Wicked Ladies march on in summer skittles

They are: Wicked Ladies, who beat neighbours The Other Lot by eight at the Globe Inn, North Petherton; Otters, 19-pin away winners over Ladybirds; and Geef Teeth, from Cannington, who beat the Pink Ladies by 12 at the Blake Arms and have a game in hand.

In the all-Globe match, Petherton's Generations visited Cannington's Globe Rejects and won by 36.

Still unbeaten in the ladies' Champions are Market Maids, after an eight-pin home win over Poppy Girls. Second place are last year's winners Arf Dozen, who beat point-less Wotsits by 35. Housemaids dropped to third after losing by seven to Mo's Gems.

With Piglets' result not know, Daff's Dollies lead the ladies' Pearls after a 13-pin home success against Blake Belles. Champions El Syd visited Spares and lost by 31 as Brenda Fudge finished 14, 17 to top the alley with 57.

Railway Belles are joint second. Rockets had a very poor night at home alley, not even reaching 200, which gave The British Birds a comfortable win.

Flopperettes, the only unbeaten team in the ladies' Emeralds, had a 59-pin win over Withy Maids, who are now joint second with Flagettes after their opponents, Nutcrackers, failed to raise a team. Die Hards led from the second to the fourth hands away to Write Offs but the home team pulled 20 pins on the last two hands to win by 17.

The ladies' Diamonds is headed by unbeaten Cheeky Girls, who won by 12 at the Cross Rifles. In second place are Slappers, also 100%, but with a game in hand. They beat Bottoms Up by 42 at the Lions Club. Joint third are champions Gremlin's Girls, four-pin winners against Durleigh Dolls, and Reservoir Ducks, who beat Pretty Pollies.

Limeys are now the only team yet to lose in the men's Premier after ending the unbeaten record of Wanderers, despite having been seven down after three hands. they won by 12.

Champions Fireworks had a last-hand, two-pin win at Gentle Giants, league chairman John Garland topping the alley with 62, which moved them to joint second. Old Teasers and Slades are joint fourth.

Riff Raff are still 100% in the men's Early after a 21-pin win at Wellworthy Colts. Also yet to lose are Outs & Ins, who won by 17 at Withy Wanderers. Folly Boys, who had half their team in Mexico at the start of the season, played their first game and beat Five o'Clockers. Terry's Lot won for the first time.

Three teams have won both their opening matches in the men's Main: Pawlett Pins, winners by 12 at home to Cannington Chemistry; Gamblers, who beat Floppers by 39 away; Flintstones, who beat Bunch of Key'unts at home.

Faux Pas, nine-pin winners at home to The Clan, and Shunters, 27-pin victors at Nam Nuts are the only unbeaten teams in the mixed Brunettes. The wheels fell off, following their first win the previous week, for Glad We've Arms. They lost away to Railway Six, where Martin Coombes hit 64 and Allan Cavill 62 for the home team.

Champions Commercial A, winners by 17 at Scoobies, and runners-up Mad Hatters remained unbeaten in the mixed Primrose, although the latter team, 14 up after three hands at Kings Head Inn won by just a pin. Jacks & Jills got off the mark with a 30-pin victory over Sagalouts.

In the mixed Bluebell, Globetrotters lost 11 on the first hand and led by 26 on the fifth and, despite Pretenders' best hand of the night (57), won by ten to stay unbeaten. Also yet to lose are Wish We Waz, three-pin home winners against Globe Inn Rejects. Harvest Mixed got off the mark, while champions Trumpeters played their first match and beat The Snoots away.

Two of the three unbeaten teams in the mixed Blondes are new: Rebellions, who won by eight at home to Pin Pals and Choppers, who beat Nut Eads. The third unbeaten side are Moorlanders, who won at Barmies. The all-town tie between Pointless Parretts and Good Bunch was won by the latter, leaving the home team as their name suggests.

Note: Six results were missing at lunchtime on Friday. Two were from the men's league, played on Monday, and the other four from the Wednesday ladies' leagues, all in town. If a match is postponed, the results secretary must be notified before the match, not when he rings up one of the teams a few days after the due date.

Last week's results:

Ladies. Champions - Housemaids 284 (Maureen Ribbons 58), Mo's Gems 291 (Mandy Fisher/Chris Briffett 57); Arf Dozen 306 (Alison Skinner 61), Wotsits 271 (Donna Baker 55); Market Maids 317 (Carol Sprouting 60), Poppy Girls 309 (Julie Frost 61); Lizzy's Ladies v Bill's Bunch, late card; Legion Ladies 277 (Marion Cotton 56), Slippers Up 259 (Kirsty Singleton 46).

Diamonds - Gremlin's Girls 231 (Kate Foster 48), Durleigh Dolls 227 (Debbie Kellaway 42); Blue Jeans v Babes in Arms, late card; Slappers 265 (Kate Page 56), Bottoms Up 223 (Sadie Bamber 43); Cross Rifles 259 (Mel Beards/Emma Richardson/Emma Addicott 48), Cheeky Girls 271 (Rae Stone 57); Reservoir Ducks 281 (Janet Fisher 58), Pretty Pollies 233 (Lucy Vearncombe 48).

Emeralds - Acorns 204 (Maureen Kirby 41), Spring Chicks 197 (Julie Champion 42); Flagettes w/o v Nutcrackers (no team); Write Offs 279 (Denise Bu'Lock 53), Die Hards 262 (Maz Bisset 48); Flopperettes 320 (Sue Lovell/Jenny Garfield 60), Withy Maids 261 (Sue Glover 54); Forest Gumps v Mothers Pride, late card.

Rubies - Global Girls 217 (Lindsey Parsons 41), Generations 253 (Nicky Sharkey 53); The Other Lot 246 (Emma Perry 51), Wicked Ladies 254 (Christine Mattravers 50); Ladybirds 214 (Wendy Motuel 43), Otters 233 (Wendy Hill 43); Pawlett Rebels, bye; Pink Ladies 214 (Biz Snook 42), Geef Teeth 226 (Kim Bellinger 48). Pearls - Rockets 195 (Fi Heal 41), The British Birds 260 (Jayne Roberts 50); Railway Belles 248 (Dot Proctor 51), Shove Overs 229 (Gill Greensides 42); Nan's Girls v Piglets, late card; Spares 281 (Brenda Fudge 57), El Syd 250 (Vi Bonney 52); Daff's Dollies 240 (Dee Buttle 46), Blake Belles 227 (Lor Folan 46).

Men. Early - Wellworthy Colts 260 (Wayne Mockridge 49), Riff Raff 281 (Chris Rees 60); Folly Boys 299 (Pete Coleman 71), Five o'Clockers 282 (Tim Netto 59); Sir Gary Jones 272 (Steve Saxton 59),Dukes o'Hazard 242 (Mike Davidge 45); Terry's Lot 291 (John Knight 60), Playboys 268 (Simon Cable 52); Withy Wanderers 317 (Steve Fear 60), Outs & Ins 334 (Mark Harris 65).

Premier - Wanderers 260 (Alan Selway 47), Limeys 272 (Alan Dare 53); Slades 284 (Dave Thresher 56), Top Gun 272 (Nathan Cross 55); Daydreamers v Buccaneers, late card; Old Teasers 327 (Rob Paull 64), Union Jacks 287 (Mark Bateman 56); Gentle Giants 287 (Terry Innalls 59), Fireworks 289 (John Garland 62).

Main - Floppers 282 (Brian Bowerman 67), Gamblers 321 (Wayne Hardwell 58); Bridgwater Tn FC v Carol's Barmy Army, late card; Pawlett Pins 294 (Dan Goodin 54), Cann Chemistry 282 (Dan Kunc 58); Flintstones 307 (Ryan Ingram 64), Bunch of Key'unts 282 (Andy Long 51).

Mixed. Brunettes - Faux Pas 275 (Alun Swain 52), The Clan 266 (Terry Innalls 53); Railway Six 295 (Martin Coombes 64), Glad We've Arms 213 (Lyndsey Nichols 44); Nam Nuts 267 (Rob Ingram 54), Shunters 294 (Joy Simcox 62); Neighbours 265 (Steve Mantyk 47), Mixtures 282 (Carol Stoodley 54).

Blondes - Pointless Parretts 220 (Mike Taylor 42), Good Bunch 242 (Neil Perkins 50); Choppers 286 (D Winn 58), Nut 'Eads 267 (M Fowler 54); Barmies 275 (Mike Hellier 56), Moorlanders 309 (Dave Harris 58); Rebellions 263 (Tim Martin 58), Pin Pals 255 (Brian Searle/Kate Curran 47).

Bluebell - The Snoots 257 (Ryan Dray 51), Trumpeters 267 (Alan Foster 51); Pretenders 278 (Sonia Wright 55), Globetrotters 288 (Rita Dunn 60); Harvest Mixed 271 (Janet Palfrey 59), Legion Louts 259 (Graham Hembery 54); Wish We Waz 255 (Ray Wilson/Mike Barton 46); Globe Inn Rejects 252 (June Birch 51).

Primrose - April Scorchers 262 (Dan Mitchell 53), Misfits 232 (John Bishop 43); Scoobies 297 (Hayley Giles 58), Commercial A 314 (Shaun Kirby 65); Jacks & Jills 298 (Mary Pollock/Steve Cresswell 54), Sagalouts 268 (Graham Reid 53); King's Head Inn 255 (Joe Chillingworth 53), Mad Hatters 256 (John Clist 49).