A big thank you to Andrew and Nikki Fowler who presented the trophies at the league’s presentation evening in memory of their dad Roy Fowler who sadly passed away during the season. Roy was a longstanding member of the league, and would rarely miss a Wide Boys match long after he stopped playing, keenly chalking the board. Our Vice Chair-person Sally Childs-Slade presented Nikki with a bouquet of flowers.

Thank you to the Colliton Club and all of it’s staff for their hospitality.

Thank you to our committee for all their hard work throughout the season and on making sure Friday ran smoothly, especially Adam Barnes who took the photos.

Lastly thank you to all of you skittlers who supported the evening.

Enjoy your summer and we’ll see you all back on the alley for the 26-27 season.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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)

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)