COTTAGE Pies and Bell Green play each other in the first round of Wellington Ex-Services Skittles League’s Ken Bright Cup at the Victoria Arms (downstairs) on Friday, October 30.

Both teams play in the Gerald Thorne Championship, with Bell Green topping the table and the Pies lying fourth, four points adrift with a game in hand.

Reservists, who are just tucked in behind the leaders in the GT Championship, play Relyon who have won only one of their five matches in the same division.

Ties: Shooters v Rebels (Wellington Football Club), Queens Legs v Nynehead Club (Cottage Inn), Cottage Pies v Bell Green (Victoria Arms, downstairs), Relyon v Reservists (Victoria Arms, upstairs).

The top game in the Chris Bullock Championship the following Thursday, November 5, is the clash between Mowers and Ex-Servicemen at Wellington Football Club,

All Stars play Odds and Ends at the Conservative Club (upstairs) while King Pins play Scuppas at the Cottage Inn.

In the Gerald Thorne Championship the following night, Holywell Lake meet Fireguard A at the Victoria Arms (downstairs) while Bell Green are without a match.

Chris Bullock Championship, Thursday, November 5: Here 4 the Beer v Home Guard IV (Victoria Arms, upstairs) All Stars v Odds and Ends (Conservative Club, upstairs), Foresters v Nynehead Club (White Horse Inn, Bradford on Tone), Mowers v Ex-Servicemen (Wellington Football Club), Outsiders v United Services (Conservative Club, downstairs), Scuppas v King Pins (Cottage Inn).

Gerald Thorne Championship, Friday, November 6: Queens Legs v Rebels (Conservative Club, upstairs), Home Guard II v Shooters (Wellington Football Club), Holywell Lake v Fireguard A (Victoria Arms, downstairs), Report Centre A v Cottage Pies (White Horse Inn, Bradford on Tone), OBA v Hot Shots (Victoria Arms, upstairs), Relyon v Oaks (Conservative Club, downstairs), Reservists v Club Rockers (RG Institute).