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The top ten looks almost decided after this week’s results, and there were a couple of strong performances that suggest the post-split divisions should get very interesting. Birdies, Goals & Spares managed to whitewash Living On A Spare to put themselves very much in the title mix. BGS opened with a mighty 45 leg, and kept their levels up till the end, posting scores of 38, 38, 39 & 35 on the way to 195. LOAS struggled to lay a glove on them all night, despite a reasonable pin count themselves - the closest they got was 3 pins away in the 2nd. Birdies’ Mark Dodd top-scored with 35 (though A N Other matched this) and there was sterling support from Ray Park & Adrian Redhead (both 34). Mark Guinney hit 32 in defeat. Best Sellers inflicted a second defeat of the season on Lads’ Night Out as they ran out 6-4 winners. Duncan Passey started with a 9 for Sellers and from there, they were in control of the 1st, taking the points 39-33. LNO hit back in the 2nd with a 40 pin leg, before a drawn beer round (5 out of 6 drinks to Sellers, mind). Sellers put themselves in charge with a 35-27 win in leg 4, before the decider went down to the wire, Mark Hoskins closing proceedings with a 9 to square the pins but seal victory in the match. Rob Wadsworth smacked an excellent 37, whilst Hos’ 33 was matched by Tom Morgan for LNO. Cross Keys’ hopes of making the cut appear to be slipping away after a heavy defeat to Rollin’ Pins. The Keys hit their lowest pin total of the season, and a slow start in the 1st was a sign of things to come as Pins got points on the board. The pub-goers levelled things up in leg 2, but it was downhill from then on. Pins smashed 41 in the beer leg, and followed up with 37 & 35 whilst Keys were becalmed in the low 30s, and an 8-2 win was the result. Ian Bell was best in show with 36, and Kevin Allen toppled his PB (33) for the 3rd time this year. Match of the week was Gutter Nutters’ 6-4 victory over Last Six - it featured 3 spares, all for Nutters and the highest leg of the season. Last Six got their noses in front with 37 in leg 1, but Nutters stole a nailbiter in the second, captain Quinn hitting 9 to win it 39-38. Six were back in the lead after a 37 pin beer leg. Suddenly the Nutters went wild - Steve Sherwood & Dave both walloped 12 spares as they struck a gargantuan 51 pins in leg 4, then Steve hit a 13 spare on their way to 45 in the deciding 5th. A shellshocked Six got 39 themselves but it wasn’t enough. Steve Sherwood finished with a season’s best 39, Dave supporting with 36; Chris Child whacked a lovely 37 himself to be best of the Six. Splitz ‘n’ Giggles had the other big win this week, an 8-2 defeat of Sianie’s Angels which pretty much secures their place in the top division. The Morning Star team started strongly, hitting a 12 spare (for A N Other) in the first leg on the way to 44 pins, but Angels were unbowed and hit back in leg 2. From there, it was mostly Splitz, taking 4 beers and the leg next and scoring 39 in the 4th. Leg 5 was much closer, Angels hitting their best of the night but just coming up short, 34-35, and the victory was complete. Captain Rob was top player for SNG with 33, but he was bettered by a team effort for AN Other who pegged 34. Big ‘Uns have likely missed out on Div 1 after their draw with Remnants this week. Big ‘Uns bookended their night with winning legs, but lost out in the middle part of the game - Remnants won the tight legs 3 & 4 by a combined 3 pin margin. Both teams were at their best in the second and the points were shared, 35 all. Remnants’ top performers were Ken Fulker & Anne Walters with 33s; John Norris & Nick Cooper managed 30s in reply. Young & Bald overcame Late Knights 6-4, but Knights were somewhat revitalised by the return of captain Penny & Graham Meacham. YAB went ahead in the first, but Penny Meacham’s 12 spare in the 2nd got the Knights going, and they followed up with a beer leg win to take the lead. Wilkins’ Young charges were rocked, but recovered to win legs 4 & 5 with 36 pins to finish in the last. Graham Meacham was player of the match with 35, Derek Wilkins was skinhead of the match with 31. Last up, Maclean Smilers had their 5th win of the year against Newcomers in a low-scoring 6-4. Smilers rushed to the win, taking the first 3 legs comfortably, with Newcomers unable to break the 30-pin mark in any of them. Once the game was gone, Newcomers gathered themselves, hitting 32 & 37 to take the remaining 4 points. Only Smilers were really happy at the end, with Nathan Rickards & Sandie Clemas the two players to hit 30. Just 6 games this week due to a booking in the club, but the top clash sees BGS take on Gutter Nutters on Wednesday night - should be tasty…