Nutters, who are in second place, had a good win over MACK, while Thunderbirds are now certainties to hold fourth spot after having a draw with Powerpins.

Nohopenhells forfeited their match to put themselves out of business.

Results of round 33 were:

Spicks and Specks 16 points won on forfeit from Nohopenhells nil.

For Spicks and Specks, Trevor Boyd had all over average games of 135, 134, 135 for a 404 series, Val Dinnie had games of 94, 141, 155 for 390, Neil Hawes had games of 95, 120, 95 for 310, while Les Robinson took out the wooden spooner of the round award bowling 39 pins under average in his games of 195, 133, 171 for 499.

Nutters defeated MACK 12 1/2-7 1/2.

For Nutters, Isaac Riley had games of 132, 167, 179 for a 478 series, Colin Riley had games of 119, 110, 156 for 385, Jody Jenner had games of 102, 129, 117 for 348, while Chloe Jenner had games of 96, 110, 134 for 340.

For MACK, Robin Quintrell had games of 162, 130, 169 for a 461 series, Margret Gardiner had games of 138, 108, 130 for 376, Cheyne Pons had games of 124, 109, 115 for 348, while Ashleigh Miller had games of 139, 85, 101 for 325.

The Pin Heads 13 points d The Screaming Banshees 7 points.

For The Pin Heads, Shantelle Flynn had games of 160, 114, 152 for a 426 series, Terrie Walsh had games of 123, 135, 152 for 410, David Hart had games of 88, 76, 114 for 278, while the vacant score didn’t gain them any points.

For The Screaming Banshees, Joanne Boler had games of 140, 142, 110 for a 392 series, Robyn Quigley had games of 93, 118, 89 for 300, Debra Pypers took out the equal wooden spooner of the round award bowling 38 pins under average in her games of 158, 141, 115 for 414, Siretta Dawson also took out the equal wooden spooner of the round award bowling 38 pins under average where she had all games under average with a 104, 125, 128 for 357.

Thunderbirds drew with Powerpins 10-all.

For Thunderbirds, Les Collins had games of 102, 129, 117 for a 348 series, Sue Collins had games of 135, 156, 117 for 408, Kathleen Morgan had games of 124, 136, 115 for 375, while Carl Henderson had all under average games of 126, 101, 120 for 347.

For Powerpins, Matthew Tranter had all over average games of 108, 115, 116 for a 339 series, Adam Royston had games of 139, 102, 131 for 372, Glenn Cleary had all under average games of 122, 128, 113 for 363, while Grant Wellard had games of 105, 114, 130 for 349.

The Niners 18 1/2 points defeated In It to Win It 1 1/2 points.

For The Niners, Ron Timbs took out the star bowler of the round award bowling 46 pins over average in his games of 170, 149, 201 for a 520 series, Bob Doyle had all over average games of 126, 145, 143 for 414, Leiland Friend had games of 161, 148, 194 for 503, while Glenn Pollard had games of 136, 159, 187 for 482.

For In It to Win It, Adam Richardson had all above average games of 85, 87, 88 for a 260 series, Glenn Corbett had games of 141, 145, 175 for 461, Cameron Arnold had games of 125, 191, 132 for 448, while Lyn Carter had all under average games of 85, 87, 88 for 260.

The Deadly Assassins defeated Bitches 10 1/2-9 1/2.

For The Deadly Assassins, Hal Johnston had all over average games of 148, 154, 165 for a 467 series, Peter Speller had games of 106, 119, 151 for 376, Cara Cooper had games of 108, 129, 135 for 372, while Chris Purches had games of 119, 95, 94 for 308.

For Bitches, Debbie Pickering took out the star bowler of the round award bowling 45 pins over average in her games of 145, 188, 139 for a 472 series, Julie Nicholls had games of 177, 125, 130 for 432, Ingrid Sach had games of 107, 137, 135 for 379, while Add McCudden had games of 109, 108, 136 for 353.

The 200 plus game was by The Niners’ Ron Timbs with a nice game of 201, well done Ron.

How the competition table stands after round 33 of Pioneer League: The Niners 365 1/2, Nutters 360 1/2, In It to Win It 349, Thunderbirds 348 1/2, Nohopenhells 333 1/2, Spicks and Specks 332 1/2, MACK 325, The Deadly Assassins 319, The Screaming Banshees 306, Powerpins 304 1/2, Bitches 284, The Pin Heads 283 1/2.

Well, before I sign off bowlers and readers, may I remind you all there are only three rounds to go before the finish of this competition.

So get your teams of four players ready for the next one and you don’t need to be a good player to play in it as it is based on handicap.

The cost is only $21 for three games and there is money to be won on the first game plus five meat raffles to be won every week.

There is great music to listen to while you are bowling.

Officials are trying to get this league back to 14 to 16 teams, as it is the best one going as there is also an honour board.

Interested people just come along on Monday night at 5.45pm to Shoalhaven City Lanes, Narang Road, Bomaderry.

Well, that’s all for now bowlers and readers, so until next week good luck and high scoring.

Les Collins.