Knockout Stage
1st leg Merlins 323 (K.Burpitt 47), Skimmers 359 (Darryl Burt, Derek Burt 47).
2nd Leg
Skimmers lose their second leg in knockout stage by 7, but still go through to the finals... Winning by 29 pins on aggregate, over Merlins from Templecombe.
Skimmers 384 Merlins 391 (Bulls Head - 13/08/10) Jeff Brown was top scorer with 53, closely followed by Derek Burt (52), and Matt Burt (51).. each with 1 stick-up.
Merlin top scorer hit 63, with 2 of their 3 stick-ups. Skimmers scored steadily throughout the night with 5 hands ranging from 61-65, plus a 73 on the 3rd hand. Merlins gave Skimmers an early fright starting with 73, and taking a 11 pin 1st hand lead. Then increased this to 14 in the 2nd, but whilst they often promised much the 2nd big hand never came. Skimmers kept in touch to ease through to the Torquay Finals.
2nd leg Breakaways lose away to Pin Ups |