ilmcote enjoyed their third consecutive win last week and had the highest league score again which included Jamie Clarke’s second possible of the season, Graham East’s season best 34 and 33s for John Maycock and Paul Clingan. Clifford on their own target only had two loose counting threes but with more fours than bulls shot 211 points including a personal best score of 33 from Jay Morris.

MEB continue to shoot without a full team and struggled in their match against Home Guard who continued to press Wilmcote for the top spot with their third consecutive win and the team’s highest score of the season. Brothers Gareth and Tom Morris were unfortunate to miss out on possibles with 34 points and with more bulls than fours the team comfortably won the match with 228 points to MEB’s 207.

Binton A, currently in third place but with a higher overall average than Home Guard had another high score this week with only bulls and fours for 228 points in their match against Avenue. Andy Smith shot his second possible of the season and three shooters, Chris Reed, Michelle Dale and Will Cemis all scored 33s. Avenue’s James Wilby and Paul Lowe shot six bulls but missed the last for 34s. With a few loose shots Avenue’s total was only 210 points.

Binton B shot consistently but with mainly fours lost out to Avon who managed to hit more bulls. The high scores in this match were from Binton’s Benn Chamberlain and Avon’s Steve Ray, Richard Groom, Alison McMillan and Karl McMillan all of whom shot 33s. Avon came out winners with 225 points to Binton’s 209.

Matches tonight (Thursday) Avon vs Avenue; Binton B vs Binton A; Home Guard vs Clifford and Wilmcote vs MEB.

Report by Juana Everett, to be published on 24th September 2015