POSTMAN Barry Townsend showed it's not just letters that he's a dab hand at delivering - as he achieved every Aunt Sally player's dream with a magnficent 18-doll maximum.

Barry, of Peachcroft, Abingdon, posted his tremendous trio of sixes while playing for Clare Car Hire against Gladiators in the Tavern Gladiators Indoor League.

A modest Barry, whose previous best score was 16, said: "It was a bit noisy because everyone was clapping.

"I didn't want to go home. You are a bit on cloud nine when one of those sort of things happen.

"If you manage to get the whole lot it is bound to be a bit special - it might never happen again."

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