Trinity Allsorts who play in Section B are looking for new players for the forthcoming season. They play their home matches on alley three at the Trinity Club on Friday’s. Contact the Fixture Secretary, Terry Gosney for more details.

The Open League will start week commencing 26th August. Below is the first set of fixtures for the Open League. The Ladies League will start week commencing 16th September.

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SECTION A - Week commencing 26 Aug 24
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 Pudd Wanderers  v  Barmy Army       Fri  Bladen SC, Briantspuddle
     Half Pints  v  Essentials       Thu  Colliton Club alley 1
      Wide Boys  v  Breakaways       Thu  Colliton Club alley 2
  Colliton Imps  v  Green Giants     Fri  Colliton Club alley 2
       Patriots  v  Skimmers         Thu  Goldies
Goldies Wurzels  v  Magpie Imps      Fri  Goldies
        Hammers  v  Woodmen          Fri  Trinity Club alley 1
       Heathens  v  Legionaires      Fri  Trinity Club alley 3

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SECTION B - Week commencing 26 Aug 24
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       Monsters  v  Swankers         Fri  Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrew
       Alcotops  v  Bye               
     Vic Reeves  v  Bullocks         Fri  Victoria Hotel
   Country Boys  v  Steamers         Fri  New Inn, West Knighton
         Jokers  v  Hartstoppers     Thu  Victoria Hotel
    Swan Abbots  v  Brewers Bees     Thu  Swan Inn, Abbotsbury
  Muckspreaders  v  Yokels On Tour   Thu  Tom Browns
       Plodders  v  Allsorts         Thu  Trinity Club alley 2

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SECTION C - Week commencing 26 Aug 24
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     Funseekers  v  Ladettes         Wed  Colliton Club alley 1
       Flingers  v  Pudd Nomads      Fri  Colliton Club alley 1
            Bye  v  Strugglers        
       Chuckers  v  Ship Apes        Thu  New Inn, West Knighton
        Misfits  v  Wingers          Fri  Wool British Legion
            Bye  v  Colliton Spares    
   Ship Wrecked  v  Untouchables     Thu  The Old Ship Inn, Upwey
   The Wafflers  v  Easy Beats       Wed  Victoria Hotel

Please note that the information packs for the forthcoming season will be available for collection from the Colliton Club on Friday 9th August. The packs will contain the fixture list, contact details, scorecards, cup draw, invoice and signing on sheet.

Martin Osborne will be at the Colliton Club from 12.30pm until 1.30pm and then again in the evening from 7.30pm until 9pm. Please would all captains do their best to collect the packs on this date, anyone with any questions about collecting their items should contact Terry Gosney nearer the collection date. Brian Newton will not be available to be to contacted on this occasion.

Unfortunately since the AGM two’s teams have withdrawn their entry to the league. Merrymen and Fifty Shades of Age will not be entering this season. The committee has excepted a late entry from Ship Apes, who will play their matches at the Old Ship Inn at Upwey on a Wednesday.

If you would like to advertise your business on the website for the price of £25 a year please email a PDF of your advert/business card to terry.gosney@btinternet.com

Funseekers require a sticker-up for the 24-25 season. They play home matches on a Wednesday at the Colliton Club. For more details please contact the league’s fixture secretary Terry Gosney.

All of the photos from this years Presentation Evening can be found by clicking on the Photo’s & Press Cuttings in the menu at the top of this web-site and then navigating down to Presentation Evening 2024. All photo’s were kindly supplied by Chris Whitefield Wedding Photography.

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.

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