After completing sixty of his scheduled sixty-two fixtures, in the Heartlands Sugardarts M&E Co Double Top League, Matthew Cain had only lost three games, but his final two fixtures saw him lose both. Cain opened the evening with a 2-1defeat to Ramone Stevens despite hitting a maximum, he then lost by the same margin to second placed Martin Cooper, to see him finish the campaign on 157 points, which is enough to pronounce him champion as Cooper has only one remaining fixture and is eleven points adrift on 146 points, which is again enough to see him finish as runner-up. John Frost is currently third on 128 points but he could end the season fourth as Steve Cain, who is currently fourth, has three games to play and with only one point fewer than Frost could overtake him and take the number three spot.
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The Kings Norton League are up to week seven of there scheduled twenty-eight games season and leading the way with a perfect twelve points from their opening six games is Northfield Darts Club who are the only team in the league with a 100% win record. Four teams are hot on the heels of the leaders, all on ten points, two less than Northfield, and they are Bournville, Bournbrook, Stirchley and Perfection, Stirchley having played seven games to the others having played six. In their latest fixtures Bournville won 4-3 at home over Dingle, Bournbrook having a 6-1 success at Cock Inn. Stirchley also had a 6-1 win playing away at Pavillions while Perfection had a bye.
L.Fowler was in top form for Northfield Darts Club in their game at Kings Norton Ex Serviceman’s Club having a 108 checkout plus scores of 100,125,140 and 180, the only maximum of the week, Northfield won the game 5-2.
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Week two in the Sheldon and District Winter League and Langley Arrows, with a crushing 9-0 home victory over Family Tree, hold on to pole position in the premier league, they have a four legs of average lead on both Sheldon Marlborough Arrows and Mackadown Sports and Social Club who in turn won 6-3 at Highwood and 6-3 at home against Dog Inn Nomads. All of the top three teams are on four points, as are fourth placed Trident Spears who are a further one leg of average adrift after their 5-4 win at RAFA.
A 6-3 home win over Hollywood Social Club keeps Lyndon Old Boys top of division one, they are the only team with four points so far as respective second and fourth placed Langley Flights and Langley Pints have both only played, and won one game so far. Second placed Langley Flights had a bye, while third in the division Smithswood Social Club went down 5-4 at home to Langley Pints.
A 5-4 defeat at Yardley District Amateur Darts has cost Digby the leadership of division two they drop to fourth place on two points, two short of the three teams above them. Hunters Moon have taken over the top spot, their 7-2 win at Langley Bullets giving them a narrow one leg of average lead over Arran Way Arrows, who won 6-3 at Weir Raven. Fourth in the division Shirley Misfits made it two wins in as many games with a 6-3 home win over Mackadown Sports and Social Club ‘B’, leaving them a further two legs of average adrift.
There were six maximums in the league this week and they came from Hayden Norris (Family Tree), Neil Parsonage (Sheldon Marlborough Arrows), Craig Stansfield (Lyndon Old Boys), Connor Cupkovic (CBMC-A, Cameron Roden (Weir Raven) and Michael Tilley (Yardley District Amateur Darts).
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Week six in the Camp Hill League produced a top of the table clash between leaders Wakefield Warriors and second placed GGSB. With home advantage, the 6-1 result went to Wakefield Warriors to open up a four points gap at the top of the table and extend the Warriors unbeaten run to six games. Second place is shared by Big Bulls Wanderers and GGSB, the Wanderers losing their home tie with Moseley Arms 4-3 to go level on points and average with GGSB. Third in the league Wakefield Terriers are also on eight points after adding on their 4-3 win at Shannons Rebels and joining them with the same eight points is fifth on the league Moseley Arms following their win at Big Bulls Wanderers.
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The South West Birmingham Clubs League, replaced their usual league fixtures this week with a Blind Doubles Charity Knockout. Winners of the event were Ben Simkiss and Kev Mason who in the final defeated Matt Bennet and Kofi Gayle.
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The Four Oaks and District League had the preliminary round of their Coronation Shield on the fixture card and winning their way through to the next round were, Boldmere Flyers, Charley’s Flights, Deer’s Leap, Erdington Arrows, Heartlands, Kingstanding Inn Lions, Minworth Bulls, Old Horns Lions, Scott Armers, St Thomas Lions, Great Barr Social and Three Tuns. Nomads @ Hollyfields had a bye.
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After twenty-four wins in twenty-five games, Old Liberal Club, leaders of the Stourbridge and District Monday Night League, were surprisingly held to a narrow 4-3 win playing away against tenth placed Netherton Conservative Club ‘B’, nevertheless a win is a win and this one takes the leaders total points to forty-eight and gives them a two points advantage over second placed Gornal British Legion who had a bye this week and now have a game in hand. Third placed Cross are a further four points behind with a game in hand on the leaders, their latest fixture seeing them hand out a 7-0 whitewash to their visitors Fox Inn (Lye). Fourth and fifth in the league Five Ways and Bird in Hand also have forty-two points points like Cross, but they ave played one game more than them. Five Ways had close 4-3 home win over Seven Stars while Bird in Hand won their home tie with Queens Head 5-2.
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Only two teams remain without a defeat after four games in division one of the Sedgley and Gornal Tuesday Night League. Leaders Old Liberal Club won their home game with Baggeridge Social 7-2 and second placed Chapel House ‘A’ had a similar 7-2 home win over New Inn to give the top two teams an undefeated eight points, the Liberal Club leading by ten legs of average. Then come three teams all on six points, two short of the leading duo and they are Lamp Tavern, who lost 4-3 at Royal, Wheatsheaf who had a 5-4 home win over Chapel House ‘B’ and Stump who also won 5-4 at home against Bulls Head.
In division two, a 6-3 home win over Cabin ‘B’ puts Swan top of the table with six points, but they are only top on average as White Lion and Rising Sun are also both on six points. White Lion are unbeaten and have only played three games, after having a bye this week. Rising Sun, lost for the first time in four games when they went down 5-4 at home to Chapel House ‘B’.
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Cup semi-finals were on the agenda for the Silver End Sunday Morning League, and in the League Cup both games finished with 5-3 results, Spring Meadow beating Vine and High Acres ‘A’ winning against Old Star ‘A’.
In the last four games of the Shadow Cup, Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘B’ had a resounding 7-1 victory over Red Cow, while High Acres ‘B’ were not far behind with their 6-2 win over Portway.
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The Stourbridge and District Wednesday Night League also had semi-finals on the fixture card, and in the main League Cup, Raven moved into the final with a 4-3 win over High Acres, in the Shadow Cup, with a similar 4-3 result, Netherton Conservative Club beat Plough.
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Bell made it twenty straight wins in division one of the Rowley Monday Night League when they won 5-3 at Bostin Darts ‘A’, they now have forty points, a game in hand plus a four points lead on second placed Gate Hangs Well after their 7-2 home win over Whiteheath Tavern. After Gate Hangs Well there is a huge fourteen points gap to third placed Wonder, who had a narrow 5-4 win at Romsley Cricket Club.
Bostin Darts ‘B’ are top the division two table, their latest win being 6-3 in a local derby with Bostin Darts ‘C’. Second placed Double Tops Micro Bar won 8-1 playing away against Coombes Wood, leaving them four points short of the leaders after playing one game more. N.Raxter (Spring Meadow) scored a maximum as his team lost their home tie with Star Valley 8-1.
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A 4-1 home win over New Inn sees Hot Shots remain in pole position in the Black Country Men’s Super League, but with a 5-0 win for Cue and Brew over Black Country Arrows Allen’s, they have draw level on the same thirty-three points to share the number one spot. With a game in hand plus a 3-2 home success against Quarry Bank Liberal Club, Allen’s Bar are placed third, however they are some eight points off the top of the table, fifth placed Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club in exactly the same position as Allen’s Bar after they won 3-2 against Black Country Arrows Samba.
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In the latest round of fixtures in the West Midlands Men’s Super League, the top two teams, Staffordshire Knot and Kings Head squared up to each other. Playing on Staffordshire Knot’s board it was the hosts who got the better of the 3-2 result, to see them open up a fourteen points lead on their second placed opponents. Third in the league Dog and Partridge are a further nine points adrift after they won their home game with bottom of the table Junction ‘B’ 5-0. A 3-2 home win over Carrington Club was not enough for Junction ‘A’ to hold on to third place, dropping to fourth with 120 points and being replaced by Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club who won their home game with Landywood 5-0, to put them on 122 points.
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There was one rearranged fixture played in the Netherton Thursday Night 501 League this week which saw Bulls Head, with maximums from Steve Tipper and Grant Jackson, win 6-3 against Haden Cross, the result had no bearing on the league table with Bulls Head remaining fifth and Haden Cross sixth.
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Two teams share the number one spot in the Blackheath Sunday Morning League, Wonder and Bostin Darts ‘A’. Prior to this week’s games Wonder were outright leaders, but with them winning 4-3 at Shelter ‘B’ and Bostin Darts ‘A’ winning 6-1 at Double Tops Micro Bar ‘B’, they now are level on both points and average and have a lead of four points Bostin Darts ‘B’, Shelter ‘B’ and Double Tops Micro Bar ‘B’. Bostin Darts ‘B’ had a straight 7-0 home win over Double Tops Micro Bar ‘A’ and have a game in hand on the two teams above them.
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Jason Lowe had two more impressive wins in the Amblecote RBL Premier League when he beat Dave Edwards 6-1 and then went one better with a 7-0 success against Craig Lowin to put him on 368 points from fifty-three games. Second placed Ian Townsend lost no ground as he emulated Lowe’s scores beating Daz Hand 6-1 and Mark Hopkins 7-0 to leave him with one game in hand, on 310 points and fifty-eight short of Lowe. Nick Fullwell is third on 296 points from forty-nine games, he didn’t play this week and now has four games in hand on Lowe and three on Townsend.
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In the singles league of the Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League, there are six teams still undefeated after the opening four games and they are, Junction ‘B’, New Gate Inn, Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’, Ashmore, Dog and Partridge and Red Lion ‘B’.
In the doubles league, six teams have won their opening four games, topping the table with eight points, and they are Junction ‘B’, Angel, Dog and Partridge and Red Lion ‘B’.
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