Berkeley League round-up

IN Division Four, the Oddbods started off with a 64 leg at the Mariners including two spares only to see it beaten by First Class scoring 67 without a spare.

The Oddbods then moved into a 33-pin lead by the fifth leg only for First Class to pull them all back in the next two legs thanks to two spares from Matt Arkle.

In a tense last leg, First Class did just enough for the win.

Falling behind to the Colombians due to a 65-pin first leg with spares from Pete Tarski and Joanne Melliar-Payne, the Surgical Spirits fought back well at the Boar’s Head to get a draw.

In a good team performance, Dave Watts was the stand out with 58.

In Division Five, a good 58 at anchor by Rob Child including the only spare of the match helped the Fielders to a narrow win over Synwell B.

Julie Ashby and Steve Wright shared the honours for Synwell B on 51.

In Division Six thriller at The Swan, Lobitanhope were six pins down with a leg to go against their hosts the Munch Bunch.

However they finished with a 69 leg, including spares from Alison Burnell and Wendy Cruse giving them a 15 pin win. Jane Dean had her first spare of the season for the Munch Bunch in her 62.

In the Ladies Singles competition, the semi-finalists were Trudi Barnfield (Persuaders) against Sue Coole (Persuaders) with Sue having 10 spare and Heather Brookes (Persuaders) against Claire Mercer (Casual) with Heather having 11 and 15 spares.

In the final, Heather beat Sue by 52 to 46.

A huge thank you goes to Jim, the staff and the stickers at Slimbridge RBL for hosting the event and to all the ladies who made the competition such an enjoyable event.

Please note that this is the last time that Gilly will be running this competition. If someone would like to take over, please advise Gilly before the AGM next year.

Fixtures. All-in Cup 2nd round draw - ties to be played by Sun 08/01/2017: Tipsy Moonshiners v Rogues; Bridgetown v Morse Codes; Quality Factors v Persuaders; Dirty Turkeys v Bangers; Oddbods v Fusiliers; TMFASN v Boars Head; Allsorts v Duty Free; Lynch Pins v Village Idiots; Misfits v Windbound Exiles; Lobitanhope v Sharpness Playmates; Birdies v Wannabees; Jack High v Warriors; Chaos v Loungers; Not a Clue v Wanderers; Wurzels v Artists; Dropouts v Rebels.

Results- All-In Cup:Tadgers 420 (P Lavis 61), Morse Codes 423 (C Beacham, B Morse 56);Boars Head 459 (J Regan 75), Cam A 439 (D McClung 59).

Premier Division:Village Idiots 490 (B Dorrington 71), Moscow Dynamos 467 (D Jackson, L Pennington 68);Rebels 439 (C O’Connor 66), Ratepayers 461 (D Kendall 68); Ratepayers 421 (P Beames 61), Tadgers 415 (P Lavis 61);Old Muckers 457 (J Mustoe 64), Better Half 452 (M Richards 65);Persuaders 447 (S Coole 64), Moscow Dynamos 442 (J Turl 60);Bridgetown 455 (M Cole 63), Artists 486 (C Livall 68);BA Rangers 467 (M Sims 68), Rebels 466 (L Holder 72).

Division 1:Lynch Pins 472, H Grieve 66; Wanderers 482, E Carroll 67; Foxhunters 422 S Mallard 68; Duke of Beaufort 401 S Holman 56; Morse Codes 407 A Elliott 57; Odds and Sods 379 D Day, R Porter 51; Dominoes 442 H Tipper 64; Loungers 439 D Vizard M Davis 64; Nobblers 446 K Spill 60; Windbound Exiles 429 M Pearce 78.

Division Two: Double Five 416 A Tutton 61; Millermen 444 D Harper G Harper 58; Wannabees 417 T Deakin, G Dollong 62; Misfits 390 B Pillinger 59, Stylistics 418 D Woolams 60; Daydreamers 440 P Ruther 62; Happy Shambles 427 M Sayburn 75; Birdies 400 D Benden 58; Birdies 458 N Cottle 71; Wurzels 454 P Poole 65.

Division 3: Dirty Turkeys 428 W Woodward 61; Tactical Twits 421 G Williams 57