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National Skittles

Report of the 2010 National Skittles Final

The Civil Service National Skittles Finals have once again been held at the CACSSA Clubhouse, with 5 regions competing (Scotland, Northern Ireland, North West, Midlands and South West – South and Wales had to drop out).

The competition was won by the “Bath Bristols” from the South West Region, who had only narrowly beaten the Cheltenham ‘Y’ team in the last game of the Regional Finals.   Trophies were presented by Pete Fischer the CSSC Vice Chairman.

Admiration was expressed for the stickers-up (provided by the Skittles Club) who toiled on a very hot day and kept up with play exceptionally well.

RESULTS:

* In this game the SW team only needed their first player to throw to beat the score set by Scotland, the other 5 team members did not throw.

Details provided by John West, Organiser, with thanks to the Cheltenham Club for hosting the event and for the hospitality and buffet.

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Finals Night

MUFFIN MEN are the undisputed top team in the Civil Service Skittles Club, having won both the major competitions – League and Knock-out.
The League competition developed into a two-horse race between them and Strongbows but the Championship was effectively achieved when Muffin Men convincingly beat their rivals for the second time.
There was tight competition at the other end, also, with Pensioners edging out Fiends in their final meeting.  These two teams also met on Finals Night, to compete for the Wooden Spoon, and Fiends retained the trophy by winning by 1 pin (350-349, nine players).

  Final league table      

In the Final game of the knock-out competition for the President’s Shield Muffin Men met the holders, A-Bombs.  After a level first half the victors stormed ahead to win by 39 pins (504 – 465)
 
Trophies were presented to the winning and running-up teams in both competitions by David Wilson, Vice-President of the Civil Service Sports Association, as he did to individual winners.

Paul Collins of the Muffin Men receives the Champion's Trophy
from David Wilson, Vice-President of CACSSA

The Muffin Men with the President's Shield

Matt Masling receives the
Jo Green Memorial Trophy
 from Mrs Pett Wilsdon

More pictures   

Awards:
 
LEAGUE
Champions:      Muffin Men
Runners-up:      Strongbows
Lady’s High Score: 54  Jenny Court (Hangovers), Ann Locke (A-Bombs) & Sue Larkins (XII)
Gent’s High Score: 60  Phil Lewis (Strongbows)
Team High Score:  520  Strongbows
Lady’s High Average: 40.29 Fi Livie (Strongbows)
Gent’s High Average: 47.17 Tim Masling (Muffin Men)
Jo Green Memorial Trophy, presented by Pett Wilsdon, Jo’s mother, for
Young Player’s High Average: 40.86 Matt Masling (Muffin Men)
Wooden Spoon:  Fiends
 
PRESIDENT’s SHIELD
Winners:      Muffin Men
Runners-up:   A-Bombs  
High Score Lady:     48 Becky Lewis (Strongbows) & Elise Collins (Muffin Men)
High Score Gent:     53 Gerry Chivers (A-Bombs)
High Score Team:   515 Muffin Men  
 
Formal presentations were made to the winners of other competitions held during the season:
 
Tony Clay Memorial Trophy (Front-Pin rules): Scott Castle (presented by Mark Clay, Tony’s son)
Mixed Pairs:         Kat Livie & Phil Lewis
Player-of-the-Year:  Tim Masling

Entries are now being taken for the Summer League.  Contact Brian Wood on 01242 515941 or . by Friday 21 May (teams of 9 players but unattached individuals welcome – we’ll link you).

South-West Skittles

For the first time for many years the Cheltenham Area Association sent two teams to Bristol for the South-West Regional Finals which are part of the CSSC National Skittles Competition.    Both teams acquitted themselves well, especially the recently-formed “Y” team (for Youth) under the leadership of John Harper.  This team narrowly missed becoming Regional Champions by losing the very last game to the eventual winners, a Bath/Bristol outfit, by 2 pins!  The event was run as a round-robin, shortened to 4 hands per match.

Final Table

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Player of the Year Competition

Tim Masling is the Skittles Club's Player-of-the-Year.  He not only denied last year's champion, Jamie Bennett, of a repeat of his achievement in the Final game but had to beat his own son, Matt, in the semi-final.  Tim thus became only the second player to have won this competition more than once since its inception in 1995, and did so with the highest score of the whole competition in the Final.

Jamie and Tim before their final game

32 Players contested the competition and, with three alleys in use, an evening of intensive activity was engrossing and highly enjoyable, even for those who were knocked-out early.

         Semi-finals:   Tim Masling    38 - 36   Matt Masling 
                        Jamie Bennett  44 - 43   Patrick Phair
         
         Final:                  Tim   55 - 39   Jamie
         

Further details can be found on the Skittles Club website.

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Mixed Pairs Competition

The victors in the fourth running of the Skittles Mixed Pairs Competition, held on 8th March, were those stalwart members of the Bar Staff, Kat Livie and Phil Lewis. All ten pairs played four games in the Group stage, providing some keen competition.  Kat and Phil won their Group and then their semi-final against their Group's runners-up.  Yvonne and Charlie Mills, as runners-up in their Group, reached the Final by revenging themselves on their Group winners in their semi-final

The finalists - Phil Lewis and Kat Livie with Yvonne and Charlie Mills

Thanks go to Elise and Paul Collins who acted as Tournament Directors, which may have affected their concentration as they lost all their games!

Results of knock-out stage:

Semi-finals:
Helen Adair and Ken Millard       42 - 48  Yvonne and Charlie Mills
Debbie Harris and Ashley Clark  30 - 39  Kat Livie and Phil Lewis

FINAL:
Yvonne & Charlie  48 - 51  Kat and Phil

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Group Stage summary:
The number of Pairs entered was disappointing, so thanks and congratulations for playing so sportingly go to the ten Pairs who did play.

Group A:

         Helen Adair & Ken Millard         4 wins 167 pins
         Yvonne & Charlie Mills            2 wins 155 pins
         Hayley Roberts and Danny Oldacre  2 wins 148 pins
         Pett Wilsdon & Jamie Wright       1 win  147 pins
         Pat & Bob Wilks                   1 win  146 pins         

Group B:

         Kat Livie & Phil Lewis            3 wins 171 pins
         Debbie Harris & Ashley Clark      3 wins 167 pins
         Jo & Gerry Chivers                2 wins 162 pins
         Ann Locke & Reg Rowley            2 wins 149 pins
         Elise & Paul Collins              0 wins 155 pins
         

Further details can be found on the Skittles Club website.

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Tony Clay Memorial Shield

The inaugural competition for the Tony Clay Memorial Shield, donated by Tony's family, has been hailed a great success by the participants, especially on the final night when many games ended in close finishes. The prospect of playing under Front-pin Rules may have been daunting for some before the competition started but many surprised themselves with their performances and everybody had a lot of fun.

The winner was Scott Castle who just edged past Charlie Mills. Both were presented with retention shields by Mark Clay, Tony's son, and Scott received the Memorial Shield to hold until the next event, which will almost certainly feature as a pre-Christmas celebration during the League break.

Tony's family also donated cash which was converted into Club vouchers (redeemable across the Bar for drinks or food), each player who had won two games receiving one voucher and then another for each game subsequently won. Others were presented to players for significant performances or as consolation prizes.

Main prizes:

Highest score, gent: Scott Castle 48 (in his first game!)
Highest score, lady: Sue Larkins 42
Best spare: Bob Wilks 16.
Highest first-round losing score, gent: Jamie Bennett 39
Highest first-round losing score, lady: Hanne Haydock 37

Further details can be found on the Skittles Club website.

The Skittles Club acknowledges the generosity of Tony's family and hopes that this competition will have gone someway to ease their bereavement by demonstrating the affection in which he was held within the Club.

Reg Rowley, Chairman Skittles Club