16th December Div.1 v Woodpeckers (H) W 359-351

The Tatti's claim their first double of the season with a fine 8 pins win over Woodpeckers at the Snooker Club.

After Cheeso completed his 500th league game for the Bogoes the week before, during this match Stuee Griff joined him on 500 & captain Ali completed his 700th.

One more stat for you, Jonah's second leg 9 contained his 20,000th pin

9th December Div.1 v Woodpeckers (A) W 330-324

The signs of a recovery in form were few & far between as the Tatti's struggled their way through this match and somehow end up with a six pin victory.

No point asking Rusty how he scored his 13 he ain't got a clue!

Regarding signs, there are plenty of others on view at the Bowling Club, here's a few of them...

     

  

2nd December Div.1 v Wellies (H) L 366-377

The Tatti's were made to pay for a dismal sub 80 opening leg and succumbed to yet another defeat despite an average leg total above 90.

Prycer second successive 40 was the only good news story as Captain Ali received advise from Benny after the game.
So, apart from Statto's hairdresser going on strike, what's else has happened since the glorious night a few weeks back at the Volunteer?

25th Nov. Div.1 v Harry's Lads (A) L 306-315

The Tatti's failed to capitalise on a 7 pin lead after the opening leg & despite a good final leg 87 Harry's Lads ran out comfortable winners.

18th Nov. Div.1 v Military 'D' (H) L 365-417

The Tattibogoes were on the receiving end of the highest away score ever in the league since records began in 1956/57.

Military D's score of 417 just pipped the previous best by one pin which was set by the Bogoes in 1996/97 & then equaled by Harry's Lads in 1998/99.

Prycer topped the scoring for the Tatti's with a very good 40 while Cheeso's attempts to bring some festive cheer to the team spectacularly backfired when he finished with a 3.

The reactions from both after the game .... 

 

11th Nov. Div.1 v Evans SC (A) W 366-328

What a fantastic turn around, from one of the worst displays ever against Woodentops at the end of September to last Friday when the Tatti's produced their finest at the Volunteer to defeat Evans SC by 28 pins. 

Personal bests in this fixture were achieved by half of the team playing (Rusty, Berti, Boundy, Cheeso, Holly & Prycer) and the Bogoes total of 366 & a 109 leg eclipsed their previous best of 346 & 98 achieved two seasons ago.

Boundy's treatment abroad continues to reap rewards as his fine 33 extended his remarkable run of straight 30+'s on the Volly against Evans SC to five matches, 31,32,33,33 & 33.

Cheeso's 38 was the best on the night & he rightly takes the plaudits however, nobody threatened the record set by Phil Hill who scored 42 here back in February 2015. Benny has missed the previous three games through injury but declared himself fit for this one & despite a bit of rustyness early doors he soon got into his stride and finished the game in style with a brace of 9's. He'll now be hoping to stay fit for next Friday so he can play his 700th competitive match for the Tattibogoes.

4th Nov. Div.1 v Richmond Northend (H) W 364-354

After struggling to get to grips with their new home alley the Tatti's are finally beginning to settle down & are producing some solid performances. 

For the first game this season they avoided a seventy leg slip up and were able to see the game out with a superb 90+ finish without a spare to win by 10 pins.

Credit to their opponents Richmond Northend for keeping the result in the balance for the duration of the match & they probably would have won if the game was played a month or so back. 

It was pleasing to see the return of a rejuvenated Boundy after his enforced midweek break at Amchara in Malta. The results were immediate when on his very first ball he floored eight pins & made good use of the single pin opportunity by opening the team's spare count.

Pleased with his decision to send Boundy away Captain Ali was in tremendous form and top scored with a brilliant 38.

Finally, congratulations to Prycer on completing his 700th competitive match for the Tattibogoes. 

 

We flip worn out skittlers back to their floppers

28th Oct. Div.1 v Ramblers (H) W 382-318

The Tatti's bounced back from last weeks defeat in some style by thrashing Ramblers at home by 64 pins, 382-318.

Spares from Berti & Ali set them well on their way and Prycer almost floored a double flopper before felling the solitary pin left standing, capping off a superb 114 opening leg.

With Ramblers just managing to reach 80's the game was over as a contest as Prycer & Neville 'not had a nine yet' Westy added further spares in the second leg. But then, just as in all their previous matches this season, the Bogoes chucked in a sub 80 and any thoughts of a 400+ total went with it. 

Allan will surely want to forget some of his his efforts as soon as possible, so here's a reminder of some of them matey... a first ball cush, a few balls through and a narrowly avoided duck by felling a copper.

Second best spare of the night has to go to Ali's trick shot 14; eight off the quarter, then back pin for the spare. 

After a successful promotion event at Waterstones it was great to see Rodders back to demonstrate a few more delights from his book 'Two Pins Standing'.

In a grande finale he teamed up with Holly & Allan to show off a hat-trick of 7's where one ball hits the cush.

Next week Prycer will make his 700th appearance for the Tatti's when they entertain the team he started skittling with, Northend. 

21st Oct. Div.1 v Phoenix Nights (A) L 337-364

The Tatti's were outplayed by Phoenix Nights who scored a very impressive 364 at The Victory to win by 27 pins. 

There were creditable performances from a few but far too many were a load of.....

14th Oct. Div.1 v Fire Brigade (H) W 357-345

Third time lucky for the Tatti's as they finally win a home match.

After a poor sub 80 effort to start they soon found themselves chasing the game needing 99 to level when they returned for their second leg.
However, they dug deep and were rewarded with spares from Jonah (12) & Rusty (18) to keep them in contention.

Fire Bridage then chucked in a sub 80 themselves so when the Bogoes returned to close out the match they only needed 78 to win. However, but for Westy's 12 spare they may not have achieved it. It settled matters & eased the pressure on those that followed him unlike the previous home game when the team threw it away. 

7th Oct. Div.1 v GWRSA 'B' (A) W 332-300

The Tatti's returned to winning ways at the Railway Club with a comfortable 32 pins victory over GWRSA 'B'.

Bert celebrated his 900th competitive match with 42 thanks to a brace of spares, both came from first ball floppers.

30th Sept. Div.1 v Woodentops (H) L 360-365

The Tatti's second game on their new alley played out much the same as their first, cruising at the half way stage and believing the game was won, only to end up with a defeat.

It proved much harder to accept this one though because they only needed 81 to win and they crashed with a dire 76 final leg to gift the two points to their opponents.

Once the initial shock had subsided, Statto tried to make sense of it by sharing a few words in the company of Prycer & Captain Ali;

Statto said,

"That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning".

Captain Ali response was less philosophical,
"We're fecking sh*t!"

There was no comment from Prycer.

23rd Sept. Div.1 v Richmond Lions (A) W 363-314

The Tattibogoes claimed their first points of the new season with a comfortable away victory over Richmond Lions by 49 pins.


Westy celebrated his 50th match against the Lions with a great 12 spare to set the tone for a successful evening. 

There were a few good performances most notably from Phil Hill & Captain Ali however, none could surpass the efforts of a fired up Cheeso who recorded a superb 41.

Calm down Cheeso, Berti apologised for picking up your pint!

16th September Div.1 v Beevers (H) L 370-376

The Tatti's started the 2016/17 league season with a fantastic 105 leg on their new home alley however a poor second one handed Beever's an opportunity to get back into the match. 

And, with two ton plus legs to finish they grabbed it in some style & despite a spirited effort to knock over the 108 pins to win the Bogoes fell six pins short.

9th Sept. Man v Man Cup v Herefordians L 6-6 (293-297)

The Tatti's twelve match winning run in the man versus man cup came to an end at the Black Lion where they were defeated by Herefordian's on total score. 

The match was tied at 6-6 but Herefordian's scored three more pins than the Bogoes and progress through to the last 16 of a competition that the Tatti's have won for the past two seasons. 


The Winners....
Prycer & Rusty +9, Booby +5, Cheeso & Ali +3, Rodders +2, 

and the losers....
Boundy -11, Statto -5, Allan -4, Holly & Jonah -1

Top man was Rusty with 32 while Benny has probably secured the spoon already with his effort of 16.

Some stats...

It's only the second time that the Tatti's have played at the Black Lion, the previous was a victory over Vaga almost 20 years ago (in November 1998). 

Nine of the players who competed in this match played that night too and the team scored 22 more pins at Front Pin!

Tonight Matthew ..... I'll be bombing out at the Black Lion

2nd Sept. Man v Man Cup v Buccaneers W 10-2

The Tatti's started the new season with a 10-2 victory over division two's Bucanneers in the man v man cup at the Military Club.

The biggest winners were Statto +23 & Rodders +22 although their opponents were non existent!


The other eight winners were:

Stuee +15
Booby +12
Westy +11
Jonah +10
Cheeso +8
Berti +5
Ali +2
Boundy +1

Holly lost by 4 & Benny by 7.

Stat of the week...
Captain Ali has competed in every Man v Man cup game that the Tatti's have played in their 25 year history, a total of 59 matches in all. On top of that he's also played in all their KO cup matches which adds a further 47 games making a total of 106 in all. 

And, with Rob Weale's proposed changes to the KO cup accepted at the AGM the Tatti's have entered both these competitions for the first time since 2005/06.

18th March Div.1 v Ramblers (A) W 352-331

The Tatti's enjoyed another victory over Ramblers at the Cross Keys, this time by a comfortable margin of 21 pins.

The Tatti's next match will be the quarter final of the Man v Man cup on 1st April when captain Ali will play in his 900th competitive match.

11th March Div.1 v Woodentops (H) L 362-372

The Tatti's lose at home again, this time to Woodentops who finished well with 105 & 94 legs.

Dave Pryce was the only real shining light, demonstrating why he's the Bogoes current averages champion with a superb 42.

Statto was good too & apparently knows the secret of how to fell the impossible 3 pins for a spare off the No.2 pin, yeah right-oh!

Captain Ali's late 16 boosted his score into the high thirties and chalked up the top half's 50th spare of the season. 

Roll on the away trip to Cross Keys next Friday.

4th March Div.1 v Richmond Northend (H) W 379-333

Tatti's win at home by 46 pins. Boundy played well to score 40 & Jonah was even better with 41... about fecking time too.

On another note, Holly claimed the unwanted honour of being the first player to waste a spare ball this season!

Oh iye, I almost forgot, much more importantly it was a fine win to celebrate Captain Ali's birthday seen here enjoying a pint or three and a whiskey chaser

Happy birthday to ya... 
Happy birthday to ya... 
Happy birthday

26th Feb. Div.1 v Evans SC (A) L 313-314

If the Tatti's held any hope of a late title challenge this season they were killed off by the final three Evans players who scored 30 pins between them to win the match by a single pin.
Game over, league title challenge over.

19th Feb. Div.1 v Richmond Lions (H) W 361-335

The Tatti's claimed their tenth victory in eleven matches over bottom of the table Richmond Lions. 

They clawed their way back from a first leg deficit of sixteen pins to run out comfortable winners by 26.


Phil Hill recovered from his illness to return to the line up after three matches on the sidelines and finished the night with a well taken 14 spare. It was huge effort for him and he was left totally drained by the experience.

Berti claimed highest score with 40, felling his 11th & 12th spare of the season, while just a pin behind was current averages champion Prycer who also took his spare count into double figures.

It should have been a night of personal celebration for Captain Ali who was competing in his 50th match against the Lions. Unfortunately though it was a game he will quickly want to quickly forget as he suffered a spoon equaling 20. 

12th Feb. Div.1 v Military'D' (A) W 372-338

Another good win for the Tatti's 

5th Feb. Div.1 v Phoenix Nights (H) W 361-331

The Tatti's avenged their away defeat against Phoenix Nights earlier in the season with a comfortable victory at home by 31 pins.

Whilst no one individual shined, it was a solid team performance with three eleven spares coming from Rodders, Allan & Holly. 

Leaving the Bogoes in Hereford to ground out their first win in three games, Boobie was sent on a scouting trip to Hayling Island to suss out the venue for this seasons tour. 

However, it has since come to light that he spent the majority of his time prancing about on a local bowling green and won an award for wearing the loudest pajamas. 

He has some explaining to do when he gets back!

29th Jan. Div.1 v Beevers (A) W 368-339

The Bogoes achieved a comfortable away win over relegation threatened Beevers by 29 pins.

Holly starred with a superb 47, the Tatti's highest score of the season, while Rusty's brace of 14's should have seen him reach the 40's too but a 4 & a 5 either side of his spares held him back.

Berti was thankful for the win as his dire 21 was his worst performance in over eleven years.

The bottom half ended with 197 their highest score of the season.

22nd Jan. Div.1 v Harry's Lads (H) L 352-382

For the second successive week the Tatti's encountered opposition at the top of their game and achieving their highest score of the Season. Fire Brigade's 393 last week was followed up by Harry's Lads 382 this week.

The Bogoes will hope there is no hat-trick when they play Beevers in their next game!

15th Jan. Div.1 v Fire Brigade (A) L 361-393

The Tatti's suffered their heaviest defeat of the season (by 32 pins) away at Fire Brigade who scored a huge 393.

Apparently, their opening leg of 87 contained five missed single pin chances for a spare too!

8th Jan. Div.1 v City Sports (H) W 351-346

The Tatti's claimed a narrow home victory by five pins against City Sports at the Snooker Centre. 

More importantly it keeps them within two points of league leaders Military 'D', who beat Phoenix Nights at home, and a single point from Fire Brigade who they play next week.

This was a match where spares were hard to come by with Captain Ali felling a 14 in the first leg and Statto a 13 immediately afterwards. Frustratingly, there no further spare opportunities. 

Despite suffering an unfortunate 4 in the third leg Ali went on to top score with 34 in what was a very forgettable game. Only five others just scraped into the thirties; Statto, Westy, Stuee, Prycer & Rodders.

As it happes, Rodders stole the limelight with an astonishing display of skittling. Everyone watched in amazement as he performed trick shot after trick shot, he was comical genius.
Apparently he developed his unconventional style by playing pairs Tennis at Wimbledon.

1st Jan.'16 Man v Man Cup Rnd3 v United Farmers W 9-2 (383-351)

A surprise visit by Big Ron spurred the Tatti's onto a 9-2 victory over United Farmers in round 3 of the man versus man cup. 

It's been more than a decade since Big Ron set foot on a skittle alley in Hereford after relocating 170 miles away to Midhurst (West Sussex) in 2005. His last match was in a division 1 game at the Farmers Club against Bartonsham Farmers on 2nd Septemer 2005 when he scored 26. The Bogoes won 374-325 and were champions at the end of that season.

Biggus, out walking his two dogs Killer & Kaka, called into the Golden Lion for a cheeky pint of Bow and was treated to a feast of skittling by his old team mates. 

He saw the Bogoes flying out of the blocks in 2016 and none more so than Westy who floored a fantastic double flopper 21 in the third leg. It completed a sequence of three spares in succession following up Berti's 13 & Booby's 12.

Although unfortunate to miss a single pin chance later on in the final leg, Westy ended up with an excellent total of 46, the highest score ever by a Tattibogoes player at the Golden Lion.

Westy's efforts were rewarded after the game when Big Ron presented him with the Fruit Bowl Trophy and the Double Flopper Plaque before departing to continue on his walk with Killer & Kaka.