Lea Hall Sports and Social was the setting for the Sheldon and District Winter Darts League Doubles Knockout finals. The first round saw wins for A.Hutchings & D.Hutchings (Olton RBL), I.Durrington & M.Bayliss (Small Heath Amateur Gardeners), T.Randell & T.White (Saltley Amateur Gardeners), A.Price & S.Edwards (RAFA), P.Yardley & D.Carter (Shannons), W.Taylor & P.Moran (Mackadown Social), T.Webster & P.Sinnett (Saltley Amateur Gardeners), P.Sunner & M.Hicks (Sheldon Dukes).
Randell & White, Sunner & Hicks, Yardley & Carter and Webster & Sinnett all progressed to the semi fianls where Webster and Sinnett beat Randell and White 2-0 and by the same margin Sunner and Hicks defeated Yardley and Carter.
The final went the full three legs distance with Terry Webster and Pat Sinnett getting the better of Paul Sunner and Mick Hicks, Sunner recording a 152 break.
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The Tribe lost the unbeaten record in the Gulp League this week when they went down 4-3 at the Devils. Nevertheless they remain joint top of the league together with Rebels, who had a 5-2 home win over Shaftmoor. Also on the same four points as the leading duo is Lions who had a close 4-3 victory in their home tie with the Who’s, but Lions are just slightly behind Tribe and Rebels on average.
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The Small Heath Dart League held a Charity darts night on Tuesday 12th May at their Emerald Club headquarters. The evening consisted of a singles knock out competition for members of all the affiliated Clubs in the league, but more importantly, to present a cheque to the DebRA charity organisation.
The guest of honour was Mr. Tony Eckersall from DebRA who gratefully accepted the £1000 donation from the Chairman, Mr. Derek Rivitt and the league Charity Secretary Mr. John Hudson.
Mr. Eckersall gave a brief but very informative talk on the work that the DebRA charity do in helping children who are born with a very rare genetic condition, in which the skin and internal body linings blister at the slightest knock, causing painful open wounds. He concludes by thanking John Young for comparing the evening and the rest of the members for their support.
The darts competition was won by John McCaffrey beating Terry Constable 2 legs to 0 legs and both play from the Potcheen Still (Devils Club) Small Heath, Birmingham.
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The Forest of Arden Summer League will be holding their AGM at Sheldon Heath Social Club on Wednesday 7th June beginning at 8-10pm after the winter league meeting. Anyone interested in entering a team in the league for the forthcoming season should be represented at this meeting.
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