Skittlers of the week – w/c 20 Nov

Top score in Section A was Mike Jeans of Wareham Legionaires with 69 at the Wareham Legion.

Top score in Section B was George Flew of Country Boys with 70 at the Royal Oak, Bere Regis.

Top score in Section C was Lee Aplin-roe of Colliton Flingers with 71 on alley one at the Colliton Club.

Top score in Section D was Oliver Hursltone of New Inn Chuckers with 66 at the New Inn, West Knighton.

Top score in the Ladies League was Kirsten Otter of Woodpeckers with 55 at Goldies.

Skittlers of the week – w/c 13 Nov

Top score in Section A was Graham Rose of Jolly Green Giants with 64 at the Wool Legion.

Top scores in Section B were Jay Upshall of Essentials at the Spitfire Club, Crossways, Roger Wilson of Vic Reeves and Luke Bagwell of Colliton Magpie Imps both at the Victoria Hotel, with 65.

Top scores in Section C were Marc Swain of Steamers at the New Inn, West Knighton and S McLean of Muckspreaders at Tom Browns both with 60.

Top score in Section D was J Parkin of Merrymen with 63 at the Old Ship Inn, Upwey.

Cup and Plate dates confirmed

Open Knockout Cup second round
Half Pints v Skimmers - Friday 1 Dec - Colliton Club 1
Colliton Wide Boys v Hotshots - Thursday 30 Nov - Colliton Club 2
New Inn Chuckers v Colliton Magpie Imps - Friday 1 Dec - New Inn, West Knighton
Wonder Women v Colliton Spares - Monday 27 - Trinity Club 1
Trinity Allsorts v Swankers - Friday 1 Dec - Tom Browns
Country Boys v Muckspreaders - Friday 1 Dec - Royal Oak, Bere Regis
Wareham Legionaires v Colliton Flingers - Friday 1 Dec - Wareham Legion
Barmy Army v Jolly Green Giants - Friday 1 Dec - Three Compasses, Charminster
Vic Reeves v Essentials - Friday 1 Dec - Victoria Hotel
Steamers v Breakaways - Thursday 30 Nov - New Inn, West Knighton
Puddletown Wanderers v Hammers - Friday 1 Dec - Bladen SC
Heathens v Vic's Brown Bullocks - Friday 1 Dec - Trinity Club 3
Plodders v Misfits - Thursday 30 Nov - Trinity Club 2
Brewers Bees v Hartstoppers - Friday 1 Dec - Trinity Club 2
Patriots v Ladettes - Thursday 30 Nov - Goldies
Strugglers v Woodmen - Friday 1 Dec - Goldies

Open Plate preliminary round
Colliton Imps v Dewlish Monsters - Friday 1 Dec - Colliton Club 2

Teams into the Open Plate 1st round (to be played w/c 12th Feb 2024)
Goldies Wurzels, Alcotops, Swan Abbots, Yokels On Tour @Colliton, Easy Beats, Funseekers, Merrymen, Puddletown Nomads, Ship Wrecked, Untouchables, Crackerjacs, Hot Cheese Stampers, Trinity Mix Ups, Vixens, Woodpeckers

Skittlers of the week – w/c 6 Nov

Top score in Section A was Rich Cole of Barmy Army with 69 at the Three Compasses, Charminster.

Top score in Section B was Chris Larder of Essentials with 64 on alley one at the Colliton Club.

Top score in Section C was Richard Barnes of Yokels with 76 on alley one at the Colliton Club.

Top score in Section D was Adam Barnes of Strugglers with 66 at the Goldies.

Top score in the Ladies League was C Chandler of Woodpeckers with 58 at the Goldies.

Skittlers of the week – w/c 30 Oct

Top score in Section A was Stuart Brown of Breakaways with 65 at the Wool Legion.

Top score in Section B was Chris Stickland of Essentials with 67 at the Spitfire Club, Crossways.

Top score in Section C was Jarrod Squibb of Plodders with 70 at the New Inn, West Knighton.

Top score in Section D was Christopher Elliott of Untouchables with 69 at the Old Ship Inn, Upwey.

Top score in the Ladies League was Lauren Barnes of Crackerjacs with 58 on alley one at the Trinity Club.

Skittlers of the week – w/c 23 Oct

Top score in Section A was Luke Short of Barmy Army with 65 at the Three Compasses, Charminster.

Top score in Section B was Jordan Smith of Country Boys with 72 at the Royal Oak, Bere Regis.

Top scores in Section C were Adrian Coward of Jokers and Pete Spicer of Alcotops both with 70 on alley one at the Colliton Club.

Top scores in Section D were Richard Goodbody and Oliver Hurlstone both of New Inn Chuckers with 66 at the New Inn, West Knighton.

Top score in the Ladies League was C Chandler of Woodpeckers with 58 at Goldies.

Ladies Pairs

The ladies pairs takes place on Monday 11th December at the Colliton Club. We have had 25 entries but the league would like to see more. Please note that this competition is open to ladies that play in the Open League as well as teams from the Ladies League. The cost is £4 per pair and entries will be taken up until the end of November, please contact Philip Slade for more information.

Please note that each ladies pairs must play for the same team.

Please support this competition if you can.

Open cup & plate draw

Open Knockout Cup second round draw

Half Pints v Skimmers
Colliton Wide Boys v Hotshots
New Inn Chuckers v Colliton Magpie Imps
Wonder Women v Colliton Spares
Trinity Allsorts v Swankers 
Country Boys v Muckspreaders 
Wareham Legionaires v Colliton Flingers 
Barmy Army v Jolly Green Giants 
Vic Reeves v Essentials 
Steamers v Breakaways 
Puddletown Wanderers v Hammers 
Heathens v Vic's Brown Bullocks 
Plodders v Misfits 
Brewers Bees v Hartstoppers
Patriots v Ladettes 
Strugglers v Woodmen   

Ties to be played week commencing 27th November 2023.

Once the match is arranged between the two teams and
the alley has been booked please could the home team
inform the fixture secretary of the date of the game.

Open Plate preliminary round 

Colliton Imps v Dewlish Monsters 

Tie to be played week commencing 27th November 2023.

Teams into the Open Plate 1st round (to be played w/c 12th Feb 2024)
Goldies Wurzels, Alcotops, Swan Abbots, Yokels On Tour @Colliton, Easy Beats, Funseekers, Merrymen, Puddletown Nomads, Ship Wrecked, Untouchables, Crackerjacs, Hot Cheese Stampers, Trinity Mix Ups, Vixens, Woodpeckers

Skittlers of the week – Open Knockout Cup w/c 16 Oct

Top score in the Knockout Cup 1st round was Christopher Elliott of Untouchables with 68 at the Bladen Social Club, Briantspuddle.

There were two notable wins where teams from a lower section beat higher opposition.

Magpie Imps of Section B beat Colliton Imps of Section A by 1-pin on alley one at the Colliton Club. Needing 82 to win the Magpies had stick ups from Daniel Roberston (13) and Liam Gosney (14), before Ryan Welch throwing at No.7 hit 17 to leave skipper Kieran Knight 6 to win the tie.

At the Goldies on Thursday host Strugglers from Section D beat Dewlish Monsters of Section B by 31-pins. The Goldies outfit won five of the seven hands, their best a 67 with stick ups from T Hadgett (14) and anchor man John Cooper (13).

First round results

Swan Abbots 408 (C Allison 60), Breakaways 411 (S Green 56);

Merrymen 385 (D Prior 52), Trinity Allsorts 432 (J Hunter 60);

Hammers 397 (L Mitchem 55), Crackerjacs 369 (R Cannon 56);

Misfits 401 (J Wallace 59), Hot Cheese Stampers 336 (M Barnes 48);

Easy Beats 354 (B Holder 52), Brewers Bees 378 (S James, P Loveless 53);

Country Boys 438 (K Selby 64), Woodpeckers 352 (C Chandler 51);

Essentials 407 (M Upshall 55), Vixens 391 (S Read 59);

Untouchables 403 (C Elliott 68), Puddletown Wanderers 427 (C Hale, M Eavis 60);

Goldies Wurzels 416 (M Scotchmer 65), Colliton Wide Boys 440 (J M Hallett 64);

Trinity Mix Ups 372 (D Gould 52), Patriots 429 (L Cooke 61);

Yokels On Tour @Colliton 396 (N Gilbert 59), Jolly Green Giants 429 (R Hallett 60);

Swankers 389 (C Elsworth 58), Ship Wrecked 367 (G Williams 50);

Ladettes 401 (Callum Clarke 59), Funseekers 350 (N Fox 48);

Strugglers 397 (T Hadgett 56), Dewlish Monsters 366 (T Hewish 55);

Colliton Magpie Imps 448 (R Welch 61), Colliton Imps 447 (H Ackerman 61);

Wareham Legionaires v Jokers, cancelled by Jokers, game to Wareham Legionaires;

Plodders 384 (T Coleman 60), Puddletown Nomads 364 (D Hambidge 53);

Alcotops 389 (R Allen 51), Half Pints 396 (M Slade 54).