Semi final heartache for Imps

The Imps made it to the semi final of the Blackthorn British Skittles Championship on Saturday. In the first round the Dorchester side beat the New Forresters by 4 pins, it looked as if they were heading out early but the Bridgewater team were unable to reach the target set by Imps.
In the quarter finals against Weston St John the Imps again looked as if they were out, but finished with a big hand to clinch their place in the semi final by four pins.
In the semi final Imps looked as if they were through against Bath City as they went 23 up after 3 hands, and even though they lost the fourth hand they went into the last hand 16 pins up, the format of this match was different than normal as Bath had won the toss and chose to play one player at a time so their top man would throw then Imps top man and so on, and the start of the last hand their first three players all had stick ups to bring the game very close and the Imps could not match their scores and lost by 2.
Bath City went on to win the final and were worthy champions.