladies @ Royal Union

Lofty 6 8 5 5 7 4 35
Rich 8 4 3 8 6 8 37
TC 5 9 6 7 6 6 39

1st leg total 111 v 103

Pete 7 7 8 8 7 8 45
Jim 6 5 8 4 6 2 31
Lewis 9 8 8 6 7 7 45
JT 9 8 6 7 7 7 44

2nd leg total 165 v 157

Gary 7 7 8 5 7 4 42
Harry 3 4 6 6 3 6 27
Stu 7 4 7 8 6 7 39

3rd leg total 108 v 121

Salty 6 5 5 3 5 7 31
Stavros 8 8 7 7 3 8 41
Dobbin 7 5 8 9 8 6 43

4th leg total 115 v 116

Grand total 499 v 497

WIN by 2