4th April '25 v Fire Brigade (Front Pin Final) Lost 231-243

The Tatti's quest to win the Front Pin cup for the third year in succession was thwarted in the Final by an excellent performance by Fire Brigade, the result ended 231-243. 

It was the 16th Front Pin cup final for the Bogoes but the first against Fire Brigade who can boast a great achievement of reaching the final of all the three main cups this season. Two days prior to this, they won the KO cup, by beating Evans SC, and they will have a crack at the hat-trick when they play 'C'on Men in the Cider cup on 25th April. Good luck to them. 

You can have a look at the scores on the board & you'll find many reasons for the Tatti's losing this one but at the end of the day, you just have to applaud Fire Brigade's brilliant 81 third leg and Lee Silcox's superb 46 total. It's the league's highest individual front pin score of the season. 👏👏

Finally, well done to Jonah, 37 at front pin is excellent and to Prycer & Rusty for weighing in with their very good 29's to help make the total score respectable.

28th March 25 v Woodpeckers (A) Lost 309-350

The Tatti's were well second best in their final league game of the season against Woodpeckers at the Bowling Club, losing by 49 pins.

21st March '25 v Painters 'B' (H) Won 349-342

In their final home game of the season the Tatti's beat Painters 'B' by 7 pins, 349-342

New supporter, Heidi, took her place on the terrace to watch the Bogoes produce some entertaining skittles with Rusty, Benny & Vorni all recording good spares to surge their opening leg total past the ton mark. After that, she left the venue satisfied having seen enough to believe the result was a foregone conclusion.

However, if Heidi had stayed for the second & third legs she would have left for a completely different reason. Two dire totals brought Painters back into contention & when they finished with with a good 91 they left the Tatti's 85 to win. 

Fortunately, the Bottom Halfer's dug deep and scored an excellent 47 without a spare. It paved the way for the top half to coast home to victory with Booby felling the winning pin with his first ball.

Vorni topped the high scores with a great 36 pipping Benny by a pin & Rusty by two. Heidi will be proud!

"Good game good win to end our home campaign with 9 wins on the spin. An excellent 1st leg of 101 which included good spares by Rusty Benny and Vorni set us up but painters were never out of the game especially when we threw in two poor legs of only 77 & 80 which really put the outcome in the balance. Painters could only match our 80 on their 3rd leg but a good 91 to finish left us a very challenging 85 to get on an alley where the conditions had got worse. Hats off to to the bottom half good skittling for 47 eased the pressure and in the end we ran out winners after matching our opponents last leg. Those 3 spares would be the last for us on the night but they probably proved decisive although painters recorded 5 in total. Well played Rusty, 34, Benny, 35, but top score went to Vorni with an excellent 36( maybe the extra supporter on the first leg spurred us on but like the spares she had disappeared at the end of that leg too !!)"

14th March '25 v Fire Brigade (A) Lost 343-355.

 After retaining their championship last week, the Tatti's can be excused for an under-par performance away against Fire Bridage which ended in a 12 pins defeat, 343-355. 

The ol' saying "spares wins games" is perfect to describe how this match panned out. Fire Bridage made full use of their opportunities to boost their total score by an extra sixteen pins, and if only the Bogoes had done likewise, the result would have been different. Just TK Maxx managed to achieve a spare, confidently dispatching a single pin but unfortunately his final ball sailed through the gap between the front & quarter pins.

Ne'r mind, congratulations to Fire Bridage & hat's off to them for making it through to the final of all three cup competitions, an excellent achievement. 👏

"With the league won the week before maybe this performance was expected but take nothing away from Fire Brigade they fully deserved the win. Big spares by them was the difference and we wish them well for the rest of the season having reached all three cup finals, fantastic achievement. Top scorers were the father and son combo Ian and Liam with 33"

12th March '25 v Beevers (Front Pin S. Final) Won 217-192

The Tatti's reached their 16th Front Pin final with a 25 pins victory over Beevers at the Railway Club, 217-192, in a repeat of last seasons semi-final.

A good start by Beevers saw them 12 pins up after one leg each but, with the Tatti's improving their scores as they became more accustomed to the difficult alley conditions, Beevers suffered a couple of sub 40 legs to hand the momentum to the Bogoes. 

The Tatti's finished with a solid leg without ducks to leave the Beevers requiring an unassailable 93 to win. This maintains their 100% record against Beevers in this competition, with five wins from five games.

7th March '25 v Livin' on a Spare (H) Won 365-351

The Tatt'is secured their seventeenth division one title with a great home win by 14 pins against Livin' on a Spare at the Military Club, 365-351

They had to do it the hard way though. Following a poor opening leg they found themselves 12 pins behind but their opponents second leg below 80 gave them an opportunity to come back and, they did in some style with two superb high 90 legs. 

A brace of 13 spare's by Eric & Berti almost brought up a ton second leg but arguably, the third leg was better still. Despite the lack of spares, the skittling was excellent and the total was just three pins shy of the ton. It also put the Tatti's well in command of the outcome having left their opponents 107 to level.

Fair play to Livin' on a Spare, they produced an excellent last leg to leave the Bogoes 75 for victory and another championship title secured in the bag. 

So, on a night when Prycer celebrated his 50 something birthday, just a few days after Captain Ali had celebrated his too, the team celebrated winning their 17th Division title, and a fifth in succession, what a fantastic achievement!

"Brilliant boys !! 

Not the best of opening legs, 81, which gave a good Livin on a spare team a chance to really put us under pressure. 93 gave them an early advantage but followed it with 77 that let us back in. Good spares by the top two in averages lan and Eric meant we recorded a 99 2nd leg to give us a slight advantage at the half way point. A brilliant 3rd leg 97 without any spares left our opponents 107 to be level and with 85 and a good last leg 96 they left us 75 for the win and ultimately the title.

 A good last leg of 88 and we’d secured the win we needed in what was a very good game. Once again new boy Eric, I think he’s settled in🤪, topped scored with an excellent 'Vorni' "

28th February v The 'C'on Men (A) Won 351-298

The Tatti's are now one point away from winning the Division One title for the fifth season in succession after an excellent 53 pins victory over The 'C'on Men at the Golden Lion, 351-298. 

It wasn't the best of starts by any means, with just 22 pins from five players in the top half resulting in a 74 opening leg. However, Prycer got their second leg off to a flier by flooring a fabulous 14 spare to set the Bogoes on their way to a very comfortable win at their inaugural home. 

In the final leg, the newly formed double-act of Jonah & Vorni performed two amazing back-to-back flopper spares of 15 &16, sealing victory and a whitewash of the top half to boot. However, their celebrations couldn't have been more different. Whilst Jonah face was still wearing a look of complete astonishment, Vorni pranced up & down the alley with his shirt above his head. To be fair, not a particularly great look from either of them! 😂

"Another good win and a better performance to see off The 'C'on men who would have been buoyed after a good performance in midweek in reaching the cider cup final. However they started with a surprisingly poor opening leg of 69 which gave us the chance to stamp our authority on the game. Our opening leg wasn’t the best, 74, but an excellent 2nd leg of 92 aided by a good 14 spare by Dave left the home side 97 to catch us. Two spares in a 88 leg kept them in the game but another 60 odd 3rd leg effectively ended the contest. A solid 89 3rd was followed by an excellent last leg of 96 thanks to brilliant spares by Jonah 15 and Vorni 16. Jonah’s effort helped him to a “Vorni“ top score with the man himself just 2 pins behind !! A special shout out to the bottom half who absolutely annihilated the top half, excellent boys "