Vic Reeves win the pairs

The Pairs Competition was won by Lloyd Wilson and Freddie Beale of Vic Reeves beating Sam Rose and Tommy Prior of Heathens in the final on alley two at the Trinity Club.

In one of the best finals in recent years it came down to the final player to win the match. Vic Reeves raced into a 8-pins lead after three hands with Freddie starting with two 13 stick ups. But a 14 stick up from Sam Rose helped the Heathens pull it back to 3-pins on the fourth hand. Two 9’s on the last hand from the Heathens pair, Sam and Tommy left Vic Reeves 16 to win, Lloyd hit 8 to leave Freddie 8 to win, and he wrapped it up getting his 8 with a ball to spare.

Final standings

Section A
Champions – Breakaways
Runners up – Barmy Army
Relegated – Swan Abbots and Puddletown Wanderers

Section B
Champions – Dewlish Monsters
Runners up – Trinity Allsorts
Relegated – Hartstoppers and Steamers

Section C
Champions – Ladettes
Runners up – Strugglers

Knockout Cup
Winners – Patriots
Runners up – Breakaways

Plate
Winners – Vic Reeves
Runners up – Swan Abbots

Most oxo’s
Misfits

Wooden Spoon
Trinity Mix Ups

Singles
Winner – Andy Fowler of Colliton Wide Boys
Runner up – Matthew Slade of Colliton Wide Boys
Third place – Andy King of Jolly Green Giants

Secretaries Shield
Winner – Luke Short of Barmy Army
Runner up – Matt Green of Breakaways

Sticker up Cup
Winner – Samuel House of Alcotops
Runner up – Dan Stevens of Dewlish Monsters

Pairs
Finals to be played on Tuesday

Highest score – Josh Fowler of of Colliton Wide Boys
Ladies Highest score – Maggs Edwards of Plodders

Presentation Evening

Tickets are now on sale for Dorchester Skittle Leagues presentation evening to be held on Friday 15th May at the Colliton Club, Dorchester.

Tickets are £5 each and all tickets purchased before the evening will have entry into the raffle to be held that evening. Tickets purchased on the door will not have the opportunity for entry into the raffle.

Please contact Brian Newton for tickets, or see him on Tuesday at the Pairs Finals.

Finals results

Knockout Cup: Breakaways 427 (James Akers 61), Patriots 434 (Martin Coward. Wayne Goff 60)

Plate: Swan Abbots 445 (Jack Churchill 73), Vic Reeves 455 (Owen Taylor 70)

Entry forms for season 26-27

All teams should have received an entry form via email from Brian Newton last Wednesday. If you did not get the email please contact Brian ASAP. All entry forms need to be returned to Brian by Friday 5th June. Anyone wishing to enter a new team should contact Brian on on either 01305854783 or 07909753467. Any current team that do not intend to enter next season please contact either Brian or Terry Gosney.

Strugglers up to Section B

Strugglers are going up to Section B after winning away to Misfits on Friday to finish 2 points ahead of Flingers in Section C. The Goldies outfit won four out of four matches in the run-in including a home win against promotion rivals Flingers who finished up third 2 points behind the Strugglers.

Monsters take the Section B title

Dewlish Monsters are champions of Section B after beating Bullocks on Friday at the Royal Oak, Bere Regis. The Monsters just missed out last season when they finished joint second with Vic Reeves who went up on the head to head between the teams, but this season Monsters have lost just six league matches to finish 2 points ahead of runners up Trinity Allsorts.

The run in, the final week

Section A 
Champions - Breakaways , runners up Barmy Army or Skimmers, they both play away on Friday, The Army travel to Briantspuddle to take on Puddletown Wanderers, Skimmers are away to Heathens at the Trinity Club. Barmy Army are 2pts in front but Skimmers have a better head to head.
Relegated - Swan Abbots and Puddletown Wanderers

Section B
Champions from either Dewlish Monsters or Trinity Allsorts. Allsorts trail by 2pts and play first on Thursday away to Muckspreaders, if Allsorts win Monsters will need just a point to win the league when they host Bullocks on Friday. If the teams were to finish level Allsorts would win the head to head.

Relegated - Hartstoppers and either Steamers or Plodders. Steamers trail Plodders by 2pts so will need a win away to Alcotops on Friday at the Trinity Club. Plodders have a bye, if Syeamers win they have a better head to head with Plodders.

Section C
Champions Ladettes, runners up will be either Strugglers or Colliton flingers. Both teams are level on points after Strugglers beat Flingers last Thursday. Both play on Friday, Flingers host Nomads, while Strugglers are away to Misfits at Wool. If they finish level on points it's Strugglers that have a better head to head.

Section A run in – Abbots host Wanderers

With Breakaways wrapping up the title last week it’s the runners up spot that take the spotlight this week with Barmy Army sitting 2 points in front of Skimmers. If the teams finish level on points it’s Skimmers who have a better head to head. This week both teams are home on Friday, Barmy Army host Legionaires, while Skimmers take on Hammers.

Barmy Army 42pts – Legionaires (H), Pudd Wand (A)
Skimmers 40pts – Hammers (H), Heathens (A)

The two bottom teams, Swan Abbots and Puddletown Wanderers met on Thursday at the White Horse, Litton Cheney, both teams are 4 points from safety so both look to be going down. With the possibility of three or four teams going down with the uncertainty of teams entering next season, it still leaves Woodmen, Wurzels, Patriots and Heathens all still needing wins to keep them out of the danger zone.

Woodmen 22pts – Patriots (H), Wurzels (A)
Goldies Wurzels 21pts – Half Pints (A), Woodmen (H)
Patriots 20pts – Woodmen (A), Breakaways (H)
Heathens 20pts – Vic Reeves (H), Skimmers (H)
Puddletown Wanderers 16pts – Swan Abbots (A), Barmy Army (H)
Swan Abbots 16pts – Pudd Wand (H), Wide Boys (A)

Section B run in – Allsorts are going up

Trinity Allsorts will join Dewlish Monsters in Section A next season after beating Bullocks at home on Friday. Monsters suffered defeat at the hands of Jolly Green Giants meaning that either team could still win the title. Allsorts have a better head to head if the teams were to finish level. Monsters play away to Steamers on Thursday, while Allsorts are away to Swankers on Friday.

Dewlish Monsters 40pts – Steamers (A), Bullocks (H)
Trinity Allsorts 38pts – Swankers (A), Muckspreaders (A)

At the bottom Hartstoppers are already relegated with just 6 points to their name. Plodders beat Wafflers on Friday to give themselves a slim chance of staying up but are still to have their bye, and they have a worst head to head against Steamers, the team that are level on points with them. Muckspreaders and Yokels are on 21 points. Two teams are due for the drop and that yet may become three given that we lost a team out of Section C during the season.

Muckspreaders 21pts – Plodders (A), Allsorts (H)
Yokels 21pts – Ship Apes (H), Wafflers (A)
Plodders 18pts – Muckspreaders (H), BYE
Steamers 18pts – Monsters (H), Alcotops (A)