Singles Competition

The Dorchester & District Skittles League's singles competition will be held at the Trinity Club on Thursday 3rd January from 8pm.

Wide Boys through in cup

Colliton Wide Boys made it through to the last eight of the men's Knockout cup last night beating Vic Reeves of Section C at the Vic, Wide Boys hit 459 while Vic Reeves hit 423. There was also a cup win for Hammers as they won away in the all Section A match against Colliton Muckspreaders.

Section A table

1. Marco Wanderers 22pts
2. 3CA 20pts
3. Brewers Bees 18pts
4. Patriots 18pts
5. The Imps 16pts
6. Milborne Woodman 16pts
7. Colliton Wide Boys 14pts
8. Slingers 14pts
9. Skimmers 12pts
10. Breakaways 12pts
11. Puddletown Wanderers 10pts
12. Colliton Muckspreaders 10pts
13. Dewlish Monsters 8pts
14. Colliton Spares 4pts
15. Hammers 2pts

Skittler of the week was Phil Slade who hit 75 as 3CA beat Breakaways away and closed the gap to just 2 points on league leaders Marco Wanderers.

Wide Boys win away

Colliton Wide Boys won away at Milborne against Dewlish Monsters by 12 pins on Friday, the final scores were 428-416.

Section B

Top team Allsorts continued their march back to Section A by beating 5th placed Villains at the Bulls Head by 39 pins. Second place Barmy Army who hope to make a quick return to Section A had their bye.

Bottom two lose

A six point gap opened up at the bottom of Section A last night as Colliton Muckspreaders beat Colliton Spares to move onto ten points and leave Spares on four points. Bottom team Hammers stay on two points as they lost at home to Milborne Woodman.
Slingers made it two wins in two nights as they followed up their cup success by beating Puddletown Wanderers at the Bladen Club by 23 pins, while Brewers Bees who lost to Slingers in the cup on Thursday bounced back to keep their impressive league run going by beating the Skimmers at the Gurkha.

3CA close gap on leaders

3CA made the most of top team Marco Wanderers having a bye by beating Breakaways away by 23. After a close start to the game 3CA found themselves 17 up after 5 hands and went 34 up on the sixth hand, but they gave Breakaways a slight chance by only hitting 53 on their last hand to leave Breakaways 88 to win, but this target was not achieved and 3CA closed the gap on the leaders to just 2 points. The final scores at Wool were 474-451.

Untouchables

Untouchables kept up there fine start to the season with an away win at the Bulls Head against Half Pints by 11 pins in their Section C match.

Slingers win in the cup

Slingers are through to the last eight of the Knockout Cup after beating Brewers Bees by 9 pins at the Trinity Club on Thusday night.

Imps snatch victory

In a low scoring game at the Goldies on Thursday The Imps were trailing Patriots all night, but Patriots hit a poor 54 hand on the 7th hand to leave The Imps 60 to win and anchor man Andy Taylor hit the winning pins to give The Imps an unlikely victory 439-435. Barry Gosney topped score for The Imps with 68 while Lee Cooke topped the Patriots scoring with 63.

Section A fixtures

This week sees top team Marco Wanderers having their bye after again hitting a massive home score again last week of 518 against Puddletown Wanderers with captain Chay Fox getting skittler of the week with 78.
So second placed Patriots will be hoping to gain 2 points on Marco as they take on The Imps at the Goldies on Thursday while on Friday third placed 3CA travel to Wool to take on Breakaways also hoping to make up some ground.
Skimmers face a tough game at home to Brewers Bees who have already beaten The Imps at the Gurkha this season.
The rest of Friday's games sees Colliton Wide Boys play away to Dewlish Monsters, bottom placed Hammers play home to Milborne Woodman, Puddletown Wanderers host the Slingers while there is a derby match at the Colliton as Spares take on Muckspreaders.

Latest Section A table

1. Marco Wanderers 22pts
2. Patriots 18pts
3. 3CA 18pts
4. Brewers Bees 16pts
5. The Imps 14pts
6. Milborne Woodman 14pts
7. Colliton Wide Boys 12pts
8. Skimmers 12pts
9. Breakaways 12pts
10. Slingers 12pts
11. Puddletown Wanderers 10pts
12. Dewlish Monsters 8pts
13. Colliton Muckspreaders 8pts
14. Colliton Spares 4pts
15. Hammers 2pts

Result update

Section A
Slingers beat Dewlish Monsters
Brewers Bees beat Hammers

Latest results

Section A
Marco Wanderers beat Puddletown Wanderers
Patriots beat Colliton Wide Boys
The Imps beat Colliton Spares
Skimmers beat Colliton Muckspreaders
Milborne Woodman beat Breakaways

435 Hit at the Gurkha

The Imps hit the highest score for the Gurkha Inn alley this season beating Colliton Spares by 75 pins. The Imps started with a 68 hand and finished with a 74 hand on their way to a total score of 435.

Section A fixtures

This weeks top game sees two of the top five meet at the Colliton club on Thursday as the Wide Boys take on third place Patriots, both teams hit big scores last week and both will be keen to keep up with the leaders Marco Wanderers who play at home to Puddletown Wanderers. Second placed 3CA have their bye while in form Brewers Bees play home to bottom placed Hammers. There are two other games on Thursday as Slingers take on Dewlish Monsters and Skimmers play away to Colliton Muckspreaders. The other two games are between The Imps and Colliton Spares at the Gurkha Inn and at Milborne were Woodman take on Breakaways.

Top teams

These are the top teams in the rest of the sections

Section B
1. Allsorts 22pts
2. Barmy Army 14pts
3. Villains 14pts
4. Flingers 14pts

Section C
1. Untouchables 16pts
2. Strimmers 16pts
3. Vic Reeves 16pts
4. Tinklers 16pts

Section D
1. Bull Headliners 16pts
2. Brewers Wurzels 16pts
3. Funseekers 16pts
4. Casuals 14pts

Ladies Section A
1. Oakettes 16pts
2. Bloomers 10pts
3. Crackerjacks 10pts

Ladies Section B
1. Nik Naks 14pts
2. Bumpkins 10pts
3. Bombshells 10pts

Tables correct up to December 2nd

Section A table

1. Marco Wanderers 20pts
2. 3CA 18pts
3. Patriots 16pts
4. Brewers Bees 14pts
5. Colliton Wide Boys 12pts
6. The Imps 12pts
7. Breakaways 12pts
8. Milborne Woodman 12pts
9. Skimmers 10pts
10. Puddletown Wanderers 10pts
11. Dewlish Monsters 8pts
12. Colliton Muckspreaders 8pts
13. Colliton Spares 4pts
14. Hammers 2pts

Skittler of the week was Daz Studley who hit 84 as Patriots hit a massive 526.

Marco stay top

Marco Wanderers stay top of Section A after beating Dewlish Monsters away on Friday night.

Latest results

Section A
Patriots beat Slingers 526-468
3CA beat Milborne Woodman 448-447
Brewers Bees beat Breakaways

Section C
Untouchables beat Merrymen 448-447

Ladies Section A
Skittle Bashers beat Colliton Devils

Imps win the derby

The Imps won the Gurkha Inn derby beating rivals Skimmers on Friday night. After three hands the scores were level but over the next three hands The Imps pulled away and went into the last hand 14 up, a stick up from Andy Taylor on the last hand for The Imps meant that Skimmers were left with the tough task of getting 75 to win which they could not reach and The Imps won by 12 pins with a total score of 422.