26th April 24 v Dead Men Walking (Champ of Champs Final) Won 354-326

The Tatti's defeated Division 3 winners, Dead Men Walking, in the final of the Champions of Champions competition by 28 pins, 354-326. 

The match panned out in similar fashion to the semi final two day earlier. Opting to bowl first Dead Men Walkings' sub 80 opening leg left the door wide open for the Tatti's to set the pace and, without pulling up any trees, they did exactly that. 

Despite the lack of spares, they were 20 pins ahead at the half way point and when Vorni produced an absolute blinding 17 spare, the match was over as a contest and the side show of Berti v Booby in the averages became the focus of everyone's attention. 

Berti had scored a massive 48 back on 16th February gaving him a commanding lead at the top of the average table. However, his form then suddenly dipped and during the last nine matches he failed to record a score in the 30's. In contrast, Booby has no such problem, scoring 30 or more on five occasions, he closed the gap to Berti to just a single pin by the time this game kicked off..

It was nip & tuck in this final too, with both narrowly missing good chances to fell spares. All square after three legs, Bertis' final 8 meant Booby had to get a 10 spare to complete his comeback & win the averages. With no luck on his first delivery the spare chance failed to arrive & Rob finished just 0.16 of a pin behind.

The Tattis' total of 354 meant Dead Men Walking needed 111 to win, game over!

So, the Bogoes ended another very successful season by completing the same treble as the previous one, the Division One title, the Front Pin cup & the Champion of Champions cup. 

Individual awards:

• Highest Average: Berti - 31.40
• Highest Score: Ali - 51
• Most Improved Player: Prycer +2.65
• Front Pin Average: Berti - 32.00
• Highest Front Pin Score: Berti & Booby - 39
• Lowest Average: Benny - 27.82
• Lowest Score: Cheeso - 19
• Footy Champion: Ali - 51.4% 

 

24th April 24 v Wranglers (Champ of Champs SF) Won 333-295

The Tatti's were in command of this Champion of Champions Semi-Final match from start to finish against Wranglers and ran out comfortable winners by 38 pins, 333-295

Two players stood out, Vorni & Benny, with both achieving a 13 spare in the opening leg that put the Bogoes in charge at 16 up & probably ended the match as a contest. Benny continued on to receive all the plaudits with the highest score on the board.  

So, on to the final in two days time when the Tatts' will be going for their 14th Champion of Champions trophy against Division 4 winners Dead Men Walking.

12th April 24 v Painters 'B' (Front Pin Final) Won 224-188

The Tattis' shrugged off a disappointing defeat in the KO Cup final two days earlier to beat Painters 'B' by 36 pins in the final of the Front Pin Cup, 224-188. 

Despite trailing by a couple of pins at the half way point, two excellent third & fourth legs in the 60's enabled them to successfully retain the Front Pin Cup they won last season & for the eighth time in their history. 

Rob Weale starred with a fabulous total of 39, which could have easily been more had he taken the single pin spare chance on his final delivery. Turps & Berti played well too and, with only one duck on the board, it was overall a much improved team performance than their efforts in the semi-final.

The players have a few days of rest now in preparation for the Champion of Champions competition which commences on 24th April. 

Up the Tattis' 

10th April 24 v Evans SC (KO Cup Final) Lost 2-2 (287-319)

The Tatti's attempt to win the KO Cup for the fourth time was thwarted by an excellent Evans SC performance at the Richmond Club. They drew the match 2-2 but lost on total score 287-319.

A devastating opening leg of 90 by Evans SC put them in the driving seat and, although the response, a 65 leg by the Tatti's, appears poor in comparison the rules of this competition meant that they were always in with a chance.

Singles; 

Booby fought back well & despite the lack of a spare he was on top form to win his singles match by 4 pins, 1-0.

Pairs; 

Berti & Rusty, well, the less said the better, they were never in the game 1-1.

Triples; 

Westy, Cheeso & Ali led their opposition from the start & were always in control. Captain Ali's spare gave them some breathing space to win by 8 pins, 2-1.

Fours;  

Boundy, Turps, TK Maxx & Jonah faced an uphill battle when, after the opening leg, they found themselves trailing by 8 pins. 

However, the Tatti's believed this was the match that would determine the end result and that turned out to be true. 

The foursome fought back really well and, in the third leg the elusive spare opportunities finally arrived for them to turn the match around completely. Unfortunately though, on this occasion they failed to make them count but, they were now just two pins behind and well in contention.

So, moving on to the final leg, despite the overall scores showing the Tatti's trailing Evans' by 24 pins, the outcome was far from being determined and could go either way. 

A repeat of the third leg by the Evans four would have probably made the Bogoes' favourites but, a late-late 11 spare by their last man added to their three other excellent efforts of 8,9,8 meaning Boundy, Turps, TK & Jonah would definitely require a spare to win.

With formalities above them out of the way, at 2-1 to the Tatti's, the stage was set for one of the four to grasp the limelight and become a hero but, despite their best efforts, it wasn't to be. Jonah was left with the final outside chance to claim glory by getting an 18 spare but sadly it wasn't to be. 2-2. 

A long shot, yes of course it was, but the Tatti's had made a superb game of it when most teams would have crumbled after Evans opening leg of 90 (that's an average of a 10 spare for every player by the way!)  

Congratulations to Evans SC on winning their tenth KO cup. 

5th April 24 v The 'C'on Men (A) Won 343-331

Rested after the Easter break the Tatti players returned to their original home to defeat The 'C'on Men by twelve pins, 343-331, in their last league match of the season.

Berti got off to a flier by taking a single pin for a spare but his game went downhill after that, he just about managed to make use of his spare ball but then struggled for the rest of the evening.

There were a few good performances, notably from Booby, Boundy, TK Maxx & Vorni, but at the end Prycer stole the limelight with an excellent 14 spare & finished with the Bogoes' highest score of 34.

Well, with the warm-up game over with, they can now move on to capturing a few more pots for Ali's garden shed!

Have a word Vorni!

"A solid team performance with only 8 pins separating the highest and lowest scores in a well contested win against the Con men, who will probably be kicking themselves with the chances they missed to gain the two points. Good spares on a tough alley by Ian Dave and Liam helped us chalk up 4 80+ legs with miller taking the top score gong with 34. 

Excellent season again with a few obstacles we had to get through from changing to a new set of pins at the start, changing alleys mid season, and a few health scares, but we’ve stood strong as a team yet again, absolutely brilliant lads. 

On a sad note I’d like to pay our respect to Martin Oliver who has sadly passed away, the Hereford singles champion of 1995 & a good guy, RIP."