13th December v Military 'D' (H) Won 377-370

The Tatti's go seven points clear at the top of the league table by beating closet challengers Military 'D' by seven pins in a high scoring match at the Snooker Centre, 377-370.

The Bogoes started the game off with probably their worst efforts of the season which resulted in a dire sub 80 leg. Turps almost rescued it but his spare ball flew straight through the gap between the pins. The impetus was now with Military 'D' who, with three spares by the half way stage, showed why they are second in the league, leaving the Tatti's more than a hundred to level. 

With their 100% record threatened the fightback started immediately as Pryce & Holly both floored spares. Captain Ali soon added a third and with some solid scoring from the top half they nudged into a slender lead by a few pins. 

The third leg commenced in the same vain as the first with the top half suffering another poor 39, but this time Turps made full use of his spare chance with a fabulous 16. It made the leg respectable and meant Military D required 92 to level which, as it happens, was exactly what they achieved with a brace of spares.

On to a one leg shoot out then & with a couple of excellent 15 spares the D's put themselves in pole position to take all the points with a cracking 98 total. 

The really tough total of 99 to win looked unlikely until TK floored eight down with his first ball. Unfortunately, he missed the single pin with his second ball but just seeing a spare chance gave the team the lift it needed. Statto who was up next and he also floored eight with his first ball but then took the single pin smack in the middle. He finished with a game changing 14 spare thanks to a great final delivery. 

A couple of unlucky five's from Turps & Cheeso could have killed off the momentum but instead it fired up the usually calm Westy. With four players to go & 37 pins to win another spare was now an absolute necessity and he rose to the challenge with a fantastic flopper 17. 

Raising both arms into the air Westy surged a few steps down the alley and back in celebration before returning to his seat absolutely shattered but chuffed with his mammoth effort. Stuee Griff made the result absolutely certain with a good 12 spare before Berti, like his boy earlier, missed a single pin spare chance, but it didn't matter because he felled the winning pins anyway. What a game and what a finish.