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Tiverton Chiefs away to Crossways - 18.01.12

Another perfect spare of 27 on the same alley Half Moon, but this time by Globetrotters’ Captain Graham Prescott, though his team were 1 of the top 5 teams to lose this week in Division A, and with the next four winning, what situation we have. The Ponies are now in clear 2nd place 3 points behind the leaders, but there are 5 teams only 1 point behind them! In fact there are only 6 points behind first and 9th! In Division B, the vital top of the table clash went to Barley Knockons who are now in top spot, with Redwoods in 2nd, Ayshford Arms in 3rd and 3 in joint 4th, again only a few points separate top to 9th. Lion Cubs win this week and join Rose and Crown, who lost, in the top position in Division C, with Lumberjacks and The Merriemeade 1 point behind in joint 3rd, but again anyone’s guess who in following pack will still be there at the end of the season, as only 5 points separate 1st and 8th!! Phew, I am exhausted thinking about it.
DIVISION A
1. Manor House Hotel 340 The Ponies 386;
2. Globetrotters 484 Barmy Army 524;
3. Bickleigh 360 Uplowman 372;
4. Bullocks 391Castaways 400;
5. The Beare 379 Queens Head 359;
6. Brass Monkeys 411 Calverleigh 387;
7. Bradninch C Club 471 Elmore Club 505;
8. Uffculme Bellies 394 Settler Boys 375;
High Scores:
78 – M Beedell (Globetrotters, 3 spares);
75 – R Lowman (Elmore Club, 4 spares);
74 – S Manning (Barmy Army, 3 spares);
72 – B Moore (Barmy Army, 2 spares, 1 of 24);
70 – P Slade (Barmy Army, 4 spares), G Parr (Elmore Club, 3 spares);
68 – G Prescott (Globetrotters, 2 spares, 1 of 27!), R Nott & E Andress (Bradninch C Club, 3 spares), Brian Clarke (Elmore Club, 3 spares);
67 – P Hyde (Barmy Army, 3 spares), Ken White (Elmore Club, 2 spares);
66 – S Hill (Barmy Army, 2 spares), T Cooper (Elmore Club, 2 spares);
65 – Scott Sobey (Settler Boys, 3 spares);
REPORTS
1. Manor House Hotel have now lost 2 home games in a row, this week falling at the first hurdle to The Ponies. This means the latter are in clear 2nd place in the table. Ponies flew out of the stalls, and MHH seemed to be on a different race track, and good not get their game together.
2. Globetrotters are another of the top teams to lose this week, as they were routed by Barmy Army. The first leg did not give any indication of the rout to come, as the home team won this by 17, but a soul destroying 40 pins were captured by the Army in the 3rd leg, followed by 20 more in the 4th. Though Globetrotters rallied in the 5th and tucked away 21, the battle was already lost.
3. Bickleigh found Uplowman on a mission! The away team had nothing to lose, and started off by winning the first 2 legs, and though Bickleigh answered the call, and were actually 5 pins up after the 5th, a determined Uplowman pulled 17 pins on the last leg to take those precious points.
4. Bullocks did not enter the game until after the 3rd leg against Castaways, and by then they were grounded as they were 36 pins adrift. The home team did pull back all but 9 of those pins, in a valiant effort to get back to base, but it was a port to far.
5. The Beare initially did not dominate the game against Queens Head, and were only 3 pins to the good going into the last leg, but a 17-pin advantage on that leg, saw them take a comfortable victory. Spares were sparse, but the home team had 2 more than their visitors.
6. Brass Monkeys probably feel at home in this weather! but it did not show in the first 3 legs of their game against Calverleigh! They lost those legs and were 15 pins down, and the game looked gone, but in skittles nothing is over until it is over – and a complete turn around over the last 3 legs, saw BMs winning comfortably.
7. Bradninch C Club found Elmore Club’s scoring better that their defence as they had their backs against the wall from the off. The visitors posted 3 legs of 90+, finishing with a 24 run advantage on the last leg, to take a very welcome 2 points.
8. Uffculme Bellies took their first win of the second half of the season, at the expense of Settler Boys, who lost their first game! The first 2 legs went to the away team, but then Bellies started to fire on all cylinders, and that was game over, as they won the last 4 legs.

DIVISION B
1. Welcome Rebels 331 Trout Inn 329;
2. Ayshford Arms 361 Bradninch RBL 327;
3. Oggies 413 Catherine Wheel 367;
4. Globe Appley 390 Bulldogs 358;
5. Booze Cruzers 382 Globe Appley B 378;
6. Barley Mow 382 Huntsham A 372;
7. All Blacks 426 Hare & Hounds 440;
8. Redwoods371 Barley Knockons 374;
High Scores:
70 – Terry Palfrey (Booze Cruzers, 3 spares); 66 - John Pearce (Hare & Hounds, 2 spares);
REPORTS
1. Welcome Rebels and Trout Inn had a close result but Trout will be kicking themselves after dropping 18 pins in the last 2 rubs to lose by 2 pins. Rebels manage to climb off the bottom.
2. Ayshford Arms take a nice 34 pin win over Bradninch RBL with AA only dropping pins in the last rub. By the time Bradninch got the measure of the alley it was just too late.
3. Oggies climb into a share of 4th with a comfy 46 pin win over struggling Catherine Wheel, taking all 6 rubs along the way.
4. Globe Appley win a third game in a row beating Bulldogs by 32 pins, taking 4 of the 5 rubs and gives them a share of 4th.
5. Booze Cruzers give Globe Appley B’s title chances another set back as they lose a second game in a row. Cruzers kept things close and needed to pull 4 pins to win and managed to take 7.
6. Barley Mow beat bottom table Huntsham A by 10 pins. Huntsham had 9 pins in hand with 2 to go but Barley rallied and pulled 19 in the last 2.
7. All Blacks up and down form continues as Hare & Hounds take a 14 pin victory in a game of ups and downs with both teams taking some huge pin gains and losses in some of the rubs.
8. The top of the table clash between Redwoods and Barley Knockons went to the away team, the game was very close and Knockons win by 3 to take top spot

DIVISION C
1. The Dogz 312 The Merriemeade 319;
2. White Horse 389 Tiverton Chiefs 352;
3. Otterheads 375 Jims Boys 388;
4. Crossways have a bye;
5. Halfway House 388 Tiverton RBL 332;
6. The Farmers 397 Rose & Crown 379;
7. Exeter Exiles 375 Lion Cubs 390;
8. The Agri-Nuts 401 Lumberjacks 410;

High Scores:
67 – Mark Goodall (White Horse, 3 spares);
REPORTS
1. The Dogz lost every leg but the last one, by then 23 pins down it was too late, they pulled 16 back, but Merriemeade won by 7 pins.
2. White Horse took a 10 pin lead after 3 legs , then piled another 28 on to the total, Tiverton Chiefs had no answer and cut the deficit by a single pin, White Horse won by a convincing 37 pins.
3. Otterheads struggled to contain Jims Boys, even if it was only by small margin leg wins. Jims Boys made it a narrow win by 5 pins.
4. Crossways have a bye
5. Halfway House after a slow start, raced away, Tiverton RBL conceded 49 pins in the last 4 legs, this was an easy home win for Halfway.
6. The Farmers started well and went 28 pins up after 3 legs, then eased up, Rose & Crown took advantage and hit back but not enough and Farmers won by a creditable 18 pins.
7. Exeter Exiles only 1 pin down after 2 legs, however Lion Cubs slowly went further ahead, and won to take shared top spot in the Division.
8. The Agri-nuts played in a classic game of two halves, Lumberjacks swept into the lead scoring 25 pins, Agri-nuts got a grip but not strong enough, Lumberjacks went home with a small 9 pin win.