THERE were different fortunes for the leaders in the Worcester Sunday Winter Skittles League as the top two clashed.

In Division Two, Wreckheads lost their first game of the season and a place at the top to Bridge Boys by 23 pins.

Head Hunters overcame second-placed Assassins by 29 pins in Division One to stretch their lead to 38 points at the half-way mark.

They have recorded the highest league score so far with 258, while Paul Waine, of Lunch Bunch, managed the highest individual score with 57.

Heenans’ Chris Kenwrick heads the Division Two averages with 36.83, while James Ballance, of Head Hunters, tops the Division One averages with 46.40.

Division One: Assassins 211 (2) (D Banfield 41), Head Hunters 240 (18) (J Ballance 49, S Albone 42, P Read 40); Magnificent 8 196 (20) (J Foley 39), Golden S 174 (0) (A Fisher 35); Young Un’s 189 (5) (C Ellis 39), Pheasant Flockers 197 (15) (C Thompson 37); Lunch Bunch 181 (4) (W Evans 36), Goodrest Nutters 193 (16) (M Fisher 40).

Division Two: Wreckheads 176 (3) (C Franklin, N Ford 34), Bridge Boys 199 (17) (I Griffiths 38); Railway Steamers 174 (4) (L Hunt 35), Wide a Wakers 189 (16) (A Lerry 36); Magnificent 8 200 (15) (T Lippit, S Hooper 39), Railway Boozers 194 (5) (S May 40); The Sketch 192 (14) (L Andrews 41), Heenans 191 (6) (K Pegram 38).

Top 10 averages, Division One: J Ballance 5 232 46.40 (Head Hunters), L Carey 6 245 40.83 (Head Hunters), P Hill 5 204 40.80 (Young Un’s), S Albone 5 193 38.60 (Head Hunters), R Franklin 7 267 38.14 (Assassins), A Adams 7 265 37.85 (Golden S), J Foley 7 265 37.85 (Magnificent 8), P Waine 6 226 37.66 (Lunch Bunch), C Ellis 5 188 37.60 (Young Un’s), M Fisher 7 261 37.28 (Goodrest Nutters).

Division Two: C Kenwrick 6 221 36.83 (Heenans), D Sellick 7 251 35.85 (Wide a Wakers), J Gallagher 5 176 35.20 (Magnificent 8), K Pegram 7 245 35.00 (Heenans), R Hunt 6 209 34.83 (Railway Boozers), A Lerry 6 207 34.50 (Wide a Wakers), N Ford 7 241 34.42 (Wreckheads), S May 7 241 34.42 (Railway Boozers), L Andrews 6 204 34.00 (The Sketch), W Ford 7 238 34.00 (Wreckheads), R Thomspon 6 204 34.00 (Wide a Wakers), S White 7 238 34.00 (Bridge Boys).