JOLLY Blues beat leaders Land Girls by six pins to go joint top of the Wellington Ladies Skittles League on Monday night.

Amanda Moysey top scored for Jolly Blues, who have a crucial game in hand on their rivals, while Split Pins beat Geronimo by 42 pins to make it a three-way tie at the top.

Top skittler was Kelly Hagan who knocked 60 for Pin & Tonics who beat Wanderers by 19 pins.

Results: Water Babies 315 (Brenda Troake 52), All Blacks 305 (Jo Luckhurst 45); Wanderers 328 (Caroline Davy 46), Pin & Tonics 347 (Kelly Hagan 60); Jolly Blues 381 (Amanda Moysey 58), Land Girls 375 (Kristy Popplestone 55); Split Pins 341 (Jane Pearce, Jo Fenn 55), Geronimo 299 (Sonia Avery 45).

Fixtures on Monday - Cup semi-finals; Pin & Tonics v Jolly Blues (at Cottage); Muppets v Land Girls (RG Institute).

Meanwhile, Hairy Ringers kept ahead of the pack at the top of Division A in the Blackdown Hills Skittles League with a 30-pin win over Jacks of all Trades on the freshly carpeted Sidmouth Arms alley.

Results - Division A: Right up your Alley 363 (C Burton 61), Pitch Plate Rejects 411 (M Lever 77); One for the Ditch 344 (D Westmore 57), Brass Monkeys 341 (W Bussell, A Bates 50); Hairy Ringers 374 (R Pulman 59), Jacks of all Trades 344 (W Scott 52); Floppers 401 (G Webber 81), Bashers 402 (B Kingston 67); Pinpricks 375 (L Dare 61), Dam Busters 357 (B Barnes, R Barnes 54).

Division B: Kings 428 (R Duddridge 79), Wobbly Wheels 439 (M Cotteyu 82); Novices 312 (S Lock, M Pike 50), Eezners 323 (R Whisker 58); Winch Em Out 351 (S Archer 62), Hopefuls 338 (K Pinder 69); High Flyers 279 (D London 43), Queens Knockers 283 (J Drew, S Drew 45); Half Moon 310 (S Connor 66), Flopper Knockers 331 (P Wood 52).