To mark the start of the new season, the Hustlers hosted the Anchor Old Ladies in our annual grudge friendly match. Who would win? How much blood would be spilled?
1st leg , ably lead by Pistols (with the first spare of our new campaign) & Lofty with 40s, seemed in a mixed mood, but managed to pull out a superb 41 pin lead. But this standard soon slipped as 2nd leg struggled in dropping 4 pins to the ladies. Gary’s 40 wasn’t enough to compensate for the poor performance from the rest of 3rd leg as they dropped a further 12 pins, and the future wasn’t looking quite so bright. Then up stepped the anchor to take on the Anchors’ anchor. JT’s bottom score was clearly a sign of the pressure of performing in front of his daughter, but why the missed spare from Lewis. Thanks to some unorthodox heckling and Steve’s top score, the rot was finally halted as we gained 10 pins to cement a glorious(-ish) victory.
27/8/10 v Anchor Old Ladies @ Suffolk
Mart | 7 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 43 |
TC |
6 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 34 |
Stu | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 36 |
Pete | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 45 |
1st leg total 158 v 117
Mark | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 34 |
Jim | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 29 |
AU | 7 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 38 |
2nd leg total 101 v 105
Rob |
6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 31 |
Clive |
8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 36 |
Gary | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 44 |
AS | 6 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 31 |
3rd leg total 142 v 154
Steve | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 47 |
Lewis | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9s | 5 | 41 |
JT | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 26 |
4th leg total 119 v 109
Grand total 520 v 485
WIN by 35