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.
This week’s fixtures
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Week commencing 27 Apr 26 - SECTION A
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Heathens v Skimmers Fri Trinity Club 3
Hammers v Half Pints Fri Trinity Club 1
Goldies Wurzels v Woodmen Fri Goldies
Patriots v Breakaways Thu Goldies
Colliton Imps v Essentials Fri Colliton Club 2
Wide Boys v Swan Abbots Thu Colliton Club 2
Pudd Wanderers v Barmy Army Fri Bladen SC, Briantspuddle
Vic Reeves v Legionaires Fri Victoria Hotel
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Week commencing 27 Apr 26 - SECTION B
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Plodders v Bye
The Wafflers v Yokels Fri Tom Browns
Ship Apes v Hartstoppers Wed Victoria Hotel
Country Boys v Green Giants Fri Royal Oak, Bere Regis
Alcotops v Steamers Fri Trinity Club 2
Monsters v Bullocks Fri Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrew
Magpie Imps v Swankers Thu Colliton Club 1
Muckspreaders v Allsorts Thu Tom Browns
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Week commencing 27 Apr 26 - SECTION C
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Easy Beats v Bye
Ship Wrecked v Untouchables Thu The Old Ship, Upwey
Jokers v Colliton Spares Thu Victoria Hotel
Chuckers v Brewers Bees Thu New Inn, West Knighton
Misfits v Strugglers Fri Wool Legion
Flingers v Pudd Nomads Fri Colliton Club 1
Funseekers v Ladettes Wed Colliton Club 1
Bye v Trinity Mix Ups
Skittlers of the week (and oxo’s) – w/c 20 April
Section A
Highest individual scores: 75 by Owen Taylor of Vic Reeves on alley three at the Trinity Club
Highest team score: 462 by Skimmers at the Victoria Hotel
Highest hand: 75 by Skimmers at the Victoria Hotel
Biggest win: 56 by Skimmers at he Victoria Hotel, Breakaways at the Wool Legion
Highest stick up: 17 by Zack Fowler of Colliton Wide Boys at the Spitfire Club, Crossways, Lloyd Mitchem of Hammers at the Victoria Hotel
Oxo's: Simon Bishop of Woodmen at the Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrew .
Section B
Highest individual scores: 76 by Marc Swain of Steamers at the New Inn, West Knighton
Highest team score: 467 by Dewlish Monsters at the New Inn, West Knighton
Highest hand: 78 by Dewlish Monsters at the New Inn, West Knighton
Biggest win: 44 by Ship Apes on alley one at the Colliton Club
Highest stick up: 17 by Mark Holland of Steamers at the New Inn, West Knighton, Dean Woolmington of Dewlish Monsters at the New Inn, West Knighton, Daniel Roberston of Colliton Magpie Imps at the Victoria Hotel
Oxo's: Jack Wood of Country Boys on alley two at the Colliton Club, Derek Pride of Yokels On Tour on alley one at the Colliton Club
Section C
Highest individual score: 63 by Steve Crewe of Misfits on alley two at the Trinity Club
Highest team score: 403 by Strugglers at Goldies
Highest hand: 71 by Strugglers at Goldies
Biggest win: 44 by Ladettes on alley one at the Trinity Club
Highest stick up: 16 by J Wallace of Misfits on alley two at the Trinity Club
Oxo's: O Hamblin and Steve Spiller both of Colliton Spares on alley one at the Colliton Club, Kelly Mitchell of Ladettes on alley one at the Trinity Club, Paul Fairless of Colliton Flingers at Goldies
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 would all teams get their tickets beforehand so that we can organise tables for all winning teams and sort out the trophy table etc.
Please contact Brian Newton who is available most of the time during the day and will be attending all competitions being held at the end of the season, and tickets can be purchased using BACS, cash or cheques.
As mentioned before please purchase your tickets early.
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)
Section C run in – Second spot up for grabs
Strugglers host Flingers on Thursday at Goldies with the winners likely to join champions Ladettes in Section B next season. Flingers currently led Strugglers by 2 points but Strugglers beat Flingers by 12-pins in the first half of the season which will play a part if the teams finish level on points in the head to head.
Flingers 36pts – Strugglers (A), Nomads (H)
Strugglers 34pts – Flingers (H), Misfits (A)
Breakaways are champions
Breakaways are champions of Section A after Barmy Army failed to beat Vic Reeves last night. The Wool lads beat Wide Boys on Thursday hitting an impressive 464 on alley two at the Colliton Club. After three seasons finishing second the Breakaways will be lifting the Section A title. Breakaways previously won Section A 22 years ago in 2004.
Skittlers of the week (and oxo’s) – w/c 13 April
Section A
Highest individual scores: 74 by Adam Barrett of Colliton Imps on alley two at the Colliton Club
Highest team score: 464 by Breakaways on alley two at the Colliton Club
Highest hand: 84 by Wareham Legionaires at the Wareham Legion
Biggest win: 61 by Breakaways on alley two at the Colliton Club
Highest stick up: 18 by Adam Barrett of Colliton Imps on alley two at the Colliton Club
Oxo's: Pete Hardy of Hammers on alley one at the Trinity Club .
Section B
Highest individual scores: 68 by George Clarke of Alcotops on alley two at the Trinity Club
Highest team score: 451 by Plodders at the New Inn, West Knighton
Highest hand: 74 by Plodders at the New Inn, West Knighton
Biggest win: 65 by Colliton Magpie Imps on alley one at the Colliton Club
Highest stick up: 17 by Maggs Edwards of Plodders at the New Inn, West Knighton
Oxo's: None
Section C
Highest individual score: 74 by Max Davies of Colliton Flingers on alley one at the Colliton Club
Highest team score: 437 by New Inn Chuckers at the New Inn, West Knighton
Highest hand: 80 by Ship Wrecked at the Old Ship Inn, Upwey
Biggest win: 54 by Ship Wrecked at the Old Ship Inn, Upwey
Highest stick up: 18 by Mark Hopkins of New Inn Chuckers at the New Inn, West Knighton
Oxo's: Sarah Boyland of Easy Beats at the Old Ship Inn, Upwey

