13th March v Phoenix Nights (A) Won 354-316

The Tatti's move up to 50 points for the season with a good away win over Phoenix Nights at the Victory, 354-316. 

The only other time the Bogoes have reached 50 points in division One was when they were champions in 2006/07 and finished the season with 52 points.

Congratulations to Prycer for completing his 800th competitive appearance and to Captain Ali for claiming the highest score, piping Berti by a single pin. 

Earlier, Boundy felled a good 12 spare which, when including his exploits the previous week, was his fourth spare in succession. Hats off to his opposite number in the Phoenix team, Arron Price, for a brilliant 49.

The Tatti's score of 354 was the highest of the season by an away team at the Victory. With just a few weeks to go the Bogoes can also boast this accolade on seven other alleys; the Hereford Bowling Club , Lads Club No.s 2 & 3, Military Club No.1, Plough Inn, Richmond Club No.1, and  the Wellington Social Cub.

6th March v Bridgemen (H) Won 404-346

The Tatti's celebrated being champions with a brilliant 400+ total again to beat Bridgemen by 58 pins, 404-346.

Before the game commenced Cheeso & Benny bowled off to determine who would play with Cheeso winning with a well taken 8. However, this soon became irrelevant when Berti decided to self isolate, due to fears that he'd contracted the Corona virus, and Benny was back in the team. 

The bottom half didn't miss Berti in the slightest, with all but TK Maxx flooring spares (9 in total) and thrashing the top half 224-180. It was the first whitewash of the season too.

Jonah managed to achieve the top half's only spare, which I guess was a feat in itself considering he was playing immediately before & after Boundy who claimed the limelight with a hat-trick of spares despite being absolutely slaughtered at the start. Nope, still have no idea how how he did that & I doubt he can remember it either!

Contratulations go to Prycer with a brilliant 49, what a fantastic way to celebrate a 53rd birthday. He is now sitting pretty at the top of the Tatti's averages table.

4th March v Military 'D' (Front Pin S. Final) Won 249-232

The Tatti's are through to their third final, this time in the Front Pin cup, with a good win over Military D at the GWRSA Club, 249-232.

Captain Ali put on his best suit but decided to sit this one out confident that the line up would be good enough to overcome the challenge of their nearest rivals in Divison One. 

As Ali put his feet up, his team mates helped him celebrate his birthday with a 17 pins victory, to progress to the final off all of the three major cup competitions. The Tatt's are the only team to achieve this feat since the competitions have been run and it's the third time they've done it. The previous seasons were in 1998/99, when they won the Front Pin & KO Cup & were runners up in the Man v Man) & in 2004/05 they were winners of the Man v Man but runners up in the other two cups. 

Happy Birthday Captain Ali.

28th February v Beevers (A) Lost 355-366

Despite losing to Beavers by 11 pins, the Tatti's win the Division One title for the 13th time  equalling a record that has stood for 40 years. Bartonsham 'B' recorded their Division One 13th title in 1980 and Evan's SC joined them after edging out the Bogoes last season.

26th February v Woodpeckers (KO Semi Final) Won 4-0 (333-278)

With a hat-trick of spares Booby Weale achieves a brilliant half century to help the Tatti's get through to the final of the KO cup with a 4-0 win over Woodpeckers at the Military Club.

21st February v Barton (H) Won 388-356

The Tatti's win at home against Barton, 388-356, so they now require just two more points to clinch the Division One title.

Westy has been in superb form in recent games and has surged his way up to lead the race for the averages cup. He show's no sign of letting up either with another excellent 40+ performance to take the highest score on the night and extend the gap between him and the chasing Prycer to 9 pins.

19th February v City Sports (MvM S. Final) Won 7-1

The Tatti's reach their first final of the season with a solid performance in the semi of the Man v Man cup at the Welsh Club. They beat City Sports 7-1 (325-298).

Despite not playing, Prycer moved back to the top of the averages but is less than a pin ahead of Westy....

14th February v Buccaneers (A) Won 395-319

Another excellent away performance by the Tatti's, this time at their previous home alley (Lads Club No.3) saw them beat Buccaneers by 76 pins, 395-319.

News soon emerged after the match that their nearest rivals in the title race, Military 'D', had lost against Beevers. So just two more wins is all that's required to secure the Bogoes 13th Division one championship, equalling the record set by Bartonsham 'B' and Evan's S.C.

There's a new leader in the race for the Averages. Westy has been in fantastic form lately with this 35 and 42, 36, 34 in the three games previous he's leaped over Prycer from 3rd to top spot. It's very tight though and with plenty of games to come it's the most wide open season ever. A few more 40+'s by Cheeso & even he'll be in with a shout from 14th!!! 

7th February v Woodentops (H) Won 405-376

A superb double flopper 23 spare by Benny helped the Tatti's to another victory with a 400+ total at the Snooker Centre, this time against Woodentops 405-376.

Benny is the sixth Tatti to achieve a double flopper and have the opportunity to score a maximum 27.
Neil (Sammer) Alden was the first way back in October 1995 at the Plough Inn, Canon Pyon, he scored 19. The next (and still the closest) was Prycer in November 2003 when a the back pin wobbled but stayed up in his 26. 
The others are; Berti a 19 at K's Pool Club Oct 2005, Boundy a 20 at the Richmond Club No.2 in April 2012 & Westy a 21 at the Golden Lion on New Years Day in 2016.

With eight games to play the next four teams, who all begin with a 'B' (Buccaneers, Barton, Beevers & Bridgemen), now stand in the way of the Bogoes claiming their 13th Division One title. 

31st January v Woodpeckers (A) Won 357-331

Another good win at the Bowling Club against Woodpeckers, this time by 26 pins, means that the Tatti's reach 40 points. Nine clear of the chasing pack with nine games to play.

28th January v Woodpeckers (Front Pin QF) Won 226-183

The Tatti's make it through to the Semi Final of the Front Pin after beating Woodpeckers by 43 pins at the Hereford Bowling Club.

One duck + one spare = a good win, turn around Westy..... 

24th January v Wranglers (H) Won 402-356

The Tatti's produced their best again to record their third 400+ total of the season defeating the visiting Wranglers by 43 pins, 402-359

Star of the match was Turps who top scored with 40. He's currently in a rich vein of form having felled eleven spares in his last eight matches and his average during the past six league games has been 37.17. This has surged him to the top of the averages table.

In this game, both Rusty & Booby achieved a 'Vorni' finishing just a pin behind Turps on 39 apiece with Rob having secured his place in the side earlier by edging out Cheeso in a bowl off that took two legs to decide..

Phil 'Benny' Hill played his first game of the season although he will admit he felt a little rusty after having such a long lay-off, whilst Boundy may regret drinking so much whiskey during the afternoon. Fortunately for him he'd sobered up a little by the third leg and was able to avoid taking the spoon off Berti with a late eight. 

Statto's comment..The Tatti's have now scored 400 or more on twenty two occasions and Catain Ali is the only player who has played in each & every one of those game.

22nd January v Wellies (KO Q. Final) Won 2-1 (298-276)

The Tatti's may have left it late but they bounced back from last Friday's defeat with a very good 2.5-1.5 win against Wellies in the quarter final of the KO cup at the Wellington Social Club.

17th January v The 'C'on Men (A) Lost 361-364

The Tatti's 100% record has come to an end by The 'C'on Men who won by three pins after a thrilling match at the Golden Lion, 361-364

Despite losing, the Bogoes were more than satisfied with their own performance after scoring 22 more pins than they did in this fixture last season when they won by ten. 

The Tatti's fought back well from an opening leg defecit of eight pins to lead by four, after three legs apiece, mainly thanks to a couple of really good spares by Captain Ali and Turps. The lack of spare opportunities in their final leg seemed to be heading towards a mediocre total in the low 80's until Rusty finished proceedings with a superb 17. It surged the leg into the 90's  leaving the Con Men a huge 98 to win. 

A big ask then and their task soon became even tougher when they started with a four however, they were virtually faultless after that. With five nine's, an eight, three seven's, a six and a briliant 16 spare, they chalked up a massive 100 to win the game by three. Hat's off to them, they fully deserved their victory after that leg, especially as their week had sadly begun with the funeral of one of their long standing players, John Wear. 

John was also a very good friend and team mate to quite a few of the Tattibogoes players who'd played bowls with him for many years. John will be remembered as a softly spoken, kind and generous man, but also a fierce competitor in both sports. He enjoyed a lot of success at bowls, winning many county competitions and qualifying for the National finals numerous times. He played for Herefordshire BA 212 times and is second only to the Tatti's Phil Holland with 76 appearances in Hereford's prestigeous Middleton Cup team (Phil has 79). RIP John.

15th January v Acorns (MvM Q. Final) Won 9-0

The Tatti's go through to the semi final of the Man v Man cup with a 9.5-0.5 victory over Acorns.

10th January v Wellies (H) Won 391-374

The Tatti's kept their 100% record intact with an excellent 17 pins win over a very good Wellies side who achieved the highest score for an away team at the Snooker Centre No.1 alley, 391-374.  

Wellies took full advantage of a very average start by the Bogoes to lead by 16 pins but they were disappointed to leave an opportunity for a Tatti's comeback with a poor second leg which only crept into the 80's when their top player felled a 12 spare.

Requiring 97 to level the Tatti's dug deep and got exactly that despite Captain Ali having the very rare feat of seeing his spare ball fly clean through the gap adjacent to the front pin. The only other time that Ali has missed with his spare ball was on 8th September 2017 in a Man v Man cup game at the Welsh Club (no.2 alley) against Fire Brigade.

The third leg consisted of some really good skittling not being rewarded until Prycer stepped up to clear the frame twice with a fabulous 18 spare. He enjoys playing against the Wellies, starting with an unbelievable 57 at their Social Club, he's scored 40 or more in five out of the eleven matches between the teams. 

Many a team would have buckled at the sight of seeing the board showing them 104 behind but not Wellies. They demostrated why they are good team with two very good legs in the 90's leaving the Tatti's a decent target of 88 to win. After four goes though decent became a tough task after Boundy & Liam suffered a couple of 5's. Facing more than 8's from the eight players to play next on Jonah rose to the challenge with an 11 spare. It raised the atmosphere in the room and when Cheeso finished as he's started with another superb 14 spare it reduced the average per go to win to below five. Westy then immediately ended the contest with a well taken 13. In celebration Turps finished proceedings with the top half's 50th spare of the season, what a game!  

3rd January v Richmond 'A' (H) Won 405-325

The Tatti's returned to action for their first game in 2020 with a superb 400+ performance at home against Richmond 'A', winning by a huge margin of 80 pins, 405-325.

The brilliant 124 opening leg is their best start to a match and was just one pin off equalling their highest leg ever, a 125 final leg achieved in November 2003 on the Welsh Club No.2 alley against Shop Assistants. 

There were some cracking efforts in this match Boundy, Prycer, and Ali all scoring heavily with 37, Westy 'did a Vorni' on 39, but on the night the limelight was claimed by Turps who floored a brilliant personal best score of 45. 

Top of the averages Jonah watched from the sidelines while Turps & Ali fought it out to be the one to knock him off his perch. In the end they both managed to do it pushing Jonah down into 3rd place. However, it's now very tight at the top with Ali leading the way by a single pin from Turps and two pins ahead of Jonah.