Top score in the Open League was Mark Holland of Steamers with 75 at the New Inn, West Knighton. The highest team score was 479 by Section A leaders Barmy Army in their 45-pins victory over Puddletown Wanderers at the Spitfire Club, Crossways. The highest hand was 84 by Half Pints at the Royal Oak, Bere Regis.
Skittlers of the week – Ladies League w/c 10 Jan
Top score in the Ladies League was Jane Fairless of Trinity Mix Ups with 63 on alley one at the Trinity Club. The highest team score and hand came from Crackerjacs at the Goldies, the Jacs beat Woodpeckers away by 39-pins hitting 388, and hit 67 on the fourth hand which included a 17 stick up from Angie Courtney which was the highest stick up of the week in the Ladies League.
Ladies Cup
Vixens beat Breezers by 24-pins to make it three wins out of three in the qualifying stage of the competition to top the table.
Singles Competition
George Clarke of Vic Reeves won the Singles Competition at the Trinity Club. The new format saw three finalist with Lauren Barnes of Crackerjacs finishing second and Matthew Green of Jolly Green Giants in third place.
Skittlers of the week – Open Knockout Cup w/c 6 Dec
Top score in the 1st round of the Open Knockout Cup was Jamie Barrett of Colliton Imps with 75 at the Spitfire Club, Crossways. The highest team score was 486 by Breakaways of Section A as they beat New Inn Chuckers of Section D by 52-pins at the Wool Britsh Legion. The highest hand was 86 by Colliton Imps in their clash with fellow Section A side Puddletown Wanderers at the Spitfire Club, with Imps coming out on top winning by 45-pins.
At the Colliton Club on alley one Colliton Spares and Essentials went to an extra hand after finishing level, both hitting 423, and it was the Section C side Colliton Spares that came out on top hitting 79 on their extra hand to win by 19-pins. Other notable wins saw Section C leaders Wareham Legionaires knock out Jolly Green Giants from Section A, the Wareham outfit won by 31-pins hitting 475 which is their highest home score of the season. Another Section C side that knocked out Section A opponents were Top Pins who beat Royal Oak Wanderers away at the Bloxworth Club by 26-pins hitting 398 on what is a difficult alley. Lastly Merrymen of Section D who are without a win all season beat Steamers of Section B by 13-pins on their Three Compasses alley.
Skittlers of the week – Open League w/c 29 Nov
Top score in the Open League was Jack Beale of Colliton Magpie Imps with 81 on alley one at the Colliton Club. The highest team score was 496 by Breakaways at the Wool Legion in their 37-pins victory in Section A over Royal Oak Wanderers, and the Wool outfit also hit the highest hand of the week with 84.
Skittlers of the week – Ladies League w/c 29 Nov
Top score in the Ladies League was Lisa Keegan of Trinity Mix Ups with 66 at the Royal Oak, Bere Regis. It was a high scoring match between Oakettes and Mix Ups, Lisa’s 66 is the highest individual score of the season so far, while Oakettes hit both the highest team score and the highest hand of the season so far, 406 and a 67 hand as they won the match by 13-pins. Lisa’s 17 was the highest stick up of the week.
In the Ladies Cup Hot Cheese Stampers beat Woodpeckers by 16-pins at the Three Compasses, Charminster.
Message from the League Secretary
Hello Everyone,
With the recent news on a new Covid variant being identified and with only this week and the cup week left before Christmas I would just like to remind teams to be careful over the next few matches and to use any hand sanitisers provided and to be as careful as possible with social distancing when playing your games. If you all do your bit to help keep the pubs open and the league ongoing over the next few months that would be very helpful. It would be a shame if more restrictions may be brought in so please keep safe and well.
Safe skittling,
Brian
Skittlers of the week – Open League w/c 22 Nov
Top score in the Open League was Tam Dodge of Top Pins with 80 at the Goldies as the home side became the first team to beat Section C leaders Wareham Legionaires this season. The highest team score was 460 by Dewlish Monsters in their 20-pins away win over Puddletown Wanderers at the Spitfire Club, Crossways. The highest hand was by Colliton Magpie Imps who finished off their away win against Yokels on Wednesday with 85 on alley one at the Colliton Club.
Skittlers of the week – Ladies League w/c 22 Nov
Top scores in the Ladies League were C Chandler of Woodpeckers, Kim Byerley and Nikki Coombs of Oakettes with 56 at Goldies. The highest team score was 392 by Oakettes in their 51-pins victory over Woodpeckers at the Goldies, and the Bere Regis outfit also notched the highest hand of the week with 63. The highest stick up was 15 by two players, C Chandler of Woodpeckers at Goldies and H Grayson of Crackerjacs at the Three Compasses, Charminster.
Skittlers of the week – Open League w/c 15 Oct
Top score in the Open League were Owen Etherington and Andy Sharpe both of Unpredictable Strimmers with 80 at the Old Ship, Upwey. The highest team score was 466 by Unpredictable Strimmers of Section D in their 101-pins away victory over Ship Wrecked. The highest hand of the week was 82 by Colliton Imps who after four hands were trailing by 18-pins but after their hand of 82 went 7-pins up, Breakaways replied with 80 on the sixth hand to retake the lead by 20-pins, and it was the Wool outfit that ran out winners by 22-pins on alley two at the Colliton Club.