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.

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.

The Secretaries Shield was won by Luke Short of Barmy Army beating Matthew Green of Breakaways in the final. Two 8’s and two 9’s left Luke needing just 3 to clinch the victory. Luke beat Steve Crewe of Misfits in the semi finals, while Matthew beat Stuart Montgomerie of Swankers.

Samuel House retains the trophy

With only 13 entries the Sticker up Cup was run on the alternative format with five players ending up at the final stage, Samuel House of Alcotops won the competition with a score of 42 over the five hands. Dan Stevens of Dewlish Monsters was runner up with a score of 39. The other three players in the final stage was Joseph of Alcotops, Max from Colliton Flingers and Henri from Colliton Imps.