22nd March 24 v Woodentops (H) Won 357-313

A decent performance was rewarded by two more points as the Tatti's celebrated clinching their 16th Division 1 title with a 43 pins victory over Woodentops at the Military Club, 357-313

In the first leg, Vorni surprised himself by taking full advantage of a single pin opportunity to achieve a 13 spare which aided the bottom half pip the top by a couple of pins. It also enabled Stuee to chalk up a 90+leg.

With Woodentops already having been relegated, they didn't put up much of a fight, so when Captain Ali recorded the Tatti's second and last spare of the night, he also felled the winning pins with his first ball.

Easter break follows now & then, after their final league match at the Golden Lion against the 'C'on men, they can look forward to competing in the finals of the Front Pin cup, KO cup, Charity cup, and Champions of Champions. Not a bad season.

 "Excellent team performance to beat the Woodentops who have had a poor season on their return to the top division (they’ll be back!!) 

Brilliant 13 spare by Vorni on the first leg set us on our way with our best opening leg on our new home alley and our opponents never really put us under an pressure and with 4 solid legs we ran out comfortable winners. 

Well played Steve top scoring with 37, also good performances by Liam 33 and Jonah 34. 

One more league game to go which should be fun at the Golden Lion then it’s the fight for 4 more trophies, come on boys !!"

16th March 24 v Military 'D' (Charity Cup QF) Won 304-294

The Tatti's go through to the Charity Cup finals night by beating Military 'D' at the Military Club by 10 pins, 304-294.

An awful start by the top four meant they were trailing the D's throughout but, spares by Boundy, TK Maxx, and two from top scorer Booby enabled them to pinch the game with a superb final leg 69.

They can now look forward to trying to win their 16th Charity Cup on 13th April. The other teams in their way will be Spare Bears who beat Evans SC 278-270, the Ball Breakers Club, who overcame Woolfys' Pack 232-223, and the winners of Forlorn Hope v Mucking Fuddle (result not declared yet). 

15th March 24 v Woodpeckers (A) Won 323-321

The Tatti's clinched the title with a narrow away win by 2 pins against Woodpeckers at the Hereford Bowling Club, 323-321

It's their fourth Division One Championship in succession and their 16th in total since they were promoted to the top league for season 1996/97.

The real Rob 'Booby' Weale showed up for this game and started by flooring eight pins on his opening go, yes, that is one more than his total for the entire front pin game just two days earlier. He continued in the same vain for the duration of this match to end the game with the teams highest score by a country mile, well 7 more than Captain Ali to be precise.

As the Tatti players celebrate, lets spare a thought for the unfortunate Cheeso, who put himself in prime position for the wooden spoon award.

"Following on from Wednesday and the injury list continued to be a worry which meant Cheese had to play with Griff on the sidelines protecting his average, sorry I meant achilles, in what is always a difficult place to go against a good Woodpecker’s side and he would have been cursing this as he started with a very unlucky duck in an poor opening first leg that left 13 down. 

But, like the team, Cheese rallied and thanks to Fafs excellent 38, including a second leg 12 spare that kept us in the game, we set the home a challenging 82 to win. 

In what was a very tense finish, we somehow managed to nick the two points, a victory that secured the league title!! 

Excellent effort boys, we can now enjoy the rest of the season".

13th March 24 v Beevers (Front Pin S. Final) Won 189-186

WTF! As a team, the Tatti's performance was bloody awful. They suffered their lowest ever Front Pin score and yet somehow they find themselves going through to the final, beating Beevers by three pins, 189-186.

On a positive note, Rusty was on fire to achieve his second best score ever, just one pin short of his highest (he scored 36 at the Welsh Club just over ten years ago) and Berti supported him well with a solid 30. 

As for the rest, well they managed to achieve nine ducks between them to equal another Tatti record.

I can't sign off without mentioning Boobys' late 3 spare, it ended up being the difference between the two sides, thank god for that!

8th March 24 v Buccaneers (H) Won 370-348

 

A good win at home by 22 pins against Buccaneers, 370-348, takes the Tatti's to a position where they are six points clear at the top with only three matches to play. 

After his sweep winning total last Wednesday, TK Maxx continued his return to form with an excellent brace of spares to end up on 40. However, Stuee prevented TK from achieving back-to-back top scores by pipping him by a single pin with 41 thanks to a marvellous 16 spare in the second leg.

The Bogoes can now look forward to clinching the Division One title next Friday when the travel to the Bowling Club to take on Woodpeckers.  Up the Tatti's!

"Good team performance to gain two more points and maintain our advantage at the top. Crucial spares on the second and third legs set us up nicely and although our opponents out spared us 6-5 solid skittling meant we ran out comfortably winners (no dramas like the past couple of weeks !!)

 TK excelled with two good spares in his 40 but it was Griff who stole the top score accolade with 41 thanks to an excellent 16 spare"

6th March 24 v Lost Heads (KO Cup SF) Won 3-1 (293-279)

The Tatti's progressed through to the final of the KO Cup following a 3-1 victory over Lost Heads at the Welsh Club.

Booby set them on their way with an excellent spare right from the off & he backed it up with some very good deliveries to overcome his opponent by 4 pins. 

Following an unlucky 4 on his opening go, TK Maxx received the benefit of some expert advice on where to stand from Boundy. The improvement was miraculous. He surged back with a great eight sandwiched between a brace of spares to steal the limelight away from Booby and claimed the Tatti's top score on the night. 

It was welcome return to form for TK after his tough start to 2024.

1st March v Wellies (A) Won 339-336

This was a strange game where aiming the ball was surplus to requirements. Just chuck the ball in the direction of the plastic pins & hope for the best. Some players got lucky & others didn't, but hey-ho, the only stat that mattered was the Tatts' scored three more pins than Wellies to win 339-336.

This was the Tatti's 900th league game so it was shame they played this milestone game with Mickey Mouse pins which thwarted good skittling. 

"There’s rocket science to the wellies alley, shut your eyes and lob them down !! Steady performance aided by excellent spares by Dave and rusty left the home side 101 win and they certainly had their chances but fell short by 3 pins. Good games, valuable two points and another game ticked off. I wouldn’t say it was vintage Tattis but it was enough!! 

Well done Russ D on top scoring with an excellent 37 with Dave not far behind with a good 35 "