Young Tigers close the gap between them and Lightning Strikes to ten points by beating Brothers Grimm 10-2 while Lightning lost four points to Living on a Spare. Mac Too move up four places to third, six points futher back, after completing their back match.

Tom Cummins and Kris Woodward were the only players to hit 500 series; Tom scored 536 (608 with handicap) and rises to the top of the averages with 171.9. Kris got 528 (675, the best of the week) and also hit the only 200 game this week: 204 (253).

In the first round of the Davies Shield there were wins for Strike Force, Bata Bullets, Young Tigers, The Learners, Premier Shandy, Lightning Strikes, Mac Too and Split Happens. Full results»

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Joriz converted a 5-7 split

The average scratch game this week was 137.2 (138.9 so far in the league) and the average scratch series was 411.7 (Last week 416.1)