Plenty of interest in our new league with four more teams joining up, taking our total team entries to 12. The format has changed slightly to accommodate the extra teams so we now have two teams playing on each lane at once.

Time to meet the teams…

The Revivals : Kevin Ross, Eddie O'Sullivan, Ryan Faragher
Just Missed : Janet Grange, Dave Lacey, Robert Grange
Wobbly Pins : Margaret Ireton, Frances Radcliffe, Maureen Lacey
Strikers 1 : Jeff Calvert, Gavin Laslett
Princess Is Alf? : Chris Stephens, Rhiannon Mooney, Simon Kinrade
Pin Thrashers : Sam Rodick, Terry Simpson, Jonny Rodick
Aches & Pains : Barrie Nelson, Knut Lassen
Gutter Gang : Adam Roberts, David Roberts
I Don't Know : Steve Taylor, Paul Routledge
Raptors : Rob Birnie, Pauline Birnie. Tom Maxwell, Andrew Maxwell
Frozen Frogs : Catherine Tison, Willy Tison
Mean Machines Returns : Michael McGreal, Daniel Winstanley

The first two weeks of play saw Just Missed and Raptors at the top of the table with 10 points each, with The Revivals and Frozen Frogs just behind on 9 points each.

Individual highlight from week 1 – Jeff Calvert kicked off with a 191 scratch game and 583 series.

Individual highlight from week 2 – Gavin Laslett scored the first 200+ scratch with 227 and Andrew Maxwell scored a 204 scratch.

Now the first few weeks are underway the “handicaps” are levelling out and the match results for week three are as follows :
(points are awarded as follows - 3 games worth 2 points each and 1 point for winning the overall match)

I Don't Know : S Taylor, P Routledge – 0 V Wobbly Pins : M Ireton, F Radcliffe – 7
The Revivals : K Ross, E O'Sullivan – 5 V Raptors : T Maxwell, A Maxwell – 2
Frozen Frogs : C Tison, W Tison – 5 V Strikers 1 : J Calvert, G Laslett – 2
Princess Is Alf? : C Stephens, R Mooney – 0 v Mean Machine Returns : M McGreal, D Winstanley – 7
Gutter Gang : A Roberts, D Roberts – 7 v Just Missed : J Grange, D Lacey – 0
Pin Thrashers : S Rodick, T Simpson – 0 v Aches & Pains : B Nelson, K Lassen – 7
Team places after week 3 are tight at the top with four teams now sharing top position with 14 points each – The Revivals, Aches & Pains, Frozen Frogs and Wobbly Pins.

Individual highlights from week 3 – Steve Taylor had a 187 scratch, and the series scratch was 505 to Jeff Calvert.

Weekly results will now follow.

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