23rd February 24 v Painters 'B' (H) Lost 334-336

For long periods in this game the Tatti's were well below par and, despite a fantastic late effort by the top half, they ended up losing by 2 pins against Painters 'B', 334-336.

It was one of those of those unfortunate nights for the Bogoes, when more than 50% of the team failed to average 7's in a game that the bottom half will want to forget in a hurry. To put this dismal effort into context, the last time they scored less than 335 at home was almost eight years ago (on 8th April 2016), when they played on the 1st floor alley at the Snooker Centre.

The only real highlight was Captain Ali who's performance was fantastic and almost dragged his team to victory. He certainly didn't deserve to be on the losing side that's for sure.

Ne'r mind, they are six points clear at the top of the table with only five matches to play.

"Disappointing performance after a promising start. Never put our opponents Painters under any pressure all night and they fully deserved the win even though we did make a good fist of it chasing 94 to win. Some good news was to follow though, as results filtered through it was a case of 'as you were' "

16th February 24 v FJ Lions (A) Won 373-363

The Tattis' returned to the Q.Club for the first time since moving home alley to take on second placed FJ Lions and they ran out victors by 10 pins after an exciting high scoring game, 373-363.

Annoyingly the game suffered from frequent stops & starts as people used the door to the main bar whilst bowling was in progress but it served to support the Bogoes main reason for moving to the Military Club.

Bennys' spare gave the Tattis' an early lead but the frequent disturbances to play during the second leg ruined any momentum they had and they suffered a poor total that just about crept into the 80's. 

The Lions took the initiative with two solid legs of 94 & 89 to leave the Bogoes 95 to level when they returned from the mid-game break. Boom...., Booby floored a fantastic 15 then Boom again, Berti followed with a flopper, then moments later a hatrick of Booms, as Stuee joined in with another 15 spare. This quick sequence of large spares matched what Lions had done & with the rest of the team performing well, the leg ended on a huge 107, 12 pins ahead. 

Their final leg suffered again from a very long pause as players from the other alley were in transition & using the bloody door again. After about ten minutes or so, the game restarted with Stuees' 6 then Rustys' 8 before Berti floored his second spare, this time a 16, and finally the leg came to an end with Boobys' 7.  

FJ Lions faced a score of 102 to win but, failing to increase their spare count, this total was out of reach and the Tattis' edge two points closer to the title.

A slight concern for Captain Ali will be the injury suffered by Jonah who clashed with the Q Clubs' furniture during the opening leg. The table came out on top of the argument to draw blood from Jonahs' bowing hand but somehow, he managed to see out the game.

Update 17/02-24: Ali has sent Jonah to hospital for a scan to ascertain the extent of his injury. More to follow in due course....

"Brilliant win in what was an excellent game. Lions recorded their highest home score of the season and each time we came to the alley we had been set a challenging total. 

Good first leg of 96 was boosted yet again by a brilliant spare by Benny and although the second leg was disappointing we were still in the game!! Two good legs by the home side left us 95 to level on the the 3rd and we put ourselves in a strong position thanks to 3 15 spares by Rob, Ian and Stuee in an excellent leg of 107. Although the game was still in the balance Ian’s brilliant 16 to finish just put the game out of reach of lions and we ran out winners by 10. 

In a fixture that in the past both teams haven’t always seen eye to eye this was played in good spirit which was shown at the end with both teams acknowledging what a good contest it had been. 

One comment that I overheard was from my old school mate Robbie Harris “ Ian Collins one man team”…. not quite but not far off because he once again propelled us to victory with that excellent 16 to finish and again topping the scoring with yet another 40 plus score, 48 infact, a feat he’s achieved for the team 114 times Keep it going boys 6 games to go !!"

9th February 24 v Fire Bridage (H) Won 384-321

The Tatti's stepped two points closer to their 16th Division One title by defeating Fire Brigade by 63 at the Military Club, 384-321.

The opening leg can only be described as very average and would have been worse if Benny hadn't rescued it with a well taken 14 spare. It handed an opportunity for Fire Brigade to take the initiative but fortunately for the Bogoes their opponents were well below par on the night.

A devastating second leg ended the contest. Three more spares from Vorni, Griff & Rusty surged the Tatti's to 111 and a further four spares followed up in the 3rd leg from the same three players plus Jonah, to record back to back tons. 

Fire Brigade returned to the alley 129 pins behind. Despite a couple of good spares they never looked like reducing the defecit and they left the Tatti's just 26 to win.

On the final leg, Vorni tried his best but failed to get a 'Vorni', Rusty made it two-in-two 40+'s at their new home but Stuee Griff stolethe limelight with an excellent 43.

"It turned out to be an excellent team performance but the start was looking like a disaster until Benny produced a brilliant spare to rescue the first leg, albeit still a very average opening of 85.Surprisingly fire brigade let us off with two low 80 legs which gave us the impetus to kick on and we did just that with two ton legs which included 7 spares and after their third leg reply the game was all over. With 3 players chalking up a brace of spares each it was left to Vorni, Griff and Rusty to fight it out for the top score gong, which went to Stuee with an excellent score of 43 with Russ just behind on 41 and somehow Steve only getting 38 !! Brilliant win against a good side and we must keep it going now "

7th February 24 v Fire Brigade (Front Pin Q. Final) W 231-201

The Tatti's eased their way into to the Semi Final of the Front Pin cup with a 30 pins victory over Fire Brigade at the Military Club, 231-201.

Booby surprised everyone by starting the night with a duck, a rare event indeed, and gradually improved by chalking up a few prime numbers after that. 

Captain Ali was in sync with Booby to suffer a duck of his own but, having exchanged some good-humoured banter with the sticker (Eric) before his next go, he turned his fortunes around with a sublime flopper 16. 

Prior to that, TK Maxx had achieved a 4 spare & soon afterwards Ali experienced what can only be described as a senior moment whilst watching, but failing to see, Bennys' 13 spare. Have in your mind Chris Kamaras' famous "I donno Jeff" moment on Sky Sports, and you may get what I mean. It's what led to the banter with Eric. 

Anyway, Rusty played very well again with 31 but was pipped to the top score by Berti with one pin more. The Bogoes now look forward to playing Beevers in the Semi Final after they defeated Woodentops 185-182.

4th February 24 v Lost Heads (A) Lost 323-326

The Tatti's suffered from their worst performance of the season, losing at the Barrels to Lost Heads by three pins, 323-326. 

Leading up to this match, the Bogoes had just defeated their closest championship challengers, Harrys' Lads, to open up a six point lead in the title race, and were sitting pretty at the top of the table. 

In direct contrast, their opponents were stuck to the bottom and deep into a relegation battle. Anyway, we all know what happens next!

Well done Lost Heads.

"Not one of our best performances but well played Lost Heads who recovered from a poor first leg to take the points in what was a close finish in the end !! Well done Dave on top scoring "