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Highwaymen finish in top six position in league after bad start . Highwaymen to play New Castings in King Pin Final . Highwaymen enter British Skittle Championship . Highwaymen also enter Here House and Heenan Clubs.

Old Stalwart players leave team . Don Hewlett Joins Morganite , Rob Jenkins leaves due to work.

Highwaymen win Here house Summer KO for 2nd time.
Highwaymen make 4 new signings for coming season. Dave Rushton , Jaime Rushton and Martin Jones from New Raiders . Also Kevin Albone from
New Castings complete Highwaymen's new influx of blood.

Squad for coming season
:- Mitch Fowles (Captain), Dean Banfield (Vice Captain) ,
Kieth Collins (treasurer) ,Adie Price (Secretary) , Stephen Dayus , Gary Hanson , Trevor Davis , Phillp Read , Gary Rudge , Michael Price ,Mike Futrill , Rich Franklin , Dave Rushton , Jaime Rushton , Martin Jones , Kevin Albone.
All 4 new players bed in well and start season with decent scores.

Freshmen inflict first match defeat on Highwaymen.
Freshmen too consistent on night for Highwaymen
Highwaymen only able to take 3 points in disappointing first match.

Freshmen 419 - Highwaymen 402.

Highwaymen return to winning ways with a 14 points to 6 win over fellow Anchor Inn team (Fat Anchors).
Trevor Davis produces match winning spare to secure win.

Highwaymen 430 - Fat Anchors 422

Highwaymen unable to quell the Rushwick fire as Cavaliers are too hot for Highwaymen
Rushwick have one of the best records of any team
against the Highwaymen and again they proved be our nemesis on the night.
A 485 team total from Rushwick was too much for the Highwaymen on the night where the Highwaymen had little luck.

Rushwick Cavalier 485 V Highwaymen 448

Highwaymen in tight encounter with Here House Bulls at the Anchor Inn. Highwaymen end up winners by 4 pins . Bulls left 82 to win but new kit may look big but is deceptively difficult.
Bulls end up 5 short of victory. Highwaymen take afortunate 16 point win.

Highwaymen 419 - Bulls 415

Highwaymen progress in first round of Doris Styles with an impressive win over Bellmen.
Legs of 101 and 98 take game beyond the Bellmens reach . Adie Price , Michael Price Gary Hanson and Jaime Rushton
all take spares to ease the Highwaymen to a decent team score on the Portobello.

Next week Highwaymen take on Morganite at City Legion .

Don Hewlett will be facing us for first time since leaving the Highwaymen during Summer.

Highwaymen were unable to defeat Morganite.
Despite bowling well,in patches,it was not good enough on the night
as Morganite take off 5 spares to Highwaymen's 1 to secure 16-4 victory.

Morganite 451 - Highwaymen 429.
Highwaymen have now lost 3 away games on the trot.

Highwaymen played Barbarians (who top 2nd div Weds) in the 1st round of the King Pin.
It proved to be a convincing performance by the Highwaymen as No 1 bowler
Dean Banfield hit winning pins on last leg to secure victory at the Alma Droitwich Road.

Highwaymen took on Old Rivals the Rams.
It proved to be a tight game with neither team taking command of the game.
Again the Highwaymen took off fewer spares than their opponents , but in the end their consistency was enough to ensure victory by the narrow margin of 5 pins.
Kevan Albone taking off a crucial 13 spare for the Highwaymen.
This gave the Highwaymen a 14-6 points haul.

Highwaymen 435 - Rams 430.
The Highwaymen have now won 3 out of 3 at home.

Next week the Highwaymen will try to break their away duck against the New Raiders. New Raiders 482 Highwaymen 471

Despite putting up a superb effort the Highwaymen were undone by the Spare taking ability of the New Raiders . Several good performances , but the best was from Rich Franklin with
superb 51 . Unfortunately his efforts were not quite enough. Even so 6 pts away at New Raiders is not the end of the world.

Highwaymen 448 - 402 Bellmen .

The Highwaymen produced their best Home performance of the season in compiling a score of 448 and eventually getting a well earned 19 points . Noew all the team has to do is to win a few away games.Just for a change the Highwaymen managed to out score a team with regards to the number of spares taken

Highwaymen 411 - ??? Albert Hall
Highwaymen did enough to beat Albert Hall and thus progress to the 3rd round of the cup.
It is never easy in these games where you are expected to win.
Especially after last year we lost to the Prince 'A' on the same alley. No mistake this year with a solid team performance.

Scorpions 448 V Highwaymen 446
This was a superb game of skittles which produced 2 very good team performances.
Initially Scorpions took an early advantage but the Highwaymen hit back with 2 very good 90 plus legs.
This left the Scorpions the tough task of getting a high 90 plus leg to level the game.
This they did in stunning style by posting a 105 leg and take the advantage away from the Highwaymen
Highwaymen needed 95 to win but came up 2 pins short in
game which was not over until the one from last ball
Even when we play well we loose,But our bad performances are being punished as well.
Speaking to some Scorpions players they said we could win the league playing like that.
We certainly have the players to do that but this season we seem
to come up against teams hitting top form against us

Highwaymen 410 - 431 OUTLAWS
Highwaymen produced a lack lustre team performance in losing
to an Outlaws team who must of thought Xmas had come early
The Highwaymen never really looked like winning this game,
which the Outlaws always had the upper hand

New Castings 466 V Highwaymen 446
The Highwaymen did bowl well tonight as taking 6 points indicates.
The Highwaymen were a few pins up after the 4th leg and looking good to win the game.
But a massive last leg of 112 (i think) stunned the Highwaymen team.
It was a well bowled leg and left the Highwaymen the unlikely task of getting 105 to win.

We needed a good start and despite Dean Banfield getting an
early 9 the leg fell apart and a final leg of 77 never really told the true story of the match.
One of the legs included some excellent bowling with hardly a pin missed but when your luck is down
it is down and the Highwaymen are now involved in a relegation battle.
The first time since the 1992-93 season.

Highwaymen ??? - ??? Rushwick Cavalier (Doris Styles 3rd Round)
Unfortunately I was unable to get to tonight's match but the Highwaymen
broke a run of 3 defeats with a 25 pin win over the Cavaliers.
Maybe it will be a Highwaymen cup season .

Next up is 3rd round of King Pin cup again against the Cavaliers.
In out last game before Xmas the Highwaymen swept away their unconvincing league form with a demolition of Rushwick in the Doris Styles.

Highwaymen 431 - 438 Tower All Stars

The Highwaymen played well in this game but they were unable
to break the recent stranglehold the Tower have had over the Highwaymen.
Stan Ballard required a spare to win . Not only did he get a spare he got a Massive 17 to rub salt into the Highwaymens wounds.

Highwaymen completed a Rushwick double by beating them in the King Pin 3rd round 5-1-07

Highwaymen 399 (17) V Freshmen (3) 396
This was a game neither team seemed to want to win.
If the Highwaymen lost this game they were in danger of slipping
into the relagation positions.
As it was the Freshmen only required a high 70 leg to win but we were let off the hook by a charitable Freshemne Team

Fat Anchors 422 (2) V Highwaymen 442 (18)
The Highwaymen completed a league double over fellow anchor Inn team the Fat Anchors. The Highwaymen played well tonight. The Highwaymen never let the Fat Anchors into the game and running out comforatble winners.

Highwaymen 435 (6) V Rushwick 446 (14)
Despite bowling well the Highwaymen were out played by an on song Rushwick team.
Rushwicks consistency on the night was too much for the Highwaymen who could have no
complaints. At least the Highwaymen did bowl reasonably well in picking up 6 points.

Here house Bulls 434 (2) V Highwaymen 457 (18)

This was a performance reminiscent of the old Highwaymen .
4 legs of 90 plus gave no chance for the Bulls to recover from a bad first leg.
This win taking the Highwaymen into a mid table position after skirting with the relagation zone.

Highwaymen 433 (15) V Morganite 427 (5)

Highwaymen beat 2nd placed Morganite to give us even more breathing space between us and the other teams below us. This was a tight game but a solid performance was
enough to see us home tonight.

Rams 383 (18) V Highwaymen 345 (2)

This was the biggest defeat of the season foir the Highwaymen .
Despite our recent upturn in results the Highwaymen struggled on the hard
Railway Club alley and in the end were heavily beaten.

No excuses tonight we did not perform as a team.

Highwaymen 453 (20) V New Raiders 416 (0)

Not only a superb result for the Highwaymen but it also gives teams like the Scorpions & Morganite
some hope they can catch the New Raiders in their bid to win the title.
Star bowler of the night was Keith Collins with an outstanding 50. He took 2 spares off
which in reality only go once every 10 times.

Jaime Rushtom formley of the Raiders also bowled well with a good score of 43. This win shows that we can compete with the top teams
despite our inconsistent form this season.This all bodes well for next season

Bellmen 396 (2) V Highwaymen 439 (18) 7-3-07

A convincing win for the Highwaymen on what can be a bit of a
graveyard for the Highwaymen team in the past.
Scorpions V Highwaymen (King Pin Semi Final)9-3-07
A good day for the Highwaymen in defeating the SCoprions in good style to set up
a exiciting final against fellow Wednesday Division 1 team New Castings

Highwaymen (2) V Scorpions (18) 14-3-07

The Highwaymen could not follow up their semi final win and were
beaten by league title chasing Scorpions Outlaws (3) V Highwaymen (17)
With the Highwaymen safe from relegation this game meant more to the Outlaws who are still
in dager of dropping to division 2 . As it was the relaxed Highwaymen gained a good win
to move them up to 6th place in the league after flirting with the bottom 3 for much
of the season.

Outlaws 419 (3) V Highwaymen 441 (17) 21/3/07
Another good night for the Highwaymen in defeating the Outlaws and ensuring a top six finish .

This looked highly unlikly after a dissapointing first half of the season but the 2nd half of the season has shown that the Highwaymen do hav ethe players to do well in next seasons league campaign.

Highwaymen 441 (18 V New Castings 420 (2) 28/3/07
The Highwamen will beplaying the New Castings in the King pin Final and tonight showed that they will be a match on the final night for the New Castings. Keith Collins bowled brilliantly in getting top score and showed there is life in the old dog yet.

Tonight the Highwaymen got one up on their old rivals the Tower All Stars . Ovewr recent years defeats by the tower team have cost us winning the league title but good perfroamces by several players ensured a comfortable win for the Highwaymen.

Highwaymen News

On the 20/4/07 the Highwaymen will be playing the New Castings in the King Pin Final. In my time with the Highwaymen this was the one trophy we have not won . Lets hope we can put that to right .

Highwaymen Skittle Team have entered the British Skittles Championship . I will post further information when it arrives. Other tournaments entered so far are the Heenans Club and Herefordshire House .

Highwaymen in Summer KO (23/5/07)
For the first time the Highwaymen have entered the Blackthorn British skittle Championship.
The Highwaymen first game was against Wallbangers Men played at the
Colwall Royal British Legion. Unfortunatley the Highwaymens winning streak was brought
to a halt by losing the first game by 3 pins. 288-285.
Other teams in the Highwaymen group are The Reckers , Westsiders (Worcester) and the
Wallbangers Men.
Listed below are the matches in the group stage :-
Date 23/5/07 V Wallbangers Men at Colwaal RBL (lost 288-285)
Date 25/5/07 V The Reckers at Anchor Inn (???-???)
Date 30/5/07 V Wallbangers Men at Anchor Inn (???-???)
Date 13/6/07 V Westsiders at Anchor Inn (???-???)
Date 15/6/07 V The Reckers at Badsey Recreational Club (???-???)
Date 26/6/07 V Westsiders at Here House - Worcester(???-???)

Highwaymen have also entered the Herehouse KO
(which wew currently hold) and the Heenans Club KO details of
fixtures will be added to site when available.

Highwaymen , other news (23/5/07)
The Highwaymen have retained all of their signed on players from last season. We have also
managed to add to the Highwaymen ranks Kenny Gormley who will be welcomed
into the fold during the summer KO's. Kenny has most recently played for the New Raiders
and will join up with ex New Raider players Dave Rushton , Jaime Rushton and Martin Jones.

Highwaymen win Champions of Champions KO
After a season which started sluggishly the Highwaymen picked up their second league trophy
by winning the Champions of Champions trophy for the first time.

In the first round the Highwaymen despatched Tobys Taverners and were
pitted against old Rivals New Raiders in the Semi Final.
On the High scoring Saracens Head Alley the highwaymen came out on top
by 465 to 459.
In the end the Highwaymen were up against surprise finalist the Casuals and in
the end won the game by 19 pins. 441-422.
This giving the Highwaymen a sperb finish to the end of the Season

Highwaymen in British Skittle Championship (30/6/07)
The Highwaymen won their first game in the British skittle championship when they
the Reckers on the Anchor Inn by 10 pins. The highwaymen were in charge of this
with Rich Franklin proving to be the match winner.
The Highwaymen entertained the Wallbangers and agian the Highwaymen were
beaten by them . The Wall bangers giving the Highwaymen a drubbing.
Next up were Worcester District team the Westsiders
.The Highwaymen were up against some famililar faces and produced their
best performance of the tournament so far giving the Westsiders their
first defeat in this league.
This was followed by an indifferent display with the Reckers again trouncing us
on their alley.
The Highwaymen knew they had to win their last game in the league to have any
chance to progress against the Westsiders.
In a tight game the Highwaymen edged home by seven pins to come third in the league
Listed below are the matches in the group stage and the results acheived with the final
league table :-

Highwaymen fixtures in Here House and Heenans KO (03/7/07)
The Highwaymen have got confirmation of their first matches in these competitions.
First the Highwaymen play on the 9th July in the Heenans KO and then the 13th
July the Highwaymen play at the Here House trying to defend the KO they won
last summer. Further details of opposition will be added when confirmed.

Highwaymen start season with a bang (01/09/07)

Last Season the Highwaymen started the season poorly but tonight theyposted of of heri highest home score on ntheir home alley for 3 years. Legs of 94.93.105,91 and 89 giving a team score of 472 against a good Fat Anchors team. I left before the end of the game

Highwaymen get to last 16 of British Skittle Championship (01/09/07)
Depsite only taking a 1 pin profit from thier home leg against the Berryhill Billies the Highwaymen produced a good performance to reach the finals night of the British Skittles Championship.
The Finals Night wil be held at Sand Bay Holiday Village, Weston-Super-Mare on Saturday 22nd September 2007.
The Highwaymen were the Only team from Worcester to qualify for the Finals night and will be hoping to challange for the £1000 first prize.

Highwaymen first league game (22/8/07)

Highwaymen first league match is at home verus fellow Anchor Inn Team the Fat Anchors. the game is to be played on the 5/9/07. Full fixture list will be added during the next week

Highwaymen progress in Ko's (22/8/07)
The Highwaymen summer KOs are still going . The Highwaymen were beaten by the Numpty Dumpties in the 2nd round of the Here House KO thus losing the crown we won last season.
In the Heenans KO we lost in the semi final after a good run.
But the Highwaymen are still competing in the British Skittles Championship. After qualifying from the group stages. The Highwaymen beat the Numpty Dumpties in the first round of the Knock out Stages by a 62 pin amrgin.
Tonight the Highwaymen were up against the Berry Hill Billies and the team showed some fighting spirit to battle back from 16 pins down to take a 1 pin lead into the away game down in the Forest of Dean. James Rushton proving to be the match winner on the night turning the game round with a 15 spare. The return game is to be played next Tuesday 29th August. Meet at the Anchor Inn at 6.30pm if you want to see if the Highwaymen can reach the last 16 inthe British skittle Championship.

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