SYSTON & DISTRICT SKITTLE LEAGUE
Results of Matchday # 26 played on 12th April
Syston Cons C 2-2 Wymeswold Cons
Sileby Workos A 0-4 Syston Cons B
Barrow Cons 1.5-2.5 Syston Cons A
Syston Social Club 2-2 Queniborough Wanderers
Carington Cons 3-1 Wreake Nomads
Top House 4-0 Sileby Workos B ( Default )
Match Reports
Wymeswold's 2-2 draw away at Syston Cons C was perhaps not as unexpected as it seemed at the start of the evening given that the top two sides were unable to register a win on the Syston Cons alley this season in four attempts between them .. Syston's 39 leg the previous week served notice of a potentially difficult night for the title chasers and so it proved as each side took it in turns to claim a leg by a comfortable margin with the last man given virtually no chance to chase the total down in each of the four legs .. Wymeswold have now drawn six of their last nine away games.
Wymeswold could legitimately have expected Sileby Workos A to claim a leg at the very least in their game against Syston Cons B given they had lost just one of their last seventeen home games in the League .. however, the home side started badly and never really recovered while the away side seemed to relax in the expectation that even a 4-0 victory would probably not be enough to wrest the title away from their rivals .. however, four strong legs of 30+ including a last ball clincher in Leg 3 proved enough to land a fourth successive title for the Syston side .. this was Syston's seventh 4-0 maximum on the road this season from their twelve games and they've dropped just two legs from the last 32 away from the Malthouse.
Barrow Cons and Syston Cons A played out a tightly contested game at the Malthouse with the home side's alley unavailable .. Syston took the opening leg when the last pairing of Keith Platt and Ash Green managed 13 between them to pinch it by one pin .. Barrow fought back to level it after 3 legs before Syston's 33 clinched it in the final leg .. it saw the away side finish the season on a five match unbeaten run away from home to complement their strong home form in a year which saw them finish 9 points and one place better off than the previous season.
Syston Social Club repeated their third placed finish for the fourth successive year following a 2-2 draw at home to Queniborough Wanderers .. it saw Syston end the season unbeaten in 13 matches and with just one defeat from their last seventeen at home .. Queniborough matched their 8th placed finish from the previous season but could conceivably argue they should have finished higher given they have drawn a third of their total games this season.
Wreake Nomads got their noses in front early on against Carington Cons but it proved to be another case of what might have been as the final two legs were lost by just one and two pins to give the home side a 3-1 victory .. Carington Cons will also point to a season where they have drawn 8 of their 24 matches and will I'm sure be hoping for a return to their home alley at Ashby Folville when we start the new season in the Autumn.
Chris Buxton