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Week 1 - Division 1 Graeme Gillan’s massive 42 (a new PB for him) was the performance of the week, and it propelled Gutter Nutters to victory over Cross Keys. Graeme is the only player to hit a spare so far, and he hit two in his first 2 legs, but Keys clung on in there to salvage 4 points by the end of the game. Nutters 194 total is a strong opener, and suggests the new pins look a bit friendlier than last year’s reluctant set. This was one of three games in Div 1 that finished 6-4, which suggests we’re in for a close season. Only Splitz ‘n’ Giggles won bigger, taking 8 points in their match with an off-colour Last Six. Perhaps Graeme Hemming’s notoriously harsh summer training regime has taken its toll this time round… Marcus Groves (39) and Tom Morgan (36) were the other players to break the 35-pin mark this week. Marcus was backed up by Gary Scott to drive Young & Bald to their tight win over Absolutely Skittled. Tom helped Lads’ NIght Out rattle off 3 legs before opponents BGS rallied and took 2 legs of their own. Week 1 - Division 2 All three of our new teams made their bows in Division 2, but it was a tough start as they all fell to defeat. Borrower Bowlers had the worst of it as Big ‘Uns took all the points, but they did have the top-scorer in their game with Darren Jarvis’ 33. Dawn Gray’s Skittle Sisters lost out to last year’s newbies Sianie’s Angels. Sisters came back here from 3 legs down to grab 3 points, and Helen Powis hit 33 on debut, so plenty to be hopeful in the performance. Pin Pals went down 8-2 to Spare RIbs but they hit the highest score (150) of the three newcomers, and lost 2 legs by a single pin, so the game could easily have gone another way. Nathan Rickards was best in show in Div 2, and his 36 helped Maclean Smilers to a 7-3 win over Remnants. Smilers have also signed up the Cakebreads (Brian & Dan) of the Dover league and they started paying off their transfer fees with tidy 31s in their first appearances.