Management fight back to win

The Management 383 Motley Crew 364

Dorchester mixed side The Management played their first match of this years Blackthorn British Skittles Championship mixed event at the Vic on Thursday night against Motley Crew from Weymouth.
The visitors took an early lead of 20 pins after hitting hands of 59 and 73, while for the home side Sally Childs got an OXO on the second hand. On the third hand the Crew hit 55 and the management pulled back 4 pins hitting 59 with Sally redeeming herself with a 12 pin stick up.
The game changed on the fourth hand as the visitors could only manage a hand of 53 to which the Dorchester side took full advantage of with stick ups from Wendy Burt (15), Mel Gosney (14) and Malc Slade (17) totaling a hand of 85 to go 16 pins in front.
Motley Crew fought back on the sixth hand with a score of 67 but the home side were now well on top and hit a hand of 72 with spares from Martin Gifford (14) and Brian Newton (15) to go a further 5 pins in front. The Crew hit 57 on the last hand, while the Management lost 2 pins hitting 55 to win the game by 19 pins.
Both sides have reached the grand finals before and they will be fighting it out along with Monster Oaks to qualify for this years finals at the Sand Bay Holiday Village, Weston Super Mare on Saturday 20th September 2008.