Allerton Skittles Club

Allerton Skittles Team

Allerton Skittles team started some 10 years ago by Allerton cricketers who wanted to keep active during the winter and provide funds for the cricket club.

We are in a very friendly league where none of the 36 teams ever face promotion or relegation, but play for 3 cups: the league, knock out, or second chance cup (the Plate). After many years and, much to our surprise, we did win the 2nd chance cup in 2006/7 season. This year we are through to the quarter finals of the Knock Out Cup and the team spirit is high.

Each week we collect a small donation for the Cricket club which benefits by about £150 annually from the skittles. Always a loud and lively night with colourful language, we have a squad of about 16 regulars and always manage to get the maximum of 10 players on the night. Some reckon skill is required but there is also a good deal of luck involved.

As the season progresses we have a number of spare evenings so play non league matches, especially Stone v Chapel. It was in the most recent of these that Paul Morse (Reg and Joy’s son) achieved what, in snooker would be a 147 clearance, by hitting all 9 pins in 3 consecutive throws scoring a total of 27. No one is quite sure whether that has ever been done before at the Wheatsheaf. Naturally Chapel won that match.

If anyone would like to play please contact either Reg Morse 712636 (Chapel) or Simon Midgley 712097 (Stone)

Contributed by Simon Midgley