Just six games this week, thanks to Easter, but plenty of quality skittling action to report… Match of the Week saw title contenders, Living On A Spare, held to a high-scoring draw by Big 'Uns. Big 'Uns pegged 191, their best total, and won 4 points with their two highest legs (46 & 45) of the season. LOAS hit back with winning legs of 42 & 39 after the first ended in a 38 all draw. On the way, Stef DiMassa hit a 12 spare in the 2nd as she smacked a new PB of 36; Dizzy Slezak managed an 11 spare in the beer leg and matched Stef with a PB of his own. Matt Wright narrowed the gap in the top averages race after his 35, and Jamie Purnell hit the same score to season's best himself. A great contest, all told. Lads' Night Out took advantage of this result to widen the gap at the top, smashing 191 pins as they defeated Newcomers 7-3. Lads were comfortably in charge after 2 legs, but lost four drinks and the leg as Newcomers improved in the 3rd. The 4th saw the leaders take back control for the match, before Newcomers roused themselves to record their best leg of the night (40) and LNO just held on to draw. Bryan 'No-Spares' Archer hit a rare 13 spare as he posted a massive 41. Sunisa Dodd's 31 was the best for Newcomers. Remnants are now in third after their 8-2 reverse of Splitz 'n' Giggles, and will be eyeing a podium finish if they can finish strongly in their double header this week. They started this game well, taking the first two legs, though Splitz were only a pin behind in the 2nd. Splitz got their reward in the beer leg before Remnants reasserted their control in legs 4 & 5. Victory was powered by the Bells, with 36 for Ian & 34 for Andy, whilst captain Rob Perry managed 33 for the Fairmile. Maclean Smilers hit a season's best total of 181 pins on the way to a whitewash over the Late Knights. Knights were unfortunate to catch the Smilers in such fine fettle, and struggled to keep up with their opponents' relentless scoring - Steve Hill's 31 was their best effort of the night. For Smilers, Jack Elton's 36 was strongly backed up by 32 from Alanna Elton & 30 from James Barlow. Spare Ribs and Cross Keys shared the spoils on Wednesday night, with Keys now pushing for a top ten finish. They started the better, striking the first blow, but Ribs hit back and stole leg 2 by a single. The beer leg was drawn (and drinks shared 3 each), Ribs won leg 4 at a canter, but Keys came back in the last and balanced things out. Kevin Currill was prime Rib with an immaculate 37, and Grant Shergold's 33 moves him second in the new player averages. Kevin Allen made 32 for a new PB. Last up, Best Sellers won out 6-4 over Alsorts, powered by a fine effort from the returning Mark Hoskins. Alsorts were actually in control by leg 3, 2 legs and 4 beers up, but Hos smashed a 15 spare to snatch the 4th (43-38) for Sellers, and they followed up with a 40 leg to take the match in the decider. Peter Abery made 33, whilst Mark finished with 37 in all and goes third in the averages. Mark Grainger's 32 for Sorts keeps him in 6th. 3 weeks to go, 8 games coming next week, before another shortened BH schedule...

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