JOLLY Blues maintained their four-point lead at the top of Wellington Ladies Skittles League - and they also have a crucial game in hand - after they beat Split Pins by 34 pins on Monday night.

Second-placed Land Girls kept in touch with a 47-pin victory over LOA Spare.

Results: All Blacks 366 (Jo Luckhurst 57), Geronimo 347 (Michelle Macdonald, Sue Perry 47); LOA Spare 267 (Kim Norman 37), Land Girls 314 (Suzette Williams 49); Water Babies 318 (Mandy Hutchings 49), Muppets 303 (Tina Chilcott 48); Wanderers 354 (Sandy Jarman 50), Wobbly Pins 319 (Maggie Norris 47); Split Pins 331 (Lisa Moore 48), Jolly Blues 365 (Shellie Jarman 49).