This week is the Aggregate week, the draw was made at the AGM, it is as follows:
BH15 PH ‘B’ v Moordown Reds
Corfe Legion ‘A’ v Bluebirds ‘A’
Bluebirds ‘E’ v BH15 Tossers
Corfe Lads v Claypipe Lads
Wallisdown Lads v Oakdale PHC

All matches should be played to its full length (nine legs) one extra leg to be thrown if the scores are level after the ninth leg. There must be a winner or loser at the end of the night. Only the two biggest losers will not qualify for the next round.

Only game on Tuesday was the match at the BH15 club where the PH ‘B’ side were hosting the league leaders Wallisdown Lads, first leg of the evening was won by the PH ‘B’ setting a moderate 38, the Lads just failed to take that leg, but won the second and third to take the 1st point. Wallisdown took the next two points in straight legs, first leg of the Beer point saw another astonishing stick-up by last man Dan Snook, needing 13 to take the first leg he only hit one pin with the first ball but cleared the other eight with his second ball and got the four needed with his third ball, that was his third match where he needed a stick-up to win a leg.
All the other matches this week all finished with a 3B win for the home side, Wednesday Oakdale continued their good run of results at the Oakdale Club by taking three points against the BH15 Tossers in an eight leg match. Tossers won the second point of the evening, that was their second point on an away alley this season. Another match that was played on Wednesday was the fixture between the Bluebirds sides, the ‘A’ team accommodating the ‘E’ team who could not play on the Thursday, the ‘E’ team won the first point but the ‘A’ team struck back and took the other three points in a very close match, highlight of the evening was Matt Elston scoring an 18 in the match.
Claypipe Lads had a windy night at the Inn against the Corfe ‘A’ side who could only field five players, Claypipe team took the first point in a best of three, then took the second point in two straight legs, Corfe won the third point two straight which gave them their first point on an away alley, Claypipe took the Beer point in a best of three legs, Claypipe smoked out another old Fossil in their line up this match, Bill Meaden, welcome back Bill to the old game of skittlles.
Corfe Lads won their first match of the season on Thursday at the Legion the victims were the Moordown Reds, although the Reds won the first point in two straight legs, the Cosletts Kev and Tom who were the first two players for Corfe got them off to a great start in the second point scoring a 15 and a 16 respectively to take the first leg then Tom followed up with another stick-up (13) in the second leg helping the team set 51 for Moordown to get which they could not. Third point went to the Corfe Lads with new signing Liam Hatchard notching a 10 and a 14 in the first two legs and Tom Coslett getting his second stick-up of the night in the third leg, which gave them their first two points in a match, it went even better for Corfe Lads they took the Beer point in a best of three legs, again thanks to three stick-ups in that Beer point, Tom got his third and Barry and Tash notched their first of the evening. But the Corfe side still are bottom of the league.

There were three games on Tuesday, first on the fixture list was the game at the BH15 club where the BH15 PH ‘B’ side took all four points against the Corfe Lads who must be wondering what’s happening this season after playing four games have only managed to gather two points.
Another match on Tuesday was at the Wallisdown Club where the Lads were against the BH Tossers, the result could of gone either way, BH Tossers started the evening with a 51 score, 14 of them coming from Rhys Phillips. Second leg Tossers needed 42 to take the first point but just failed to get that score, Wallisdown last man Dan Snook needed a 11 to take the third leg, he got the chance of a stick-up and took it, finishing with a score of 14 giving the Lads the first point. Second point went the same way as the first, Tossers won the first leg but lost the second leg by one pin, Wallisdown won the third leg to earn their second point of the evening, the Lads won the third point in a straight two leg affair, Tossers just failed to win the first leg in the Beer point and despite a 12 in the second leg from Adam Mitchinson it was not enough to stop the Wallisdown Lads winning the Beer point, giving the Wallisdown Lads all four points.
Third game on Tuesday was the match at Corfe Legion where the ‘A’ team hosted the Oakdale PHC side, the home side could only field a five player side, with their one point start it meant that the first man had a six every throw, Oakdale took advantage of the missing player and came out 3-1 winners on the evening.
Moordown Reds were against the in form Bluebirds A team on Wednesday at the Moordown Club, the result was a 3-1 win for the Bluebirds A side, they now have taken 11 points in their last three matches.
Bluebirds E on Wednesday were captained by the youngest captain ever that I know off, young Eddie Smith, both Captain and Vice not available on the night. Playing against the Claypipe Lads who had to sign on two players on the night, the Bluebirds team just had the consistence on the night and came out 3-1 winners on an entertaining night as usual from the Claypipe Lads.
Bluebirds E three home matches this season have all been a 3-1 result and they have won all of the three Beers.

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.

Season 1976/77.

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

3rd Division winners were Oakdale C, they won 16 of their 34 matches and finished with 88 points and won 24 Beers in 1976/77 season, their captain was Dave Fallows, this was their second season at the Oakdale Con Club. The previous season (75/76) after their 34 league games they finished up with 104 points, which I believe is the highest amount of points won by any team since, previous to that (1974-75) they played at the Angel under the Angel ‘B’ banner. Runner-up in the third division in 1976-77 season were the Redland Lads who finished with a total score of 83 points, they were captained by P. Wareham, they also were the runner-up to the Oakdale C side the previous year in the fourth division.
There was only one Beer Cup for all four divisions, that went to the Potters Lads of the first division who won 28 Beers.

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.

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.