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Met up with some old chums
at the Keepers - Zulu Warriors. Noisy, micky-taking bunch. Small
wooden light balls, small skittles, long alley. Needed binoculars to
see the pins, and the good old concrete surface did not
disappoint.... wides, odd bounces, swerves and fines all over the
place.
Woody won toss - put 'em
in...Bowled two ends at a time, mid 50's and a low 60,s start. So
two hands of level 7's and we're there.... up steps new lead off man
Jacko.
First ball 100mph
left........ you guessed it ...... W I D E ... went the crowd.
Loads of laughter and re loaded. Less pace this time .... 97mph off
right.... W I D E was the shout. Now a look of sheer panic
descended
Jacko's
face, he could almost see Eric and Ernie's ghosts skipping towards
him down the alley... with that song ringing in his ears. Bugger -
this could cost a quid he thought - and without more ado bowled a
peach to take 7. One ball wonder....rapturous applause from his team
mates. It did not take long for us to realise that this wasn't going
to be easy. Pistol eager to blow off his early season cobwebs
smashed 'em for an 8 & 9 start. Woody and making his league debut
this year
Darkness
set the Toppers on their way to what would only prove to be one of
three winning ends for them. DK
(Head of Wagging)
set off with yours truly starting slowly.. 1st fine of the season
slow.
Deano
and back in the fold
Goody
bringing up the rear was not enough to see us fall behind by just
over half a dozen or so.
Last two to go, game
finely poised, no clear leader, and then... they scrape 50, and the
door is wide open. Glasses charged, Broadside and Otter Ale a plenty
into the valley rolled the skittlers... A good end ... PICKLES
wiping out his fine with a spare and the money beckoned.
Last hand - game in the
bag.... with a lead of 14 and 53 scored, it only required the .COM
to score 39. With that
Jacko set off
looking for the top scorers monetary prize.. Squelcher (Editor -
JACKOS expression for a Flopper!!) first ball... oh damn (or words
to that effect shouted the other team members who thought they had a
chance of the prize fund!!) .... second ball ...... relief for all
except Jacko... W I D E ... third ball... 6 - total 15. New
leader in the Bar - 62. The thirty nine was easily achieved by the
Toppers alone who scored what must be close to a team record of 44
(Editor - no this is at least 48 from the previous week!)!! So
PICKLES needed 7 to
tie or 8 for the dosh.... 8 was good enough.. and yes for the third
time this season he managed to go home with a smile on his
face!!.... The game finished much as it had started ... last man
Goody bowled two
wides to start with and scraped a four.
So we ended up with a win
by 27, Waggers won 4.3.(with a Tie in one end) and loads made on the
night in fines!!
Food was top dollar,
chicken in red wine with onions and mushrooms served with rice and
peas.
We collected more money in
fines than we paid out in winnings.... must be a first.