The Tatties succombed to yet another away defeat this time at the Wellington Social Club despite leaving the home team a massive 110 pins to win. An unbelievable final leg by Wellies started with a single pin for a spare missed however, a couple of floppers later and a few other chances taken they flew past the winning post. It's left the Bogoes completely bewildered at what they need to do to win an away game, something they haven't done since September.
The Tatti's 100% home record was never placed under threat by their visitors Whitecross 'B' who found themselves 47 pins behind by the half way stage and the match was effectively over as a contest. From then on the Bogoes were able to coast home to win by 32 pins.
Whilst the team are currently enjoying a run of seven straight home victories not everyone has been enjoying the ride. Spare a thought for Rob Weale who's been completely out of luck recently and he suffered yet another night of frustration. His 24 has come on the back of a 25 & 22 at the Snooker Centre and he now finds himself propping up the averages table.
Whilst Rob was left with the propsect of missing out on another away game, instead of trying to bribe Captain Ali with a tenner, he should probably give him his shirt. With a superb 44, Ali really is the one on fire and is now the Tatt's highest scorer of the season.
The Tatti's produced their worst performance at the Barrels against Woodentops since the first division one meeting there in October 2008 and deserved nothing more than the six pins defeat they received. Just one positive... the beer was great!
Last Season the Tatti's lost two games in a row but then defeated Woodpeckers to start a winning streak which saw them win 20 out of 21 games. It saw them right through to end the season when they were crowned champions of division one for the twelfth time in their history. Last week the Tatti's lost to Fire Bridade and then to Military 'D' and yes, you've guessed it, this week they beat Woodpeckers. History sometimes has a habit of repeating itself & if this happens, the Tatti's will equal the record of thirteen division one titles which has been held by Bartonsham 'B' since the 1979/80 season.
