The Presentation Night for season 2022/2023 took place this evening with league members taking part in a fun skittles evening (with a cash prize!) and congratulating the award winners on their trophies for the past season.

Thanks to everyone who attended and congratulations to those who won trophies.

The full list of award winners are:

League Winners (Swan Hotel Cup): Engineers

League Runners Up (Swan Hotel Shield): Lodge Famers (just 1.5 points behind the winners!)

Highest Team Score (George Jones Cup): Engineers – 361 pins

Highest Individual Score (Roger Colley Trophy): Richard Fisher – 52 pins

Highest Average Woman (Les Clarke Cup): Rachel Morris – 36.71 pins (Best 14)

Highest Average Man (Doreen Clarke Trophy): Tim Jones – 37.71 (Best 14)

Highest Aggregate (Ken Hepherd Cup): Andy Clewlow – 749 pins

Singles Comp Winner: Scott Few

Singles Comp Runner Up: Andy Clewlow

Triples Comp Winners (Chris Charlesworth Memorial Cup): Dennis Compton, Len Quartly, Rob Quartly (Jumbo Jet Set)

Triples Comp Runners Up: Tim Jones, Glyn Morley, Chris Prichard (Lodge Farmers)

The last event of the 23/24 season will be an Awards & Presentation evening on Tuesday 16^th July at Redditch Borough Social Club at 8pm.  The evening will comprise a fun night of skittles with cash prizes for winning teams and a raffle.  The trophies for the leading teams and players from the season 22/23 will also be awarded.

We hope to make it a fun evening for all and recognise and congratulate the leading teams and players from the earlier season. We hope that many of your teams and friends will come along – all are welcome.

All rescheduled games are now complete and that’s it for the 23/24 league season. Eighteen games played and the Engineers claim the league title for a 10th(!) time, congratulations to them!

Commiserations to Lodge Farmers who led for much of the season but again finished in a close second place, just 4 points behind the winners.

In the individual season awards Mark “Goose” Ganderton claims the Highest Aggregate Pins award with 636 pins.  He also wins the mens’ “Best 12” Average award with an average of 38.33.  Angela Guest claims the ladies’ “Best 12” Average award with an average of 35.75.  Congratulations to both!  The full standings can be viewed from the Statistics pages above.

That concludes the 23/24 leagueseason and now attention turns to the Summer Cup.  Captains have been contacted by the League Secretary to make arrangements.  Details and fixtures will be posted here once agreed by the team captains.  For those that are interested the A.G.M. is due to be held on Wednesday 12^th June.  Again, captains have been contacted by the League Secretary.

Thank you to everyone for your involvement in the league and hope to see you all on the alley again next season!

The Awards night for the two seasons effected by Covid took place this week.  It was a fun and eventful evening where league members congratulated the winners and awarded their trophies, played a novelty triples competition and raised some money for charity.

Many thanks to all who attended for your support and generosity; we raised almost £200 for Teenage Cancer Trust!

The list of award winners are below.  Photos from the night can be viewed here.

Season 19/20

League Winners: Engineers

League Runner Up: Nomads

Highest Team Score: 1^st Nomads (363 pins), 2^nd Engineers (352 pins)

Highest Individual Score (Roger Colley Trophy): Mac Eaton – 51

Highest Average Woman (Les Clarke Cup): Rachel Morris – 34.58 (Best 12)

Highest Average Man (Dorren Clarke Trophy): Tim jones – 40.08 (Best 12)

Highest Aggregate (Ken Hepherd Cup): Tim Jones – 682 pins

Singles Comp Winner: Kevin Masters

Singers Comp Runners Up: 2^nd Rob Quartly, 3^rd Gary Marsh, 4^th Ray Jones

Season 21/22

League Winners: Engineers

League Runner Up: Nomads

Highest Team Score: 1^st Engineers (352 pins), 2^nd JJS (346 pins)

Highest Individual Score (Roger Colley Trophy): Richard Fisher – 52

Highest Average Woman (Les Clarke Cup): Sue Morris – 34.44 (Best 9)

Highest Average Man (Dorren Clarke Trophy): Rob Baker – 38.66 (Best 9)

Highest Aggregate (Ken Hepherd Cup): Rob Quartly – 442 pins

Singles Comp Winner: Rob Quartly

Singles Comp Runners Up: 2^nd Andy Clewlow, 3^rd Rachel Morris, 4^th Rich Fisher

Triples Comp Winners (Chris Charlesworth Cup): Engineers C (Brandon Kelso, Josh Kelso, Joe Kelso)

Triples Runners Up: Engineers B (Ian Greenway, Maurice Wroe, Craig Ellis)

Summer Cup Winners (Swan Challenge Cup): Engineers

Summer Cup Runners Up (Studley Old Peoples’ Fund Shield): Lodge Farmers

The presentation night for the two seasons badly affected by Covid is to be held on Tuesday March 26^th at Redditch Borough Social Club, starting at 8pm.

The evening will comprise a fun night of skittles, with prizes for winning teams, a raffle and a donation to a local charity.  The trophies for the leading teams and players from seasons 19/20 and 21/22 will also be awarded.

We hope to make it a fun evening for all, recognise and congratulate the leading teams and players from the two earlier seasons and hope to make a worthwhile contribution to a local charity.  We hope that many of your teams and friends will come along.

The fixtures for the remainder of the 2023/24 season have been announced.  They include dates of league matches, the singles and triples competitions, and a summer cup.

A full fixture list containing all dates can be downloaded here.  Captains have also been emailed a copy directly to forward to their players.

The league match fixtures are available to view here.

Details of the singles, triples and summer cup competitions can be found on their respective pages.

If your team has any issue with a particular date/fixture then please ask your captain to contact the Fixture Secretary (Andy Clewlow) directly ASAP or via here.

Good luck to all teams and players for your games!

Following completion of the Doubles Competition the Redditch Skittles League now breaks for Christmas and New Year.

The league looks set to be close again this season with last season’s runners up, Lodge Farmers, currently top by 7.5 points.  Last season’s champions, Engineers, are second with a game in hand.

The individual awards are currently led by Scott Few (286 pins) and Angela Guest (270 pins).  The highest individual match score is currently led by Luke Sanders (48 pins).

Fixtures for the new year are set to be released in the next week and will be posted here as soon as the Fixture Secretary makes them available.  Captains shall also be notified via email.

We’re also pleased to officially share this new website.  If you have any feedback, suggestions or ideas for the site, or the league as a whole, please feel free to get in touch here.

Many thanks to all teams and players for your participation this season.  There is much to play for in the new year and a singles, triples and summer cup are all planned.

We hope you’ve enjoyed playing so far this season.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all!