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Week commencing 21 Sep 26 - SECTION A
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Colliton Imps v Half Pints Fri Colliton Club 2
Essentials v Skimmers Fri Spitfire Club, Crossways
Woodmen v Heathens Fri Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrew
Patriots v Legionaires Thu Tom Browns
Wide Boys v Breakaways Fri Tom Browns
Allsorts v Monsters Fri Trinity Club 3
Vic Reeves v Barmy Army Fri Victoria Hotel
Hammers v Goldies Wurzels Fri Trinity Club 1
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Week commencing 21 Sep 26 - SECTION B
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Steamers v Swankers Thu Colliton Club 2
Bullocks v Plodders Thu Victoria Hotel
Ladettes v The Wafflers Thu Trinity Club 1
Vic Apes v Muckspreaders Wed Victoria Hotel
Pudd Wand v Bye
Yokels On Tour v Alcotops Wed Colliton Club 1
Magpie Imps v Country Boys Thu Colliton Club 1
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Week commencing 21 Sep 26 - SECTION C
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Brewers Bees v Colliton Spares Fri Trinity Club 2
Pudd Nomads v Funseekers Fri Goldies
Vixens v Untouchables Tue Trinity Club 2
Chuckers v Trinity Mix Ups Thu New Inn, West Knighton
Easy Beats v Hartstoppers Tue Victoria Hotel
Flingers v Jokers Fri Colliton Club 1
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Week commencing 21 Sep 26 - BRIAN NEWTON CUP
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Misfits v Strugglers Fri Wool Legion
Skittlers of the week – w/c 14 Sept
Section A
Highest individual scores: 67 by Ryan Green of Breakaways at the Wool Legion
Highest team score: 456 by Breakaways at the Wool Legion
Highest hand: 76 by Trinity Allsorts at Goldies
Biggest win: 44 by Barmy Army on alley two at the Colliton Club
Highest stick up: 17 by Jamie Barrett of Breakaways at the Wool Legion, Kieran Marrow of Trinity Allsorts at Goldies
Section B
Highest individual scores: 67 by Matthew Miller of Country Boys at the Spitfire Club, Crossways
Highest team score: 441 by Vic’s Brown Bullocks at Goldies
Highest hand: 79 by Country Boys at the Spitfire Club, Crossways
Biggest win: 39 by Vic’s Brown Bullocks at Goldies
Highest stick up: 16 by Tracy Coleman of Plodders on alley two at the Trinity Club, Adam Barnes of Strugglers, James Herring and Dave Wiltshire of Vic’s Brown Bullocks at Goldies. Mike Crabb of Colliton Magpie Imps on alley two at the Trinity Club, Chris Lucas of Swankers and Mike Churchill of Yokels on alley one at the Trinity Club
Section C
Highest individual score: 64 by Graham Harris of Hartstoppers on alley two at the Colliton Club
Highest team score: 396 by Untouchables at the Bladen SC, Briantspuddle
Highest hand:65 by New Inn Chuckers at the Victoria Hotel
Biggest win: 51 by Brewers Bees on alley one at the Colliton Club
Highest stick up: 17 by Graham Harris of Hartstoppers on alley two at the Colliton Club
Brian Newton Cup
Highest individual score: 62 by Chris O’Donovan of Vic Apes on alley two at the Trinity Club
Highest team score: 429 by Vic Apes on alley two at the Trinity Club
Highest hand: 75 by The Wafflers at Tom Browns
Biggest win: 62 by Vic Apes on alley two at the Trinity Club
Highest stick up: 15 by Chris O’Donovan of Vic Apes on alley two at the Trinity Club
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)