Box A   

Minehead A       350         Drifters                 315

Shooting Stars   272         Swallows             351

Box B

Wiveliscombe    274         House Martyns    324

House Martyns  344         St. Audries           321

Box C

Hobby Horse      321         Barn Boys            311

Box D

Gnomads A        323         Mad Batters         314

Mad Batters        354         White Horse        280

Swallows lead Box A following a 79 point victory over Shooting Stars.  Rapidly improving Benjamin Forster was  Swallows’ star player making a personal gain of 55 points.  Team mates Jasper Pye and Joe Camp added 2 & 22 points respectively.  Also in Box A Minehead A’s Chris Norman led them to a 35 point win over Drifters.

House Martyns have won their opening matches against Wiveliscombe and St Audries in Box B.  Andrew Burt top scored with a 45 point gain over Wiveliscombe.  Wivi’s Dave Woodland finished 2 points to the good despite conceding huge handicap margins.  Both Andrew Burt (14) & Ellie Baker (13) made gains over St. Audries to help the House Martyns to a narrow 23 point victory.

Hobby Horse came out on top of the only Box C match to be played to date.  Captain Mike Lawrie starred with a personal surplus of 26 points.  Barn Boys Captain Graham Lamacraft ensured a close result with a gain of 10 points, keeping Hobby Horses win to just 10 points.

Box D remains wide open as Mad Batters followed up a 9 point defeat at Gnomads A with a 74 point victory over White Horse.  Brothers Jamie, Mathew & Marcus Short combined in a great team effort to make gains of 21,27 and 26 points respectively.

Written by M. Summerell