SYSTON & DISTRICT SKITTLE LEAGUE

 
Results of Porter Cup Final played on 11th April
 
Syston Social Club 118 - 124 Syston Cons B
 
Match Report
 

Syston Cons B won the toss and asked opponents, Syston Social Club, to throw the first leg .. middling scores through the side with nothing higher than a 6 meant a slightly below par score of 29 in the opener .. Syston Cons responded with a solid 35 to take an early lead before a series of 3rd ball misses in the middle order of their 2nd leg saw them post a disappointing 27 and saw them total 62 at the halfway stage .. Knut Heinemann-Wooster's excellent 8 in Social's 2nd leg allowed them to close the gap at the halfway point to just 2 pins but it was the 3rd leg that proved to be the turning point in respect of where the match was won and lost .. Social's 25 pins in the 3rd leg which included three 2's gave Cons B the impetus to press home their advantage knowing that two 30+ legs would make them hard to catch in the decider .. some solid if not exactly spectacular skittling saw them match their first half total of 62 pins across the two legs leaving Social needing 40 in the final leg to take the Cup .. despite Clarke Anderson's 8 to close out the leg they fell 6 pins short of their target leaving Syston Cons to reclaim the trophy they last won in 2019 .. Dave Clark for Syston Cons B proved to be the top scorer on the night with an excellent 25.