Saturday October 10th is the closing date for the Singles, Pairs and Triples.
Mixed Pairs I will accept until December 31st.

There were only three matches this week, the first was on Tuesday at the Corfe Legion where the ‘A’ team welcomed the Bluebirds E side, in a 10 leg match it produced our second 18 of the season, this time it was young Eddie Smith who puts his name on the 18 list, the game finished all square with the Corfe Legion picking up their first Beer of the season. They also have copied their first three results from last season, a draw in their first game, no points in their second game and a draw in their third game, but, this season they have picked up a Beer point which they did not have last season in their opening three games.
Wednesday saw the two other fixtures this week, BH15 Tossers played host to the Moordown Reds, Tossers took the first three points but failed to gain the Beer point in a nine leg match. Last season the Centenary JB now known as the Tossers picked up all three Beer points in the first three games, this season they have yet to win one.
The other match on Wednesday was at the Oakdale Club where the PHC team took on the BH15 PH ‘B’ side, the match finished as the other Wednesday match did, a 3-1 win for the home team, and losing the Beer point to the BH15 side.

Cancelled games must be played within the 56 days, don’t leave it until the 40th day to try and arrange it, also two dates must be given, let me know the date when you have arranged it. Failure to play it within the 56 days will be brought up at the committee.

With only three matches this week, the first was on Tuesday, at the Wallisdown club where the Lads took on the Bluebirds E team, both teams picked up three points and the Beer last week. This was a close match where one pin decided the outcome in most of the legs. Although there were many chances of a stick-up only one was converted during the evening, skipper Jordan Nicholls of the Wallisdown team getting that honour with a 15 in the third point for the Wallisdown Lads who eventually came out on top with all four points over the ten legs.
Second game of the week also resulted in a 4-0 win for the home side, this was a meeting between the Moordown Reds and the Corfe A teams, despite the Corfe A side having the one pin start it was not enough to grab any of the points.
The third game which was on Thursday at the Bluebirds Club involved the Bluebirds A side taking on the Claypipe Lads, this result looked to be going the same way as the other two matches, but the Claypipe Lads hung in there over the 10 leg match and got their reward picking up the Beer point in a best of three legs. Claypipe also picked up one point in both of their opening two matches last season and finished runners-up.

Season 1976/77.

There were four divisions all had 18 teams in each division, all completed their 34 league matches.

The 1st division winners in 1976-77 season were the Potters Lads side who won 24 of their 34 matches and scored a total of 95 points, this was their first time they had won the 1st division, the previous season (1975-76) they finished second in the division. They also won the Beer Cup trophy that season, there was only one Beer Cup for all four divisions in those days. Corfe Lads finished in second place in the 1976-77 season, they finished on 80 points 15 points behind the Potters Lads, the Corfe Lads skipper was J. R. Broomfield, they finished five points ahead of the third place team Generators B who played at the old Poole Power station on 75 points.
Potters Lads started in division 4 in 1971-72 season and won that division in their first year, they went on to win division three the following year (1972-73) and continued their upward climb winning the second division the following year (1973-74), all the time being captained by R. S. Hatchard.

Winners of the Second Division in 1976-77 season were Flight Refuelling and were skippered by Brian Hutchings, they won 16 of their 34 league games and finished with a total of 84 points, two points ahead of the second place team Hamworthy Legion F whose captain was D. Jolliffe. The Flight Refuelling side won 23 Beers but with only only one Beer Cup for all four divisions it went to the Potters Lads of the first division who won 28 Beers.
There was only one Beer Cup for all four divisions, that went to the Potters Lads of the first division who won 28 Beers.