Tournament

On a very cold, breezy day Roll'em finished off our 2017 year with the fall tournament on Saturday. 
In our first game we took on Everybocce Wang Chung who we've never had any success against.  In typical Roll'em fashion we started off the game giving up a three point frame and another point to fall behind 4-0.  We cut the lead in half on the next frame and then slowly begin a comeback.  With the score 7-6 the girls got a point and tied the score.  The Herbster then had a good first throw with the ball close to the wall.  The Wang Chungs used all four balls and were unable to get inside of our ball but put four balls blocking almost any shot we could make.   I mentioned possibly throwing off which is against my nature but Herbster wanted to go for it which is the correct thing with me still having a couple balls to throw.  There was no need for me to throw as the Herbster made a great throw and narrowly edged out their balls for two points and the win.
In the second game we took on the Ringers who are always a fun group to play.  We jumped out to a 2-0 lead but the Ringers came storming back to take a 4-2 lead and had the momentum.  Scoring went back and forth some with the Ringers leading 7-5 when the pivotal frame occurred.  They'd used all their balls and we were sitting with one point and two balls left.  Our next throw moved a couple balls around but we still had the point and their closest ball was resting on the sideboard.  Me and the Herbster came to the realization about the same time if we could push their ball a little and get our ball to stop we may be able to get a four banger and walk away with the win.  In a rare instance where planning and execution come together we were able to do that and won 9-7.
At this point in our pool no one was out of the running for moving on and no one was already in, everything was riding on the last two games.  We were in the drivers seat and played Deboccery while the Wang Chungs and Ringers faced off.  Like the weather Roll'em came out cold and was never in the game losing 9-4 and having to wait for the outcome of the other game to see if we were in or in a roll off. 
Sadly the Ringers lost and it was a three way tie which meant there would be two roll offs with the first to decide the first place team and then the second to decide the second place team.  We decided I would take the first roll off and Clutch would take the second if needed.  I drew number 3 which can be good or bad depending on the other throws.  Deboccery went first and made a good throw which no one got inside of on the first ball.  Wang Chung went first on the second and made a great throw which took the pallino a little bit.  With the pallino behind Wang Chungs ball I didn't have many options so I decided to go for a knock which was just wide by a few inches.  Deboccery's attempt also missed by a couple and Wang Chungs won our pool.  The second roll off seemed kind of anti climatic as Deboccery went first and then Clutch was unable to get inside them thus eliminating us from advancing. 
It was a disappointing day especially considering the start we got. 
It's hard to believe that bocce is over for the year.