27th November 24 v Woodentops (Front Pin Rnd 2) Won 226-155

The Tatti's eased past Woodentops in the second round of the Front Pin cup, winning by 71 pins at the Barrels, 226-155.

Berti & Benny played well with totals of 30 but a well taken spare by Cheeso in the final leg pipped them both to the top score with 31.

22nd November 24 v Harry's Lads (A) Won 385-340

The disappointment of an early exit in the KO Cup was soon forgotten as the Tatti's beat Harry's Lads, one of their main challengers for the Division 1 title, away at the Plough Inn by 45 pins, 385-340. 

It was a superb team performance with eight spares felled and the lowest individual score of 27 and their total of 385 leads the race for Division One's Highest Away Score.

Hat's off to Eric again. With a hat-trick of spares, he floored another fantastic 40+, his third of the season so far and it see's him sitting very pretty at the top of the Bogoes averages table. 

Excellent win against one of the main title contenders Harry’s Lads. 

To our surprise they started with a poor opening leg which gave us the chance to take a strong hold on the game. We did just that with a 12 spare from Eric in the opening leg and then 3 spares by Boundy Ian and Rob to finish off the 2nd leg. This left Harry’s a big ton plus to get back in the game but they never threatened that and didn’t put us under pressure when returning for our last 2 legs. 

Further spares by Eric(2), Liam, and Rusty helped us to record legs of 98 and 102 for a brilliant total of 385. Game over, excellent all round team performance which we must build on in the remaining 2 games before the Xmas break !!

A special mention for the new boy who scored a fantastic 48, 3 spares of 12,14 and 14 well done Eric !!

20th November 24 v Herefordians (KO Cup Rnd 2) Lost 2-2 (289-299)

The Tatti's bow out of the KO Cup at the hands of Herefordians. The match ended 2-2 however, they scored 10 pins less than their opponents overall to lose 289-299.

Berti top scored with 37 thanks to a 15 spare on the third leg whilst the only other spare on the night was achieved by TK Maxx. 

On the opposing side, Herefordians floored three more spares, and made full use of them all, so its no surprise to anyone that they progress through to the next round. 

Well done to them. 

Just a side note from Rodders to both Phils' who says "well played Holly & Benny, try a little harder & you'll get there one day" 😄

15th November 24 v FJ Lions (H) Won 368-325

Despite a poor opening leg the Tatti's ended with a convincing win by 43 pins, at home against table toppers FJ Lions, 368-325.

The Lions were handed a great opportunity to set the pace for this game following a dire first leg by the Bogoes however, they failed to take the initiative with a sub 80 and an 83. 

On returning to the alley the Tatti players were pleasantly surprised to see the legs chalked up on the scoreboard by their opponents and took full advantage. Two excellent legs were boosted to 98 & 100 thanks to spares by Rusty, Ali, Prycer & Eric, and probably put the result out of Lions reach.

In the final leg, Eric rounded off another excellent personal performance with a fantastic 16, his eigth spare of the season, to end the night sitting very pretty at the top of the Tatti's averages table on 32.91, well done Eric!     

"Excellent win against the league leaders. Lions will be disappointed because after our very poor opening leg we were there for the taking. They let us off big time and what was to follow was some excellent skittling and aided by good spares from the captain, rusty, Eric and Dave on the 2nd and 3rd legs the result was never in doubt. Returning to the alley for the last leg the talk from the terrace was who’d get the winning pins. With all bets off this was achieved by Boundy after another brilliant 16 from Eric, who once again topped scored with another fantastic 40+ total. Brilliant boys but we must show that passion, hunger and fight in what will be a very difficult trip to the Plough"

13th November 24 v Barton (Cider Cup Rnd 2) Won 7-3, 300-283

For the first Wednesday night game of the season the Tatti's played Barton, at their Lads Club home, in the second round of the Cider Cup. It was a close game for a while but they dug deep by the end to win 7-3 (300-283). 

At the half way point, Booby was on 7 pins, trialing his apposite number by 5 & Berti had floored 22 & was leading Derek Smith by 7. By the end of the game the tables had turned 180 degrees in these duels with Rob winning by a pin & Berti losing by 6. 

After TK Maxx secured the win with his final ball, Jonah finished on a high with a well taken 13 spare to overturn his match-up & take the highest score accolade (for the Bogoes). 

As both sets of players shook hands you could have been forgiven to believe that Derek Smith was on the winning side, seeing his beaming smile & hearing his boastful comments to Berti. 

Anyway, Berti reminded Derek that it was a team game & will look forward to playing in the next round. Up the Tatti's 😀

8th November 24 v Beevers (A) Lost 347-357

The Tatti's suffer their first away defeat of the season against Beevers who have recently been struggling for form themselves. It's a very rare occurrence but they felled two more spares than their opponents and still lost by 10 pins, 347-357.

Vorni starred in a lackluster team performance but even he felt disappointed because, with a hat-trick of spares, he should have scored more than 42. Ali, Booby & Holly were next best on the night helping Vorni out with the teams spare count, but the Bogoes know full well they won't win many league matches getting eleven scores below six and almost half of those being less than a 5.

Ne'r mind, on the positive side the Tatti's are only two points adrift of joint table toppers FJ Lions & Buccaneers and they'll have an opportunity to make amends for their dire efforts in this game when they come face to face with Lions next Friday at their Military Club home.

Finally, congratulations to Liam for completing his 200th competitive game for the Tatti's.

"Complementary words from the Beevers hats off to them for that and they fully deserved the win. Six spares in our total of 347 shows the level of our performance & three of those achieved by Vorni in an excellent contribution of 42. Need to bounce back next week against the top of the league"

Post match comments by Beevers Captain, Wayne Birch....

"Wow any win against tattibogoes is awesome.well bowled tonight lads especially Curtis 42 takes the £84 pot.👏..well done Chris (37) + pat (33).took advantage of a off night from tatts but there still the team beat at skittles if you want to win anything.2 wins in a row let’s make it 3 next week at mil club."

1st November 24 v Evans SC (H) Won 374-335

A big game deserves a big performance and that is exactly what the Tatti's served up for the visit of Evans SC to win by a comfortable margin of 39 pins, 374-335.

Every player played their part and none more notably than 'new boy' Eric who, with brace of spares in the second & third legs, achieved his second 40+ of the season & the Bogoes top score on the night.

The game played out under the watchful eye of 'old boy' Rodders who was surely impressed with the way in which the Tatti's started their 2nd & 4th legs, with a hat-trick of sevens'.  

 

"Brilliant win!! 4 solid legs set us up for this victory against a surprisingly lack lustre performance from Evans who could only muster one spare on the night. New boy Eric continues to impress and with a brace of spares in his top score of 41 joins the GOAT at the top of the averages. 

Cheese also excelled he too with two spares in his total of 37 and he sits in third just 3 pins behind the pair. Excellent boys, keep it going"

Post match comments by Evans SC captain....

"Well, a nightmare on Friar Street this Halloween. Tatties hammered us by 39 pins. After Tatts started with a very respectable 94 pins, we managed an 87 leg, but then just a 76 and that was pretty much that in truth. Tatts produced another leg of 88 and then a compounding 101 leg. Fair play. 3rd leg we mustered just 81, but a better last leg of 91 at least made it half respectable. 335 was all it was though and Tatts got to their target with consummate ease. They registered another 91 to take their total to an excellent 374 on a slipping alley towards the end of the match. Played in a very friendly and respectful manner, we can have no qualms at all. Well done to them. We lick our wounds and keep plugging boys."