LAND Girls remain two points clear of Split Pins after beating Water Babies by 23 pins at home in the Wellington Ladies Skittles League. Carol Gamlin top scored with 54 for the leaders while Mandy Hutchings hit 64 for Pins.

Split Pins kept in touch with a 38-pin away victory over Wobbly Pins with Pauline Wadham knocking 50.

Results: Land Girls 382 (Carol Gamlin 54), Water Babies 359 (Mandy Hutchings 64); Muppets 302 (Beth Milton 42), Wanderers 289 (Sharon Blight 48); Wobbly Pins 295 (Lisa Newstead 43), Split Pins 333 (Pauline Wadham 50); Pin & Tonics 339 (Melanie Beal 52), All Blacks 308 (Freda Tooze 45); Geronimo 318 (Claire Rodger 45), LOA Spare 346 (Kim Norman 56).

The league resumes on January 5 with the following games: Pin & Tonics v Land Girls, All Blacks v Muppets, LOA Spare v Wobbly Pins, Water Babies v Jolly Blues, Wanderers v Split Pins. Bye: Geronomi.

Meanwhile, Hairy Ringers have a two-point lead at the top of Division A in the Blackdown Hills Skittles League following a 31-pin home win over Right up your Alley.

Results - Division A: Jacks of all Trades 411 (J Essex 77), One for the Ditch 403; Hairy Ringers 387 (M Frost 77), Right up your Alley 356 (S Winslade, C Burton 58); Brass Monkeys 407 (D Hayes 68), Pitch Plate Rejects 381 (G French 64); Dam Busters 390 (T Hodge 70), Bashers 394 (J Cummins 68); Sociables 427 (N Hodges 70), Pinpricks 374 (S Salter 64).

Division B: Catherine Wheel 374 (A Doble 65), Kings 392 (T Brown, R Duddridge 64); Wobbly Wheels 367 (D Wilson 67), Eezners 324 (L Bendle 54); Queens Knockers 426 (M Solf, I Govier 69), Hopefuls 400 (I Guest 66); Flopper Knockers 361 (P Maskell 62), High Flyers 351 (L Pound 58); Half Moon 355 (A Colborne 66), Winch Em Out 343 (R Dyer 57).