Imps win Nomination Cup

Gurkha Inn side The Imps won the Nomination Cup last night at the Trinity Club. In the semi final the Imps beat New Strugglers by 99 pins 306-207, while the other semi final was much closer with Wide Boys beating Brewers Bees by 2 pins 289-287. In the final the Imps got in front of their Section A rivals and never looked liked losing the match winning by 20 pins 315-295, Martin Haime of the Imps hit the highest score of the night with a fine score of 70 in the final.

Imps into last four

Puddletown Imps 385 Cherry Bees 328

The Imps made it through to the last four at the Wonston Club, Hazelbury Bryan with a 57 pin victory over ladies side Cherry Bees.
The Imps were 23 up after two hands, and were 41 up after four hands of this six hand match.
Top score for the Imps was Martin Haime with 58, while Keith Wyatt hit 55.
The Imps now face a tough match in the semi final against Sturminster Newton side the Barbarians, while in the other semi final Dewlish Monsters play Avengers.

Fixture Books

The semi final and final of the Dorchester & District Skittles League Nomination Cup takes place on Friday 8th August at the Trinity Club, games to start at 8pm.
The fixture books for the forth coming season will be available for collection on the night from 8.30pm.
Alternatively teams can contact the League Secretary Brian Newton on 01305 264948 to arrange to collect from him.

Imps to face Masters

Merlins 386 The Imps 372

Dorchester side The Imps travelled to Somerset on Saturday night to defend their 32 pin lead from the 1st leg of their match against Merlins from the Half Moon, Horsington.
The Imps won the toss and decided to throw first, but that looked like being a mistake as they went on to only hit a 47 hand, and the home side took full advantage of the poor hand when they hit a 65 hand with a 13 stick up from N.Phillips to go 18 up on the night and take a big chunk out of the Imps 1st leg lead.
The Imps improved on the second hand to hit a steady score of 59, while the home side could only hit 57, to put 16 pins between the teams.
The Dorset side sprung into action on the third hand with stick ups from Barry Gosney (16) and Martin Murray (14) to total a hand of 75, but the home side came back strong with seven 8's and a 13 stick up from anchor man G.Mitchell to score a 69 hand which meant they only lost 6 pins to make the difference on the night 10 pins.
The fourth hand the Imps slipped back into the 50's with a 57 hand, while Merlins hit 65 with another stick up for Phillips (11) to go 18 up and now they only trailed the Imps by 14 pins over the two legs.
The Imps now needed to finish the last two hands with decent scores to keep in front, and lead of man Phil Goodland gave them the perfect start on the fifth hand with a 15 stick up and the county town team hit a hand of 65 to which the home side could only reply with a 61 hand to put 14 pins between the teams on the night.
Goodland again started with a 15 stick up on the last hand, and the Imps finished strongly hitting a hand of 69 to leave the Somerset side a tough task of needing a 88 hand to go through, a hand of 69 with Mitchell again having a stick up (16) was enough to win the match on the night for Merlins but it was the Imps who went through winning the two legged match by 18 pins.
Phil Goodland was top for the visitors hitting 57, while Merlins anchor man Mitchell was the star of the night hitting 61.
The Imps now face a tough match against Masters from Bridport in another two legged match with the winners going through to the grand finals at Sand Bay Holiday Village, Weston Super Mare on Saturday 20th September.

Draw not enough for Breakaways

Motley Crew 385 Breakaways 385

After losing the 1st leg at home by 9 pins Breakaways were looking for a good start at the Chapelhay against Motley Crew, and after three hands the visitors were looking good with a 21 pin lead, but the home side came back and although Breakaways went into the last hand 9 pins up a 66 hand by the Crew was to many for the Wool side to beat and the match was tied, and the 9 pins from the 1st leg was enough to take the Weymouth side through to face Crewkerne side Disney in the final knock out stage. Skid was top for the Crew with 58, while Pauly Painter was top for Breakaways with 55.

Masters through

Bridport side the Masters knocked out Weymouth's Pin Ups in the Blackthorn British Championships, trailing by 3 pins after losing at home Masters traveled to Weymouth and won by18 pins. The Bridport side now face either the Merlins from Horsington, Somerset or The Imps from Dorchester, who play their 2nd leg match tomorrow night at Horsington where the Imps take a 32 pin lead.

Monsters put out Slingers

Dewlish Monsters 397 Slingers 379

Dewlish Monsters made it into the semi final of the summer knock out competition at the Wonston Club, Hazelbury Bryan with an 18 pin victory over Section A rivals Slingers.