MELKSHAM skittlers have continued their brilliant season by bringing home yet another inter-county trophy.

This time it was the Melksham Allsorts C team who claimed victory over 32 rivals at a major weekend tournament in Torquay.

The specially-formed team, who play out of various venues in Melksham, emerged triumphant, scoring 421 points in the finals and beating their nearest opponents by just three pins.

Forty team members and supporters from Melksham made the trip to south Devon for the competition, part of the Serious About Weekends Series 2018.

The three teams, Allsorts A, B and C found their form early and all qualified comfortably for the finals, a feat almost unheard of the 24-year history of the competitions.

Pitched against a strong opposition from Wales, Devon, Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, Somerset, Bristol and Avon, just seven pins separated the first four teams in a nail-biting finish.

Allsorts C team claimed the trophy with 421 points, just three ahead of nearest rivals the Moffs Muppets on 418.

C team captain Richard George said: "None of the women in the C team had played for the teams previously and some had not even played at all before the weekend.’

Allsorts A finished in fourth place with 414 and Allsorts B came eighth with 354 points.

It is the second victory in this year’s competition series for a Melksham team.

Melksham Sports won a previous tournament in Torquay in March, while The Good, The Bad and The Ugly teams A and B did well in Mill Rhythe on Hayling Island, where they finished third and fifth, in a field of 40 teams.

"All the teams play regularly in the Melksham or Corsham skittles league,’ said Richard.

"We’re all friends, family or work colleagues and we all play in different teams at different times, hence our name Allsorts.''

Serious About Events also stage the British Skittles Championships, which are currently in the group rounds and play off stages.