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Week commencing 14 Sep 26 -SECTION A
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Barmy Army v Hammers Fri Colliton Club 2
Goldies Wurzels v Allsorts Fri Goldies
Monsters v Wide Boys Fri Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrew
Breakaways v Patriots Fri Wool Legion
Legionaires v Woodmen Fri Wareham Legion
Heathens v Essentials Fri Trinity Club 3
Skimmers v Colliton Imps Fri Victoria Hotel
Half Pints v Vic Reeves Thu Colliton Club 1
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Week commencing 14 Sep 26 - SECTION B
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Alcotops v Magpie Imps Fri Trinity Club 2
Country Boys v Pudd Wand Fri Spitfire Club, Crossways
Muckspreaders v Ladettes Thu Tom Browns
Strugglers v Bullocks Thu Goldies
Plodders v Steamers Thu Trinity Club 2
Swankers v Yokels On Tour Fri Trinity Club 1
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Week commencing 14 Sep 26 - SECTION C
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Hartstoppers v Flingers Thu Colliton Club 2
Jokers v Chuckers Thu Victoria Hotel
BYE v Misfits
Untouchables v Pudd Nomads Fri Bladen SC, Briantspuddle
Funseekers v Brewers Bees Wed Colliton Club 1
Colliton Spares v Easy Beats Fri Colliton Club 1
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Week commencing 14 Sep 26 - BRIAN NEWTON CUP
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Mix Ups v Vic Apes Tue Trinity Club 2
The Wafflers v Vixens Fri Tom Browns
Skittlers of the week – w/c 7 Sept
Section A
Highest individual scores: 83 by Lloyd Cork of Wareham Legionaires at the Spitfire Club, Crossways
Highest team score: 471 by Wareham Legionaires at the Spitfire Club, Crossways
Highest hand: 76 by Wareham Legionaires at the Spitfire Club, Crossways
Biggest win: 49 by Breakaways at the Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrew
Highest stick up: 18 by Tommy Prior of Heathens on alley two at the Colliton Club
Section B
Highest individual scores: 66 by Owen Etherington of Vic Apes at the Victoria Hotel
Highest team score: 428 by Colliton Magpie Imps on alley one at the Colliton Club
Highest hand:72 by Vic Apes at the Victoria Hotel
Biggest win: 24 Vic Apes at the Victoria Hotel
Highest stick up: 17 by Kieran Knight of Colliton Magpie Imps on alley one at the Colliton Club
Section C
Highest individual score: 65 by Craig Cummings of New Inn Chuckers at the New Inn, West Knighton
Highest team score: 433 by New Inn Chuckers at the New Inn, West Knighton
Highest hand: 73 by Hartstoppers at the New Inn, West Knighton
Biggest win: 61 by Misfits at the Wool Legion
Highest stick up: 18 by Connor Allison of New Inn Chuckers at the New Inn, West Knighton
Brian Newton Cup
Highest individual score: 61 by Jennie Haime of Ladettes on alley one at the Trinity Club
Highest team score: 397 by Muckspreaders at Goldies
Highest hand:64 by Muckspreaders at Goldies
Biggest win: 24 Muckspreaders at Goldies
Highest stick up:16 by Matt Payne of Muckspreaders at Goldies
Skittlers of the week – w/c 31st Aug
Section A
Highest individual scores: 71 by Rich Cole of Barmy Army on alley two at the Colliton Club
Highest team score: 471 by Skimmers at the Victoria Hotel
Highest hand: 85 by Barmy Army on alley two at the Colliton Club
Biggest win: 56 by Skimmers at the Victoria Hotel
Highest stick up: 18 by Garry King of Barmy Army on alley two at the Colliton Club
Section B
Highest individual scores: 65 by Adam Barnes of Strugglers and Chris Fox of Swankers both at Goldies
Highest team score: 450 by Country Boys at the Spitfire Club at Crossways
Highest hand: 80 by Strugglers at Goldies
Biggest win: 66 by Country Boys at the Spitfire Club at Crossways
Highest stick up: 17 by Adam Barnes of Strugglers at Goldies
Section C
Highest individual score: 60 by Alfie Hedges of Easy Beats on alley one at the Colliton Club
Highest team score: 393 by Vixens on alley two at the Trinity Club
Highest hand: 67 by Vixens on alley two at the Trinity Club and by Misfits at the Victoria Hotel
Biggest win: 50 by Vixens on alley two at the Trinity Club
Highest stick up: 16 Guy Elliott of Jokers at the Victoria Hotel
Brian Newton Cup
Highest individual score: 54 by Paul Loveless of Brewers Bees on alley two at the Colliton Club
Highest team score: 373 by Hartstoppers on alley two at the Colliton Club
Highest hand: 58 by Hartstoppers on alley two at the Colliton Club
Biggest win: 17 by Hartstoppers on alley two at the Colliton Club
Highest stick up: 14 by Graham Harris of Hartstoppers on alley two at the Colliton Club
Advertising on the website
Thank you to the following company’s who have placed an advert on the league’s website for the 26-27 season.
MB Builders
Valet2U Dorchester
JAIC Ltd
Sash Window Joiners
SJR Carpentry
B A Gosney Ltd painter & decorator
Kev Holbrook Ceramic wall & floor tiler
Manor Park Flooring
Artiscapes Ground Maintenance Ltd
Albert Goodman Chartered Accountants
Bathroom Inspirations Ltd
Sam Scaff & Son Limited
All In Interiors
Barry Knight Building and Maintenance
Fox Typesetting Services
Case & Brewer Fish and Chips
The Colliton Club & Bar
Hurlstone Joinery
Handyman Hardy Group
Six Decades Disco
Bathroom Creations Ltd
If you would like to advertise your business on the website for the 26-27 season for the price of £25 a year please contact Terry Gosney.
Newton Cup amendments
With Ship Wrecked withdrawing from the league it means a change to the fixtures in the Brian Newton Cup. Puddletown Wanderers and Strugglers were both due to meet Ship Wrecked in the competition, but will now play each other home and away. The dates for these fixtures will be arranged between the teams.
Knockout Cup
Qualifying round
Muckspreaders v Easy Beats
Colliton Flingers v Funseekers
Swankers v Hammers
Misfits v Vic's Brown Bullocks
Patriots v Brewers Bees
Strugglers v Alcotops
Puddletown Wanderers v Barmy Army
Wide Boys v Dewlish Monsters
Colliton Imps v Half Pints
Vic Reeves v Plodders
Puddletown Nomads v Yokels On Tour @Colliton
Ties to be played week commencing 5th Oct
Teams with a bye into the 1st round of the cup - Breakaways, Essentials, Goldies Wurzels,
Heathens, Skimmers, Trinity Allsorts, Wareham Legionaires, Woodmen,Colliton Magpie Imps,
Country Boys, Ladettes, Steamers, Vic Apes, Colliton Spares,
Hartstoppers, Jokers, New Inn Chuckers, Trinity Mix Ups, Untouchables, The Wafflers, Vixens.
Please note that the losing teams in the qualifying round and the 1st round of the Knockout
Cup will be put into the 1st round of the Plate.
Ship Wrecked
Unfortunately Ship Wrecked have withdrawn their entry for the forthcoming season. Their fixtures in Section C will now become byes unless we can replace them with a new team before the start of the season.
The Brian Newton Cup
The league has introduced a new competition to provide the teams in Section B and C with the same number of games as teams in Section A. This will provide the pubs and clubs who support skittles with the maximum amount of games that we can.
To honour Brian Newton’s long service to the league the cup will be named in his honour. Brian first joined the committee in 1978 and was assistant secretary for the 81-82 season before taking over the Secretary role in 1982, a post he has held ever since. Until 1986 he was also the fixture secretary.
On the alley Brian’s skittle career spans over 60 years during which time he has been successful in winning Section A with both Rebels and Dewlish Monsters, plus many other trophies down the years.
Brian has been the lynchpin of Dorchester & District skittles always doing his best to keep the league going. He has gone above and beyond the call of duty to encourage new teams to join the league and to ensure that alleys are kept playable for teams.
Whilst the initial format for the new trophy may not survive beyond the forthcoming season, owing to the unknown structure of the league in the years to come, it is the intention of the league to use it for other new competitions. Such changes will be discussed by the committee and brought to the AGM for endorsement.
Composition of the league for 26-27
SECTION A – Barmy Army, Breakaways, Colliton Imps, Dewlish Monsters, Essentials, Goldies Wurzels, Half Pints, Hammers, Heathens, Patriots, Skimmers, Trinity Allsorts, Vic Reeves, Wareham Legionaires, Wide Boys, Woodmen.
SECTION B – Alcotops, Colliton Magpie Imps, Country Boys, Ladettes, Muckspreaders, Puddletown Wanderers, Plodders, Steamers, Strugglers, Swankers, The Wafflers, Vic Apes, Vic’s Brown Bullocks, Yokels On Tour@Colliton.
SECTION C – Brewers Bees, Colliton Flingers, Colliton Spares, Easy Beats, Funseekers, Hartstoppers, Jokers, Misfits, New Inn Chuckers, Puddletown Nomads, Trinity Mix Ups, Untouchables, Vixens.
Relegated from Section A - Puddletown Wanderers. Swan Abbots are not entering.
Promoted from Section B - Monsters and Allsorts. Jolly Green Giants are not entering. Relegated - Hartstoppers.
Promoted from Section C - Ladettes and Strugglers. Vixens are the new team in Section C. Ship Wrecked are not entering.
Teams that have changed alleys are,
Barmy Army to Colliton 2 on a Friday
Patriots to Tom Browns on a Thursday
Wide Boys to Tom Browns on a Friday
Country Boys to Spitfire Club on a Friday
Steamers to Colliton 2 on a Thursday
Vic Apes to Victoria Hotel on a Wednesday (this was done towards the end of last season)
AGM, a brief round up
The AGM was held at the Colliton Club on Friday evening, here’s a brief round up.
1.The Hon Treasurer Philip Slade reported that for the first time in many years the league recorded a profit in our accounts. There will be no increase on league and competition fees for the 26-27 season.
2.Changes to the rules (a brief breakdown)
The list of registered players will now need to be submitted to the fixture secretary (Terry Gosney) by the end of the second week of fixtures at the latest.
A missing player can join the game as long as they are present at the completeion of both teams second hand.
The score card must contain the full name of each player.
Three teams will be promoted and three relegated from each section. This will be determined by there being 16 teams in Section A.
A maximum of 24 players can register for a team in a single season.
3.We have 44 teams entered with Vixens the last champions of the ladies league re-joining after a season out. We have lost Swan Abbots, Jolly Green Giants and Any Pin Will Do from last season.
The composition of the league will be 16 teams in Section A, with 14 teams in Section’s B and C.
To give the teams in Section B and C the same number of games a new competition called ‘The Brain Newton Cup’ will be played for. The fixtures for this will depend on the byes each week.
The forthcoming season will start week commencing 31st August.