Warwickshire County Darts Organisation will be looking to make it four wins in a row this coming weekend when at the Hen Lane and District Social Club. 6 Beacon Road, Coventry, CV6 4DS they will be playing hosts to Humberside in what will be their eighth fixture of the season in the Cosmo Darts Premier Division of the UKDA National League. Currently fourth in the table with 145 points Warwickshire’s confidence will be sky-high following their previous outing when they won 20-16 playing away against Yorkshire who are second in the league, a win over Humberside, who are bottom of the division with ninety-five points from six games, should be just the fixture they require to see them move even higher up the table.
Warwickshire welcome three new members to the squad, Leigh Dells, Jnr Joyce and Mark Faulkner who all will be hoing to make their debut’s before the season runs out.
Selected to play for Warwickshire are Men’s ‘A’:- Jamie Atkins, Gareth Braham, Kevin Dowling, Noel Grant, Nigel Heydon, Steve Hine, Jamie Hughes, Wayne Mynard, Jenson Walker, Jack Wareing, Matty Washbrooke, Sam Whittaker, Men’s ‘B’:- Mark Carter, Adam Hancock, Dave Hill, Scott Hope, Mark Martin, Lee Miller, Will Naylor, Sam Price, Karl Reynolds, Noah Rose, Mark Strong, Martin Tonks, Reserves:- Leigh Dells, Mark Faulkner, Pete Hughes, Jnr Joyce, Women’s ‘A’:- Kirsty Hinchcliffe, Marian Conway, Natalie Gilbert, Courtney Hine, Hannah Meek, Donna Pinch, Women’s ‘B’:- Wendy Adams, Nina Bolt, Angela Jones, Denise Keyte, Chloe McKivett-Saunders, Caroline Pike, Reserve:- Melanie Jones, Lucy Keyte, Kris Meek, Kat Spanswick.
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Things don’t get any easier for West Midlands County Darts Organisation in the Andy Wheeler Fisheries Championship of the UKDA National League, currently after having played one game more and only nine points to the good on next to bottom of the division Oxfordshire, this coming weekend they will take on an in-form London team and although they have home advantage it will still be a tough task to beat their second placed opponents who have forty-one points more than them and are six places above them in the table.
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After a somewhat disappointing home draw with Somerset in their last outing in the L-Style Division One of the UKDA National League Black Country will be hoping to chalk up a win this coming weekend when they travel to take on Buckinghamshire. Going into the game Black Country are sixth on 146 points with their hosts eighth with 125 points, a win could possibly see them move up the table and nearer the number one spot, a position they held earlier in the season.
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The Sheldon and District Winter League played their singles knockout down to the last eight players and battling it out on finals night will be Simon Power, Paul Nixon, Terry Webster, Simon Winters, Stephen Shepherd, Sam Robinson, Chris Darby, Alan Mayell.
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After completing game seventeen in the South Birmingham Clubs League there was no change in the top six places in the singles division, leaders Longbridge United with a 160 break from A.Sutton winning 5-3 away to Northfield Conservative Club ‘B’ who are fourth in the league but now eleven points off the top. Second placed West Heath CEM won their game away to third placed Northfield Town 6-1 to put them on twenty-six points five short of Longbridge but five ahead of their opponents. Perfection are fifth after being held to a 4-4 draw at Stirchley United, their nineteen points one better than sixth in the table Bournbrook who won 5-3 at home against E57 leaving them with a game in hand.
In the pre-match doubles division the results had no effect on the table whatsoever with West Heath CEM continuing to lead the field with 192 points, Longbridge United second with 185 points.
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Game number nine in the Four Oaks and District League brought disappointment to division one leaders Bishop Vesey as they suffered their first taste of defeat this season, a surprisingly big 8-1 defeat away to their nearest rivals, second placed Beehive, the win seeing Beehive draw level on both points and average with Bishop Vesey to share pole position.
A 6-3 home defeat by Drakes Drum has cost Heartlands the division-two leadership and sees them drop to second place on twelve points two fewer than new leaders Walmley CSC Flights who had a 6-3 home win over Plough and Arrows. Like Heartlands third placed Red Lion are also on twelve points following their 5-4 home win over Charley’s Flights.
Pint Pot Flights continue to lead the way in division three, their 7-2 win at St Thomas Arrows opening up a two points advantage over their second placed opponents who in turn are two to the good on third and fourth placed Sutton Sharks and Deer’s Leap, Sharks losing 6-3 at Rosey Mac’s while Deer’s Leap had an 8-1 home win over Rosey Mac’s Bar.
Dean Grainger (Beehive) hit the only maximum of the week.
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A 5-3 home win over bottom of the table Sedgemere Devil’s was not enough for Cotterills Lane EBAHA Club to hold on to second place in the Camp Hill League as Wakefield Warriors beat Roost 6-1 to leap-frog them and take over the number two spot on average. Wakefield are unbeaten in their four games played and have a game in hand on leaders Tyseley Bears, the only other undefeated team in the league. Tyseley took their winning run to five games with a 4-3 win at Clumsy Swan who are fifth in the league.
Wakefield Warriors player Chris Stokes chalked up an eight darts game.
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In the Hilltop Friendly Tuesday Night League Vine ‘A’ remain unbeaten and took their winning run to nine games in style by handing their visitors Horseley Tavern ‘B’ a 7-0 whitewash to open up a four points lead over Allen’s Bar and Three Horseshoes after Allen’s lost ground going down 4-3 at home to Three Horseshoes who are third and now on the same fourteen points as their opponents. Also on fourteen points is fourth placed Tamebridge who increased their tally with a 5-2 home win over Sow and Pigs.
League newcomers this season King Arthur had a bit of a rough start to their campaign as they lost their opening six games but with a 4-3 home win over Ivy Bush they have now won two of their last three fixtures.
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With Dudley Sports ‘A’ having a bye this week in the Silver End Sunday Morning League they have dropped from pole position to third in the table and replaced at the top by Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club whose 5-3 home win over High Acres ‘A’ has given them a total of twenty-four points from nine games. Second and third placed Old Star and Dudley Sports ‘A’ are both on twenty-two points, Old Star having a 6-1 home win over High Acres ‘C’ while Dudley Sports ‘A’ now have a game in hand on the two teams above them.
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Despite having a bye this week Old Liberal Club hold on to the top spot in the Stourbridge and District Monday Night League with a perfect thirty-two points from their sixteen games. Second in the league Gate Hangs Well ‘B’ with a 160 break from their C.Moreton won 6-1 at home against Netherton Conservative Club ‘A’ and are now four points behind the leaders and two ahead of Five Ways, Princess and Bird in Hand. Five Ways won 6-1 at home over Bird in Hand, while Princess won by the same margin at Glasscutters ‘B’.
In addition to C.Moreton there were 160 breaks for I.Marson (Netherton Conservative Club ‘B’) and C.Powell (Glasscutters ‘A’).
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Although they had home advantage plus a maximum from their G.Jackson, Bulls Head lost 5-4 in the Netherton Thursday Night League to Hill and Cakemore Ex Serviceman’s Club and as a result drop one place in the table to third on thirty-nine points. An 8-1 win at Old Glasshouse keeps Old Liberal Club in pole position with forty-five point’s three more than Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘A’ who have taken over in third place from Bulls Head after winning 8-1 at home against Netherton Sports and Social Club. Spring Meadow Pub were the week’s biggest winners handing a 9-0 deefeat to their hosts Hare and Hounds, W.Andrews and A.Ghaley both hit a maximum.
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With nine dart games from E.Price and T.Brennan plus a maximum from Brennan their team Bell won 8-1 at Loyal Lodge in the Rowley Monday Night League and top the table with twenty-two points, two more than second placed Plough and Harrow who had a close 5-4 victory at fourth in the league Romsley Cricket Club to leave Romsley on eighteen points the same number a third in the table Hawthorns who won their home tie with Snooks 6-3.
There were maximum scores this week for K.Chambers (Plough and Harrow), M.Tibbetts (Whiteheath Tavern) and I.Stokes (Snooks).
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Dan Nicholls has opened up a twelve points lead at the top of the Amblecote RBL Premier League after adding to his account the latest results which saw him win 6-1 against Matt Davies and then go one better with a 7-0 success against Josh Wheeler putting him on 194 points from 35 games. Second placed Nick Fullwell kicked off with a similar 6-1 win in his game against Wozza Pritchard and he then had a narrow 4-3 win over Ian Townsend to give him a total of 182 points from 34 fixtures.
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In week ten of the West Midlands Ladies Super League leader Jacqueline Maiden had a little setback to her title hopes when she suffered her first defeat of the season, a 3-1 reversal at the hands of Gemma Barrett who is third in the league on twenty-six points, two short of Maiden who despite the loss hangs on to the number one spot with twenty-eight points. After her ten fixtures Jacqueline Maiden remains one point ahead of second placed Shellbie Simmons who suffered a similar fate as she lost 3-1 to Jodie Rowlands who also had a 3-0 win over Jackie Trott to see her move four places in the table to fifth with seventeen points from nine games.
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Scott Baker is back where he finished last season in division one of the Gilbert’s Bar Monday Night Singles League and that is top of the table. In the latest round of fixtures Baker won 6-2 against Adam Teasdale to give him a total of 116 points from sixteen games and a lead of sixteen over second placed Ian Stanton who didn’t play this week. Stanton’s 100 points are from fourteen games and as a result has two in hand on Baker.
A 5-3 win over Keith Hollowood keeps Alan Melling top of division two, Melling having amassed a total of ninety-nine points from his fourteen games but second placed Kurt Wright’s 7-1 win over Alex Simmons has given him ninety-three points and leaves him with three games in hand on Melling.
Dave Thackeray consolidate his pole position in division three with an 8-0 win over Jacqui Simmons to give him a total of 117 points and although he only has a three points lead on second placed Thomas Hollowood he has played one game fewer than Hollowood. Hollowood kept in touch with Thackeray as he chalked up a 7-1 win over Gareth Walsh.
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The Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League have got their new season underway and have increased their numbers from twelve to an encouraging eighteen teams. The season began with no fewer than four teams handing out a 7-0 whitewash in the singles division, Corpus Christi ‘A’, Junction ‘B’, Wednesfield Legion and Woodfield who in turn defeated Harrowby Arms, Junction ‘C’, New Gate Inn ‘B’ and Three Crowns. Not far behind the leading quartet were Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’ and New Gate ‘A’ who had 6-1 win against respective opponents Ring of Bells and Junction ‘A’.
In the doubles division no fewer than seven of the nine games finished with a straight 3-0 result with those wins supplied by Corpus Christi ‘A’, Corpus Christi ‘B’, Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’, Golden Lion, Hotshots, Junction ‘B’ and Wednesfield Legion.
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