Our Chichester Away Match

Apologies for the delay in getting this match report out.  It was City's turn to visit Chichester last Thursday for our away match against them.  The last match saw us secure a convincing win against the most eastern of the Portsmouth & District teams (please take a moment to visit and 'like' the association's new Facebook page if you haven't already done so).  However, that was a home match with a full team; this time around, Chichester had the home advantage and, owing to a number of reasons, the City team was far from full strength.

Here's how we did:

Chichester - 479 J. Peart (89) W. Williamson (95) K. Tulloch (96) S. Sadler (96) N. Hayward (93) N. Logan (91) P. Leggett (99) S. Jenkins (90) Reserves C. Wade (83) E. Hawker (81)

Portsmouth City - 492 A. Nevatte (98) S. Hart (95) L. Haskett (100) T. Sommerville (92) G. Scruton (99) I. Cooper (100)

This was quite a score for City (our best this season and equalling our best last season).  Congratulations always go to those, regardless of their team, who score a 100, in this case I. Cooper and L. Haskett, but special congratulations must go to Ms. Haskett for following up her first ever 100 with her first ever match 100!  Well done, Lauren!

Commiserations go to Chichester but, as you can see, they definitely win in terms of attendance.  Our next match is at home and against last year's champions, Sarisbury.

City vs Sarisbury: The Highest Scoring Match in Recent League History!

This evening was the away match at Sarisbury and it was a night of superlatives.

The last match of the year.

The first possible (100) from a City shooter this season.

The highest team score of the season so far.

The highest scoring match in the Portsmouth & District League for at least the last three seasons.

Unfortunately, it was also:

The first possibles scored against City this season, and...

The first City loss of the season.

Here were the scores:

Sarisbury - 495 T. Gleed (100) M. Guille (98) P. Pearce (98) M. Frost (94) M. Holdway (99) G. Barber (97) P. Fitzsimmons (100) D. Cleeve (96)

Portsmouth City - 492 I. Cooper (97) M. Nevatte (98) A. Nevatte (98) P. Upchurch (94) G. Scruton (100) L. Haskett (93) S. Hart (98) R. Ashman (98)

So this was a high scoring match that saw City rise to the occasion admirably.  Our team average is now 486.6 and the team score of 492 solidly bests our previous best this season of 489 and is the best team score we've had for at least the last three years!

However, Sarisbury ain't the reigning league champions for nothing, folks!  Many congratulations to them for also shooting their highest score of the season so far and their highest scores for the last three seasons as well!

Special congratulations to T. Gleed, P. Fitzsimmons and G. Scruton for their possibles.

Mid-Season Report

Portsmouth City has shot 7 of its 14 matches of the Portsmouth & District 2015/16 shoulder-to-shoulder season.  So far we've had 6 wins and 1 loss and our current team average is 486.6.

(483) Portsmouth City vs Havant (480)

Win (see results)
(481) Portsmouth City vs Fareham (473)
Win (see results)

(487) Portsmouth City vs Chichester (465)

Win (see results)

(481) West Meon vs Portsmouth City (487)
Win (see results)

(487) Portsmouth City vs Portsmouth Railway (482)

Win (see results)
(483) Wickham vs Portsmouth City (489)
Win (see results)
(495) Sarisbury vs Portsmouth City (492)
Loss (see results)

Best shoulder-to-shoulder averages so far are:

1st: Ian Cooper (97.57)

2nd: Marian Nevatte (97.29)

3rd: Sarah Hart & Gordon Scruton (97.17)

PCRC stays in contention of the championship with another win

As of our match against Fareham B, Portsmouth City is now in joint first position in the Portsmouth & District shoulder-to-shoulder league.  However, if the championship were to be decided based on that, we'd come second based on aggregate score.  Thankfully, there are more matches to be considered.

Since that match we managed to chalk up another 3 wins and I'm happy to say that, despite some ropey shooting from some of the team, tonight we managed to make that 4 wins.

It was a home match this Thursday against Chichester.  Once again, PCRC fielded a full team of 8 and we're very proud to say that we've managed to have full teams at every match this season with one exception - our earlier away match at Chichester.  However, while that previous match saw a respectably high score of 489, tonight Portsmouth didn't quite manage to put its best foot forward.

Here were the scores:

Portsmouth City - 484 D. Reeves (86) A. Nevatte (99) M. Nevatte (93) P. Upchurch (93) J. Rowe (94) I. Cooper (98) S. Hart (100) G. Scruton (93)

Chichester - 479 D. Bishop (96) N. Hayward (94) R. Ellams (96) W. Williamson (93) N. Logan (97) S. Jenkins (96) J. Peart (92) C. Wade (90)

So special congratulations go to Sarah Hart for getting a possible.  Some others on the team need to pull their finger out (including yours truly) to keep the aggregate score competitive.  We will also need to pull things together to challenge Havant next week.

New PB for our secretary!

A couple of nights ago, our secretary Adam, posted a little message on Facebook.

While this in itself is a very good set of scores, Adam's not actually blowing his own trumpet enough here as this was the first time he'd managed to shoot more than a single possible (meaning 'best possible score'; meaning 100 out of 100) on the same day.

So not only did he manage to get an evening average of 99, but he also sailed past his goal of getting 2 tonnes in one evening and went straight on to get 3!

Well done, Adam!  Dave would be proud!