Results and reports

Results and reports on this weeks matches won't appear until Sunday as I'm off to watch THE ARSENAL on Saturday.

Section A fixtures

All of this weeks matches are being played on Friday night this week, at Wool Section A leaders Marco Wanderers play away to Breakaways, second placed Patriots also play away when they take on Colliton Spares. The form team in the section Colliton Wide Boys play away to Milborne Woodman. The noisiest alley on Friday night will probably be the Conservative Club where Brewers Bees take on The Imps. At the Gurkha Skimmers take on Dewlish Monsters while at the Trinity Club Hammers play Puddletown Wanderers. Colliton Muckspreaders have their bye this week. The 3CA v Slingers match has been cancelled.

Skittler of the week

Kevin Watson of Marco Wanderers was skittler of the week hitting 77 as his team won their home match against 3CA.
Kirsten Otter of Woodpeckers was skittler of the week in the ladies section hitting 65 as her team narrowly lost away to Colliton Devils.

Section A table

1. Marco Wanderers 32pts
2. Patriots 28pts
3. Colliton Wide Boys 26pts
4. 3CA 26pts
5. The Imps 24pts
6. Brewers Bees 24pts
7. Skimmers 19pts
8. Milborne Woodman 19pts
9. Breakaways 16pts
10. Slingers 16pts
11. Dewlish Monsters 16pts
12. Puddletown Wanderers 15pts
13. Colliton Muckspreaders 13pts
14. Colliton Spares 10pts
15. Hammers 8pts

Away win for Bloomers

Forget-Me-Nots 325 Colliton Bloomers 369

Bloomers maintained their challenge at the top of Ladies Section A with a comfortable win by 44 pins in a low scoring game at the Trinity Club on Alley 3. The Bloomers held the lead throughout the game just losing a couple of pins along the way. Julia Barnes topped the Bloomers scoring with a score of 52, well supported by Sally Childs who scored 51. Forget-Me-Nots top scorer was V.Hopkins who scored 53.

2 pins in it at the Oak

Dewlish Monsters beat Hammers by 2 pins at the Royal Oak, Milborne on Friday night.

The Dog top again but Breakaways lose

Puddletown Wanderers 421 Breakaways 408

Breakaways star man "The Dog" kept up his current run of good form hitting 61 to top the Breakaways scoring again, but Breakaways could not win at the Bladen Club like they did in the cup and Puddletown Wanderers won the game by 13 pins, Captain Tony Belt was top for the Wanderers with 60.

Diment top for Imps

The Imps 398 Colliton Muckspreaders 378

Kevin Diment was top score for The Imps for the first time this season with 56 at the Gurkha Inn last night as The Imps beat Colliton Muckspreaders by 20. Imps sticker up Alan Knight making his debut for The Imps was second top score with 52. Top score for the night was Colliton Muckspreaders R.Bryant with 58.

Revenge for Marco

Marco Wanderers 484 3CA 472

Marco took revenge for two previous defeats in the league and cup by 3CA to win by 12 pins. A fast start by Marco saw them start with hands of 80 and 82 and a lead of 35 pins. 3CA came back to reduce the lead by 7 pins on the third hand, before another strong hand of 78 pulled Marco 39 pins up and a seemingly comfortable win. However 3CA came back well in the next two hands to reduce the lead to just 15 pins going into the last hand. A last hand of 66 by Marco left a target of 82 for 3CA and after the first three hit 30 between them, the remainder of the team could not find the elusive stick up to stop Marco taking a valuable 2 points. Top score for Marco was Kevin Watson with 77 with good back up from Ian Penny, for 3CA Phil Slade was top score with 67 with Alex James providing good support with 64.

Untouchables triumph

In the top match in Section C second placed Untouchables won away at fourth placed Strimmers on Thursday night.. Untouchables won by 7 pins to move 3 points clear of Strimmers.

Wide Boys swarm the Bees

Colliton Wide Boys 444 Brewers Bees 406

There was no evidence of apiphobia at the Colliton Club last night as the Wide Boys swarmed to a 38 pin victory over Brewers Bees.
Wide Boys took an early lead and were 17 up after two hands. However, on the third hand the Bees won their only hand of the evening which was complements of Paul "Totters" Leneghan who slipped in an OXO resulting in 7 pins being lost. Consistent skittling, with a number of hands in the mid to high 60's, enabled the Wide Boys to restore their pin advantage and eventually extend it to a 38 pin victory.
With only two stick ups and just four scores under 7 (two 6's, a 5 and the OXO) across the Wide Boys team, bottom score was a close run contest but this went to Totters with a score of 51, however he did manage to beat his man by 17 pins!

Skimmers beat Patriots

Patriots 425 Skimmers 460

Report to follow

Table toppers

Section B
1. Allsorts 32pts
2. Colliton Flingers 23pts
3. Alcotops 22pts
4. Plodders 22pts
5. Barmy Army 20pts

Section C
1. Tinklers 25pts
2. Untouchables 24pts
3. Vic Reeves 23pts
4. Strimmers 23pts

Section D
1. Brewers Wurzels 30pts
2. Bull's Headliners 28
3. Funseekers 28pts

Section A fixtures

Three games take place on Thursday night, the best one at the Colliton where fourth place play fifth place when Colliton's top team Wide Boys take on the team just behind them Brewers Bees.
At the Goldies second placed Patriots play Skimmers, while Milborne Woodman travel into Dorchester to play Slingers at the Trinity Club.
The big game of the week takes place on Friday night when third placed 3CA head for Winterborne Kingston to take on league leaders Marco Wanderers, 3CA will be hoping for a repeat result from earlier in the season when they knocked Marco out the cup.
Puddletown Wanderers play Breakaways at the Bladen Club, Breakaways have already beaten Wanderers there once this season in the cup. Dewlish Monsters who have been picking up the points lately host the Hammers, while The Imps are at home against Colliton Muckspreaders. Colliton Spares have their bye this week.

skittler of the week

M.Cope of Strimmers was skittler of the week in the men's section with a score of 74 as his team won away against Merrymen at Frampton Arms.
In the ladies section T.Hallett of Crazy Ladies and C.Courage of Oakettes both hit 62.

Section A table

1. Marco Wanderers 30pts
2. Patriots 28pts
3. 3CA 26pts
4. Colliton Wide Boys 24pts
5. Brewers Bees 24pts
6. The Imps 22pts
7. Milborne Woodman 19pts
8. Skimmers 17pts
9. Breakaways 16pts
10. Slingers 16pts
11. Dewlish Monsters 14pts
12. Puddletown Wanderers 13pts
13. Colliton Muckspreaders 13pts
14. Colliton Spares 10pts
15. Hammers 8pts

65 for Otter but Devils win

Colliton Devils 392 Woodpeckers 387

5 pins was the difference as Devils beat Woodpeckers at the Colliton Club in their ladies Section A match. Debbie Hewitt was top for Devils with 56 while K.Otter was top for Woodpeckers with an excellent 65.

Skittles pubs going down like ninepins - Telegraph

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Fixture books

The oldest fixture book I have in my possession is from season 1952-53 and has Section A on the front of it so I would imagine there my have been a separate one for Section B as I have one the following year and both sections are in it.

These are the nine teams that made up Section A in season 52-53

ANTELOPE HOTEL
BREWERS ARMS
BULLS HEAD
COLLITON CLUB
COMPASSES 'B'
CORNWALL HOTEL
PHOENIX HOTEL
PRINCE OF WALES
R.A.F.A

There were no league tables printed in the following years book so I don't know who won the league, also there were no names of the secretaries or home alleys although most teams were named after the pub or club where they played.
On the front of the book it has the name of the Chairman as W.Neal and Secretary and Treasurer as A.E.Grinter.

If anyone can add anything to this season or has any information about any years before this I would be interested in hearing from you. tgosney@tiscali.co.uk

Bees win

Brewers Bees 430 Slingers 407

Brewers Bees followed up their win last week at Marco Wanderers with a home victory over Slingers by 23 pins.

48 pin win for Untouchables

Untouchables won their home match in Section C against Country Boys by 48 pins.

Section C lost another team this week as Country Men pulled out of the league due to lack of players.

Allsorts lose

Section B leaders Allsorts lost away to Plodders at the Trinity Club on Wednesday night, the win moves Plodders onto 20 points.

Birthday boy top score as Breakaways win

Breakaways 460 Dewlish Monsters 441

Half Pint celebrated his 20th birthday hitting 62 and topping the Breakaways scoring charts in their 19 pin win against Dewlish Monsters.
Finding themselves 19 pins down after three hands Breakaways pulled 13 pins on the fourth hand hitting 71, the turning point came on the next hand as Nipper had a flopper and a 73 hand was hit, which Monsters could not match and the Breakaways went into a 14 pin lead. Monsters had a chance to come back on the sixth hand as Breakaways hit a 62 hand but Monsters could only reply with a 60 hand and 2 more pins were pulled in Breakaways favour.
The Dog and Half Pint had stick ups on the last hand to give Breakaways a 69 hand to leave the Monsters a tough task of hitting 86 to win, which was not achieved and the Breakaways won by 19 pins.

Marco win absorbing match

Milborne Woodman 439 Marco Wanderers 441

For the second week running, Marco were involved in an absorbing match which could have gone either teams way until the last throw of the match was made. Marco made a fast start with scores of 65,65,72 and 64 taking them into a 24 pin lead after 4 hands. However a 56 hand opened the door for the Woodman and they responded with an excellent 67 hand to reduce the lead to 13 pins. Marco were able to pull a further 2 pins on the sixth hand and took a healthy lead of 15 pins going into the last hand, but much like last week a failure to secure a stick up in the last hand meant the game was not put out the Woodman's reach, with a target of 73 pins to win set. After a steady start the match seemed to be heading the Woodman's way with consecutive stick ups of 12 and 16 meaning the last three players needed 22 to win. However two sixes left last man A. Lovett needing 10 to win and after punching out the middle to leave a three and a split two, a second ball left the winger and the split two saw Marco breath a sigh of relief as they ended up the winners by the narrowest of margins of 2 pins. Top scorer for Woodman was A. Lovett with 66 and for Marco John Norman with 59.

3CA take the points

3CA 433 Puddletown Wanderers 430

3CA beat Puddletown Wanderers at home by 3 pins to keep their title hopes alive. 3CA captain Malc Slade and Skid top scored for the home side with 58, but top man of the night was Puddletown Wanderers Luke Raines who hit an impressive 65.

Comfortable win for Skimmers

Skimmers 400 Colliton Spares 375

Skimmers started well and were 16 up after two hands. Spares won the third hand to pull 10 pins back, but skimmers had a hand of 66 on the fourth hand to go 20 pins ahead. The next two hands were fairly even but on the last hand Skimmers pulled another 5 pins to win comfortably by 25 pins. Top score for the Skimmers was captain Steve Willsher with 56 while Paul Rogers was top for Spares and highest on the night with 57.

12 pins win for Patriots

Patriots kept up their good form with an away win at bottom side Hammers on Friday night, second placed Patriots won by 12 pins.

Colliton derby won by Wide Boys

Colliton Muckspreaders 419 Colliton Spares 437

The Thursday night Derby at the Colliton Club produced an away win for the Wide Boys. A very consistent performance from the spreaders would have troubled the Wide Boys but for their five stick ups coming in the most timely places to enable pins to be pulled rather than lost. A notable statistic from the Wide Boys individual totals saw a gap of just 5 pins separating seven players. Justin Hallett top scored with 59, second bottom scorer Steve Legg hit 54, with Paul Horwood bringing up the tail on 46.

CUP DRAWS

MENS KO CUP

SLINGERS v BREAKAWAYS

SKIMMERS v 3CA

HAMMERS v THE IMPS

COLLITON WIDE BOYS v MILBORNE WOODMAN

MENS PLATE

COLLITON SPARES v ALLSORTS

PATRIOTS v ALCOTOPS

BARMY ARMY v HEATHENS

YOKELS ON TOUR @ COLLITON v MERRYMEN

LADIES CUP SEMI FINAL

BLOOMERS v CHEEKY PINKY LADIES

OAKETTES v BREWERS BUMPKINS

LADIES PLATE

NIK NAKS v SKITTLE BASHERS

CRACKERJACKS v BOROUGH BOMBSHELLS

COCKEROOS v WOODPECKERS

WESTENDERS v BREEZERS

Section A fixtures

There is just the one game on Thursday night as Colliton Muckspreaders play home to in form Colliton Wide Boys. On Friday night bottom team Hammers have a tough match against second placed Patriots at the Trinity Club, while second from bottom Colliton Spares play away to Skimmers at the Gurkha Inn. Top team Marco Wanderers play away to Milborne Woodman, 3CA host Puddletown Wanderers while Brewers Bees host Slingers. Two teams on fourteen points meet at Wool when Breakaways play Dewlish Monsters. The Imps have their bye this week.

Skittler of the week

Andy Dunford of the Brewers Bees was skittler of the week hitting a mighty 79 pins in Brewers Bees away victory against league leaders Marco Wanderers.
In the ladies section there were two top skittlers, J.Ricketts of Cockeroos and T.Rogers of league leaders Oakettes who both hit 60.

Section A table

1. Marco Wanderers 28pts
2. Patriots 26pts
3. 3CA 24pts
4. The Imps 22pts
5. Colliton Wide Boys 22pts
6. Brewers Bees 22pts
7. Milborne Woodman 19pts
8. Slingers 16pts
9. Skimmers 15pts
10. Breakaways 14pts
11. Dewlish Monsters 14pts
12. Puddletown Wanderers 13pts
13. Colliton Muckspreaders 13pts
14. Colliton Spares 10pts
15. Hammers 8pts

Devils edge it

Breezers 357 Colliton Devils 361

Colliton Devils beat Breezers away in their Ladies Section A match, 11 pins up going into the last hand Devils could only manage a 44 hand to leave Breezers 54 to win, which they failed to do and Devils won by 4 pins. Top score for Devils was Wendy Burt with 51 while Sheila Cummins was top for Breezers with 51.

King top for the Army

Barmy Army beat Goldies Chimps at home by 25 on Friday night, the win puts Barmy Army just 3 points behind second placed Colliton Flingers. Gary King was top score for the Army hitting an impressive 67. With Allsorts running away with the league, it looks as if it's going to be between Flingers, Alcotops and Barmy Army for the runners up spot.

Up for the cup

This Thursday sees the draw for the quarter finals of the knockout cup, the eight sides in the draw are all from Section A, although Marco Wanderers and Patriots the top two teams in the section are not involved and Brewers Bees another of the top teams are out as well.

These are the eight side left in the competition.

3CA
The highest placed team in the draw, which makes them slight favourites before the draw. 3CA have only lost two homes games this season,

THE IMPS
Last season's cup winners, who are currently fourth in the league, will be hoping for a home draw.

COLLITON WIDE BOYS
On current form are possibly the best side in the draw, home or away they have been playing well.

MILBORNE WOODMAN
Have had a good season and are well on their way to a top half finish, they would fully deserve a place in the semis.

SLINGERS
Have been inconsistent this season, but on their night are a match for anyone, and with "Chan" in their team they have a match winner.

SKIMMERS
Last season's cup runners up, have not had the best of seasons, home form not great but would be a danger to any team if drawn away.

BREAKAWAYS
Possibly one of the outsiders, a home draw could suite them, with the experience of "The Dog" and the youthful " half pint" would not be an easy draw for anyone.

HAMMERS
The bottom team in the section, are making a fight of staying up, have beaten 3CA away this season, would not be taken lightly by any team.

It's hard to say who will go through out of the eight sides, as results have shown this season Section A is very close, but it may be a little clearer after the draw on Thursday.

Spares win bottom battle

Colliton Spares have gone 2 points above Hammers after beating them at the Colliton Club, Spares are now only 3 points behind Colliton Muckspreaders and Puddletown Wanderers.

Woodman win away

Milborne Woodman beat Puddletown Wanderers away by 17 pins on Friday night.

Allsorts go 9 points clear

Allsorts beat Vic Jokers at home on Friday night to go 9 points clear at the top of Section B, second placed Colliton Flingers lost at home to third placed Alcotops on Thursday night.

Bees sting Marco

Marco Wanderers 479 Brewers Bees 481

In what was a match of fluctuating fortunes, the Bees got off to a solid start winning the first hand by 6 pins and followed this up with an excellent 78 hand to stretch their lead to 23 pins after two hands. Having been stung into action, Marco hit back well, with four consecutive hands of over 70 to turn the match on it's head and took a 19 pin lead going into the last leg. However the Bees showed their class and produced a fantastic last hand, with three stick ups on the way to an 81 hand to leave Marco needing 63 to win. A failure to secure a stick up on the last hand cost Marco dear as they fell 2 pins short of the target. For the Bees, Andy Dunford lead the way with an excellent score of 79 with great support from Tony Hewitt with 67 and Dave King with 65. For Marco Pete Bolton lead the way with 67.

Monsters beat 3CA

Dewlish Monsters 409 3CA 406

Dewlish Monsters made it three wins in a row beating third placed 3CA by 3 pins. 3CA started with two 60 hands and were 2 pins up, but for the next three hands they struggled and Monsters took a 22 pin lead. 3CA came back in the last two hands but it was to late and Monsters finished 3 pins in front. "Skids" of 3CA had a night to forget hitting 39 including a score of 1 along the way.

Patriots in 22 pin victory

Patriots 447 Breakaways 425

Patriots kept their title hopes alive with a win against Breakaways. Patriots were well in control of the match finding themselves 29 pins in front after five hands, but it could have changed on the sixth hand as the Patriots struggled to 46 after seven players but anchor man Lee Cooke saved the hand with a stick up of 17 and the Breakaways could only pinch 1 pin. The last hand Patriots again were saved with a stick up this time from Dan Studley as they hit 61, and they finally won by 22 pins.

2 pins the difference as Wide Boys win

Colliton Wide Boys 432 The Imps 430

The non appearance, due to illness of the Wide Boys sticker up James Dunham, and an emergency call out for, "The Pacer" meant that the Wide Boys players had to perform the sticking up duties themselves, this the team felt contributed to a lack of consistent skittling and a team total just below the home average. However the Wide Boys took an early lead, and with the assistance of a 76 on the third hand extended this to 17 pins. But on the sixth hand, still being 17 up, another score of 3 meant that only 56 was scored given The Imps an opportunity to reduce the deficit, which they did with a hand of 69. Chasing 74 to win on the last hand The Imps made an impressive start and a 14 stick up from fifth man Barry Knight resulted in the final two players requiring 18 to win, but the target of 74 eluded to what would have been a worthy fight back, resulting in a loss by only 2 pins. With Andy Fowler getting his first stick up in 12 games and Wide Boys having 5 stick ups to The Imps 3 was the difference to wining this very tight game.

Close win for Slingers

Slingers beat Colliton Muckspreaders by 4 pins at the Trinity Club on Thursday night to record their eighth league win of the season. Spreaders had a great chance to win, needing 53 to win but could only manage a 48 hand.

Skittler of the week

This weeks skittler of the week in the men's section was J.Wilson with 72 at the Goldies as his side Swankers beat Country Boys in their Section C match.
In the Ladies league J.Henderson of Colliton Bloomers was skittler of the week with 64 as her team beat Woodpeckers at the Trinity Club.

Section A fixtures

There are three matches on Thursday night, at the Goldies second placed Patriots play Breakaways, in the Trinity Club Slingers play Colliton Muckspreaders while at the Colliton Club fifth placed Colliton Wide Boys will be looking to continue their current good form as they take on fourth placed Imps. Friday night sees Brewers Bees travel to Winterborne Kingston to play top team Marco Wanderers, while third placed 3CA travel to Milborne to take on Dewlish Monsters. Puddletown Wanderers host Milborne Woodman while at the Colliton Club the two bottom teams meet as Colliton Spares play the Hammers. Skimmers have their bye this week.

Section A table

1. Marco Wanderers 28pts
2. Patriots 24pts
3. 3CA 24pts
4. The Imps 22pts
5. Colliton Wide Boys 20pts
6. Brewers Bees 20pts
7. Milborne Woodman 17pts
8. Skimmers 15pts
9. Breakaways 14pts
10. Slingers 14pts
11. Puddletown Wanderers 13pts
12. Colliton Muckspreaders 13pts
13. Dewlish Monsters 12pts
14. Hammers 8pts
15. Colliton Spares 8pts

Monsters win Oak derby

Dewlish Monsters beat Milborne Woodman on Friday night at the Royal Oak Milborne to put a 4 point gap between them and the bottom two teams.

Untouchables win with new pins

Section C promotion chasing Untouchables beat New Strugglers on Friday night by 14 pins, it was the first match they had played with the new pins at the Bladen Club, described as tree trunks by top score Doug Riglar.

Chimps do double

Goldies Chimps were the only side to beat run away Section B leaders Allsorts in the first half of the season, and last night they beat them again to give Allsorts their second league defeat.

Wanderers stun the Bees

Brewers Bees lost their third game on the trot to Puddletown Wanderers at the Conservative Club last night.

Hammers in last hand win

Hammers 431 Skimmers 425

Hammers continue their battle against the drop with a last hand victory against Skimmers. Hammers were 5 pins down on the first hand but won the next three hands to go 17 pins up, Skimmers came back to win the next two hands to make it all level going into the last hand. Hammers hit 72 on the final hand and Skimmers fell short of the total. Roy Morby was top score for the Skimmers with 67.

Breakaways back in the points

Breakaways got their first league win since November at home to Colliton Spares. Spares were 2 up after the first hand but from there on Breakaways took control with hands of 78, 67 and 72. Spares could only hit 59 on the last hand to leave the Breakaways the small total of 52 to win. The Dog was Breakaways top man again in their 15 pin victory hitting 68.

Imps comeback at Gurkha

The Imps 416 Slingers 411

For four hands Slingers played some of the best skittles seen at the Gurkha this season, with hands of 63, 63, 58, and 64 they went into a 9 pin lead. There were no stick ups in their hands but plenty of 8's and 9's as they played the alley superbly, The Imps throwing first kept setting the Slingers decent targets as they hit 58, 60, 59, 62 saved by Martin Haimes 15 (the only stick up of the night) on the third hand.
The game changed on the fifth hand The Imps again hit a good hand of 64 but this time there was no reply from Slingers as they slumped to their lowest hand of the night hitting 51 putting The Imps 4 pins up. The sixth hand was won by Imps who went into the last hand 7 pins up, on the last hand Imps hit 57 to leave the Slingers 65 to win, Slingers could not get the stick up they needed although there were chances right to the end and the game was won by 5 pins in Imps favour.
Martin Haime was top score for The Imps with 59 while Andy Frampton was top for Slingers with 56.

Top match won by Patriots

3CA 443 Patriots 452

Section A's top match on Friday night was won by the Patriots, the fixture found second placed 3CA hosting third placed Patriots. The Patriots came back from being 24 pins down on the first hand to win the match by 9 pins.

Revenge for Marco

Colliton Muckspreaders 403 Marco Wanderers 426

Marco managed to avenge their home defeat against the 'Spreaders by easing to a 23 pin victory at the Colliton Club last night. On a night where stick ups proved elusive, with only three all night, the fact that these all went the way of Marco proved decisive. The match could have gone either teams way, where after four hands the 'spreaders were leading by 2 pins, however scores of of 66 and 71 on the fifth and six hands gave Marco a lead of 18 pins going into the last hand with the 'Spreaders ending with their worse score of the night with a 52 hand, Marco were able to secure the win with a steady last hand. For the home side M.Richards and J.Simpson top scored with 54 while for Marco Kevin Watson was top with 58.