DD Skittles Blog

No match report tonight because I’m working. I’ll update this post as soon as I can after finding out how he match went but it won’t be as detailed as usual.

Tonight saw the welcome return of two players we thought we’d lost so things are looking up for getting a full team more often this season.
First roll tonight saw a shaky start which continued shaky and, with the exception of a rather useful 8, finished the same leaving us with a mediocre 53. They responded with an excellent 62 leaving us 11 down.
Second roll started marginally better, picked up the pace mid-roll then mixed fortunes towards the end gave us a fair 56. They came back with a downer of a 49 allowing us to catch up a bit.
Third roll started more promising and continued momentum until Nicky Slowman’s duck, then spluttered to a final, more respectable finish of 59. They hit a 55 letting us take the lead.
Fourth roll started quite well apart from a slight hiccup, then dropped off in the middle but picked up to the end to finish with a cracking 8 and a roll total of 56. They fought back with a respectable 59 giving them a 1 pin advantage going into the last roll.
Fifth roll started promising and kept pace right to the last roll when wanchor man Rowley only managed a 1 pin wonder, finishing with a 57 and a grand total of 281. They countered with a 58, taking the match by 2 pins.
Congratulations are due to Alan for his 34 with no boulters. An excellent score by any standards

Well it’s a good start when we have a full team so hoping that’s a good sign. The Mariners are a Division 2 side so we’ll need a bit of luck.
First roll started well but rapidly deteriorated as usual, ending up with a 53; they responded with a 59 leaving us 6 down.
Second roll started respectably and once again started to decline starting with young Mr. Porter and a couple of spectacular gutterballs from Dave ‘Radar’ Riella, finishing with a rather poor 50. Their response was a lowly 52 so we’re still in the game!
Third roll had a very poor start, picked up a little mid-roll then dropped off again, picking up with the last two saving a disasterous score and leaving just a poor 51. They came back with a 57, which leaves us 14 behind with 2 rolls to go.
Fourth roll started average, kept momentum for the first half and all the way to a cracking 7, to finish on a very tidy 62. They hit a 62 too so we still need a minor miracle to win this one.
Last roll once again had an average start then picked up mid-roll, stuttering to finish with a decent 63 and a total of 279. Needing 50 to win they hit a 56 beating us by 7 and knocking us out of the cup. Ah well, there’s always next year.

First match of the season and already we’re struggling for players. It seems a few didn’t get the message about the first match!

Anyway, we just about scraped a side with 2 new victims recruitments and a spare and actually won our first game!

To be honest we were lucky. The Nomands had a few bad rolls (our speciality usually) or we would have been well beaten, but in the end we had 3 rolls of over 60, including a very impressive 67, and were the better team on the night.

All in all a good start to the season. Next week, our first cup match, I hope to get photos of the members not included in the gallery as yet. Just watch this space for updates

In first round of the cup we play home against The Mariners on Monday 11th September.

Today, the day before it all starts, I finally take delivery of the fixture list. This year’s fixtures are therefore now online