THE Lads completed a remarkable double as they beat champions Bombers by 14 at the Berrow Inn last week in Division One of the Highbridge & District Skittles League.
This season, The Lads have been the only team to defeat Bombers on their own alley at the Bristol Bridge and last week's loss was only Bombers' second of the season.
Steamers' 28-pin victory over Brent Knoll Inn confirmed them as runners-up and relegated the losers. Lighthouse Rogues are also down, despite having beaten already-doomed Railway Burtle by 62 at the Lighthouse Inn. Paul Hale had a three-ball maximum 27 in his 96.
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In Division Two, joint leaders Sleepers and Tryers were playing a title decider this week when they met at The Ritz. Tryers were 70 too good for Outsiders last week, with Mark Hembury (83) and Tony Mansfield (80) top-scoring. A first hand of 105 pulled 45 pins for Tryers.
Sleepers defeated Accrington Stanley at Pawlett Pavilion, where no irregular betting activities took place! Bellends, Four Finger Club, Nobby's One and White Rebels are all fighting it out for the last promotion place. Four Finger will need results to go their way as they are a point behind the other three.
Richard Gould scored 98 for Bobbetts Burntouts, with five big spares, in a 36-pin victory over Coopers Arms. At the bottom, the losers of the match between Coopers Arms and Accrington Stanley will be relegated, along with Outsiders and Trainers.
Amazingly, the top two were also meeting in the final week in Division Three. Crown Criminals were taking on Alleycats at the Crown with the winners being champions.
Criminals could have won the title last week, but were well beaten by Yhe Little Acorns at the Oaktree, while Alleycats came from behind to defeat Top House by 11, thanks to a last hand of 82 at the Somerset and Dorset.
Wanderers need only to win their last game to gain promotion, but if they lose, the winners of the Coopermen-Bombardiers match will go up instead.
After 29 matches, it is amazing that the race for the titles of the two lowe divisions are so close. The odds of both titles being decided by the teams involved playing each other, must be 1000-1.
Last week's results: Div One - Robins 443 (Paul Dunn 63), Shunters 491 (Richard Adams 77); Gunners 529 (Ben Sharland 89), Lighthouse Boys 556; The Lads 450 (Steve Jones 62), Bombers 436 (Tony Porter/ Barry Vincent 62); Outcasts 462 (Matt Jarvis 78), Snurgers 458 (Steve Solomon 65); Misfits 500 (John Hand 88 inc 22, Stan White 76), Social Club 540 (Steve Tindall 75, Rob Smith 74); Lighthouse Rogues 537 (Mike Barsby 82, Paul Hale 96 inc 27), Railway Burtle 475 (John Burrows 71); Cowboys 481 (Max Puddy 77), Odds and Ends 452 (Harry Symis/ Jerry Bird 62); Steamers 485 (Ian Skinner 69), Brent Knoll Inn 458 (Graham Hoskins 64).
Div Two - Accrington Stanley 462 (Dave Preedy 64), Sleepers 503 (Dick Miller 73); Tryers 544 (Mark Hembury 83, Cliff Russell 72, Tony Mansfield 80), Outsiders 474 (Angus Bowden 77); Radio Social 441 (Brian Robertson 65), The Poachers 463 (Nigel Headford/Jim Vearncombe 64); Bellends 463 (Steve Willoughby/Andy Manlow 66), Berrow Hotel 456 (Alan Bagg 68); Four Finger Club 461 (Paul Baker 68), Trainers 436 (Chris Warner 70); White Rebels 452 (Mark O'Regan 72), Juniors 430 (Martin Pople 59); Nobby's One 448 (Gary Reasons 63), Rafascals 396 (Ollie Barnes 60); Bobbetts Burntouts 546 (Richard Gould 98, Chris Gould 71), Coopers Arms 510 Frank Owen 81).
Div Three - Home Guard 439 (Tony Thorne/Neil Greenwood 64), Berrow Basics 427 (Jake Lake 72); The Little Acorns 465 (Kev Perrett 68), Crown Criminals 411 (Chris Puddy 63); Alleycats 471 (Brian Edwards 69), Top House 460 (Dave Hutchins 74); Rovers 439 (Roy Hooper 71), Dan's Ditch Diggers 463 (Dave Pineo 67); Ghosttrains 395 (Andy Hill 52), Bombardiers 399 (Phil Middleton 63); Coopermen 398 (George McAinsh 57), Legionaires 387 (Nick Baker/Kevin Blunsdown 54); Wanderers 469 (Mike Morris 75), Dads Army 411 (Trevor Dyer 56, Tommy Tanner 56); Mauricemen v The Rails, postponed.
Four-a-Side results: S/finals (Basonbridge Inn) - Alleycats 130, Bombers 172; Lighthouse Rogues 167, Outcasts 147. Final - Bombers 159 (M Galley 49, A King 28, S Williams 46, T Porter 36), Lighthouse Rogues 141 (M Barsby 26, P Timms 39, A Hale 33, A May 43).
Details of cup finals next Tuesday: Knockout - Cowboys v Bombers at Wellington Arms. Second Chance - Outcasts v Bellends at Artillery Arms.
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