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Better Half

Wayne Paish 07855 939455
Synwell Pavilion SSC, Tuesday (8pm start)
All-in | Front-pin

	Date	Day	Versus	H/A	Alley
todaytodaytodaytoday	19 Feb 26 8pm	Thursday	Village Idiots	away	Sharpness SSC
next Thursdaynext Thursdaynext Thunext Thu	26 Feb 26 8pm	Thursday	Raggedass Rangers	away	Synwell Pavilion SSC

League Fixtures 28

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Week	Date	Day	Versus	H/A	Alley		F	A
1	2 Sep 25 8pm	Tuesday	Avengers	home		W	438	413	W Paish 64
2	11 Sep 25 8pm	Thursday	Warriors	away	Listers Club	W	474	467	W Paish 72
3	16 Sep 25 8pm	Tuesday	Wannabees	home		L	433	456	W Paish 68
4	26 Sep 25 8pm	Friday	Artists	away	Slimbridge LSC (2)	L	386	409	A Richards 59
6	9 Oct 25 8pm	Thursday	Tearaways	away	Tudor Arms	L	443	445	W Paish 62
7	14 Oct 25 8pm	Tuesday	Village Idiots	home		L	409	427	L Bennett 60
8	21 Oct 25 8pm	Tuesday	Raggedass Rangers	home		L	404	422	W Paish 57
9	31 Oct 25 8pm	Friday	Santiago Thirds	away	Malt House	W	413	407	C Westaway 61
10	4 Nov 25 8pm	Tuesday	Rangers	home		W	402	389	W Paish 59
11	12 Nov 25	Wednesday	Our Dons	away	Slimbridge LSC (2)	W	429	401	W Paish 71
12	18 Nov 25 8pm	Tuesday	bye	home
13	26 Nov 25 8pm	Wednesday	Bridgetown	away	Spring Villa Sports Bar	L	432	452	C Westaway 59
14	2 Dec 25 8pm	Tuesday	Moscow Dynamos	home		W	424	406	J McCuaig 69
15	11 Dec 25	Thursday	Tadgers	away	Spring Villa Sports Bar	W	421	418	C Westaway 61
5	16 Dec 25 8pm ^R	Tuesday	Persuaders	home		D	414	414	W Paish,M Fitzgibbon 63

16	9 Jan 26	Friday	Avengers	away	Cam Mills Bowls Club	W	416	402	W Paish 57
17	13 Jan 26 8pm	Tuesday	Warriors	home		L	407	409	C Westaway 54
19	27 Jan 26 8pm	Tuesday	Artists	home		W	443	415	A Richards 60
20	6 Feb 26	Friday	Persuaders	away	Slimbridge LSC (1)
21	10 Feb 26 8pm	Tuesday	Tearaways	home
18	17 Feb 26 8pm ^R	Tuesday	Wannabees	away	Cam Sports Club
22	19 Feb 26 8pm	Thursday	Village Idiots	away	Sharpness SSC
23	26 Feb 26 8pm	Thursday	Raggedass Rangers	away	Synwell Pavilion SSC
24	3 Mar 26 8pm	Tuesday	Santiago Thirds	home
25	11 Mar 26 8pm	Wednesday	Rangers	away	Salutation Inn
26	17 Mar 26 8pm	Tuesday	Our Dons	home
27	23 Mar 26	Monday	bye	away
28	31 Mar 26 8pm	Tuesday	Bridgetown	home
29	9 Apr 26 8pm	Thursday	Moscow Dynamos	away	Slimbridge LSC (2)
30	14 Apr 26 8pm	Tuesday	Tadgers	home

Premier Division Table 8th

	Team	Pl	W	D	L	Pts	Recent Form
1	Bridgetown	17	15	0	2	30	W^HW^AW^HW^HW^H W^H
2	Tadgers	17	12	1	4	25	W^HW^AL^HW^HW^A D^H
3	Warriors	18	12	0	6	24	W^HL^AW^HW^AW^H L^A
4	Wannabees	17	12	0	5	24	W^AW^AW^HW^HL^A W^A
5	Tearaways	18	11	0	7	22	L^AW^AL^AL^HW^A W^A
6	Village Idiots	17	11	0	6	22	W^AL^HW^AL^AW^H W^A
7	Avengers	18	10	0	8	20	L^HW^AL^HW^AW^H W^A
8	Better Half	17	9	1	7	19	W^HW^AD^HW^AL^H W^H
9	Artists	17	8	0	9	16	L^HW^AW^AW^AL^H L^A
10	Moscow Dynamos	17	7	0	10	14	W^HW^AL^HW^HW^A L^A
11	Persuaders	16	5	2	9	12	W^HL^AD^AW^HW^H L^H
12	Santiago Thirds	18	5	0	13	10	L^HL^HL^AL^HL^A L^H
13	Rangers	18	5	0	13	10	L^AL^HL^AL^HL^A W^H
14	Raggedass Rangers	17	4	1	12	9	L^HW^AL^HL^AL^A L^H
15	Our Dons	18	1	1	16	3	L^HL^AL^AL^HD^A L^H

Cup Fixtures 6

Competition	Versus	H/A	Deadline		F	A
All-in: Quarter Finals	Bridgetown (P)	away	Sun 8th Mar
Front-pin: Quarter Finals	Wannabees (P)	home	Sun 15th Feb
All-in: 2nd Round	Artists (P)	home	Sun 25th Jan	W	425	415	W Paish 63
Front-pin: 2nd Round	Cheers 4 Beers (1)	away	Sun 7th Dec	W	302	243	W Paish 68
All-in: 1st Round	Moscow Dynamos (P)	away	Sun 2nd Nov	W	436	435	W Paish 66
Front-pin: 1st Round	bye	home	Sun 12th Oct	W

Statistics 13

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Statistics are for league fixtures only						Home				Away
	Pl	Avg	Hi Scr	Top Scrs	Hi Spr	Pl	Avg	Hi Scr	Top Scrs	Pl	Avg	Hi Scr	Top Scrs
Rob Lyon	1	65.00	65	-	14	-	-	-	-	1	65.00	65	-
Wayne Paish	17	59.76	72	9	16	9	60.11	68	5	8	59.38	72	4
James Mackie	2	56.00	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	56.00	56	-
Jamie McCuaig	10	55.30	69	1	14	6	56.17	69	1	4	54.00	58	-
Andy Richards	12	54.83	61	2	14	5	52.60	60	1	7	56.43	61	1
Chris Westaway	16	54.13	61	4	16	9	51.67	57	1	7	57.29	61	3
Mark Fitzgibbon	16	53.69	63	1	15	9	54.22	63	1	7	53.00	58	-
Lee Bennett	15	51.67	62	1	18	9	52.22	60	1	6	50.83	62	-
Darrell Weston	8	51.38	64	-	14	4	54.00	64	-	4	48.75	53	-
Morgan Bennett	12	50.25	58	-	-	7	47.14	53	-	5	54.60	58	-
Stef Boggis	6	49.33	57	-	9	2	56.50	57	-	4	45.75	53	-
Mark Blenkinsop	10	48.10	53	-	12	6	47.50	53	-	4	49.00	53	-
Jim Scott	11	44.82	52	-	-	6	44.33	52	-	5	45.40	49	-
Better Half	17	422.82	474			9	419.33	443		8	426.75	474

Registered Players 16

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	Gender	Registered
Andy Richards	M	11 Jun 2025
Chris Westaway	M	11 Jun 2025
Darrell Weston	M	11 Jun 2025
James French	M	11 Jun 2025
James Mackie	M	11 Jun 2025
Jamie McCuaig	M	11 Jun 2025
Jim Scott	M	11 Jun 2025
Lee Bennett	M	11 Jun 2025
Mark Blenkinsop	M	11 Jun 2025
Mark Fitzgibbon	M	11 Jun 2025
Mark Painter	M	11 Jun 2025
Morgan Bennett	M	11 Jun 2025
Nick Crew	M	11 Jun 2025
Rob Lyon	M	11 Jun 2025
Stef Boggis	M	11 Jun 2025
Wayne Paish	M	11 Jun 2025

History

2024-25 – Premier Division: 4th
2023-24 – Premier Division: 8th
2022-23 – Premier Division: 7th
2021-22 – Section A: 7th
2018-19 – Premier Division: 8th
2017-18 – Premier Division: 7th • Front-pin Knockout: Winners
2016-17 – Premier Division: 5th
2015-16 – Premier Division: 11th
2014-15 – Division 1: Champions
2013-14 – Division 2: Runners Up
2012-13 – Division 3: Runners Up
2011-12 – Division 4: Champions
2010-11 – Division 5: Runners Up
2009-10 – Division 5: 3rd
2008-09 – Division 6: Champions
2008-09 – entered League

Better Half	Score	Spare *	Avengers	Score
Wayne Paish	64	15	Steve Brown	50
Mark Blenkinsop	38		Aaron Nash	53
Stef Boggis	57	9	Alan Cobb	44
Lee Bennett	50		Pete Beldam	52
Jamie McCuaig	57	11	Mark Smith	45
Chris Westaway	57		Charlie Mould	59
Mark Fitzgibbon	60	12	Harry Evans	53
Andy Richards	55		Paul Newman	57
	438			413
* higher spare if more than one

Warriors	Score	Spare *	Better Half	Score	Spare *
Keith Hinder	69	12	Wayne Paish	72	13
Lloyd Butler	57		Jim Scott	49
Alan Brain	50		Morgan Bennett	56
Eddie Carpenter	57		Rob Lyon	65	14
Callum King	60		Lee Bennett	62	18
Dave Smith	62		Darrell Weston	49
Matt Richards	54		Chris Westaway	60
Mat Arkle	58		Andy Richards	61	10
	467			474
* higher spare if more than one

Better Half	Score	Spare *	Wannabees	Score	Spare *
Wayne Paish	68	13	Ben Holloway	56	11
Stef Boggis	56		George Dolling	50
Mark Blenkinsop	44		Joel Stoneman	60
Morgan Bennett	39		Alex Ballard	57	12
Lee Bennett	58		Jake Dolbear	54
Chris Westaway	51		Danny Hobbs	62
Mark Fitzgibbon	58		Steve Ballard	63	14
Andy Richards	59		Jake Parrott	54
	433			456
* higher spare if more than one

Artists	Score	Better Half	Score	Spare *
Clive Ogden	50	Wayne Paish	53
Nick Jones	48	Jim Scott	43
Paul Young	50	Stef Boggis	41
Pete Hall	57	Lee Bennett	46
Steve Carter	47	Darrell Weston	47
Glen Moulder	48	Chris Westaway	50
Pete Booth	50	Mark Fitzgibbon	47
Denis Booth	59	Andy Richards	59	14
	409		386
* higher spare if more than one

Tearaways	Score	Spare *	Better Half	Score	Spare *
Martin Brown	40		Wayne Paish	62	14
Steve Tilley	52		Jim Scott	48
Alex Evans	58		Mark Blenkinsop	52
Ben Evans	63	14	Morgan Bennett	56
Robin Fairall	63		Darrell Weston	53
Marcus Tudor	58		Lee Bennett	56
Andrew Bottger	56		Mark Fitzgibbon	57
Richard Sims	55		Andy Richards	59
	445			443
* higher spare if more than one

Better Half	Score	Spare *	Village Idiots	Score	Spare *
Wayne Paish	59	12	Tony Powell	40
Jim Scott	43		Adam Smith	55
Morgan Bennett	51		Bradley Jones	57
Lee Bennett	60	14	Tom Paterson	52
Jamie McCuaig	53		Jacob Waite	53
Chris Westaway	52		Ryan Collard	49
Mark Fitzgibbon	49		Pete Waite	68	14
Andy Richards	42		Jim Wright	53	15
	409			427
* higher spare if more than one

Better Half	Score	Raggedass Rangers	Score	Spare *
Wayne Paish	57	Ashley Chappel	55
Jim Scott	52	Dave Pearce	36
Morgan Bennett	46	Lee Williams	59
Darrell Weston	48	Dave Williams	63	14
Lee Bennett	47	Nicky Tomlin	51
Jamie McCuaig	52	Shaun Spill	53	12
Chris Westaway	46	Michael Johnson	60	17
Mark Fitzgibbon	56	Dan Thornhill	45
	404		422
* higher spare if more than one

Santiago Thirds	Score	Better Half	Score	Spare *
Ricky Sealey	50	Wayne Paish	50
Darren Spiers	49	Jim Scott	39
Steve Hopkins	49	Mark Blenkinsop	53
Dan Sleigh	51	Stef Boggis	53
Andy Goodall	39	Lee Bennett	44
Dean Higgins	57	Jamie McCuaig	55
Iain Tuffin	54	Chris Westaway	61	15
Steven Mansell	58	Mark Fitzgibbon	58	15
	407		413
* higher spare if more than one

Better Half	Score	Rangers	Score	Spare *
Wayne Paish	59	Andrew Penrith	40
Jim Scott	47	Lorraine Wellings	41
Mark Blenkinsop	51	Alex Thackery	48
Morgan Bennett	43	Pete Cook	45
Lee Bennett	54	Rob Wellings	51
Jamie McCuaig	53	Tom Holder	41
Chris Westaway	49	Keith Atkinson	57
Mark Fitzgibbon	46	Robert Penrith	66	14
	402		389
* higher spare if more than one

Our Dons	Score	Better Half	Score	Spare *
Tony Niblett	43	Wayne Paish	71	11
Scott Price	50	Jim Scott	48
Mark Price	52	Mark Blenkinsop	46
Mark Hughes	49	Stef Boggis	44
Richard Brimble	53	James Mackie	56
Mark Stamp	60	Chris Westaway	56
Barry Morse	42	Mark Fitzgibbon	52
Darren Noble	52	Andy Richards	56
	401		429
* higher spare if more than one

Bridgetown	Score	Spare *	Better Half	Score	Spare *
Graham Willcox	57	12	Wayne Paish	53
Martin Pagett	60		Morgan Bennett	47
Neil Tocknell	54		Lee Bennett	51
Ryan Chandler	57		Jamie McCuaig	58	9
Nick Pitcher	63	13	James Mackie	56
Kirsty Jagger	51		Chris Westaway	59
Ian Brown	51		Mark Fitzgibbon	57	12
Steven Crowcombe	59		Andy Richards	51
	452			432
* higher spare if more than one

Better Half	Score	Spare *	Moscow Dynamos	Score	Spare *
Wayne Paish	59		Derrick Jackson	64
Jim Scott	37		Peter Stevenson	50	9
Mark Blenkinsop	50		Robert Evans	53
Darrell Weston	64	14	Brian Dickson	44
Lee Bennett	51		Jon Turl	52
Jamie McCuaig	69	14	Mike Ribiero	31
Chris Westaway	42		Richard Prior	51
Mark Fitzgibbon	52		Peter Clutterbuck	61	10
	424			406
* higher spare if more than one

Tadgers	Score	Spare *	Better Half	Score	Spare *
Jordan Moore	66	16	Wayne Paish	57	14
Pete Atkinson	41		Morgan Bennett	58
Chris Bright	41		Mark Blenkinsop	45
Antony Pitts	45		Lee Bennett	46
Antony Atkinson	50		Jamie McCuaig	52	11
Andy Pitts	58	12	Chris Westaway	61	16
James Nelmes	55		Mark Fitzgibbon	48
Pete Lavis	62	13	Andy Richards	54
	418			421
* higher spare if more than one

Better Half	Score	Spare *	Persuaders	Score	Spare *
Wayne Paish	63	16	Dean Squibb	56	13
Jim Scott	41		Vanessa Mayo	54
Morgan Bennett	46		Pete Hill	39
Darrell Weston	50		Heather Brooks	49
Lee Bennett	41		Ian Palmer	48
Jamie McCuaig	53	11	Kelly O'Connor	51	11
Chris Westaway	57		Nigel Winfield	67	14
Mark Fitzgibbon	63	12	Trudy Barnfield	50
	414			414
* higher spare if more than one

Avengers	Score	Spare *	Better Half	Score
Steve Brown	51		Wayne Paish	57
Jack Smith	55		Stef Boggis	45
Martin Corbett	54		Morgan Bennett	56
Mark Smith	43		Darrell Weston	46
Aaron Nash	50		Jamie McCuaig	51
Charlie Mould	47		Chris Westaway	54
Harry Evans	48	9	Mark Fitzgibbon	52
Paul Newman	54		Andy Richards	55
	402			416
* higher spare if more than one

Better Half	Score	Spare *	Warriors	Score
Wayne Paish	53		Lloyd Butler	50
Jim Scott	46		Gill Meadows	47
Morgan Bennett	52		Alan Brain	45
Mark Blenkinsop	49		Eddie Carpenter	62
Lee Bennett	53		Charlie Smith	52
Chris Westaway	54	12	Dave Smith	52
Mark Fitzgibbon	53		Matt Richards	47
Andy Richards	47		Mat Arkle	54
	407			409
* higher spare if more than one

Better Half	Score	Spare *	Artists	Score	Spare *
Wayne Paish	59		Clive Ogden	46
Morgan Bennett	53		Martin Livall	53
Mark Blenkinsop	53	12	Paul Young	48
Darrell Weston	54	14	Pete Hall	56
Lee Bennett	56	12	Steve Arkwell	51
Chris Westaway	57		Glen Moulder	44
Mark Fitzgibbon	51		Pete Booth	53
Andy Richards	60	10	Denis Booth	64	12
	443			415
* higher spare if more than one