Warwickshire County Darts Organisation rounded off their season in the Cosmo Darts Premier Division of the UKDA National League with a great 23-13 victory over local neighbours Staffordshire at their home venue Hen Lane and District Social Club. 6 Beacon Road, Coventry, CV6 4DS. The win saw Warwickshire finish in a very creditable third place in the division with 215 points while their visitors finished bottom of the table with 136 points and will play next season in the Championship Division.
Saturday saw the away side get off to a good start as their ladies ‘B’ went on to win 4-2 with Nina Bolt and Angela Jones the only two winners for the home side. Lady of the match was Angela Jones her 3-1 win over Beckie Bailey giving her a 17.75 average. The men’s ‘B’ chalked up an 8-4 win with Mark Martin their top player with a 29.27 average in his 4-2 win against Drew Tyler.
Sunday’s games saw the ladies ‘A’ win 4-2, Kirsty Hinchliffe having a fine 21.78 average in her straight 3-0 win over Sarah Cope to take the team’s match award. The men’s ‘A’ completed a terrific season winning 9-3, this being their eighth win in ten games which saw them finish top of the men’s ‘A’ league table with 72 points, two more than runners-up Yorkshire. Taking the man of the match award for the men’s ‘’A’ was Jamie Atkins who had a super 30.33 average in a 4-1 win over James Hughes.
Champions!!! Warwickshire Men’s ‘A’
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With West Midlands having brought their final game of the season in the Andy Wheeler Fisheries Championship Division, a home tie against Northamptonshire forward by two weeks they were on the official final day of the season anxiously awaiting the outcome of the other results and ultimately their fate which as it turned out was not good as the final results saw them drop to next to bottom of the table with 175 points, just five short of survival and will play next season in Division One.
Although the Midlanders were relegated it was not a bad season for the men as the ‘A’ side finished third in their division and the ‘B’ second in theirs, unfortunately it was not such good news for the ladies as both of them finished bottom of their respective divisions.
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Black Country’s final game of the season in the L-Style Division One of the UKDA National League was an away fixture against Tyne and Wear which they brought forward by one week and won 23-13. The win put them top of the table with 223 points with all of their games played and so like West Midlands were awaiting the outcome of the remainder of the results but different to their neighbours were waiting to see if they would get promotion unlike West Midlands who were hoping to avoid relegation.
Again like their neighbours there was disappointment as second placed Suffolk won 29-7 at home against Merseyside to take them top of the table with 248 points and Gwent, who were fourth in the division chalked up a 25-11 home win over Leicestershire to move up pinto second place with 226 points just three more than Black Country who slipped down to third place in the table and narrowly missed out on promotion.
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There was joy for the leaders and second placed team in the Harborne and District League when they both made it to the final of the League Cup. League leaders Northfield Conservative Club had a 5-2 win over fifth in the league Copper Fox ‘M’ with R.Hosey and T.Shipley both in a high scoring mood for the winners as Hosey had scores of 2×100,140,171, 180 and a ten darts game and Shipley notched a100 plus a 180. In the other semi-final game second in the league Copper Fox ‘R’ won 6-1 against sixth placed Cock Inn.
In the semi-finals of the Consolation Cup Lion Bar beat the team just above them in the league The Mill 4-3 while Kings Norton Ex Serviceman’s Club, who are two places off the foot of the table won 5-2 against Windsor who are bottom of the league without a win in fourteen games.
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The Four Oaks and District League also had semi-finals on their fixture card, first the Brian Goodman Cup in which division three champions Pint Pot Flights beat their second division opponents Drakes Drum 5-4 and meeting them in the final will be division one champions The Beehive who handed out a 9-0 whitewash to their division two opponents The Rise Club.
The last four games in the Ken Rust Cup saw Charley’s Flights who ended the season bottom of division two, win 6-3 against Plough and Arrows who finished two places above them in the table. There was a shock 7-2 defeat for division one runners-up Bishop Vesey as they went out to Red Lion who finished third in division two.
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The Sheldon and District Summer League have got their new season underway and the early pacesetters in group one with a maximum from Neil Parsonage are Raven Arrows who had a 7-1 win at Mackadown Sports and Social. Second place goes to Langley Arrows who won their home tie with Highwood 6-2 with John Buckingham notching a maximum for Highwood.
A 6-2 win at Hornet takes Trident Spears top of group two by one leg of average over Yardley Ex Colts who won their home game with EBAHA 5-3, Shay Darby recording a 180 for the winners.
The top spot in group three goes to Sheldon Marlborough Ridge following their 6-2 home win over Shirley Misfits, Langley Flights close behind with their 5-3 home win over Maggies. The game bewteen Smithswood Social and Old Salts Darts finished all-square at 4-4 with Tom Franklin scoring a 180 for Smithswood.
Two teams share the number one position in group four as Moseley Rugby Club and Lyndon Old Boys in turn had 6-2 wins over Trident Flights and Langley Stems.
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Despite suffering their second defeat in seventeen games, a 4-3 reversal away to Bournebrook, Copper Fox hold on to pole position in the Kings Norton League with 30 points from their seventeen games. The win has seen Bournebrook move up one place in the table to second with 28 points from 18 games, the same number as third placed Thurlestone who won 5-2 at home against Perfection whose K.Astbury chalked the week’s only maximum. Northfield prior to the latest fixtures were second in the league, they had a bye this week and as a result drop to fourth with 26 points from 17 games.
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Game ten results in the Camp Hill League had no effect on the league table whatsoever with leaders Wakefield Warriors adding a very important 5-2 home win over second placed Cotterills Lane EBAHA Club to their account to give them a perfect twenty points from their ten games and a lead of four over Cotterills who hold on to second place. There were 7-0 defeats for both of the bottom two teams this week, bottom placed Roost losing at home to Clumsy Swan and next to bottom Sedgemere Devil’s going down at Erdington Nomads.
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The Stourbridge and District Wednesday Night League played round one of their League and Shadow Cups. In the main League Cup there was just the one result which saw Stourbridge FC win 4-3 at Fox Inn (Lye).
There were four fixtures in the Shadow Cup the biggest win going to Five Ways ‘B’ who had a 7-1 victory at Netherton Conservative Club. The other three games all went to the wire with close 4-3 results, the winners being Five Ways ‘A’, Old Liberal Club ‘B’ and Plough who in turn took out Bird in Hand ‘E’ 3, Brickmakers Arms and Mount Pleasant 3.
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The Netherton Thursday Night League staged the second leg of the semi-finals of their Andy Bastable Trophy. Going into the final on the back of an overall 15-3 win over Plough and Harrow are league leaders Old Liberal Club who had top shots from N.Fullwell 2×180,13 darts game and B.Watts 130f. Meeting Old Liberal Club in the final on 22nd August will be currently second in the league Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘A’ who with 180’s from P.Tonks and B.Carr had an overall 12-6 win over Townsend Social Club.
The second leg results were Plough and Harrow 1 Old Liberal Club 8 and Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘A’ 7 Townsend Social Club 2.
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Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club lost ground in the title race for the Silver End Sunday Morning League when in game fifteen they lost 6-2 playing away against third in the league Old Star. The Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘A’ still remain in pole position with 37 points from 15 games however second placed Dudley Sports ‘A’ had an 8-0 home win over Pensnett Liberal Club and are now level on points with the leaders and have a game in hand on them. Old Star stay third in the league, they too have a game in hand on the top team but they are some five points behind them.
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The Stourbridge and District Monday Night League are into the second half of their fixtures and up to game 22. Leaders Old Liberal Club have won all of their games so far including the latest at Rose and Crown ‘B’ 6-1 to give them a four points lead over their nearest rivals Gate Hangs Well ‘B’ who had a similar 6-1 result over their local ‘A’ team rivals. Third and fourth placed Five Ways and Princess are both a further four points adrift on 34 poonts after Five Ways won their home game with Rose and Crown ‘A’ 5-2 and Princess won 6-1 away to Raven ‘B’.
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The Sedgley and Gornal Tuesday night League have completed their fixtures and champions of the league are Netherton Sports and Social who ended their campaign in style by handing their visitors Seven Stars a 9-0 whitewash to see them end the season with 42 points, four more than runners-up Gornal British Legion who had a 6-3 home win over New Inn in the final game.
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The Black Country Men’s Super League is up to game three and of the starting line-up of thirteen teams only two are able to boast a 100% win record. Leaders Quarry Bank Liberal Club ‘B’ are one and they made it three straight wins with a 4-1 home win over New Inn to take their points tally to twelve, the same number as second placed Townsend ‘A’ who for the first time this season lost as they went down 3-2 at Allen’s Bar. The other undefeated team is third in the league Allen’s Bar whose win over Townsend ‘A’ put them on eleven points, one fewer than the two teams above them.
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There were mixed results for Dan Nicholls leader of the Amblecote RBL Premier League in week 26 as he took on the Smith’s, first winning 5-2 against Cayden Smith and then losing 4-3 to Gavin Smith. Nevertheless Nicholls remains in pole position with 249 points from 45 games and has a lead of 15 over his nearest rival Jamie Barrowman who after losing 5-2 to both Andy Vellender and Tom Bissell has now played one game more than Nicholls.
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A 7-1 win over Andy Mullinder has seen Scott Baker increase his points tally in division one of the Gilbert’s Bar Monday Night League to 156 points and although he has played two games more than second in the division Dean Simmons-Fullwood he has a 23 points lead.
Division two leader Kurt Wright played two games winning 6-2 against Malcolm Pugh and 5-3 against Alex Simmons to give him a total of 149 points from 18 games and a lead of 28 plus a game in hand on second in the division Allan Davies who beat Gemma Barrett Jenkins 6-2.
Leader of division three Dave Thackeray is the only player in the three divisions to have won all of his games, he has played and won 19 the latest of which saw him beat Alex Bryant 8-0. Joe Bartolo is second he has played one game more than Thackeray and is some 21 points behind him.
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Only average separates the top two teams in the singles division of the Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League, Junction ‘B’ making it eight straight wins with a 7-0 home win over Dog and Partridge to give them a ten legs of average lead over second placed Hotshots who won 4-3 at New Gate Inn ‘A’.
Junction ‘B’ also lead the doubles division with an unbeaten eight games, the only team to remain undefeated. They have a two point’s advantage over Hotshots after winning 3-0 against Dog and Partridge and Hotshots losing 3-0 to New Gate Inn ‘A’.
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