THE top four teams all won on week ten in Division 1 of the Bridgwater Town Ladies Skittles League.

Fourth place Blake Hall A won at home against bottom club Commercial Inn B by 17 pins with Mary Hart (64) highest score on the alley for the home side.

Third place Cross Rifles A won a close match away to last yea’rs Champions Market D; they pulled one on the first hand and were never caught and hung on to win by five. Top score was Di Austin (66) for the Market and for the Rifles Joy Grandfield (71), who hit the highest individual score of the week.

Jenny Garfield 61 starred for Market A as they kept up their challenge for honours winning at Crown Inn A. They pulled 19 on the first hand the home team pulled back to 12 down but the visitors finished the stronger to win by 20.

League leaders Market C were 24 up at home after four hands but visitors Blake Hall B fought back to 11 down but did not have enough fire power to catch the league leaders who are having their best season since earning promotion to the top Division. Sue Duddridge (66) topped for the home side and Jo Marshall (68) for Blake Hall.

Crown Inn B won away by 24 at GWR Club A, while Castle Club A won a close encounter with second bottom club White Hart B four.

Elaine Smith 69 was top score in the Division 2. for the New Foresters B who were too strong away to the Blake Arms A winning by 16 to move away from the relegation zone.

Pace-setters Sydenham Centre A won by 28 at second bottom Bridgwater Squib A. Sue Mills 64 topped for the Fireworks and Vikki Rees highest for the Centre. Blake Arms B kept up their push for the top winning a close fought match away to bottom club Commercial Inn A who have still to win a game. the only merit score on the ally Teresa Grant for the Blake Arms.

Lions Club B’s bid for an early return to the top division faltered after they lost at home by seven to lowly GWR Club B.

Carol Stoodley 61 top scored for the toothless Lions.

Cross Rifles B are now joint second after winning at home against Market B by 50.

New Foresters A were six pins up with a hand to go and hit 49 leaving visitors, Division 3 leaders Lions Club A 56 to win.

They hit 58 to win by three thanks to top scorer Ann Smith 61 who had a 13 spare.

Dee Buttle (70) was highest in the Division, starring for the Woodchoppers.

The mid-table clash at the Sydenham Centre B versus The Sportsman saw the home team win by a never-headed 17, despite the visitors pulling pins on the last three hands. Andrea Vickery (62) and Vicky Modley (61) topped for the Centre and G.

Clarke (61) was best for the Sportsman.

Second-placed Bunch Of Grapes lost only one hand as they won at the bottom club Lime Kiln by 42, while third-placed British Flag A won at West India House after pulling eight on the last hand to win by six after being behind for the whole of the game.

Pulling pins on the three final hands, Bird In Hand won at British Flag B in a battle between two teams in the lower parts of the division.

Results: Division 1 – Crown Inn A 334, Market A 354 (J Garfield 61); Market D 382 (D Austin 66 C Braund 65), Cross Rifles A 387 (J Granfield 71 J Broardhurst 64; GWR Club A 300, Crown Inn B 324; Blake Hall A 357 (M Hart 64 R Patten 60), Commercial Inn B 340; Market C 391 (S Duddridge 65 A Lazenby N Lloyd 63), Blake Hall B 478 (Jo Marshall 68); White Hart B 310, Castle Club A 314.

Division 2 – Commercial Inn A 289, Blake Arms B 301 (T Grant 64; Bridgwater Squib A 351 (S Mills 64), Sydenham Centre A 379 (V Rees 63 C Kent 62); Lion's Club B 359 (C Stoodley 61), GWR Club B 366; Cross Rifles B 347, Market B 308; Blake Arms A 353, New Foresters B 369 (E Smith 69 L Jennings 62 S Trunks 60).

Division 3 – Sydenham Centre B 360 (A Vickery 62 V Modley 61), Sportsman 345 (G Clarke 61); British Flag B 296, Bird In Hand 302; New Foresters A 362 (D Buttle 70), Lion’s Club A 365 (A Smith 61); Lime Kiln 299, Bunch Of Grapes 341; West India House 320, British Flag A 326.

Division 1 P Hw Aw D L Ps Market C 9 2502 19 Market A 106202 18 Cross Rifles A 104303 17 Blake Hall A 103304 15 Castle Club A 9 4203 14 Crown Inn B 102305 13 Crown Inn A 103205 12 Blake Hall B 102206 10 GWR Club A 102206 10 Market D 103106 9 White Hart B 102008 4 Commercial Inn B 101009 2 Division 2 Sydenham Cntr A 104402 20 Cross Rifles B 9 4302 17 Blake Arms B 9 2403 16 Lions Club B 9 3303 15 New Foresters B 9 2304 13 Castle Club B 9 3204 12 GWR Club B 9 1314 12 Market B 9 1305 11 Blake Arms A 9 3006 6 Bridgwatr Squib A 9 0108 3 Commercial Inn A 9 0018 1 Division 3 Lions Club A 9 3501 21 Bunch of Grapes B 9 3402 18 British Flag A 9 4302 17 Sydenham Cntr B 103304 15 Sportsman 95103 13 West India House 91305 11 Bird in Hand 90315 10 New Foresters A 9 2205 10 British Flag B 9 1107 5 Bridgwatr Squib B 9 1017 3 Lime Kiln 90108 3 BRIDGWATER SUNDAY NIGHT MIXED SKITTLES P W D L Ps Castle Club B 7 601 15 Lime Kiln 7 6 0 1 15 Railway Club A 7 601 14 Blake Arms 7 5 0 2 12 Railway Club B 6 402 10 Castle Club A 6 402 9 Crown Inn 7 2 0 5 6 Sportsman 7 2 0 5 6 Market 7 2 0 5 5 British Flag 6 204 4 Sydenham Centre 6 1 0 5 3 Bird in Hand 7 0 0 7 0