25th October 24 v Military 'D' (A) Won 348-335

The Tatti's bounced back well to the disappointing home defeat the previous week with a very good display to win away against Military 'D' by 13 pins, 348-335 

The final score paints a fake reflection of the match which was, in reality, a very close fought battle. The Bogoes found the going tough without any spare opportunities, but with some very consistent skittling they managed to match the D's 85 opening leg and achieved exactly the same score in their second leg.

By the half way point Military 'D' had edged in front with a good 88 without a spare but, despite achieving their third spare of the evening, they failed to capitalise on it to the door open for the Tatti's. However, despite some good balls being delivered, the alley was still wasn't offering up any spare opportunities and they mustered up a third leg of 82, four pins behind.

Digging deep, TK Maxx finally had a result with his opening ball. With eight pins down, he duly dispatched the solitary pin that remained standing and went on to fell three more. His twelve spare was backed up with some superb efforts that on another night/alley would have seen a further three spares chalked up for a huge ton plus total. Instead, their final leg of 96 left the D's 93 to win and, in the end,turned out to be more than enough to take the two points.

They will now look forward to another big game next week with the visit of Evans SC.

"Excellent win in a game where there was no more than four pins in it over the first three legs. Out-spared three to one but it was our solitary spare an excellent 12 by Liam that set us up for a good last leg 96 leaving the home side 93 to win. They fell short by 13 which made the result look comfortable in the end but believe me it was far from that !! 

Top scoring this week was Griff with 33 and thank god 29 keeps you in otherwise it could’ve been the longest bowl off in the history of Hereford skittles!! Good game played in good spirit and hats off to military D who were very magnanimous in defeat"

  

18th October 24 v Buccaneers (H) Lost 364-368

The Tatti's succomb to their second home defeat of the season as Buccaneers beat them by 4 pins, 364-368.

Eric's fantastic 16 spare masked a very poor opening leg which could easily have been a sub 80 but instead, it served to keep the Bogoes in contention. Buccaneers were super quick out of the blocks with three quick spares in their top half to surge their leg above 100. They then backed this up with a very good 96 to put the Tatti's under huge pressure, trailing by 108 pins.

Despite a stuttering start to the second leg, the fightback began when Eric steadied the ship with a solid 8 after following two lacklustre efforts from TK & Benny. It sparked everyone else into life with four more 8's and two 9's to complete the second leg but, also left Rusty frustrated having wasted his spare ball. 

Still trailing by 18 pins, a superb third leg of 106, boosted by Stuee's 13 & Jonah's 17, meant the Tatti's were now well back in the game, leaving Bucc's 88 to level. 

When they returned to play their final leg they were pleased to see they needed 84 to win. However, they repeated their disappointing performance in the opening leg, but this time they failed to rescue it with a spare so ended up with a sub 80 total and falling 5 pins short of their target to win. 

Later, news came through that their main title rivals, Evans SC & Harry's Lads both lost. FJ Lions won and sit at the top on their own, just two points ahead but there's a long way to go yet!

Eight players scoring 30 or more is good but it’s when you need them that counts but for the 2nd time this season we weren’t up to it when it mattered. Hard to find words to sum tonight’s performance but we ain’t winning feck all playing like that. Well played Jonah 36 and Eric once again top scoring with an excellent 38. Well played Buccaneers, 368 you deserved the two points. 

Need to improve boys starting next week in a difficult away against Military D.

11th October 24 v The 'C'on Men (H) Won 355-321

 A solid performance in the Tatti's 1,200th competitive match was more than sufficient to see off The 'C'on Men by 34 pins, 355-321.

Booby Weale stole the show with his second 40+ score of the season, with a brace of spares and much to the amazement of Vorni who bemoaned his lack of good fortune when striking the front pin with his first ball. Ne'r mind, onwards & upwards we go, eh Tatti's?

"Good win although far from spectacular it was enough to defeat The ‘C’on Men who never put us under any pressure and they will be disappointed in that because we were far from our best. Only 3 spares, one for Dutchie an excellent 14 which enabled him to achieve his highest score so far with 36 and a brace from Rob who excelled to top score with 41, his second 40+ off the season. 2 more points, well done boys"

Post match comments by The 'Con' Men's Captain....

"Averaged just over 80 a leg however, not good enough to beat the likes of Tatties. They have great strength throughout the whole team whereby, we have a few good individuals performances each week......... We don't pick up spares when they're on and, miss far too many single pins. I know we can do better, but not sure when that night is going to be...... Could do with a few more players to strengthen our squad.". 

4th Oct 24 v Livin on a Spare (A) Won 364-352

 

Another excellent team performance, with only one score below 6, brought up another away win, by 12 pins against Livin' on a Spare at the Richmond Club No.4 alley, 364-352.

Berti topped the scoring thanks to a late 13 spare pinching this accolade from Vorni who was unfortunate not to score 40+. After a good first ball on his last go he had the long three, starting from the copper, for a chance add to his spare count after felling a 12 in the third leg. His second delivery cleared the frame but, with some starting to sing "H.A.P. P. Y" others stood behind Vorni had a much better view and shouted that his ball had hit the cush on it's way to striking the outside of the copper pin. So instead of a spare Vorni had to settle for a 6.

"Excellent win against a dangerous living on a spare team. Solid skittling paved the way for the two points on an alley where spare chances were at a premium. Albeit Vorni and Ian picked up excellent spares on the last two legs which helped seal the victory after we left the home side 114 to win. 

Vorni excelled with his highest score of the season (34) but with his late spare, 4 in 4 now, it was Ian who came out top of the tree with 35"

27th Sept. 24 v Fire Brigade (H) Won 408-339

The Tatti's were quick out of the blocks with a sublime 123 opening leg which ended the contest before their opponents, Fire Brigade had even begun. They ended with a 400+ total & winning by 69 pins, 408-339.

A tepid start by the top three was soon forgotten when Stuee Griff started a superb run of four spares in five goes by himself, Captain Ali, Eric & TK Maxx. As if that wasn't enough, Prycer ended the leg by helping himself to a 13 spare too having barely passed a late fitness test before the match started.

With the points already in the bag they could have eased off but instead, it was pleasing to see the excellent skittles continued with a solid spare-less 92 followed by a ton thanks to Eric's second spare of the evening.

Berti's late flopper 16 surged the team total past the 400 mark and, even though Eric 'The Red' will be disappointed to have finished with an unfortunate 4, he can celebrate being the Bogoes highest scorer for the very first time. Well done Eric, keep it up!

Better !! 

Griff with a flopper 17 kicked off what was the start of 5 spares in 8 goes to set us up with a fantastic opening leg of 123 against unbeaten fire brigade. The spares dried up a bit after that but there was some excellent skittling and with only 25 needed for victory the challenge on the last leg was to reach the 400 mark. This was achieved once Ian had flopped them (16) on the second from last go. 

Brilliant team performance with 10 players scoring 30 or more with Ian’s late effort pushing him to yet another total of 40 but Eric with a brace of spares of 15’s top scored with a brilliant 43. 

Some encouraging news as well with both Jonah and Dave returning to the starting line up both recording good spares in there 30+ totals.

Post match comments by Frire Brigade's Captain...

 "Doomed from the start with tatts out of the blocks with a great 123..solid 37 from Des and 33 from Corey but to many low twenties on the board…".