Call me Blondie reversed last weeks result by beating Duo 12-0 to win the league easily in the end by 17 points. X Factor also finished strongly with a 12-0 win over a depleted Low Rollers team but they were still a long way behind Duo in third place.

    Of the six series over 500 tonight, Pat Byrne again had the best score with 566 (614 with handicap) with Terry Damm next with 545 (611). Des Sands had his best score of the season and his first 500 series with 512 (632 - the best handicap series of the night).

    Sarah Standley bowled her highest ever game, 180 including a turkey, against Bros. Grimm. Harry Hargreaves had the best scratch game, 207 (235).

    

  Mary Grayson converted a 6-7 split tonight and Elaine Standley got a 3-6-7-10.
    The league average remained at 146.6

    After seeming to have the title in the bag for many weeks, Call me Blondie could be overtaken on the line by Duo if they win well in the final round of the league, position night, next week. Second place Duo beat Call me Blondie 12-0 tonight and are now only 5 points behind. One time challengers Turkeys slip from third to fifth with a 10-2 loss to Camp David.

    There were 6 series over 500 tonight, the best being by Richard Lester 576 (630 with handicap). Terry Damm scored 551 (617) and Elaine Standley hit 546 (651 - the best handicap series of the night).

    Elaine features in all of the high score lists this week, she also hit a clean 200 game (235). Steve Emmony got the only other 200+ game; 220 (251 - best handicap game).

    The Brothers Grimm started a (very) late challenge this week by winning 12-0 against the Skittle Scuttlers and also headed all of the team high score lists.    

  There were no reports of memorable split conversions this week.
    The league average improved to146.6

     With only 2 games to go and 17 points the difference between CMB and Duo, Duo can only afford to lose one game in their back to back games with Call me Blondie. In tonights games, Call me Blondie extended their lead by 4 points after beating Mac Too by 12-0. Duo won 8-4 against Wilkos.

    The high scorers came from the top two teams; Pat Byrne had the best series with 580 (628 with handicap) including a 202 game and Richard Lester was not far behind with 571(also 628) and the best game of the night 209 (228). Paul Standley, 534 (615) and Terry Damm 510 (576) were the only other 500 series.

     Brian Hipwell again features in the high scorers - he improved his high game and series to 208 - a clean game, (251 - the best game of the night) and 496 (625). Crunch Finch had a high game of 189 (233) to be second in the handicap list.

    

  Best split of the week was a perfectly executed 6-7 by the scorer which nobody saw because of the pillars on lane 15/16.
    The league average remained at 146.4

     After their easy 12-0 win over Brothers Grimm, Call me Blondie have opened up a large gap to second place Duo who only won 8-4. Third place Turkeys could only pick up 4 points against Gutterballs and thier challenge must be over.

    Some good individual bowling tonight, six 500+ series mostly by the usual suspects: Terry Damm top scored with 565 (634 with handicap), Malc Congreve 534 (603) and Harry Hargreaves 524 (608). There were only four 200+ games though and Malc and Harry had the best with 217.

     Some new personal bests tonight by the younger element of the league. Ronnie Holt (Camp David) improved his best game by 45 to go over 200 for the first time with a clean game of 208 (258 with handicap to top the handicap table this week). He also hit a 449 series (599), in improvement of 21. Sarah Standley (LAPD) improved her best series score by 17 to 439 (598) and Neil Taylor (Low Rollers) added 30 to his best series which now stands at 496 (625).

  Joint split of the week was by Julie Wilkins with a 4-10 and Robbie Holt who got the mirror image, 6-7. Other good efforts were by Malc Congreve 1-5-7 and 3-6-7-8 by Mary Grayson.
    The league average improved by 0.3 to 146.4

    With Call me Blondie beating The Owls 8-4 and Duo losing by the same score to Skittle Scuttlers, the gap between first and second has grown to 9 points. The Turkeys won 10-2 to give themselves a chance of overtaking Duo.

   There were 6 series over 500 tonight, the best at scratch being by Pat Byrne with 553 (601 with handicap). Harry Hargreaves was next best with a new seasons best 540 (624). Brian Hipwell improved his best game and series scores by 20 and 30 to score his first 200 game of the season and head the handicap series list with 625. Brian Grayson scored the only other 200+ game with 211.

  Steve Emmony and Robbie Holt (Camp David) both converted 5-10 splits.
The league average remained at 146.1

    Call me Blondie and Duo both won 8-4 and so the gap remains at 5 points. Their nearest challengers, Turkeys and Wilkos both only won 4 points and so fall further behind. With only 6 weeks to go the winners must surely come from one of the current leaders

    The Owls jump from 8th place to 5th after their easy 12-0 win.

   There were only four 500 series tonight, Terry Damm had the best score with 564 (633 with handicap) including two of the nights three 200 games. Keith MacFarlane had the second best handicap series, 602 and Elaine Standley was third with 593.

  Richard Lester converted a 2-7-10 split. Other good efforts were by Jackie Finch with a 5-7 and Julie Wilkins and Brian Grayson who both got a 5-10. Crunch Finch only just missed a big four, just leaving the 6 pin standing.
The league average fell by 0.3 to 146.1

    With Call me Blondie losing 8-4 to Hit & Miss, the chasing bunch of Duo, Turkeys and Wilkos all made ground. The gap between first and second is now 5 points with Turkeys another 20 behind and Wilkos 24 behind.

   Some better bowling tonight with 6 x 500 series and 6 games over 200. Malc Congreve reclaimed his top scoring spot after a lapse last week to score the best series, 585 (651 with handicap) and best game, 220 (242). Brian Grayson (The Owls) had an excellent night with his best series of the season, 534 (630) including his first 200 game of the season - 213 (also the best handicap game of the night, 245).

   Sarah Standley (LAPD) improved her best ever game score by 15 to 176. The Brothers Grim had the distinction of bowling the lowest game of the night and the highest - 380, in consecutive games against Duo.

Neil Taylor (Low Rollers) got the split conversion of the night with a 5-7.
The league average improved by 0.3 to 146.4

    With an 11-1 win over Skittle Scuttlers, Call me Blondie increased their lead in the table to 7 points over Duo who lost to the Owls by 8-4. Turkeys finally won another game (10-2 against LAPD) to reclaim third place from Wilkos who were beaten 8-4 by Hit & Miss.

Best series score of the night by a long way was by Kevin Sharpe who improved his season best by 38 pins to hit 548 (also the best handicap series, 638). Sean MacFarlane regained some form at last to score 517 (603) and also got one of only two 200 games of the night, 208 (Terry Damm got the other, 209)

Terry Emmony converted a 5-7 split but no others were reported.

The league average fell by 0.1 to 146.1

    With a 12-0 win over Turkeys, Call me Blondie caught up with Duo and now head the table on pinfall. Duo scraped a 10-2 win over Xes despite not playing well. Wilkos recent advance up the table faltered while losing 10-2 to Camp David. They retain third place but are 26 points behind the leaders.

LAPD's run of 5 wins in a row ended when they lost 10-2 to an inspired Brothers Grimm team who, in spite of having no luck at all, amassed some good scores.

Malc Congreve (Gutterballs) was top scorer, for the third week in a row, with 569 (638 with handicap) which included the best game 223 (246). Keith MacFarlane was next highest with 560, his best of the season and also the best handicap series of the night - 656.

New seasons best scores were acheived by Mary Grayson with a 515 series (638), which was 57 higher than her previous best, including a 215 game (256). Terry Emmony finally got through the 500 barrier with 527 including a clean game and a 213 - also the first time over 200 this season.

No split conversions were reported. Crunch Finch almost got a big four when he got the 4-7-10.

The league average rose to 146.2