Both Tuesday’s fixtures ended up as draws. One of the matches was at Wallisdown Con., where the Lads played host to the Corfe Lads team and Wonder Woman Tash. Chasing a score of 51, Captain Pete got straight into the action for the Corfe team by scoring 12 on his first throw, but that was not enough to win that first leg of the evening, Wallisdown Lads won the second leg with solid team scores that gave them the first point. Corfe Lads took the second point in two straight with the help of Tash who scored 12 to win their first point, Corfe Lads went on to win their second point of the evening again in two straight legs this time with the help of the one-pin start they had all evening, Wallisdown Lads took the Beer point in a best of three which ruined the Corfe Lads run of Beers, they had won their last five consecutive Beers,
The other match on Tuesday was at the Centenary where the PH ‘B’ team took on second-place Claypipe Lads. It resulted in a draw. The PH ‘B’ side won the Beer point and that is their third consecutive one, something they did not achieve last season.
Wednesday Corfe A visited the Moordown Club, and came away with two points against the Moordown Reds. Corfe side remain at the bottom of the table and without a win this season so far, Moordown Reds have only won one match this season and are also finding points hard to come by. Bluebirds E played host to their club rivals ‘A’ team also on Wednesday, the match went to 11 legs, the result was a 3-1 win for Bluebirds ‘E’, they have won 15 points from their five home matches this season. Looking at the Bluebirds ‘A’ results, they have yet to win a match on their home alley. The third game played on Wednesday was the match between the Centenary JB and their club rivals Cen-Terry! 24, the result was a 3-1 victory for the away team Cen-Terry! 24, who now have a six-point lead at the top of the table. Centenary JB have only managed to win three points from their last five games and have not won a Beer point in their last seven fixtures.
Thursday’s match between Colehill OBs and the Oakdale PHC team ended in a 2-2 draw. The result meant there were two records broken in that draw. It was Colehill OB’s first loss of a home Beer point, second record is it is Oakdale’s PHC’s first away Beer point of the season.

Week 9 started with the league leaders Cen-Terry! 24 winning all four points against the Bluebirds E side at the Centenary Club on Tuesday, Bluebirds E have only taken one point from their last four away matches but are still lying in equal third place in the table, also on Tuesday at Corfe Legion the ‘A’ team played host to the Wallisdown Lads, first throw of the evening saw Dean Harper of the Corfe side score a 15, but the Wallisdown Lads were able to get the team score and took the first point in two straight legs, Wallisdown Lads took the second point in a best of three and went on to take the third point in two straight, Corfe A battled back in the Beer point, Gill Masters and Dean Harper got a 15 and a 14 respectively to win the first leg of the Beer then with a solid team effort for the second leg they set a score of 46 which was just one pin too much for the Wallisdown team.
Wednesday’s match at the Oakdale saw PHC side take all four points against the Centenary JB team, after a promising start to the season and winning their first three Beers the JB side have only picked up two points in their last four matches and have not won a Beer in their last six matches, last season they lost the first three Beers but won five of their eight to the halfway fixtures, meanwhile Oakdale PHC have now won five Beers, all of them from their home fixtures, they have not won one away.
Thursday Centenary PH ‘B’ team again provided the shock result of the week by taking all four points from the Bluebirds A team when they were at the Bluebirds Club, Centenary PH ‘B’ must have put a curse on their future opposition on Halloween night, this was not only their second win of the season but their second consecutive 4-0 win. Another Thursday match was at the Claypipe Inn where the Claypipe Lads again showed their strength on their home alley and moved into second place in the table by taking all four points against the five-man side from Moordown Reds. Corfe Lads finished the week’s fixtures off with a draw against the Colehill OBs at the Corfe Legion Club, with both teams only being separated by one point in the league, it was the Colehill OBs who claimed the first two points despite Wonder Woman Tash scoring a (13) in both of the first two points, Corfe Lads got their act together in the second half and won the last two points with solid scoring from each player and no stick-ups.

The first round of the Singles is on Wednesday, December 3rd, the venues are Bluebirds Club and Moordown Con. The draw and order of throwing can be found on the singles page under the Competitions header. The first round of the Pairs competition is on Wednesday, December 17th, the venues are the Wallisdown Con and the Oakdale Club. The draw and order of throwing can be found on the Pairs page. There are 10 Three’s entries this season. There will be no qualifying round. All 10 entrants will go to the final on Monday, April 13th venue will be allotted later, order of throwing and players can be found on the Three’s page. There will be no need for a qualifying round in the Mixed Pairs. Final is on Monday, March 2nd. Names and order of throwing will be published later on the website.

On the paper fixture list, Week 14 should be w/c Feb. 9th not 16th and Week 15 should be Feb. 16th not the 17th.
The fixtures on the website are correct.

25 YEARS AGO (2000-2001) SEASON
In the season 2000-2001 there were 49 teams in the Poole & District Skittles Association, the first and second leagues had 16 teams, the third had 17, but there was no fourth division for the first time.
The winner of the first division by three points was Bluebirds ’97, their captain was Bill Lovell, they finished the season with 76 points from their 30 league games and won 18 Beers, reversing their fortune from the previous season when they finished second to the Bloxworth side. The Bluebirds ’97 team also won the Champion of Champions Cup that season. After a play-off for the runner-up trophy the Bloxworth team who was led by P. Toop overcame the Hamworthy Legion G side, their captain was Eddie Harris, both teams finished on 73 points, the Hamworthy Legion team won 19 Beers against the 18 by the Bloxworth side, but the winners of the Beer Cup was Colehill who’s captain was Allen Clarke they won 20 out of a possible 30 in the season and played their home matches on a Friday. The league stated which night you should be playing on, the 1st division should of all played on a Tuesday, there were only three teams that actually played their home matches on Tuesday nights, the following year the 1st division would off been allocated Wednesday nights for playing their matches.
The Bluebirds ’97 team also won the Champion of Champions Cup that season.

Winners of the second division by three points were the Broadstone Y2K side who was captained by Graeme Davis, their home venue was the Broadstone Railway Hotel, they won the league with 73 points from their 28 league matches and also won the Beer Cup with 20 wins from their league fixtures, in their team was the President of Poole Skittles at the time Cyril Matthews he had won the 1st division in three consecutive years (73/74, 74/75, 75/76), Cyril Matthews served on the general committee from 1972-73 to 1997 he became President of the Poole and District Skittle League from 1998 to 2005 and went on to become a Life President, the division finished up with 15 teams, Wimborne Lads dropped out during the season.
Runner-up in the second division was Oakdale C with a total of 70 points. They were three points clear of third-place Lytchett B, who ended on 67 points. Oakdale C team finished 3rd in the previous season (1999-2000), their captain for both seasons was Steve Lee.

The third division winners in 2000-01 season were the Potters Stuff, their captain was Bill Meaden, they scored 86 points from their 30 league matches and won the division by four points from Bluebirds 81, their captain was Tony Evans. The Potters Stuff also won the third division Beer Cup with 22 wins from their 30 league matches. Although there were 17 teams that entered the division at the start of the season, the Power House team failed to complete the season, leaving 16 teams in the division. There was no fourth division that year