After having their last game in the Elite Premier Division of the UKDA National League away to Glamorgan cancelled due to COVID restrictions, this coming weekend Warwickshire County Darts Organisation will resume play with a home tie against Northamptonshire. With five wins from the five games played Warwickshire are enjoying a very successful season so far and there is no reason why that winning run should not be extended as they are currently in a third position on 123 points with a game in hand on the two teams above them while their visitors are bottom of the division with 85 points.
Selected to play for Warwickshire are, Men’s ‘A’:- Tom Aldridge, Jamie Atkins, Gareth Braham, Kevin Dowling, Steve Giddings, Noel Grant, Steve Hine, Prakash Jiwa, Tom Martin, Ian McFarlane, Ian Shaw, Jack Wareing, Men’s ‘B’:- Carl Green, Dave Hill, Dave Honey, Mark Martin, Wayne Mynard, Will Naylor, Karl Reynolds, Mark Strong, Darren Swords, Mark Tomlinson snr, Martin Tonks, Matty Washbrooke, Reserves:- Mark Carter, Adam Hancock, Scott Hope, Jamie Hughes, Lee Miller, Carl Winters, Women’s ‘A’:- Natalie Gilbert, Sue Gulliver, Angela Jones, Chloe McKivett, Tammy Montgomery, Donna Pinch, Women’s ‘B’:- Wendy Adams, Nina Bolt, Marian Conway, Melanie Jones, Denise Keyte, Caroline Pike, Reserves:- Lucy Keyte, Sue Maclennan.
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In the AON Championship Division of the UKDA National League West Midlands, like Warwickshire also had their previous fixture cancelled a home game against Hertfordshire, West Midlands are not enjoying the best of seasons so far with just one win and one draw from their five games and this coming weekend they will have another tough task as they travel to take on divisional leaders Kent who are currently on 134 points compared to West Midlands, who have played one game fewer but some 51 points behind their hosts and lying in an uncomfortable next to bottom of the table position.
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After a home draw with Salopian followed by a bye in the last round of fixtures in the Darts for Windows Division Three of the National League, Black Country, who have held pole position for the majority of the season are currently in second place one point behind new leaders Gloucestershire. However a quick return to the number one spot could be on this coming weekend as Black Country travel to take on Breconshire who are just two places off the foot of the divisional table while Gloucestershire have a tougher home tie with Northumberland who are placed third in the division.
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The results for the eighth fixtures of the season in the Sheldon and District Winter League produced just one change in all of the three divisions, the premier division and division one remain exactly the same as before. All of the top four teams won in the premier leaders Dunky’s Boys handed out a 9-0 whitewash to their hosts and fifth in the division Iron Horse Flights. Second placed Sheldon Marlborough Arrows are on the same 14 points as Dunky’s after their 8-1 success over Hornet and third placed Langley Arrows, who are also on 14 points won 6-3 at Mackadown Social.
Division one leaders Sheldon Dukes suffered their first defeat in eight games when they somewhat surprisingly lost 5-4 at home to Shirley Misfits, however the Dukes hold on to the top spot with 14 points four more than second and third placed Kingshurst Labour Club and Hollywood Social. Kingshurst won their home tie with Meadway Sports and Social 6-3, Hollywood Social having a slightly closer 5-4 success in their home game with Maggies.
Division two saw the week’s only positional change as second and third placed Journeys End and Langley Flights swapped places as Journeys had their fixture with Small Heath Gardeners cancelled and Langley won 9-0 against Hampton and Solihull CC to overtake Journeys on average, both teams are on 12 points two adrift of leaders Willclare Sports and Social who won 7-2 against Sheldon Marlborough Ridge.
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It was a first defeat in eleven games for the Four Oaks and District League division one leaders Boldmere St Mikes as they went down 5-4 in an incredibly tight match at home to their nearest rivals Erdington Arrows. The defeat leaves Boldmere still in pole position with their lead now reduced to two points. Third in the division Red Lion lost ground as they slumped to a 7-2 home defeat at the hands of the Golden Hind Lions team who are next to bottom of the table. Fourth placed Highcroft Social also fell further behind and are on the same 12 points as Red Lion after losing 5-4 at Walmley CSC Flights.
It’s oh so close at the top of division two with top team Heartlands winning 7-2 against Sutton Sharks and second placed Bishop Vesey beating Rosey Mac’s 8-1 to keep them level on 18 points with Heartlands and trailing by just one leg of average.
Charley’s Flights defeated Plough and Arrows 7-2 to move into third spot on average from their opponents but are some four points behind the top two teams.
C.Millward jnr (Boldmere St Mikes) hit his second 180, G.Bushell (Oscott Social Club) his first and N.Bradley chalked up Rosey Mac’s first maximum.
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The Shirley and District Monday Night League played off the finals of their Main and Consolation Cups, in the former division one leaders Dunky’s Boys beat second in the table Tippetts Bar 8-1 with P.Healey notching a maximum for Dunky’s.
The Consolation final beatween Sharman’s Cross (division two) and Lodge (division one) produced a 5-2 win for Lodge, T.Birmingham finding the three treble twenties for Sharman’s.
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With wins for the top two teams in the Kings Norton League the difference between the two remains the same two points with Copper Fox adding a convincing 6-1 win over Cock Inn to hold on to pole position and E57’s 5-2 win at Thurlestone keeping them in second place. The defeat for Thurlestone however sees them drop from third in the table to fifth, on the same 20 points as second and third placed Rubery Legion and Bournebrook, Rubery winning 6-1 at home against Toby Jug and Bournebrook having a 5-2 success at Rubery Social Club to see keep both winning teams six points off the top of the table.
It was a fantastic week for bottom of the table Kings Norton Ex Serviceman’s Club as their 4-3 win over Northfield was their first win so far of the fourteen games season.
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Due to illness, positive COVID tests and work commitments there was just the one fixture played in the Camp Hill League this week which saw Tyseley Newbies win 4-3 against Meadway Social. The win sees the Newbies move up the table one place to fourth with New Inn Lions making way for them and dropping to fifth.
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The Stourbridge and District Monday Night League played their Singles Knockout down to the last sixteen and winning through were B.Fitzgerald, S.Bloomer, V.Mitchell, J.Jackson, K.Forrest (Britannia), B.Stevens, J.Stevens, N.Gordon (Seven Stars), K.Bambrick, C.Hart (White Horse), C.Slater, L.Davies (Gate Hangs Well), J.Ward (Fox Inn, Lye), M.Wallace (Crestwood), A.Moreton (Ten Arches), A.Nicholls (Bell ‘A’).
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Big 8-1 wins for the top two teams in the Netherton Thursday Night League and 8-1 defeats for the next two teams as leaders Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club won playing away against third in the table Bulls Head and second placed Townsend Social Club won at fourth in the table Old Hill Cricket Club. With 42 points the Ex Serviceman’s Club have a lead of six points on Townsend plus a game in hand.
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No change for the top four teams in the Sedgley and Gornal Tuesday Night League as top team Old Bulls Head kept their four points lead intact with a 5-4 home win over fifth in the table Jolly Crispin, second team New Inn handed out a 9-0 whitewash to their visiting team and bottom of the table Meadow Lark, third in the league Gornal Labour Club won 6-3 at Chainyard and making up the top four Seven Stars had a close 5-4 home success over Five Ways.
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The quarter finals of the Doubles Knockout was the order of the day for the Stourbridge and District Wednesday Night League, the biggest winners of the round being league leaders Bird in Hand ‘E’ who beat Raven 7-0. Not far behind were White Horse who had a 6-1 victory over Bell ‘A’. The other two games finished with a 5-2 result both going in favour of Ten Arches as their ‘A’ team won against Bird in Hand ‘A’ and the ‘B’ side took out Fox Inn (Lye).
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4-1 was the scoreline for all of the top six teams in the Black Country Super League, but not all of them were winners. Leaders Railway Tavern were winners as they accounted for next to bottom of the table Horse and Jockey. Second in the league Yeltz Bar ‘A’ also won beating High Acres ‘A’ who were placed fourth but now drop to fifth. Third placed Allen’s Bar ‘C’ beat Old Hill Cricket Club and Allen’s Bar ‘A’ won against High Acres ‘B’ who are sixth.
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