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Week commencing 13 Oct 25 - SECTION A
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       Patriots  v  Colliton Imps    Thu  Goldies
Goldies Wurzels  v  Wide Boys        Fri  Goldies
        Hammers  v  Pudd Wanderers   Fri  Trinity Club 1
       Heathens  v  Legionaires      Fri  Trinity Club 3
       Skimmers  v  Barmy Army       Fri  Victoria Hotel
     Half Pints  v  Swan Abbots      Thu  Colliton Club 1
        Woodmen  v  Essentials       Fri  Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrew
     Breakaways  v  Vic Reeves       Fri  Wool Legion 

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Week commencing 13 Oct 25 - SECTION B
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   Country Boys  v  Alcotops         Fri  Moved to the Spitfire Club
      Ship Apes  v  Monsters         Wed  The Old Ship, Upwey
   The Wafflers  v  Magpie Imps      Fri  Tom Browns
       Plodders  v  Allsorts         Thu  Trinity Club 2
            Bye  v  Swankers           
         Yokels  v  Bullocks         Wed  Colliton Club 1
   Hartstoppers  v  Steamers         Thu  Colliton Club 2
   Green Giants  v  Muckspreaders    Fri  Colliton Club 2

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Week commencing 13 Oct 25 - SECTION C
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       Chuckers  v  Misfits          Thu  New Inn, West Knighton
         Jokers  v  Flingers         Thu  Victoria Hotel
   Ship Wrecked  v  Funseekers       Thu  The Old Ship, Upwey
     Easy Beats  v  Trinity Mix Ups  Tue  Victoria Hotel
Any Pin Will Do  v  Ladettes         Wed  Tom Browns
   Untouchables  v  Pudd Nomads      Fri  Bladen SC, Briantspuddle
Colliton Spares  v  Strugglers       Fri  Colliton Club 1
   Brewers Bees  v  Bye   

Essentials v Hammers - Fri 7th Nov - Spitfire Club, Crossways
Swankers v Colliton Wide Boys - Fri 7th Nov - Trinity 1 
Puddletown Nomads v Jokers 
Ship Apes v Untouchables - Wed 5th Nov - Old Ship, Upwey  
Wareham Legionaires v Puddletown Wanderers 
Half Pints v The Wafflers 
Country Boys v Colliton Flingers 
Colliton Spares v Funseekers - Fri 7th Nov - Colliton 1 
New Inn Chuckers v Patriots 
Ship Wrecked v Breakaways 
Heathens v Any Pin Will Do - Fri 7th Nov - Trinity Club 3 
Goldies Wurzels v Barmy Army
Alcotops v Strugglers - Fri 7th Nov - Trinity Club 2 
Dewlish Monsters v Jolly Green Giants 
Steamers v Colliton Imps - Thur 6th Nov - New Inn, West Knighton
Skimmers v Swan Abbots 

Ties to be played w/c 3rd Nov

Once the tie has been arranged between both teams, and the alley booked please could either captain contact the Fixture Secretary and confirm the date so it can be added to the website.

Please note that the 16 losing teams in the cup 1st round will join the 14 losing teams in the qualifying round, and play in the 1st round of the Plate in December.

The AGM was held at the Colliton Club yesterday evening, here’s a brief round up.

1. There will no longer be a Ladies League, The Hon. Secretary thanked all the ladies who have played over the years.
2. The league entry fees were increased to £60
3. There were no major rule changes, just wording on rules to bring the rules in line now that we have no Ladies League.
4. Trinity Mix Ups have joined Section C meaning we have 46 teams, 16 in Section A and 15 in Section B and C.
5. The committee are to review the Presentation Evening.
6. The committee will consider the idea of sponsorship for the league for the 26-27 season.

Thank you to the following company’s who have placed an advert on the league’s website

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 Scaffolding Dorset Ltd
All In Interiors 
Barry Knight Building and Maintenance  
Fox Typesetting Services 
Case & Brewer Fish and Chips
The Colliton Club & Bar  

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

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 2022. 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.

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.