There's a New Chuck in Town...

The Red Lion team, sans Señor Markio and 'Kingpin' McQueenie, won a spectacular victory away at the Red Lion, Rothwell last week. Well they would, wouldn't they!

Conclusions could (and probably have) been drawn from this slightly surprising turn of events, the weakest links and all that... Well never let it be said that we don't rise to a challenge. Plucky Kingpin and the hapless Skittling Donkey have been putting in a spot of extra practice in light of this humiliation. We'll come back stronger from the experience of being unceremoniously 'dropped'. We're up for the challenge. Oh yes, we'll show 'em.... sniffle!

Let's be frank, when a player performs as badly as Monseur Kingpin and Señor Markio did against the men of Rothwell Cons, something definitely needs to change. For his part, Kingpin has taken it on the chin, 'manned-up', and settled on just the ten different throwing combinations ahead of this weeks crunch home match. Acknowledging that this is no time for wild experimentation and fancy footwork, Kingpin will whittle these ten down to a core of six completely different throws for the actual match, reserving the four most radical throwing techniques for the all important Beer Leg. Bravo James! That's showing 'em!

In a show of skittling solidarity, Señor Markio has gone back to basics and changed his throw completely... a brave (possibly stupid) move with only one day to go until the big match, but fortune sometimes favours the brave (or stupid). So, gone the dull orthodoxy of the straight underarm throw (known locally as a 'Full Kev'), replaced instead with a radical sideways hurl, carefully designed to get more than one of the three cheeses onto the table. It's a simple, and occasionally effective technique in the right hands. A potential disaster in the hooves of a Donkey of course...