Scrumpy Town ClinkThis is Scrumpy United prison. Many of Scrumpy Towns criminals and some mentally ill reside here. It is also the home alley of The Blockbusters, a team we have had some success over in recent outings. In the longer past we have not been so successful, with the said Blocks putting us out of cup semi finals.
Tonight was also to be Mrs G's birthday, she say's it's her 25th, hmm. All ways round I was expecting a good night, with cake and and some Blockbuster defeat icing on top.
We opened with Merlin and The Weld, and despite both starting with 3's, they both managed to hit a spare a piece, finishing with 39 and 38. We only drop 2 pins, not bad.
Next up was Mrs G and Airbus. We could only hope that Mrs G would hit close to her actual age, however she was a long way off with a middling 35. Airbus failed to get off the runway with 34. The pair drop another 8 pins, and we are 10 down.
Enter Guinevere and Nelson, an interesting pairing, with good form. Guin gets a reasonable 38, and had she not started with a 4, a certain 40 was on the cards. Nelson, in true battling form hits 42, finishing on a 4. Sadly their opposition hit 13 pins more and we are down 23. Lets hope "It is a game of two halves Saint".
2nd half and we open with Lancelot and Toyah, and with big expectations. Lance charges on with a good 42, and Toyah, always good for a spare, hits an excellent 49, pulling back 8 pins, we are 15 down, and 6-2 points down.
I play now with the normally reliable model Y. In a game more akin to 10 pin bowling, I get 54. The model Y seems to have lost its reliability on this alley, hitting a poor 34, and has immediately been replaced with the model 8, originally issued as a 7y. However we have pulled another 6 pins , leaving the anchor set the task of pulling 11 pins. Task too big you may think, but The Blockbusters do not have their normal anchors of Mr Humphries and Captain Peacock.
Mr Humphries,( I know used this one before, but I like it)Mr Humphries had to wash his hair tonight, and was unable to make the game. Leaving Captain Peacock to partner a new unused player. There's hope then.
Chippy, as ever, was up for this, and with 4x8's and 13 spare, hit a blistering 52. The Wizard swished away, but his wand seemed to have lost some potion, and had to settle for 37. They pulled 6 pins, and another 2 points, but the game went to The Blockbuster by 5 pins.
We lose 16-6. Could have been worse.
On a good note the cake, available from Tescos at £3.99- Party Cake, by Park Cakes, was surpisingly nice.
After the match I had some trouble with Mrs G, explaining she wasn't 25, and people did not want to see her do a birthday pole dance. Despite her protestations, I had to point out there wasn't a pole in sight, he was in fact from Romania.
