Tom Bent remains in pole position in the Shirley Red Lion Premier League after what turned out to be a tough game against a former league leader Steve Sidwell who held him to a 2-2 draw. However despite dropping points Bent remains in pole position with 70 points from his 23 games after he added a 4-0 win over Paul Higgins and finished all square at two each with Mark Gwalchmai.
Gwalchmai has moved up into joint second place with Steve Sidwell both players having played one game fewer than Bent and are just two points behind him. In his other games Mark Gwalchmai won 3-1 against George Drennan and beat Brian Lawton 4-0 while Sidwell with a 180 won 4-0 against Mark Cater.
Paul Higgins is now six points off the top in fourth place and a further five points adrift is fifth placed Mark Henderson
Best leg of week eleven was a 17 darts leg by Jordan Ottley but Paul Higgins is still in line for the £10 prize with the best leg so far which is 13 darts. 180’s were hit by Phil Thomas, Mick Bown and Steve Sidwell with Steve leading the race for the most maximums with 7. There were three ton plus finishes 102 from Jordan Ottley and 122 by George Drennan but the weekly £5 prize went to Ken Hopton with a top 126 check out.
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The South Birmingham league played off their Mixed and Youth Doubles Knockout which saw Sue Kingdon and Simon Edwards lift the title with a final 3-1 win over Sue’s two sons Mitchell and Peter Kingdon, Mitchell aged 12 and Peter 15.
Winners Sue Kingdon and Simon Edwards with Trevor Edwards (left, Treasurer)
Runners Up Mitchell and Peter Kingdon with organiser Sue Kingdon and Trevor Edwards (Treasurer)
The last four games saw Sue and Simon beat Luis Barberan and Diane Hudson 3-0 and by the same margin Mitchell and Peter defeated Courtney Burns and Nick Walker
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The Small Heath league had the final of their League Cup on the agenda and with a 6-3 result over Heartlands Club East Birmingham Allotment Holders Association added the title to their already won league title.
The league will be holding their AGM at the Emerald Club, Green Lane, Small Heath, B9 5DH at 12.30pm on Sunday October 15th, anyone requiring any further information should contact either chairman Derik Rivitt on 07790-742954 or Clive Austin on 07743-862039
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The Lancaster took their undefeated run in the West Midlands Men’s Super League to seven games when they won 3-2 away to Bridgtown Social to put them on 43 points six more than second in the table Allens Sports Bar ‘A’ who suffered their second defeat in seven when they lost 4-1 playing away to reigning champions Landywood ‘A’. As a result of their win Landywood ‘A’ are now third on 36 points, seven short of Lancaster and just one behind their opponents.
Woodside make up the top four, they had a 3-2 home win over Wilson Hall ‘B’ to leave them 14 points off the top.
At the other end of the table Three Diamonds remain the only team in the sixteen strong league not to have won a game, their latest 4-1 home defeat at the hands of the Allens Sports Bar ‘C’ team leaving them four points adrift of the nearest team above them Wilson Hall ‘B’.
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The Brierley Hill Monday Night League had the first round of their League Cup on the fixture card which saw the majority of games go to form with just one exception and that was the 6-3 win by Blue Brick who are thirteenth in the table and beat Dudley Sports ‘B’ who are fifth.
Other teams to win through to the next round were Roebuck, Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club, The Swan, Pensnett Liberal Club, Mount Pleasant and Delph Bell. The tie between New Talbot and Limes Club is still to be played.
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With a 42-6 win over Full Monty Misfits have doubled their lead at the top of the Winmau Centre Monday Night League to eight points as their nearest rivals The Untouchables won 38-10 against Keep It In The Family.
Third in the table and reigning champions What’s The Point beat Make Mine A Double 27-11 and are now some fourteen points adrift of the leaders.
Bottom team Unleashed Warrior made it four defeats in as many games when they lost 42-6 to Just The Tip and after only four games now trail the rest of the field by 22 points.
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The Bridge (Kingswinford) had a tough fixture in week 28 of the Stourbridge and District Monday Night League and were the only losers in the top five teams. Playing away Bridge took on second in the table Ten Arches ‘B’ and went down 7-2 to leave them eight points behind their victors and fourteen short of top team Ten Arches ‘A’ who made it 25 wins in 26 games when they won 8-1 at Stourbridge RBL. Ten Arches ‘A’ maintained their four points lead over their ‘B’ team and also third placed Gate ‘B’ who had an 8-1 win over their local rivals Gate ‘A’.
Biggest win of the week went to fourth placed Brickmakers Arms who handed out a 9-0 whitewash to their visitors Crestwood putting them on 40 points, ten off the top.
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A 9-0 win over Dolphin has seen Birchmoor Club move up into pole position in the Main division of the Pip Club League in week two with a four points. Three other teams are on four points Winning Post, Old Liberal and Progressive Club but trail Birchmoor on average.
Winning Post lead the division one table, a 5-4 success against Sports Bar ‘180’ giving them a four points with The Office who have only played one game so far, second.
Old Liberal top division two their latest fixture saw them beat bottom team Mercian 5-4. Pip Club are second on two points after playing just one game.
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Newcomer to the Winmau Centre Thursday Night League Tony Randell is certainly setting a hot pace as in week four he took his unbeaten run to seven games. Randell began the night with a 5-2 win against Jordan Ward and then beat Devinder Singh 7-0 to put him on 38 points and a four point’s lead over second placed Andy Vellender, another newcomer this season. Vellender kicked off his night with a 6-1 win over Gemma Barrett and followed that with what was a massive 4-3 success against Mick Baker who has won the league title for the last three seasons. Baker has only played three games so far and with 16 points is 22 behind Randell, however his four games in hand hold a possible 28 points.
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The second leg of round one of their League Cup was the order of the day for the Brierley Hill Friday Night League and Netherton Cricket Club ‘A’ after handing out a 7-0 defeat in the first leg to Dudley Sports followed up with another 7-0 win for an overall 14-0 victory. Brickmakers ‘B’ defeated Fox Inn ‘A’ (Lye) 12-2 and Brickmakers ‘A’ side won 11-3 against Delph Bell. Also making their way into the next round were Miners (Wollescote) who took out Britannia with a close overall 8-6 win.
Making up the quarter finals will be Netherton Cricket Club ‘B’, Pensnett Welfare Club ‘A’, Pensnett Welfare Club ‘B’ and Fox Inn ‘B’ (Lye) who all had a bye.
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Six of the starting sixteen teams in the Sedgley and Gornal Tuesday Night League remain undefeated with Gornal Labour Club after an 8-1 win in week two against White Lion leading the field on average. Old Bulls Head won 7-2 away to Coseley Tavern to leave them just one leg of average short of the leaders and a further one leg adrift is Netherton Cricket Club after a 6-3 win at fellows Club. Fourth placed Ashwood are a further one leg behind they won 6-3 at Gornal British Legion.
Fifth place is tied with Britannia and Hilly House both on the same four points and average, both of them winning 5-4 in turn against Red Cow and Five Ways.
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Whiteheath Tavern dropped one place to sixth in the Rowley Monday Night League when they lost 7-2 away to league leaders The Bell who had their lead increased to six points after second in the table Ex Serviceman’s ‘A’ surprisingly lost 5-4 away to Cottage who are some 20 points and seven places below them.
Phil O’Brien was in fine form for Tividale FC as he recorded a maximum break of 170 and checked out in nine darts as his team won 8-1 against Yeltz Bar, Brian Windmill was not far behind team mate O’Brien as he broke with 160 and also had a nine darts game. There were 180’s for David Arnold (Cradley Liberal Club) and Tommy Johnson (Ex Serviceman’s ‘A’).
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The Cradley Tuesday Night League staged their singles knockout at Netherton Sports and Social Club and in the semi finals Joe Sharratt beat Greig Billingham 2-0 and Carl Davies won 2-1 against Jess Archer.
The final saw Sharratt retain his title for a second term when he won 2-0 against Davies.
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It was the 3 A-Side knockout finals in the Netherton Thursday Night League the final turning out to be an all Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club affair. Wrapping up the title with a 3-1 result was the triumphant trio of Phil Tonks, Darren Brown and Matt Kendall who beat team mates Robert Carr, Rob Powers and Jeff Batham.
In the last four games Tonks, Brown and Kendall beat Kevin Barnfield, Brian Neale and Simon Purcell (RiddinsTavern) 2-1 and with a 2-0 result Carr, Powers and Batham took out Joe Sharratt, Richard Humphries and Andrew Dubberley again from Riddins Tavern.
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The Hilltop Friendly Tuesday Night League played off the final of their Black Country Windscreen Trophy which saw league leaders Dewdrop with wins from P.Blades and W.Griffiths open up a 2-0 lead over second in the table Waggon and Horses, however Waggon and Horses came galloping back to lead 3-2 with wins from H.Hewitt, C.Bowen and C.Williams.
After a hard fought game Tony Kennedy won against John Mason to see Dewdrop draw level at three each but a final deciding win from Chris Dabbs gave Waggon and Horse the 4-3 verdict.
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Qualifying for the Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League’s 3 A-Side semi finals were, in division one Lee Cook, Joe Cook, Dave Cook (Riley’s ‘B’), Allan Davies, Jamie Daly, Richard Bradshaw (Sunbeam), Ben Wright, Pete Burford, J.J.Rowley (Wednesfield Conservative Club), and Danny Turner, Craig Hampton, John O’Kane (Jack’s Bar).
The division two teams to play off in the last four are Tom Fletcher, James Fletcher, Richard Fletcher (Roebuck), Brian Clarke, Aidan Clarke, Ade Waite (Woodfield Social), Richard Mattox, John Newell, Sarah Maybury (Dog and Partridge) and Simon Ward, Steve Hillman, Dan Bridgwood (Wednesfield Legion).
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The Nutan have had their lead at the top of the Wednesbury and Darlaston Wednesday Night League extended to six points following their own 6-3 win over English Oak and the 5-4 defeat of second place Black Horse by Churchills ‘A’.
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