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