Solid performance from the Management

Monster Oaks 322 The Management 349

Dorchester mixed skittle side The Management made it two wins out of two with an empathic victory over Monster Oaks at the Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrews.
It was a solid performance from the visitors who started with a hand of 65 which the Milborne side could not match hitting 47 to trail by 18 pins. The Dorchester side hit their lowest hand of the night on the second only achieving 51, and the home side gained back 9 pins hitting 60. A stick up a piece from Phil Slade (13) and captain Brian Newton (11) pushed the management's third hand to 62 and pinched 6 more pins as Monster Oaks hit 56. The fourth hand was were the game was won as the away side hit 57, while the home side struggled through out the hand and only achieved 42 to put 30 pins between the two teams. To their credit the Milborne side kept going and when the visitors only hit 53 on the fifth hand they put in a hand of 62 with anchor man Andy Crabb getting a 14 stick up to pull back 9 pins. But the Management finished strongly hitting 61 on the last hand while Monster Oaks finished with 55 to give the Dorchester side a 27 pin victory. Star player of the night was Phil Slade of the Management who hit 51.