Off to a flyer

What a glorious start to the season for Team Clothier – a win by 52! Surely life in Division D won’t be like this all the time?

With our opposition struggling to make up their eight players, we took advantage, winning every leg apart from one which we drew. Our last leg contained the only spare of the night, from Pasty, and was a 62 which is damned good for us.

Pasty led the way by hitting 47, helped by that spare, with Hurricane Hellard hitting 44, Nashy 41 in the Chair (see Definition of the Week) and me 40.

DJ might find himself out of the team next week with just a 34 but he was unlucky, his mind was clearly on his six (count ’em) dates he has over the next week or so!

We were playing at the Mendip Inn, so we were all pretty happy with our scores. We basically hate that alley as it is like playing skittles with Coke cans as pins and with rough-edged eggs for balls. There was no-one there either and I’m told the place will be sold soon, so who knows, the alley might have improved by the next time we play there!

It was decided at the game that John needs a nickname. We could only come up with rude or libellous ones, so I want you guys, the readers of this blog, to decide. Post your comments and I’ll pick the best one!

Our next match is Wednesday next week, our first home game of the season at the Poacher’s Pocket. Hopefully we can keep up our unbeaten run… Until then,

Go for wood!

Tim

Definition of the Week: In The Chair – Rotating through the team so a different player is in the Chair each week, the Chair is the beacon for which all others should follow. At the end of the game anyone who beats the Chair gets 50p from him and anyone who draws or is beaten by the Chair has to pay 50p. Suffice to say, it can bankrupt some of us…