In the Honiton Skittle League, the battle to stay up in the top division has gone to the final round of games, writes Mark Panizzi.

f the five teams who could still be relegated, four play each other with the losers of the game between Con A and Vine A certain to face the drop!

Other permutations could result in a play-off to decide the second team to go down.

Meanwhile, there’s also a thrilling finish in Division Two with the second promotion spot still up for grabs heading into the final round of matches.

Latest scores

Division One: Scruffs 422, Boogie Boys 365; Cricketers 338, Vine B 355; Con Club A 361, Con Raiders 370; Offwell 379, Drewe Arms 341; Three Tuns 333, Coasters 324; Vine A had a bye

Division Two: Tiger Volunteers 347, Blackborough 331; Tuckers A 361, Tuckers B 363; Workies B 356, Tother Lot 338; Shell’s Belles 336, Highfield 335; Hillbillies 306, Sidmouth Arms 297; Vine Reds had a bye

Division Three: Nog Inn 369, Bluebirds 305; Clubulites 360, Woodpeckers 343; Monkton 295, Jammy Dodgers 264; Bovines 320, Team Sid 362; Volliers 295, Allsorts 287; PWP 318, Blues 338

Highest scores: 79 – M Wheaton and C Pearcey (both of Scruffs); 76 – R Tozer (Con Raiders) and J Madge (Nog Inn); 71 – D Drew (Scruffs), B Rhodes (Three Tuns) and D Bennett (Tuckers A); 70 – T Pettitt (Drewe Arms) and T Jennings (Clubulites)

Latest tables

Division 1 P W D L Pts

Scruffs 19 16 0 3 32

Vine B 19 13 0 6 26

Offwell 20 11 0 9 22

Coasters 19 9 0 10 18

Drewe Arms 19 9 0 10 18

Three Tuns** 19 10 0 9 18

Con Raiders 19 8 0 11 16

Cricketers 19 8 0 11 16

Boogie Boys 19 7 0 12 14

Con Club A 19 7 0 12 14

Vine A 19 7 0 12 14

** Two points deducted for no result card

Division 2 P W D L Pts

Hillbillies 19 16 0 3 32

Tiger Volunteers 19 12 0 7 24

Tuckers B 19 11 1 7 23

Vine Reds 19 10 1 8 21

Shell’s Belles 19 10 0 9 20

Workies B 19 10 0 9 20

Sidmouth Arms 19 9 0 10 18

Tuckers A 19 9 0 10 18

Blackborough SC 20 8 0 12 16

Highfield 19 5 0 14 10

Tother Lot 19 4 0 15 8

Division 3 P W D L Pts

Clubulites 21 18 2 1 38

Team Sid 21 16 1 4 33

Woodpeckers 21 14 1 6 29

Bovines 21 14 0 7 28

Nog Inn 21 11 2 8 24

Allsorts 21 10 0 11 20

Blues 21 9 2 10 20

Monkton 21 9 2 10 20

Volliers 21 7 0 14 14

Jammy Dodgers 21 5 0 16 10

PWP 21 5 0 16 10

Bluebirds 21 3 0 18 6