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.