THE Pitch Plate Rejects suffered a big loss at the hands of fourth placed The Floppers in Division A of the Blackdown Hills Skittles League, thanks largely to Phil Wright and his top score of 62 stealing five points from The Rejects.

But The Rejects have already done enough to guarantee the title.

With only three more games to play, they can’t be caught and have both hands firmly on the trophy.

The Kings and The Dam Busters produced impressive performances this week, both scoring in the 400s.

Robert Frederick Aldworth of The Kings topped out with a hand of 76 which included three spares, and Bobby Barnes of The Dam Busters also had an impressive hand of 76 which included a 21 double flopper on his beer hand.

Dam Busters are eight points behind the Rejects having played one extra game with the Hairy Ringers a point further adrift having played 17 matches, the same as the leaders.

But the excitement is still very much alive in Division B with four teams battling hard for the crown with only two golden tickets available to move up to Division A.

‘The Rizzy Joker Round’ caused a bit of a stir, seeing Right Up Your Alley drop from first to fourth place and The Half Moon and The Brass Monkeys up into joint first place with 34 points apiece.

Right Up Your Alley were beaten 429-356 by Brass Monkeys who moved up to third place as a consequence, just two points behind the frontrunners.

Former pacesetter Right Up Your Alley are on 31 points leaving it all to play for going into the tense final few fixtures.

The leading group have pulled away from Queens Knockers who were beaten 378-382 by Half Moon.

The Brass Monkeys hit this week’s highest score of 429 thanks to Tony Bates and his very impressive hand of 71.

But it was Jake Palmer of The Bashers that topped all, hitting a massive hand of 84 including four spares at The Half Moon.

The highest lady scorer of the week was Caroline Bendle with 55.

Results:

Division A: Catherine Wheel 394, (K.Welch 64) Kings 419, (R.Aldworth 76). Dam Busters 411, (B.Barnes 76) Jack Of All Trades 373, (R.Sparks 61). One 4 The Ditch 376, (O.Hine 61) Pinpricks 343, (S.Salter 54). Sociables 371, (E.Whitfield 61) Thirsty Farmers 355, (D.Tucket 66). Floppers 394, (P.Wright 62) Pitch Plate Rejects 361, (P.Rice 56).

Division B: Eezners 341, (C.Bendle 55) Bashers 353, (J.Palmer 84). Brass Monkeys 429, (T.Bates 71) Right Up Your Alley 367, (T.Salter 56). Queens Knockers 378, (S.Porter 60) Half Moon 382, (S.Conner 72). Wobbly Wheels 340, (P.Durman 60) Hopefuls 318, (L.Taylor 51).