With only a handful of fixtures remaining in the West Midlands Men’s Super League only three points separate the top three teams. With Landywood ‘A’ having a bye in week 29 reigning champions Crown ‘A’ replaced them at the top of the table with a 3-2 win at Duke of York to give them 148 points one more than Landywood ‘A’. Third placed Pheasant won 4-1 at Crown ‘B’ to give them 145 points and a lead of 18 points on fourth placed Chillington. All of the top three teams have played 27 games.
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The South Birmingham League played off two cup finals, in the Knockout Cup Crown at Shard End took the title when they beat Coleshill Social 6-3, while the Jimmy Walker Cup went to Erdington Members Club after winning 7-2 against Banbury Flights.
Crown at Shard End Erdington Members Club
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It was cup week in the Forest of Arden Summer League playing round one of their Knockout Cup in which Journeys End Flights won 7-2 against Kingshurst Knights and Greville Arrows record a 6-3 win over The C’s.
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Tom Bent continues to lead the way in the Shirley Red Lion Premier League despite losing his first game against Luke Coles 3-1, a somewhat surprising defeat as Coles had previously only won one of his 21 games, however Bent quickly recovered to beat Brian Lawton 4-0 to give him 73 points from 25 games.
Paul Higgins was in form in week twelve with 4-0 wins over Brian Lawton and Mark Cater plus a 3-1 win against Tony Daly to move into second place on 69 points from 24 games.
Former leaders Lee Harris and Mark Gwalchmai both slipped down the table Harris because he didn’t play in week 12 dropped to third on 67 points from 22 games while Gwalchmai goes down to fourth as he only played one fixture in which he recorded a 152 break, a 106 finish and ten and twelve darts legs in a 4-0 win over Tim Lowe to put him on 67 points from 23 games.
Tom Bent picked up the week’s £5 prize for the highest finish of 120 in his game with Brian Lawton. Highest break of the night was 152 achieved by Mark Gwalchmai whilst the.best leg of the night was nine darts by Chris Thomas snr, Mark Gwalchmai had a ten darts leg.
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The Camp Hill League staged the preliminary rounds of their League and Consolation Cups. In the League Cup Hay Mills Social Club Lions defeated Wagon and Horses while in the Consolation Cup there was a win for Tyseley WMC over Station Wagon.
Just one rearranged league fixture was played in which Holy Gulp beat Devil’s Club 5-2.
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A 6-3 win over third in the table Foaming Tankard keeps East Birmingham Allotment Holders Association in pole position in the Small Heath League with 16 points from their nine games. Close on the heels of E.B.A.H.A. is Gulp Tribe, their 5-4 win at Cob’s Bar putting them on the same 16 points as the leaders trailing only on average. After their defeat Foaming Tankard are now six points adrift of the leading duo.
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This coming Friday the Red Lion, Shirley, Monday night team will be staging a 24 hour charity dart-a-thon to raise money for Lupus UK as two of the players have wives suffering from the disease. The event will get underway at 16:00 on the Friday 26th May and go on till 16:00 the following day. Drop in the Red Lion and support a very worthy cause.
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The Sutton and District League were involved in the preliminary round of their Prestridge Shield and winning through to round one were, The Boat, Plough and Arrows, Oscott Social, Golden Hind, Old Oscott WMC, Drakes Drum, St Thomas’s Club and The Fox who had a bye.
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Just The Tip have returned to the top of the Winmau Centre Monday Night League with 266 points from eight games just four points more than second placed What’s The Point who drop from the number one spot after their somewhat close 29-19 win over third in the table The Untouchables who are now some 23 points adrift of their victors.
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No fewer than five of the 12 fixtures in the Stourbridge and District Monday Night League finished with 9-0 scorelines. Three of the bottom five teams Starving Rascal, Gigmill and Hare and Hounds ‘A’ lost 9-0 and two of the bottom five Cat Inn (Wordlsey) and Kingswinford Snooker Club won 9-0. At the other end of the table leaders Ten Arches ‘A’ won 9-0 at Hare and Hounds ‘A’ and Brickamkers Arms moved up into second place following their 9-0 win against The Cross (Oldswinford), Ten Arches ‘A’ taking their unbeaten run to fifteen games and having a four points lead over the Brickmakers, Ten Arches ‘B’ and Gate ‘B’.
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Mount Pleasant take over the top spot in the Brierley Hill Monday Night League from Bulls Head (Netherton) after they won 6-3 away to Portway and Bulls Head lost 5-4 away to The Swan who move up one place in the table to tenth.
A 7-2 win by Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club see’s them move into second place just two points short of the leaders following their 7-2 home win against fifth placed Dudley Sports ‘B’.
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The Pip Club League played off their doubles competition and taking the honours were Mark Martin (Bulls Head ‘A’, Polesworth) and his partner Mick Smith (Queens Head) who won defeated Daz Jones and Wayne Hewins (Bulls Head ‘A’ , Polesworth) in the final.
Mark Martin (Bulls Head ‘A’, Polesworth) and Mick Smith (Queens Head)
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Week 21 in the Winmau Centre Thursday Night Champions League was a good week for current leader Sam Guest as he beat Charlie Burley 7-0 and then won 6-1 against Paul Boddison to give him 205 points from 37 games. It was not such a good week for fourth in the table and reigning champion Mick Baker as he lost 4-3 to both third placed Louis Burley and Devinder Singh who is tenth. Baker did win his third tie against Craig Capewell 5-2 to leave him on 172 points from 32 games.
With two games in hand on Guest second placed Chris Williams added 7-0 wins over Lisa Maiden and Rob Montana plus a 6-1 success against Sam Aitkens to leave him thirteen points short of Guest.
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The first leg of the first round of the League Cup was the order of the day for the Brierley Hill Friday Night League which brought together the two Netherton Cricket Club teams and ended in a close 4-3 win for the ‘A’ team over the ‘B’. The other game played produced a clear cut 6-1 win for Brickmakers Arms over Pensnett Welfare Club ‘B’.
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The Brickmakers Arms, Mount Pleasant, Quarry Bank will be hosting a darts knockout this coming Monday with registrations being accepted from 1.30pm with a 2.00pm start. Cost of entry is £5 per player and the prize money will consist of £50 donated by the Brickmakers plus all entry fees.
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The Bell have taken over pole position on average from Ex Serviceman’s ‘A’ in the Rowley Monday Night League after they won 9-0 away to Three Diamonds and Ex Serviceman’s ‘A’ lost for the first time in sixteen games going down 5-4 away to third in the table Ivy Bush who are eight points adrift of the leading pair as are Cradley Liberal Club and Whiteheath Tavern.
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The top two teams in the Netherton Thursday Night League Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club and Delph Bell extended their unbeaten runs, Ex Serviceman’s made it six straight wins with a 6-3 win away to fourth placed White Horse to keep them three points ahead of Delph Bell whose 5-4 home win over Hill and Cakemore made it five successive wins.
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Only average separates the two top teams in the Hilltop Friendly Tuesday Night League, Dewdrop are top and had 5-2 win at Horseley Tavern in their latest fixture while second placed Island Inn had a similar result in their game at Old Hop Pole. The leading duo have a four points advantage over third placed Wagon and Horses.
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There were no major shocks in week twelve of the Yeltz Bar Tuesday Night 501 Singles League Neil Steventon, Tommy Johnson and Loz Slater continuing there fine form with 5-0 wins in turn against Doug Richmond, Tony Duncan and Richard Swinden, while Richard Reed kept his nose in front at the top of the league with a 4-1 win over Mark Adams.
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There were 5-2 wins for the top two teams in the division one singles league in the Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League, leaders Riley’s ‘C’ beating their local rivals Riley’s ‘B’ and second placed Sunbeam accounting for Victoria.
In division two top team Dog and Partridge handed out a 7-0 whitewash to their hosts Ukrainian Club while the Shed hold on to second place with a 4-3 win at Bird in Hand.
In the doubles divisions Riley’s ‘B’ with a 2-1 win over their ‘C’ team are top with 20 points and it’s Riley’s ‘D’ who top the second division after their 3-0 win at Yale Club.
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ECC ‘A’ leaders of the Tettenhall Wednesday Night League had a convincing 6-1 win over their ‘B’ team to keep them ahead of second placed Whitmore Reans WMC on average after they had a close 4-3 win away to lowly Dog and Partridge.
Third and Fourth placed Cleveland Arms and Swan Compton are both on 16 points four short of the leading pair.
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Match number eleven in the Wednesbury and Darlaston Wednesday Night League brought together the two Churchill teams and a 6-3 win for the ‘A’ side saw them move up into second place behind The Nutan who won 6-3 against Red Lion. Churchills ‘A’, Nutan and English Oak are all on 14 points, Nutan having a game in hand on the other two.
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