Legionaires champions of Section A

Wareham Legionaires are champions of Section A at the first time of asking after their promotion from Section B last season. They become the first team since Allsorts in 2002 to achieve this feat. The Wareham outfit have led the way all season , losing just three times with two games to play.

Legionaires joined the league in 2012, and since winning Section D in 2019 have had continued success with just covid holding them up. Section C was won in 2022 followed by Section B in 2023.

Skittlers of the week w/c 19 Feb

Top score in Section A was Jordan Nicholls of Wareham Legionaires at the Three Compasses, Charminster with 71.

Top score in Section B was George Clarke of Vic Reeves at the Victoria Hotel with 70.

Top score in Section C was Ben Thomas of Muckspreaders at the Victoria Hotel with 70.

Top score in Section D was C Cummins of New Inn Chuckers at the New Inn, West Knighton with 69.

Top score in the Ladies League was Hayley Guille of Vixens at the Three Compasses, Charminster with 54.

Open Pairs

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Tom Browns


Brewers Bees 3

Colliton Imps 1

Colliton Magpie Imps 3

Colliton Spares 3

Essentials 4

Half Pints 3

Hammers 1

Hotshots 1

Jolly Green Giants 2

Muckspreaders 3

Patriots 1

Plodders 2

Puddletown Wanderers 1

Ship Wrecked 3

Skimmers 5

Strugglers 2

Swan Abbots 5

Trinity Mix Ups 1

Vic Reeves 4

Woodmen 3


COLLITON CLUB 1

Alcotops 1

Barmy Army 5

Colliton Imps 3

Colliton Wide Boys 1

Country Boys 1

Dewlish Monsters 1

Jolly Green Giants 4

Ladettes 2

Misfits 1

New Inn Chuckers 2

Patriots 3

Plodders 4

Puddletown Wanderers 3

Ship Wrecked 5

Strugglers 1

Swankers 1

Trinity Allsorts 2

Wareham Legionaires 2

Wonder Women 1


COLLITON CLUB 2


Barmy Army 4

Brewers Bees 4

Colliton Magpie Imps 4

Colliton Spares 4

Essentials 5

Half Pints 4

Hammers 2

Heathens 2

Jolly Green Giants 3

Ladettes 1

New Inn Chuckers 1

Patriots 2

Plodders 3

Puddletown Wanderers 2

Ship Wrecked 4

Strugglers 3

Vic Reeves 5

Vixens 1

Wareham Legionaires 1

Woodmen 4



TRINITY CLUB 1

Alcotops 5

Barmy Army 1

Breakaways 4

Brewers Bees 1

Colliton Magpie Imps 1

Colliton Flingers 1

Colliton Spares 1

Essentials 2

Half Pints 1

Heathens 4

Hotshots 5

Jokers 1

Puddletown Nomads 3

Ship Wrecked 1

Skimmers 3

Swan Abbots 3

Untouchables 4

Vic Reeves 2

Woodmen 1


TRINITY CLUB 2

Barmy Army 3

Breakaways 1

Colliton Flingers 2

Colliton Imps 4

Colliton Magpie Imps 5

Colliton Wide Boys 2

Country Boys 2

Dewlish Monsters 2

Heathens 1

Hotshots 2

Jolly Green Giants 5

Ladettes 3

Misfits 2

New Inn Chuckers 3

Puddletown Wanderers 4

Swankers 2

Trinity Allsorts 1

Untouchables 1

Wareham Legionaires 3

Wonder Women 2


TRINITY CLUB 3

Alcotops 3

Breakaways 2

Colliton Flingers 3

Colliton Imps 5

Colliton Wide Boys 3

Dewlish Monsters 3

Goldies Wurzels 1

Hotshots 3

Ladettes 4

Misfits 3

Muckspreaders 1

Puddletown Nomads 1

Puddletown Wanderers 5

Skimmers 1

Swan Abbots 1

Swankers 3

Untouchables 2

Vic Reeves 1

Wareham Legionaires 4


GOLDIES

Alcotops 2

Barmy Army 2

Breakaways 5

Brewers Bees 2

Colliton Magpie Imps 2

Colliton Spares 2

Essentials 3

Half Pints 2

Heathens 5

Jokers 2

Jolly Green Giants 1

Muckspreaders 2

Plodders 1

Ship Wrecked 2

Skimmers 4

Swan Abbots 4

Untouchables 5

Vic Reeves 3

Woodmen 2


VICTORIA HOTEL

Alcotops 4

Breakaways 3

Colliton Flingers 4

Colliton Imps 2

Colliton Wide Boys 4

Dewlish Monsters 4

Essentials 1

Goldies Wurzels 2

Heathens 3

Hotshots 4

Ladettes 5

Misfits 4

Plodders 5

Puddletown Nomads 2

Skimmers 2

Swan Abbots 2

Swankers 4

Trinity Allsorts 3

Untouchables 3

Wareham Legionaires 5

Skittlers of the week – w/c 12 Feb

Top score in the Knockout Cup 3rd round was Justin Hallett of Colliton Wide Boys on alley one at the Colliton Club with 71.

Top score in the Plate 1st round was K Gilbert of Yokels on alley one at the Colliton Club with 68.

Steamers of Section C beat Section A leaders Wareham Legionaires by 23-pins at the New Inn, West Knighton.

Knockout Cup 3rd round

Hartstoppers 375 (A Fowler 62), Puddletown Wanderers 377 (L Raines 58)
Steamers 438 (G Osborne 67), Wareham Legionaires 415 (C Foster 59)
Heathens 381 (S Rose 52), Misfits 363 (S Crewe 51)
Colliton Spares 378 (D Trevett 55), Colliton Magpie Imps 434 (A Knight 66)
Essentials 430 (C Fernley, Connor Halkerston 60), Swankers 427 (C Fox 67)
Country Boys 394 (J Smith 61), Strugglers 386 (T Hadgett, A Barnes 53)
Jolly Green Giants 387 (G Rose 55), Patriots 398 (A Fagg 56)
Half Pints 440 (D Jeanes 69), Colliton Wide Boys 482 (J L Hallett 71)

Plate 1st round

Puddletown Nomads 363 (P Livsey 52), Swan Abbots 403 (J Churchill 58)
Dewlish Monsters 389 (J Ford 58), Ship Wrecked 360 (E Williams 50)
Yokels On Tour @Colliton 415 (K Gilbert 68), Vixens 394 (N Fowler 60)
Trinity Mix Ups 363 (S Hulland 56), Untouchables 377 (D Owen 50)
Crackerjacs 351 (A Courtney 54), Alcotops 386 (C Hopkins 53)
Merrymen 376 (R Haskett 59), Woodpeckers 349 (S Leach 50)
Easy Beats 358 (A Hedges 51), Goldies Wurzels 387 (A Lewis 60)
Hot Cheese Stampers 319 (M Barnes 46), Funseekers 331 (M Foote 55)

Skittlers of the week – w/c 5 Feb

Top score in Section A was Matt King of Barmy Army on alley two at the Colliton Club with 66.

Top score in Section B was Alan Greet of Puddletown Wanderers at the Bladen Social Club, Briantspuddle with 73.

Top score in Section C was Jon Arnold of Swan Abbots with 66 at the New Inn, West Knighton.

Top score in Section D was M Foote of Funseekers with 63 on alley two at the Colliton Club.

Top score in the Ladies League was Lisa Keegan of Trinity Mix Ups on alley two at the Trinity Club with 56.

Skittlers of the week – w/c 29 Jan

Top score in Section A was Wayne Goff of Patriots at Goldies with 66.

Top score in Section B was George Clarke of Vic Reeves at the Victoria Hotel with 66.

Top scores in Section C were Greg Lexster of Swan Abbots at the Victoria Hotel and Mike House of Alcotops on alley one at the Colliton Club, both with 63.

Top score in Section D was Dan Cutler of New Inn Chuckers at the New Inn, West Knighton with 65.

Top scores in the Ladies Section were J Fairless of Trinity Mix Ups, K Curtis of Woodpeckers, L Diment of Wonder Women, V Cooper of Vixens all with 52.

Vixens Ladies Champions

Vixens have won the Ladies League for the first time. The ladies from the Trinity Club have been at the top from the start of the season and clinched the title with four games still to play. The Vixens had to come from 7-pins down after two hands in their away match to Wonder Women on alley one at the Trinity Club. The highlight of the match came on the fourth hand when the Vixens hit 67, which is the highest in the Ladies League this season, with Hayley Guille chipping in with a 13 stick up. The match was a close affair with Vixens clinching the 2pts with a 3-pins victory hitting 360, Vicki Cooper was top score for the Vixens with 52.

Vixens joined the league in 2013 as Top Kats and played on alley two at the Trinity Club on a Monday. The 13-14 season saw just one ladies league as Ladies Section B was dissolved, and the Kats finished 11th out of 16, and their debut season finished with a Plate Final in which they finished as runners-up. Top Kats moved to Tom Browns the following season and stayed there for three seasons, changing names from Kats to Cats and then to Vixens. For the 17-18 season the side returned to play at the Trinity Club, firstly on alley three before switching to their current alley, two. Vixens have twice finished runners up, in season 18/19 and last season when they finished just 3 points behind Crackerjacs. In 2018 Vixens won the Plate Final, while last season they won the Knockout Cup.   

Skittlers of the week – w/c 22 Jan

Top score in Section A was Steve Scudamore of Wareham Legionaires at the Wareham legion Legion with 72.

Top score in Section B was Telfer Jarman of Half Pints on alley one at the Colliton Club with 63.

Top score in Section C was Luke Notley of Brewers Bees at the Swan Inn, Abbotsbury with 71.

Top score in Section D was Dave Gale of Untouchables at the Goldies with 67.

Top score in the Ladies League was Angie Courtney of Crackerjacs on alley two at the Trinity Club with 58.

Vixens close in on first title

Vixens beat Woodpeckers this week by 41-pins to make it 14 wins from 15 league matches this season. With 5 games left to play Vixens will crowned champions on Monday if they beat Wonder Women away. It will be Vixens first Ladies League title after finishing runners up last season, and it will be the first time since 2000 that the winners will not be one of either Crackerjacs, Oakettes or Devils, with the latter two teams no longer in the league.

Skittlers of the week – w/c 15 Jan

Top score in Section A was Sam Green of Breakaways at the Wool Legion with 69.

Top score in Section B was James Ford of Dewlish Monsters at the Spitfire Club, Crossways with 68.

Top score in Section C was Greg Lexster of Swan Abbots on alley one at the Colliton Club with 70.

Top score in Section D was M Hulstone of New Inn Chuckers at the New Inn, West Knighton with 66.

Top scores in the Ladies League were Lisa Keegan of Trinity Mix Ups at the Three Compasses, Charminster and , M Holland of Wonder Women On alley one at the Trinity Club, both with 51.