21st November 25 v Evans SC (H) Lost 348-371

The Tatti's were well beaten in their 'Top-of-the-Table' clash with Evans SC, losing by 23 pins, 348-371.

Once again the Tatti's match followed a familiar pattern at home. They start poorly then improved dramatically, but on this occasion they were poof for two legs & were up against an Evans SC side who were bang on form. 

The Bogoes total of 348 has been sufficient to beat every opponent so far this season with the exception of Harry's Lads who also scored a 370 on the Military Club alley. So, congratulations to Evans SC, who were excellent & they fully deserved their victory.

Following a couple of games on the sub's bench, TK Maxx excelled to achieve the Tatti's highest individual score with a 13 spare in the second leg. Westy should probably have taken this accolade but for three legs he restricted himself to scoring binary numbers only & his a brace of spares only served to rescue his total to 30. 

Booby threated to get a double flopper gain but was thwarted by a solitary pin and his 17 provided only a brief moment of hope for a recovery. 

"An opening leg of 78 virtually sealed our fate and was compounded with Evans scoring legs of 90 and 96 and our 2nd leg response of just 81. Robs excellent 17 and Craig’s 11 on the 3rd leg gave us false hope as we could only muster 103 after a top half of 60. 

Well played Evans deserved winners we’ll have to put that down to being one of those nights!! Liam returned to the side with a good 36 aided by a well taken 13, with Ian on 34 and Rob recovering to register the same score. Need to bounce back next week when we make the long trip to the brewers !!"

19th November 25 v Barton (KO Cup R2) Won 2-1 (290-276)

The Tatti's progressed through to the quarter final of the KO cup after a close fought victory over Barton, 2-1 (290-276)

Booby starred with 38 thanks to a superbly taken 14 spare on the final leg. He needed that spare to win his duel and, with the triples & fours all failing to achieve an average of 7's and losing, the point won by Rob became the crucial match winner. 

12th November 25 v United Farmers (Cider R2) Won 6-4

The Tatti's made it through to the quarter final of the Cider cup with a 6-4 victory over United Farmers at the Military Club (304-288).

14th November 25 v Wranglers (A) Won 360-321

Last season, the Tatti's were beaten at the Richmond Club in this fixture despite their opponents being short & having to use AN Other. This season, Wranglers managed to field a full strength team but the outcome was less positive for them as The Bogoes ran out comfortable victors by 39 pins, 360-321.

Although jet-lagged from his week long excursion to Kuala Lumpa, where Booby was rightly lauded over by the World Bowls fraternity, he sprinted out of the blocks with an impressive 13 spare. This was immediately followed up with a superb 17 spare by Berti which set aside any concerns about slipping on last seasons proverbial banana skin, even with Prycer's very unfortunate finale failing to bring the expected ton up for their opening leg. 

In the second leg, Vorni dispatched a single pin again, he's almost getting used to it now, to help himself to a 12 spare but sadly, he rather ran out of steam after that.

The second leg total of 88, whilst not as good as the first, was sufficient to leave Wranglers wanting a huge 105 to level, which as it turned out, was a target way to far for them to threaten. 

So, when the Bogoes returned to the alley for their second half, the match was already over as a contest. However, the main highlight of the evening came when Anchor man Dale achieved his first ever spare. A great first ball floored eight pins to leave just the one standing, and without too much hesitation, his next ball struct the centre of this solitary pin. Fantastic, well done Dale, now hopefully that's the start of many more spares to follow.

"Excellent win on a very unpredictable alley. Wranglers started with 80 but with Rob and Ian getting us off to flyer with spares of 13 and 17 respectively it at us up for a big opening leg and hopes of avenging last seasons narrow defeat. 3 more steady legs aided by another Vorni spare(12) and new boy dale who capped his night off with a well taken 12( there is now only ONE player left to record a spare this season !!) meant we ran out comfortably winners. Ian once again topped scored with another excellent 40 with hall of famer not far behind on 37. On to next week now with the small matter of a visit from the league leaders"

7th November 25 v FJ Lions (H) Won 367-338

The Tatti's responded well from last week's loss with an excellent 29 pins victory over league leaders FJ Lions at their Military Club home, 367-338

Berti led the way with his first 40+ of the season thanks to back-to-back spares in legs two & three. His first, a 13 added to Cheeso's earlier 11 and was immediately followed up by Rusty's 12 which gave the Bogoes a lead at the half way point by the same amount of pins. 

Berti's second spare, a 17, was the highlight of the third leg and helped to edge it into the 90's to leave their opponents 103 to level. Lions then suffered a disastrous sub 70 leg which ended their hopes of remaining at the top of division one. 

Boundy's 13 spare in the final leg capped off a great performance by him with 37 before Berti finished as he started with an 8 to record the Tatti's highest individual score so far, a 46.

The Tatti's leapfrogged over Lions to share the lead with Evans SC in division one, just a single point above Lions.

"Bounced back well with an excellent win over the the league leaders. A better opening leg helped but lions responded with 93 and 82 leaving us 86 to level. A sold bottom half was boosted by an excellent top half with spares from cheese(11), Ian(13), and Russ(12) to give us a lead of 12. Ian’s brilliant 17 set us up to leave our opponents a big ton leg to catch but the game was effectively over when they could only manage 67. Ian topped scored with a fantastic 46 and with Boundy helping himself to a good spare to finish for a total of 37 & we ran out comfortable winners"

31st October 25 v Painters B (A) Lost 374-375

The Tatti's achieved this seasons highest away score in Division One but it wasn't enough to secure victory over Painters B, who finished with an excellent 101 to win by a single pin, 374-375.

Some say spares wins games & this match is a good example of that with Painters B achieving six to the Tatti's five and, their sixth one, a massive 17 was absolutely crucial for their victory.

Booby starred with a 'Vorni' 39 thanks to a superb 18 in the third leg which could have been even more with a double flopper had the back pin fallen down on his second delivery. 

The Bogoes can take some comfort from the fact they are now leading the race for the seasons highest away score plaque and have an opportunity to do likewise in the title race when they entertain FJ Lions at the Military Club next week. However, they will have to make do without Booby who will be in Malaysia being inducted into the first-ever World Bowls hall of fame.

 

"This fixture has produced some excellent games over the years some very high scoring non more so than in 2007 when an amazing 805 pins were floored. This didn’t look like it was going to be one of those with both teams sorting slowly, however the game caught fire on Painters 2nd leg with the home side scoring 105 and with a 3rd leg of 93 we were really under it when we returned to the alley. 105 to catch them then, Rob’s brilliant flopper 18 got us going and with further spares by Vorni(13) and finished off once again by Dave’s brilliant 16 we chalked up 108. A excellent last leg of 97 aided by Liams well taken 15 and his dads 12 left the home side 101 win. Painters started strongly but without a spare until with 39 wanted off 4 a 17 turned the game in their favour. Hats off to the home side getting the required target with just one spare was a fantastic feat. Rob topped scored with a brilliant ‘Vorni’ and was well supported by excellent scores from Liam(38) Dave (37) Ian(35) and Vorni(34). Need to bounce back quickly with a tough fixture up next against the league leaders "