Paulton & District Skittle League

The Paulton & District Skittle League is based in North East Somerset, around the towns of Midsomer Norton & Radstock, and it was in Paulton, one of the surrounding villages, where our league was formed way back in 1933.

We run a mixed skittle league for both men & women and open to young and old alike (min age 16).  Our season begins in September and runs through to May.  League games are played on Wednesday & Thursday evenings in local pubs & clubs commencing at 8.45pm.  Currently we have over 800 members from in and around this beautiful area of Somerset.  A few years ago our league had a full quota of 128 teams in 8 divisions and we were the largest skittle league in the country, however, due to the pandemic and the forced suspension of our league, some pubs/clubs closed down or turned their alley's into dining areas.   During this time we lost many of our teams and venues, plus the fact that some teams had a lot of senior members who stopped playing altogether.  Every season 15% of our league fees are set aside to aid local charities. 

We now have 79 teams playing in 5 divisions but still believe we are the largest league. On this site you can view fixtures, results, tables, photos, rules and much more.  If you have any skittle photos you can send them to us and we will put them on our 'Gallery' page.  All our league meeting dates & minutes will be posted on our 'News' page, with league tables updated to this site on Wednesdays around 3pm during the season.  If you are reading this and would like to join the thrills, spills and banter of our skittle league then just pop down to your local on a Wednesday or Thursday evening and ask around, many of our teams are short of players and always on the look out for 'new blood'.  So if you are over 16 and free mid-week, it could be you !   While you're browsing our site please feel free to make use of the many sponsors & advertisers supporting our league. Thank you.  

We now have a free Space for a team to join our league, maybe more before September !  If you have a team and would like to join us in September then please contact us now, or come to our next meeting/AGM.

Members Zone:-  Members can now access our Members Zone page, which is password protected for data security.  Members can also leave a blow-by-blow account of your game on our 'Match Reports' page or leave a comment on our popular 'Banter Board'.  Go on give it a go, it's fun and it's free.   Please note all of our meetings start at 8pm.

Sponsorship:-  If you run a business and would like to sponsor our league then please get in touch with us via the 'Sponsors' page, ads start from as little as £25 for a full 12 month, it's too good to miss !

Website Visits:- Averaging around 1,000 visits per week - Peaking between 400 - 500 on Wednesdays.

New Teams or Players:  can contact us via our Committee page or just come to one of our meetings.

Sponsors:  Contact our Website Manager, Keith Parsons on 07368 398615  (for member access codes or Sponsorship details).

This area of Somerset prospered in the 19th & 20th century largely due to extensive coal mining.  Radstock has a Coal Mining Museum which is dedicated to the men who worked long hours in these dank dark pits.

If you come to this area why not visit the museum, it will give you an insight to the history of this lovely part of Somerset. If you click below right you can visit their website or watch an old film clip of how mining used to be like in the early part of the 20th century.

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Paulton & District Skittle League