Darts News – A West Midlands Round Up
The Four Oaks and District League have got their new season underway with a healthy twenty-two teams split into two equal divisions. Two teams are topping the division one table Old Horns Lions and Nomads @ Hollyfields who in turn with 6-3 results accounted for Charley’s Flights and Walmley CSC Flights, both winning teams playing away, A.Heslip having a 160 break for Old Horns Lions. Three teams are chasing the top two sides Bishop Vesey, Rise Club and Highcroft Hotdogs who were all 5-4 winners playing against Old Oscott Arrows, Plough and Arrows and Heartlands with Matthew Cain scoring a maximum for Heartlands.
Erdington Arrows are clear leaders of division two after kicking-off their new campaign with a convincing 8-1 win away to Sutton Sports. Both St Thomas Arrows and Beggars Bush share the number two spot after St Thomas Arrows won the local derby with St Thomas Misfits and Beggars Bush won at Deer’s Leap.
Full Results:Game 1:Division One:- Bishop Vesey 5 (Stuart Abbott 100b, Dave Walton 100, Dave Sammons 155f) Old Oscott Arrows 4 (Derek Parsons 140, Phil Locke 113f, C.Eastwood 100, Mark Page 2×100,125, Andy lea 100), Charley’s Flights 3 (Billy Cadby 112f, Clive Austin 100,140, Ryan Barritt 120, Kevin Hewings 100, Rob Vann 135) Old Horns Lions 6 (A.Heslip 160b,100, Dave Pickering 140,101f, Andy Kimberley 125, D.Wilson 121), Heartlands 4 (Matthew Cain 180, John Frost 100, Steve Cain 105, Ben Cobbett 105b,135, Martin Cooper 117) Highcroft Hotdogs 5 (Leigh Dells 100,120b, Jack Alexander 100,120,140, Simon Shorthouse 140,108b,100, Scott Alexander 140), Plough and Arrows 4 (Danny Hughes 100,122, Nigel Robbins 121, Adam Humphriss 100,121, Steve Johnson 100b,108, Ricky Niner 100) The Rise Club 5 (Mark Felkin 121,103,100, Ollie Day 2×100,140), Walmley CSC Flights 3 (Jamie Meredith 140,132, Jake Liggins 128, Kris Green 2×100,125,140, Brian Hughes 100, Dean Grainger 100b,105, Adam Cooksey 100) Nomads @ Hollyfields 6 (Carl Winters 2×140, Kevin Smith 100,130,111, Sam Robinson 125, Karl Neale 100, Tony Colley 100,126), Division Two:- Rosey Mac’s 5 (Neil Bradley 101b, John Cox 117, Jack Cox 106) Rosey Mac’s Bar 4 (Lauren Ridge 116, Andrew Colley 117, Brendan Nolan 100, Joseph Nolan 100, George Averil 100,140, Eddie Groves 130,100), Deer’s Leap 2 (Tom Whyley 100, Anthony Kimberley 112b, Darren Stenson 140,100) Beggars Bush 7 (Gary Bushell 100b,100, Tom Purcell 100, Connor Bryant 112f,119, Tony Pedley 126, Alan Whitehouse 2×100), St Thomas Arrows 7 (Gill Lynch 106b, Garry Stait 119f) St Thomas Misfits 2, Sutton Sports 1 (Richard Woodroffe 100, Andy Houlton 100) Erdington Arrows 8 (Luke Cooksey 100b,100, Simon Edwards 137, Geoff Hopkins 140, Lewie Moore 128), Sutton Sharks 4 (Joe Boden 105b,100, Jack Harris-Murdock 100,140, Chris Gardener 100) Pint Pot Flights 5 (P.Smith 123, A.Clarke 100, N.Napier 2x120b, M.Bagnall 2×100).
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The Sheldon and District Summer League played off the semi-finals of their League Cup in which group one champions Langley Arrows were held to a close 4-3 win by Old Salts Darts who are currently second in group three, Mick McFall in top form for Old Salts Darts with two maximums and two eleven darts games. Joining Langley Arrows in the final at Langley Hall Sports and Social Club on Thursday 26th September will be Raven Arrows who are second in group one, they had a more convincing 6-1 win over Sheldon Marlborough Ridge who are third in group three.
There were three rearranged league fixtures played, two from group two which saw Kingshurst Labour Club despite home advantage and a 180 from their Stephen Shepherd lose 5-3 to group leaders Trident Spears, the win giving them a two points lead over second in the group Banbury Club with just one more fixture to play. The other group two game saw Hornet hold Banbury Club to a 4-4 draw to see them move off the foot of the table and be replaced by EBAHA.
The group four rearranged fixture saw Moseley Rugby Club win their home game with Sheldon Marlborough Flights 7-1 to take them top of the group with fourteen points from nine games while former leaders and now placed second Raven are on thirteen points from eight games.
Full Results:League Cup:Semi-Finals:- Langley Arrows 4 Old Salts Darts 3 (Mick McFall 2×180,2×11 darts game), Sheldon Marlborough Ridge 1 Raven Arrows 6 (Neil Parsonage 118f,12 & 13 darts games, Jason Prince 120f,12 & 14 darts games, Ben Liggins 11 darts game), Rearranged League Fixtures:Group Two:- Kingshurst Labour Club 3 (Stephen Shepherd 180,12 darts game) Trident Spears 5, Hornet 4 Banbury Club 4, Group Four:- Moseley Rugby Club 7 (John Rafter 12 darts game) Sheldon Marlborough Flights 1.
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The Camp Hill League have had lots of finals being played off of late, first the Consolation Singles Knockout at Tysley WMC which saw only twenty of the scheduled thirty-four players turn up, nevertheless that did not detract from the quality of play or support on the night as Clumsy Swan’s Shay Darby accounted for Wakefield Warriors man Jason Jennings in the final.
Next on the agenda were the Captains and Secretaries Cups in which the Captain’s title went to Dave Heighway from Tyseley Bears with Erdington Nomads player Simon Edwards, runner-up. Taking the honours in the Secretaries Cup was Freddie Naylor (Erdington Nomads) who defeated Michael Forsyth (Tyseley Bears) in the final.
The League Cup final brought together the league’s top two teams, champions Wakefield Warriors and runners-up Cotterills Lane EBAHA Club with the 5-2 result going to Wakefield Warriors to make it a tremendous double for the season.
The Consolation Cup title went to Clumsy Swan who had a 5-2 win in the final against Tyseley Bears.
Full Results:Singles Knockout:- Runner-Up:- Jason Jennings (Wakefield Warriors), Winner:- Shay Darby (Clumsy Swan), Captains Knockout:Runner-Up:- Simon Edwards (Erdington Nomads), Winner:- Dave Heighway (Tyseley Bears), Secretaries Knockout:Runner-Up:- Michael Forsyth (Tyseley Bears), Winner:- Freddie Naylor (Erdington Nomads), League Cup:Final:- Wakefield Warriors 5 Cotterills Lane EBAHA Club 2, Consolation Cup:Final:- Clumsy Swan 5 Tyseley Bears 2.
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It was League Cup semi-finals week in the Stourbridge and District Monday Night League which produced a shock result for league leaders Old Liberal Club who in the league are undefeated having won all thirty of the games they have played so far but despite that they finished on the wrong side of the 4-3 result against second in the league Princess. Not only did the top two teams play each other but also the fourth and fifth teams squared up to each other with fourth placed Five Ways handing out a 5-0 defeat to Netherton Conservative Club ‘B’.
There was one rearranged league fixture played this week in which Glasscutters ‘A’ recorded a 6-1 home win over Crestwood, the home side remaining eighth in the table while the losers dropped one place to eleventh.
Full Results:League Cup:Semi-Finals:- Netherton Conservative Club ‘B’ 0 Five Ways 5, Princess 4 Old Liberal Club 3, Rearranged League Fixture:- Glasscutters 6 Crestwood 1.
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Horseley Tavern ‘A’ suffered a 6-1 defeat playing away against Cottage Spring in the latest round of fixtures in the Hilltop Friendly Tuesday Night League and as a result they dropped two places in the table to seventh while their victors moved up one place to fifth. League leaders Vine ‘A’ made it twenty-one wins in twenty-two games when they added their latest 6-1 win playing away against bottom of the table Horseley Tavern ‘B’ keeping intact their six points lead over second third placed Allen’s Bar and Tamebridge, Allen’s Bar winning 4-3 at Three Horseshoes who are fourth in the league, their thirty-two points ten fewer than the leaders and Tamebridge who won 6-1 at Sow and Pigs.
Full Results;Game 22:- Horseley Tavern ‘B’ 1 Vine ‘A’ 6, Ivy Bush 7 King Arthur 0, Three Horseshoes 3 Allen’s Bar 4, Albion 3 Horse and Jockey 4, Cottage Spring 6 Horsley Tavern ‘A’ 1, Sow and Pigs 1 Tamebridge 6, Vine ‘B’ 4 Waggon and Horses 3.
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Leaders of the Silver End Sunday Morning League Dudley Sports ‘A’ won game twenty-three at home against Rose and Crown 5-3 to uphold their four points advantage over second placed Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club who had a 7-1 home win over Brier Rose. Third in the league Old Star are a further two points adrift despite their 6-2 home success over Old Liberal Club, they in turn are seven points to the good on fourth in the table Church Tavern who had a 5-3 home win against Old Cat Inn.
Full Results:Game 23:- New Talbot ‘B’ 1 Mount Pleasant 7, Pensnett Liberal Club 6 Raven 2, Brickmakers Arms 7 Dudley Sports ‘B’ 1, Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club 7 Brier Rose 1, Old Star 6 Old Liberal Club 2, Church Tavern 5 Old Cat Inn 3, Dudley Sports ‘A’ 5 Rose and Crown 3, Tenth Lock 3 New Talbot ‘A’ 5, High Acres ‘C’ 4 High Acres ‘A’ 4, High Acres ‘B’ had a bye.
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Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘A’ consolidated their number one position in the Brierley Hill Monday Night League by handing their visitors Dudley Sports ‘B’ a 9-0 whitewash. The win, their fifteenth in sixteen games, gives them a four points lead over Roebuck ‘A’, Maverick and Roebuck ‘B’ who are all on twenty-six points with Roebuck ‘B’ having played one game fewer than the three teams above them. The latest results saw Roebuck ‘A’ winning 7-2 at home against High Acres ‘B’, Maverick going one better with an 8-1 success as hosts to Tommy Turners ‘B’ and Roebuck ‘B’ having a 6-3 win at Tommy Turners ‘A’.
Full Results:Game 16:- Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘A’ 9 Dudley Sports ‘B’ 0, Mount Pleasant 4 Glasshouse ‘B’ 5, High Acres ‘A’ 2 Raven 7, Roebuck ‘A’ 7 High Acres ‘B’ 2, Bridge 7 Starving Rascal 2, Rose and Crown ‘A’ 5 Pensnett Liberal Club ‘B’ 4, Pensnett Liberal Club ‘A’ 2 Rose and Crown ‘B’ 7, Dudley Sports ‘A’ 6 Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘B’ 3, Tommy Turners ‘A’ 3 Roebuck ‘B’ 6, Glasshouse ‘A’ 3 Old Bush 6, Maverick 8 Tommy Turners ‘B’ 1, Brickmakers Arms had a bye.
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As Five Ways ‘A’ reached the midway point of the season in the Stourbridge and District Wednesday Night League they stretched their unbeaten run in the league to sixteen games when they won 5-2 at home against Garibaldi. Although with a perfect record so far Five Ways ‘A’ are still only two points better off than their nearest rivals Old Liberal Club ‘A’ who won by the same 5-2 margin at home against Plough who are sixth in the league. After the top two there is a gap of four points to third in the league Bird in Hand ‘E’ whose latest fixture saw them also win 5-2 away to Hollybush who are placed fourth in the table and now two points behind their victors.
Full Results:Game 17:- Netherton Conservative Club 4 Old Liberal Club ‘B’ 3, White Horse 3 Mount Pleasant 4, Beech Tree Miners 5 Five Ways ‘B’ 2, Stourbridge FC 4 Brickmakers Arms 3, Five Ways ‘A’ 5 Garibaldi 2, Ashwood 3 Fox Inn (Lye) 4, Old Liberal Club ‘A’ 5 Plough 2, Hollybush 2 Bird in Hand ‘E’ 5, Wheatsheaf had a bye.
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Game number two in the new season of the Sedgley and Gornal Tuesday Night League and a 7-2 home win over Jolly Crispin keeps Britannia in pole position but only on average from Netherton Sports and Social Club, Stump and Red Cow. Netherton Sports and Social Club and Stump are both just two legs of average behind Britannia after the former won 7-2 at Royal and the latter 8-1 at home against bottom of the league Cabin while Red Cow are a further two legs adrift after they were 6-3 winners at Meadow Lark. Fifth placed Gornal British Legion had a bye this week, both they and eighth placed New Inn 2 are the only other undefeated teams in the league.
Full Results:Game 2:- Royal 2 (J.Morris 117f) Netherton Sports and Social Club 7, Britannia 7 (M.Hartshorn 152f) Jolly Crispin 2, Meadow Lark 3 Red Cow 6, New Inn 5 Triangle 4, Stump 8 (S.Garland 8 darts game) Cabin 1, Baggeridge 2 New Inn 2 7, Gornal British Legion had a bye.
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Six more fixtures to play in the Rowley Monday Night League and leaders Bell with a maximum from their T.Brennan and a 5-4 win at Spring Meadow remain six points clear at the top of the table with second and third in the league Hawthorns and Plough and Harrow both on forty points after the two teams met on the Hawthorns board this week and it was the hosts who got the 7-2 result to take over from their opponents in second place with a superior average, after the top three is a gap of another six points to fourth placed Whiteheath Tavern who did not fall any further behind as they won 7-2 at Loyal Lodge.
Full Results:Game 24:- Loyal Lodge 2 Whiteheath Tavern 7, Rowley Bar and Grill 4 Snooks 5, Huntingtree 5 Hawthorns ‘B’ 4, Spring Meadow 4 Bell 5 (T.Brennan 180), Romsley Cricket Club 4 Tividale Sports 5, White Swan 3 Gate Hangs Well 6, Hawthorns 7 Plough and Harrow 2, Tividale FC 5 Rowley Labour Club 4.
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A close 3-2 defeat for Gemma Barrett by Debbie Davies as seen Barrett lose the number one spot in the West Midlands Ladies Super League and drop to second behind new leader Jacqueline Maiden who handed Tara Simmons-Fullwood a straight 3-0 defeat to give her a total of sixty-seven points from twenty-four games and a lead of one point plus a game in hand on Gemma Barrett. Third in the table Jackie Trott also had a 3-0 win in her game against Sarah Maybury to take her points tally to fifty-nine and she has only played twenty games.
Full Results:Week 25:- Jackie Trott 3 Sarah Maybury 0, Jacqueline Maiden 3 Tara Simmons-Fullwood 0, Shellbie Simmons 3 Debbie Davies 1, Debbie Davies 3 Gemma Barrett 2, Tara Simmons-Fullwood 3 Jacqui Simmons 0, Jacqueline Maiden 3 Sarah Maybury 0.
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Dog and Partridge kept their title hopes on track in the West Midlands Men’s Super League with a 4-1 home win over Gilbert’s Bar A’ taking their points tally to eighty-five from twenty-two games but they only have a narrow one point lead over second placed Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ who went one better with a 5-0 success at home against Junction ‘B’. Kings Head ‘A’ are placed third and their 4-1 home win over Wednesbury British Legion leaves them five points off the top but six ahead of fourth in the table Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club who had a close 3-2 home win over Landywood who are just four places off the foot of the table.
Full Results:Game 22:- Chase Social 4 Shepwell Green 1, Kings Head ‘A’ 4 Wednesbury British Legion 1, Staffordshire Knot 3 Junction ‘A’ 2, Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ 5 Junction ‘B’ 0, Cottage Spring 3 Three Crowns 2, Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club 3 Landywood 2, Dog and Partridge 4 Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’ 1.
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As the finishing line draws nearer and nearer the fight for the Amblecote RBL Premier League title gets more and more fierce with every game played. The current situation is that Dan Nicholls top’s the table with 343 points from 64 games with another eight games to play. Nicholls most recent fixtures saw him open up with a 5-2 win over Dave Simpson but he then took on his nearest rival Nick Fullwell who beat him 4-3. Nicholls was quickly back to winning ways as he finished the night with a 6-1 success over Wozza Pritchard. Meanwhile Fullwell had won 6-1 against Josh Hodgkins, 7-0 against Wozza Pritchard and after his game with Dan Nicholls added 5-2 wins over both Jack Pritchard and Josh Hodgkins to give him a total of 315 points from 62 games. Gavin Smith moved up one place in the table to fourth with 310 points from 61 games after adding his 4-3 wins over Jack Pritchard and Rob Pierce plus a 6-1 success against Wozza Pritchard while Tom Bissell, after beating Chris Williams 4-3 won 7-0 against Stephen Cartwright to place him fourth with 3-2 points from only fifty-five games.
Full Results:Week 36:- Nick Fullwell 6 Josh Hodgkins 1, Tom Bissell 4 Chris Williams 3, Carl Hipkiss 5 Wozza Pritchard 2, Howard Pritchard 4 Shane Passey 3, Martyn Harper 4 Jake Robinson 3, Shane Sheridan 5 Rob Pierce 2, Jack Pritchard 4 Sam Page 3, John Green 5 Andy Vellender 2, Shane Sheridan 7 Matt Halliday 0, Dan Nicholls 5 Dave Simpson 2, Josh Wheeler 4 Craig Lowin 3, Nick Fullwell 7 Wozza Pritchard 0, Jamie Barrowman 4 Michael Harding 3, Gavin Smith 4 Jack Pritchard 3, Martyn Harper 4 Ryan Green 3, Ian Townsend 7 Stephen Cartwright 0, Ian Townsend 5 Chris Willaims 2, Howard Pritchard 6 Stephen Cartwright 1, Michael Harding 5 Wozza Pritchard 2, John Green 7 Craig Lowin 0, Shane Sheridan 4 Sam Page 3, Carl Hipkiss 5 Matt Halliday 2, Nick Fullwell 4 Dan Nicholls 3, Jake Robinson 4 Shane Passey 3, Tom Bissell 7 Stephen Cartwright 0, Dave Simpson 6 Josh Hodgkins 1, Andy Vellender 4 Chris Williams 3, Jamie Barrowman 5 Josh Wheeler 2, Jack Pritchard 5 Matt Halliday 2, Gavin Smith 4 Rob Pierce 3, Sam Page 5 Chris Williams 2, Jake Robinson 5 Josh Wheeler 2, Nick Fullwell 5 Jack Pritchard 2, Shane Sheridan 6 Michael Harding 1, Gavin Smith 6 Wozza Pritchard 1, Jamie Barrowman 5 Chris Willaims 2, Nick Fullwell 5 Josh Hodgkins 2, Gavin Smith 6 Carl Hipkiss 1, Dan Nicholls 6 Wozza Pritchard 1, Chris Williams 4 Shane Passey 3.
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In the latest division one fixtures in the Gilbert’s Bar Monday Night League leader Scott Baker was held to a 4-4 draw by second in the division Darren Williams who remains nineteen points short of his opponent and has played four games more than him. Third in the division Dean Simmons-Fullwood beat Tony Singh 5-3 to move to within one point of Williams with five games in hand.
An 8-0 win over Jon Williams keeps Kurt Wright top of division two, his 198 points from twenty-five games is eighteen more than second placed Alan Melling who has played one game more than Wright. Melling’s latest fixture saw him win 5-3 against Richard Brown. Third in the division Allan Davies had a 5-3 win over Malcolm Pugh but he is still fourteen points short of Melling.
Dave Thackeray has taken his undefeated run to twenty-seven games in division three with a crushing 8-0 win over Dave Akers to give him 250 points from 27 games while his nearest rival is Joe Bartolo who has played twenty-nine games and has twenty-five fewer points.
Full Results:Game 30:- Jon Blakemore 3 Andrew Jervis 5, Darren Williams 3 Paul Price 5, Stewart Pryce 6 Andy Mullinder 2, Jimmy Stackhouse 4 Simon Pritchard 4, Ian Stanton 8 Jamie Webb 0, Clayton Edge 4 Chris Evans 4, Dean Simmons-Fullwood 5 Tony Singh 3, Darren Williams 4 Scott Baker 4, Jamie Webb 3 Ben Johnson 5, Game 32:- Alan Melling 5 Richard Brown 3, Reece Cook Lucas 5 Artur Lubkowski 3, Malcolm Pugh 3 Allan Davies 5, Kevin Bate 7 Gemma Barrett Jenkins 1, Robert Harris 2 Keith Hollowood 6, Alex Simmons 5 Neville Quinton 3, Jon Williams 0 Kurt Wright 8, Eddie Gripton 0 Thomas Hollowood 8, Lauren Kempson 1 Gareth Walsh 7, Jenni Seedhouse 5 Sarah Barrett 3, Alex Bryant 6 Andy Poole 2, Keogh Bate 3 Warren Bower 5, Michele Pritchard 8 Jacqui Simmons 0, Dave Akers 0 Dave Thackeray 8, Ben Johnson 4 Chris Evans 4.
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The top two teams in the Singles League of the Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League squared up to each other in game sixteen Hotshots losing pole position as they went down 5-2 at Junction ‘B’ who replace them at the top of the table, both teams are on thirty points but Junction ‘B’ have a far superior average. Third in the league New gate Inn ‘A’ won their home tie with Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ 5-2 to keep within two points of the to two teams.
There is a similar situation in the Doubles League with Junction ‘B’ top with thirty-two points, Hotshots second on twenty-eight and New Gate Inn ‘A’ third with twenty-six.
Full Results:Game 16:Singles League:- Corpus Christi ‘B’ 3 Ring of Bells 4, Dog and Partridge 4 Wednesfield Legion 3, Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’ 6 Junction ‘C’ 1, Golden Lion 4 Corpus Christi ‘A’ 3, Junction ‘A’ 7 Three Crowns 0, Junction ‘B’ 5 Hotshots 2, New Gate Inn ‘A’ 5 Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ 2, New Gate Inn ‘B’ 1 Milestone 6, Woodfield 7 Junction ‘D’ 0, Doubles League:- Corpus Christi ‘B’ 2 Ring of Bells 1, Dog and Partridge 1 Wednesfield Legion 2, Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’ 3 Junction ‘C’ 0, Golden Lion 1 Corpus Christi ‘A’ 2, Junction ‘A’ 1 Three Crowns 2, Junction ‘B’ 2 Hotshots 1, New Gate Inn ‘A’ 3 Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ 0, New Gate Inn ‘B’ 1 Milestone 2, Woodfield 2 Junction ‘D’ 1.
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