MUPPETS squeezed home by one pin on their own alley to beat former champions All Blacks in the Wellington Ladies Skittles League on Monday night with Emily Milton being their top scorer with 46.

Results: Muppets 290 (Emily Milton 46), All Blacks 289 (Jo Luckhurst 48); Wobbly Wheels 283 (Emma Milton 41), LOA Spare 314 (Kim Norman, Holly Cashmore 45); Jolly Blues 359 (Katie Jordan 56), Water Babies 359 (Mandy Hutchings 61); Split Pins 334 (Pauline Wadham 49), Wanderers 316 Sharon Millett 60).

Fixtures for Monday: All Blacks v Water Babies, Pin & Tonics v Wanderers, Geronimo v Split Pins, Land Girls v Jolly Blues, Muppets v Wobbly Pins. Bye - LOA Spare.

Meanwhile, One for the Ditch, champions of Division A in the Blackdown Hills Skittles League, won their first match after two opening losses by beating Brass Monkeys - but only by one pin.

In Division B, Queens Knockers and Thirsty Farmers, are 100 per cent - the only teams with such a record in the two divisions.

Latest results - Division A: Jacks of all Trades 380 (R Sparks 63), Hairy Ringers 430 (A Pulman 78); Pitch Plate Rejects 313 (M Lever, P May 51), Right up your Alley 307 (C Burton 54); Brass Monkeys 366 (A Bates 59), One for the Ditch 367 (T Hine 63); Dam Busters 389 (P Arscott 63), Pinpricks 372 (P Doble 59); Sociables 394 (M Woollacott 71), Black Run Bandits 360 (J Tucker 56); Bashers 411 (J Palmer 74), Floppers 355 (M Lockyer 55).

Division B: Thirsty Farmers 396 (J Gould 68), Catherine Wheels 362 (C Risdon, P Redwood 59); Wobbly Wheels 369 (P Durman 58), Kings 342 (P Thomas 60); Eezners 378 (C Trollope 70), Novices 291 (S Lock 57); Queens Knockers 434 (S POrter 69), High Flyers 398 (P Every 72); Hopefuls 345 ()S Risdeon 55), Winch Em Out (T Wintrip 53|).