Victory Cup dreams blown away by awesome Higher Tranmere performance.
The Birkenhead League side lost heavily against Higher Tranmere tonight in the Victory Cup preliminary round tie at Thingwall. Higher Tranmere produced an awesome performance to show their undoubted class at this level. With a 21 shot advantage, thanks to the handicap, hopes of a Vics victory evaporated quickly as we had only one winner on the night. Trevor Rodgers, giving a great performance in his 21-07 win, showed that he has game to worry the big boys of the League. Unfortunately only Robby Franklin (19-21) and Billy Atkinson (20-21) produced anything like a serious challenge to Higher Tranmere and even with the handicap the Vics went down by 77 shots. Thanks must go to C.K.Pau and Bob Jones for stepping in at the last moment to prevent the ignominy of fielding less than a full side, with 2 cry offs due to illness during the day.