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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.

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.

Semi Final results

Knockout Cup Semi Final  
Wareham Legionaires 414 (M Elston, S Shear 61), Patriots 423 (Jake Cooke 57)
Breakaways 446 (J Akers 73), Skimmers 444 (J Roe 60)

Final
Patriots v Breakaways on alley one at the Trinity Club - Board to be marked by Luke Short
To be played on Tuesday 5th May

Plate Semi Final
Yokels On Tour 423 (N Gilbert 68), Swan Abbots 437 (J Churchill 72)
Half Pints 394 (M Heal 60), Vic Reeves 457 (C Gosney 77)

Final
Swan Abbots v Vic Reeves on alley three at the Trinity Club - Board to be marked by Derek Burt
To be played on Tuesday 5th May

Highest individual scores: 77 by Charlie Gosney of Vic Reeves at Goldies
Highest team score: 457 by Vic Reeves at Goldies
Highest hand: 76 by Skimmers at the New Inn, West Knighton
Biggest win: 63 by Vic Reeves at Goldies
Highest stick up: 18 by James Akers of Breakaways at the New Inn, West Knighton

Plate

Plate Quarter Finals
Vic Reeves 430 (G Wilson 67), Vic's Brown Bullocks 413 (B Rose, N Wrixon 57);
Yokels On Tour 381 (M Churchill 62), Country Boys 376 (R Smith 58);
Swan Abbots 421 (J Arnold 64), Brewers Bees 380 (S James 55);
Colliton Magpie Imps 380 (K Guest, K Knight 54), Half Pints 400 (M Slade 55).

Highest individual score: 67 by George Wilson of Vic Reeves at the Victoria Hotel
Highest team score: 430 by Vic Reeves at the Victoria Hotel
Highest hand:75 by Vic's Brown Bullocks at the Victoria Hotel
Biggest win: 41 by Swan Abbots at Tom Browns
Highest stick up: 16 by George Wilson and Freddie Beale of Vic Reeves, D Wiltshire of Vic's Brown Bullocks, all at the Victoria Hotel. Kevin Guest of Colliton Magpie Imps on alley one at the Colliton Club. Kevin Holbrook of Brewers Bees at Tom Browns
Oxo's: Josh Hall of Vic Reeves at the Victoria Hotel, Kelvin Selby of Country Boys at the Colliton Club

Semi Final draw
Yokels On Tour v Swan Abbots at Tom Browns - Board to be marked by Terry Gosney
Half Pints v Vic Reeves at Goldies - Board to be marked by Martin Osborne
To be played on Tuesday 31st March

Final to be played on Tuesday 5th May on alley three at the Trinity Club - Board to be marked by Derek Burt

Any Pin Will Do

Would all Section C teams please note that Any Pin Will Do have withdrawn from the league, their record has been deleted and their remaining games becomes a bye.

Knockout Cup

Knockout Cup Quarter Finals 
Colliton Flingers 371 (J Aplin 54), Patriots 462 (T Macey 75);
Ship Apes 393 (M King, M Pendry 54), Breakaways 433 (M Green 65);
Alcotops 406 (D Warr, G Clarke 56), Skimmers 433 (D Burt 72);
Colliton Wide Boys 455 (M Slade, Z Fowler 65), Wareham Legionaires 457 (J Taylor 68).

Highest individual scores: 75 by Terry Macey of Patriots on alley one at the Colliton Club
Highest team score: 462 by Patriots on alley one at the Colliton Club
Highest hand: 80 by Patriots on alley one at the Colliton Club
Biggest win: 91 by Patriots on alley one at the Colliton Club
Highest stick up: 17 by D Warr of Alcotops on alley three at the Trinity Club, M Slade of Colliton Wide Boys and M Jeans of Wareham Legionaires both on alley two at the Colliton Club
Oxo's None

Semi Final draw
Wareham Legionaires v Patriots at the Three Compasses, Charminster - Board to be marked by Jen Haime
Breakaways v Skimmers at the New Inn, West Knighton - Board to be marked by Jane Fairless
To be played on Tuesday 31st March

Final to be played on Tuesday 5th May on alley one at the Trinity Club - Board to be marked by Luke Short

Open Pairs Competition – Friday 8th May, 2026

7.15 for 7.30 start. Using the following alley’s: Trinity Club 1, 2 and 3, Colliton 1, Colliton 2, Bladen Social Club, Three Compasses, Charminster and the New Inn, West Knighton.

Colliton One - Brian Newton
Any Pin Will Do 1
Barmy Army 2
Breakaways 5
Brewers Bees 3
Country Boys 3
Hammers 1
Heathens 4
Jolly Green Giants 3
Ladettes 2
New Inn Chuckers 1
Plodders 1
Puddletown Wanderers 3
Ship Apes 4
Ship Wrecked 5
The Wafflers 3
Untouchables 3
Vic Reeves 3
Vic’s Brown Bullocks 2
Wareham Legionaires 2
Woodmen 5

Colliton Two - Luke Short
Barmy Army 1
Breakaways 2
Alcotops 5
Brewers Bees 4
Dewlish Monsters 4
Essentials 3
Heathens 1
Jokers 1
Ladettes 4
Misfits 4
Plodders
Ship Apes 1
Ship Wrecked 2
Skimmers 4
Strugglers 3
Swan Abbots 2
Trinity Allsorts 4
Untouchables 5
Vic Reeves 4

Bladen Social Club - Terry Gosney
Alcotops 3
Barmy Army 5
Colliton Flingers 2
Colliton Imps 3
Colliton Magpie Imps 3
Colliton Wide Boys 3
Dewlish Monsters 2
Essentials 1
Hammers 4
Jolly Green Giants 1
Ladettes 5
Misfits 2
Patriots 3
Plodders 4
Skimmers 2
Strugglers 1
Trinity Allsorts 2
Vic Reeves 2
Wareham Legionaires 5
Yokels on Tour @ Colliton 2

Three Compasses - Malcolm Slade
Alcotops 1
Breakaways 4
Brewers Bees 2
Colliton Flingers 4
Colliton Imps 5
Colliton Magpie Imps 2
Colliton Wide Boys 2
Country Boys 2
Essentials 5
Half Pints 2
Heathens 3
Jokers 3
Jolly Green Giants 5
Puddletown Wanderers 2
Ship Apes 3
Ship Wrecked 4
The Wafflers 2
Vic’s Brown Bullocks 1
Wareham Legionaires 1
Woodmen 4

Trinity Club One - Adam Barnes
Alcotops 2
Barmy Army 4
Colliton Flingers 1
Colliton Imps 2
Colliton Magpie Imps 5
Colliton Wide Boys 5
Dewlish Monsters 1
Misfits 1
Muckspreaders 2
New Inn Chuckers 3
Patriots 2
Plodders 3
Skimmers 1
Strugglers 2
Trinity Allsorts 1
Untouchables 2
Vic Reeves 1
Wareham Legionaires 4
Yokels on Tour @ Colliton 1

Trinity Club Two - Derek Burt
Barmy Army 3
Colliton Imps 1
Colliton Magpie Imps 4
Colliton Wide Boys 4
Country Boys 4
Half Pints 3
Hammers 2
Heathens 5
Ladettes 3
New Inn Chuckers 2
Patriots 1
Puddletown Wanderers 4
Ship Apes 5
Ship Wrecked 1
The Wafflers 4
Untouchables 1
Vic’s Brown Bullocks 3
Wareham Legionaires 3
Woodmen 2

Trinity Club Three - Phil Slade
Breakaways 3
Brewers Bees 1
Colliton Flingers 5
Colliton Magpie Imps 1
Colliton Wide Boys 1
Country Boys 1
Essentials 4
Half Pints 1
Hammers 3
Jokers 2
Jolly Green Giants 4
Muckspreaders 1
Puddletown Wanderers 1
Ship Apes 2
Ship Wrecked 3
Swan Abbots 3
The Wafflers 1
Vic Reeves 5
Woodmen 3

New Inn, West Knighton - Jane Fairless
Breakaways 1
Colliton Imps 4
Essentials 2
Hammers 5
Heathens 2
Woodmen 1
Alcotops 4
Jolly Green Giants 2
Plodders 5
Colliton Flingers 3
Ladettes 1
Untouchables 4
Skimmers 3
Dewlish Monsters 3
Trinity Allsorts 3
Trinity Mix Ups 1
Misfits 3
Swan Abbots 1
Yokels on Tour @ Colliton 3

Sticker-up Cup Competition – Thursday 2nd April, 2026

To take place at The Trinity Club. 7.15 for 7.30 start. Entries as follows:

Barmy Army, Breakaway, Colliton Imps, Colliton Wide Boys, Half Pints, Hammers, Heathens, Patriots, Puddletown Wanderers, Skimmers, Vic Reeves, Wareham Legionaires, Alcotops 1, Alcotops 2, Colliton Magpie Imps , Dewlish Monsters, Jolly Green Giants, Muckspreaders, Plodders, Ship Apes, The Wafflers, Trinity Allsorts, Yokels on Tour @Colliton, Any Pin Will Do, Brewers Bees, Colliton Flingers, Ladettes , Misfits, Strugglers, Trinity Mix Ups.