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Week commencing 7 Sep 26 - SECTION A 
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     Half Pints  v  Skimmers         Thu  Colliton Club 1
  Colliton Imps  v  Heathens         Fri  Colliton Club 2
     Essentials  v  Legionaires      Fri  Spitfire Club, Crossways
        Woodmen  v  Breakaways       Fri  Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrew
       Patriots  v  Monsters         Thu  Tom Browns
      Wide Boys  v  Goldies Wurzels  Fri  Tom Browns
       Allsorts  v  Barmy Army       Fri  Trinity Club 3
     Vic Reeves  v  Hammers          Fri  Victoria Hotel

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Week commencing 7 Sep 26 - SECTION B
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       Swankers  v  Plodders         Fri  Trinity Club 1
       Steamers  v  Strugglers       Thu  Colliton Club 2
       Bullocks  v  The Wafflers     Thu  Victoria Hotel
       Vic Apes  v  Country Boys     Wed  Victoria Hotel
      Pudd Wand  v  Alcotops         Fri  Bladen SC, Briantspuddle
 Yokels On Tour  v  Magpie Imps      Wed  Colliton Club 1 

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Week commencing 7 Sep 26 - SECTION C 
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Colliton Spares  v  Funseekers       Fri  Colliton Club 1
   Brewers Bees  v  Untouchables     Fri  Trinity Club 2
         Vixens  v  BYE
        Misfits  v  Trinity Mix Ups  Fri  Wool Legion
       Chuckers  v  Hartstoppers     Thu  New Inn, West Knighton
     Easy Beats  v  Flingers         Tue  Victoria Hotel

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Week commencing 7 Sep 26 - NEWTON CUP 
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    Pudd Nomads  v  Muckspreaders    Fri  Goldies  
       Ladettes  v  Jokers 	     Thu  Trinity Club 1

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.

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.

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. 

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.

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)

 

 

Please would all captains be reminded of rule 14

Games shall commence between 8.30 p.m. and 8.45 p.m. Any team short of players must commence the game with the players available. If there are no representatives of a team present on the alley by 8.45p.m. that team will be deemed to have cancelled and the match awarded to the opposing team.

Check out the history pages on the website. This is an ongoing project which will be updated to give you all an insight on the past history of the league. If anyone can help with any missing teams/years or mistakes please contact terry.gosney@btinternet.com , especially any information about league winners from the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s as the skittle fixture books only started putting in the previous seasons tables from 1980.

The Dorchester & District Skittles League accepts no responsibility or liability in respect of any material relating to Dorchester skittles posted by any team or person on social media.

It is the responsibility of both captains to ensure that the stickers up operate in a competent and safe manner at all times. The use of mobile phones, ipads, headphones etc whilst the game is in progress is not permitted.