Syston & District Skittle League
2025/2026
Weekly Results & Match Reports
Porter Cup Semi-Finals
Syston Cons B 122-108 Barrow Cons
Top House 109-104 Wymeswold Cons
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Top House provided one of the shock scorelines of the season by defeating the previously unbeaten League Champions Wymeswold Cons in the semi-final of the Porter Cup at the Syston Social Club. Wymeswold were on the back foot from the opening leg and were unable to peg back the early lead established by their opponents. With the game decided on the aggregate of pins over four legs, Top House found themselves in a comfortable lead of nine pins at the halfway stage. Wymeswold then missed their opportunity to take advantage of a below par 3rd leg from Top House and faced a deficit of ten pins entering the final leg. Despite posting their best leg of the night it left their opponents requiring just 21 pins to clinch victory where, after a nervous start, the middle order of Brian Miller and Brian Holmes managed 7 and 8 to level the scores and all but seal the win. The final margin of of a well deserved victory was five pins with Brian Holmes top scoring for the Top House with 21.
Syston Cons B ultimately came out on top of a tight contest against Barrow Cons at Sileby WMC. Syston's early seven pin lead from the opening leg proved crucial as the sides closely matched each other over the next two legs. With a six pin lead entering the final leg, Syston's total of 30 gave their opponents a difficult target of 37 to win the game. Barrow needed a good start but the pressure of the chase proved too much for them and the final winning margin of 14 pins didn't really reflect the closeness of the game. Chris Buxton top scored for Syston with 26 while Barrow's Scott Price was top scorer on the night with an excellent 27.
Top House and Syston Cons B will now meet in the final on the 24th April at Barrow Conservative Club.