Can a Dead Dog bite? 19/11/08

Well if last night was anything to go by, the answer is sadly no.

Up against a serious mom/pop/daughter trio plus a semi pro ring in skipper, the ironically named 'Hard Drives' (senior had his PC out of action and was delighted to have someone to talk tech with) offered little challenge early in the evening. The Dogs, comprising of staples LOL and Andy Zee, plus Davy Mac and Prodigal Dog Finch put in a steady first trimester - scoring 1 point on the first 4 ends with relative ease. Some nice openers from LOL, a nod to Ace vB from PDF with a particularly classy wrong bias second bowl and all remaining bowls at least going in the right direction with the correct bias.

The bell tolled signalling a turnaround for the worse on the fifth, when our opponents showed their name wasn't just a nod to some inconceivable technology and their skipper turned a 3 up lead in to 1 down with a well placed powerdrive. The sixth saw the Dogs struggle to find closeness with Kitty, and our confidence took at hit with a 3 down loss evening the scoreboard. The downward spiral to madness had begun, with several ends lost to 1 or 2, and the Hard Drives managing to reduce to single points or turn around any strong early Dog leads. A noteable recovery shot through by Davy Mac turning a possible 3 down to 1, and an unusual turn of events saw a drive from their skipper take Kitty in to the gutter prompting for rule discussion. Also special mention to the Hard Drives for the most requests for tape measurement encountered by this Dog to date.

The raffle failed to provide relief with nothing chalked up to the Dogs, but did provide much amusement as a young team took home approx half of the prize table & equally as much abuse! To this Dog, the real winner of the night was Coopers, once again proving their Best Extra Stout is a cut above the rest.

But these Dogs are not yet out for the count, and will no doubt be back next week with teeth bared!

Final Score - 12 / 6
Ends won - 6 a piece

MVP - LOL chalking up the most points
Wrong Bias Award - PDF showing how not to do it in style
Best Save Award- Davy Mac for that deep end turnaround
'Couldn't think of a suitable award' Award - Andy Zee!