Pairs

This evening I was taking part in the Three Counties Skittle League Pairs competition. This is always held at the Perry Street Club number one alley and is in honour of one our past members John Hodder who played on this alley. The cup is always presented in his name by his son  Ian, who is now Chairman of the League.
I was joined by my team mate Tony and we had high hopes as we had been successful in this competition before. We started well and were in contention with 30 pins after the first round and in second place.We were still in second place after the next round.Our last 'hand' saw us needing at least one spare to win as we needed 40 pins to overtake the Bell Aftershocks who had hit a combined total of 99. Tony hit a spare but followed it up with a 5, so I needed 22 to win !. I started with a 9 but couldn't get the required spare and we fell short by 7 pins.
We had done enough to secure second place though and will have a trophy to collect at the presentation dinner on the 11th May,