Syston & District Skittle League
Wymeswold Cons 2.5-1.5 Syston Cons B
Carington Arms 2-2 Queniborough Wanderers
Syston Social 2-2 Barrow Cons
Sileby WMC 2.5-1.5 Carington Cons
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Wymeswold maintained their 100% record in the top of the table clash with Syston Cons B on Friday despite an underwhelming performance from both sides on the night .. the visitors should have struck first but could only tie the home sides effort of just 25 pins in the opening Leg despite having only the one missed ball .. the alley continued to be in unforgiving mood throughout the evening with a plethora of single pin hits frustrating both sides .. the visitors went in front after taking the 2nd Leg but were left scratching their heads at how the game ultimately got away from them as the League leaders hit back to take Legs 3 & 4 and secure what had for most of the evening seemed an unlikely victory .. to illustrate the uncharitable nature of the alley on the night, this was both the lowest four leg aggregate and the first time that the home side had failed to register a 30 Leg at home in over four years .. it was also the away sides lowest four leg aggregate over that same four year period .. Wymeswold's skipper, Ian Merryweather, with 26 was the only player to get to grips with the alley on the night .. the win over their nearest rivals gives them an almost unassailable lead at the top as we approach the halfway point in the season.
Carington Arms and Queniborough Wanderers had to settle for a share of the points at the Melton British Legion .. the home side twice found themselves in front only for the visitors to peg them back each time .. the final Leg went right to the wire with Queniborough hanging on by just one pin to secure the 2-2 draw .. Adrian Marriott with 26 and Andy Pickering with 24 were the stand-out scores on the night for the Carington Arms.
Sileby WMC registered their first win of the season with a narrow victory over visitors Carington Cons .. it left the away side as the only team still looking for a win and consigned them for now to the bottom of the League .. the visitors took the opening Leg and looked well placed to record their first win when the 2nd Leg was tied .. however, Sileby hit back with an excellent 35 to record the best Leg of the night and followed up by clinching the final Leg with the last throw of the match from skipper Martin Radford to secure the win .. Andrew Cove's 23 was the highlight for the home side while Steve Smith posted a 9 in a lost cause for Carington during their 3rd Leg.
Barrow Cons posted their fourth draw in seven games and their third in five away games as they held Syston Social to a share of the points .. the visitors were in front early and despite being pegged back to 1-1 they went ahead again with a convincing 3rd Leg .. unfortunately, the 4th Leg proved beyond them and Syston comfortably passed the low target to ensure the draw .. Dave Palethorpe's 27, including an excellent 9, and Clarke Anderson's 25 were comfortably the top scorers on the night for the Social side.