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Four weeks down, and familiar faces are at the top of the table - Lads’ Night Out sitting pretty with a 7 point gap to 2nd place. However, many teams have only played 3 times and BGS have troubled the alley only twice, so we shouldn’t read anything into the table yet. It was another impressive performance from LNO this week, taking all 10 points against a spirited Late Knights side. Knights bettered their average pin count by nearly 30, hitting 165 pins, but LNO were unforgiving as they hit 196 on their way to the win. Alex Slezak leads the averages after his 38, and skipper Alan backed him with 37. Geoff Hassett hit a PB of 34 for the Knights. Absolutely Skittled are in second spot after their 6-4 victory over fellow newcomers, Siânie's Angels. It was the Angels best showing so far, and they fought to take legs 4 & 5 after AS had won the first three. Six players hit 30 or more in the match, with Craig Davis’ 36 the pick, whilst Mitch Makoka toppled 34 for Angels. Living On A Spare are a point back with a game in hand, after their 7-3 defeat of Remnants. LOAS were in control after 3 straight legs & 5 out of 6 beers, but Remnants roused themselves to take the 4th and points were shared in the last. Simon Barton top scored with 34, and Darren Chamberlain pegged 33. Alsorts are in fourth on pin average, but they were rattled by Maclean Smilers before escaping with a 6-4 win. Smilers were out of the blocks quickly, hitting their best leg of the season (39) in the first, and they followed up with 36 in leg 2, including the best spare so far (13) from Huw Thomas. However, ‘Sorts weren’t finished and a clearance at anchor spot from Richard Greenaway pinched the leg by a single pin. Smilers deflated in the 3rd, but roared back in leg 4, hitting 39 again to win it despite a 12 spare from Gary Walker. Alsorts finished with their best leg of the match to take the decider 40-32. Huw finished with a massive 39, but was run close by Gary’s 37. This week sprang a few surprise results, starting with Splitz ‘n’ Giggles 6-4 victory over Best Sellers. Captain Rob Perry opened proceedings with a 12 spare, but Best Sellers reeled in their opponents to win the first, and followed up with a win in leg 2 to leave Splitz on the back foot. They suddenly seemed motivated in the beer, took the leg, and followed up with a 1 pin win in the 4th. The decider was also close, but SNG stood firm to seal the match. Rob whacked 37, with sterling support from Brooke Tansley’s 35; veteran Nick Copley toppled 33 for Sellers. Newcomers had an impressive 6-4 win against Last Six, hitting their best two legs of the season so far on the way. They started with 39 in the leg 1, and stole the second 29-28, before Last Six came back with 37 in the beer leg. The 4th was the leg of the match and Newcomers took it 41-37 and the game was theirs. Six posted another 37 to win the last, and ended with 10 more pins. Janet Buckingham was the player of the match, hitting a new PB of 35 for Newcomers. The best efforts for Last Six were 30s from Chris Child and Ange Keeler. Cross Keys were ambushed by a Big ‘Uns team who put in their strongest shift this winter, hitting 179 pins as they won out 7-3. In truth, it could have been worse for the Keys, with Big ‘Uns taking the first three legs with scores of 33, 38 & 39, and winning all 6 drinks in the process. The Keys finally got going in the 4th, but still needed a 9 from Geoff Arnold in anchor to steal a point, and they managed to take a leg at last in the 5th to bring an air of respectability to the result. Michelle Douey was the finest Big ‘Un with 34, whilst Geoff & Darren Carrington both finished with 32. Finally, on Thursday night, Spare Ribs and Young & Bald shared the spoils in a lower scoring game. It could easily have gone either way, with Ribs letting the beer leg slip by a single pin, but snatching the 4th by the same margin to set up a decider. They were in the box seat in the 5th, but YAB finished strongly and squared the leg to draw the match. Richard Wicks was best in show with 33, and Ben Mayo’s 32 the finest Young (or is it Bald?) performance.. More to come this week - good luck!