First round 

Vic Apes v Swankers - Wed 11 Nov - Victoria Hotel
Country Boys v The Wafflers
Muckspreaders v Untouchables - Thur 12 Nov - Tom Browns
Woodmen v Breakaways - Thur 12 Nov - Royal Oak, Milborne St Andrew
Heathens v Colliton Flingers - Fri 13 Nov - Trinity Club 3
Wareham Legionaires v Trinity Mix Ups Fri 13 Nov - Wareham Legion
Dewlish Monsters v Goldies Wurzels
Steamers v Patriots
Half Pints v Misfits
Skimmers v Barmy Army - Thur 12 Nov - Victoria Hotel
Vic Reeves v Vixens - Fri 13 Nov - Victoria Hotel
Colliton Spares v Strugglers - Fri 13 Nov - Colliton Club 1
Yokels On Tour @Colliton v Essentials - Thur 12 Nov - Colliton Club 2 
Hartstoppers v New Inn Chuckers
Jokers v Colliton Magpie Imps 
Trinity Allsorts v Ladettes - Fri 13 Nov - Trinity Club 1

Ties to be player w/c 9th November

Once the match is arranged by both teams and the alley booked, please would the home team confirm the date with the Fixture Secretary.

Qualifying round 

Muckspreaders 408 (Stuart McLean 65), Easy Beats 344 (Alfie Hedges 52) 
Colliton Flingers 375 (Paul Fairless 55), Funseekers 341 (Mike Foote 53)
Swankers 390 (Kevin Buglar 62), Hammers 381 (Ethan Bedford 65)   
Misfits v Vic's Brown Bullocks, game to Misfits, Bullocks fined £20 and excluded from the Plate competition  
Patriots 450 (Jamie Cooke 66), Brewers Bees 386 (Alfie James 58)   
Strugglers 408 (Simon Coombes 62), Alcotops 404 (Samuel House 62)   
Puddletown Wanderers 417 (Ross Durston 58), Barmy Army 429 (Kev Smith 64)  
Wide Boys 384 (Justin Hallett 53), Dewlish Monsters 422 (James Ford 65) 
Colliton Imps 405 (Adam Barrett 62), Half Pints 432 (Ian Baker 72)  
Vic Reeves 455 (Jack Beale 70), Plodders 405 (Owen Jones, Tracy Coleman 57)  
Puddletown Nomads 388 (Brad Perrins 56), Yokels On Tour @Colliton 394 (Mike Churchill 61)  

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. 

Cup dates for 26-27
Week commencing 5th Oct - Qualifying round 
Week commencing 9th Nov - 1st round 
There will be no weeks set aside for the 2nd round or the Quarter finals. 
Tuesday 23rd March - Semi finals 
Tuesday 4th may - Final 

Plate dates for 26-27 
There will be no weeks set aside for Plate matches 
Tuesday 23rd March - Semi finals 
Tuesday 4th may - Final

A. It shall be the responsibility of each of the teams drawn together to arrange the fixture. The team drawn first shall be the home team who shall offer their opponents at least two dates for the fixture, except where a week is set aside, when only one date need be given, within seven days of the draw being notified. The onus shall rest with the away team to make contact with the home team if no date(s) have been offered on expiry of the specified period. The Fixture Secretary is to be notified, by the Home team, of the date agreed. In the event of the teams being unable to agree a date the matter is to be reported to the League Honorary Secretary for consultation with the Committee whose decision in respect of the fixture is final. Teams are reminded that Cup matches can be played on a neutral alley and as a last resort matches may take place on a Saturday or Sunday. Teams that lose in the qualifying or the first round proper (not the preliminary round, if held) shall automatically be entered into the Plate competition.

B. Matches are to be played to a conclusion with, in the event of a tie, extra hands being played until a result has been obtained. In the event that an extra hand or hands are required to obtain a result any player(s) who are not available to throw their extra hand(s) shall be awarded 4 pins for each additional hand required. The result card shall be sent by the winning team to the Fixture Secretary in accordance with the arrangements specified for league matches. If a result card is not submitted by the appointed time for a knockout fixture the Committee shall be entitled to EXPEL BOTH TEAMS FROM THE COMPETITION and to award a bye in the next round.

C. Any team failing to fulfil a cup or plate match, other than in circumstances that are deemed by the League /Fixture Secretary as an exceptional event, shall incur a £20 fine which shall be paid to the Hon. Treasurer within 14 days of the date specified for the completion of fixtures for that round. Should the fine not be paid within the timeframe then 2 points will be deducted from the team’s league points total for each week that the fine remains unpaid. Should the breach occur in the qualifying or first round of the cup then the team will also be excluded from the plate competition.

D. The qualification of players shall be as for the Dorchester and District Skittles League. Any side winning a Cup Match and including in its side an unregistered player shall forfeit the match to its opponents. A transferred player may only take part in the Cup and/or the Plate provided they have not already played in either competition for their former team during the current season. No team shall be able to register new players after the quarter finals.

E. Semi-finals and finals to be played on neutral alleys. Alleys and dates for these matches, which must be adhered to, will be arranged by the Committee.