Darts News – A West Midlands Round Up
This coming weekend Warwickshire will be making the short journey to Gilbert’s Bar, 54 Field Street, West Midlands, Willenhall, WV13 2NY, where they will be taking on local rivals West Midlands in the premier division of the UKDA National League. This will be Warwickshire’s third fixture of the season but only their second game as their opener away to Lancashire was postponed. For West Midlands it will be their third fixture as they were held to an 18-18 draw at home by Glamorgan in the first game and then won the second 23-13 away to Suffolk to put them second in the league table with forty-five points, ten short of leaders Yorkshire. Due to Warwickshire having played just the one fixture, they are eighth with seventeen points.
Lining up and hoping to record Warwickshire’s first in will be, Men’s ‘A’:- Danny Lauby, Dom Taylor, Gareth Braham, Jack Wareing, Jamie Hughes, Lloyd Jackson, Mark Carter, Matty Washbrooke, Nigel Heydon, Ryan Jackson, Steve Hine, Wayne Mynard, Men’s ‘B’:- Ian Shaw, Jason Meek, Jason Prince, Karl Reynolds, Keith Deeley, Lee Miller, Mark Martin, Mark Strong, Taylor McGuckian, Tom Martin, Will Naylor, Zac Prince, Reserves:- Adam Hancock, Paul Hughes, Women’s ‘A’:- Caroline Pike, Courtney Hine, Kirsty Hinchliffe, Lucy Shepherd, Marian Conway, Wendy Adams, Women’s ‘B’:- Clare Greenwood, Donna Pinch, Hannah Meek, Jodie Rigg, Lucy Shepherd, Nina Bolt, Reserves:- Roxy Bennett.
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In division two of the UKDA National League, Black Country will be playing a home game against Clwyd, the hosts currently lying third in the table with forty-eight points and their opponents, just above them in second place with fifty-one points. Should be a quite close game, however a win for the home side would see them at the worst move up into second place and they could possibly go top of the table as leaders Somerset are on the same fifty-one points as Clwyd, and they have a home tie against fourth placed Devon.
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In the premier league of the Sheldon and District Winter League, Langley Arrows had their away fixture with Highwood postponed and as a result lose their top spot in the table and drop to second place behind new leaders Sheldon Marlborough Arrows who had a 7-2 home win over bottom of the division RAFA to give them a perfect ten points from their opening five games. With only four games under their belts, Langley Arrows have won all four and now have a game in hand on the leaders. With the help of a maximum from Kristian Green, Banbury Club chalked up a 6-3 win in their game at Kingshurst Labour Club.
In division one, a 7-2 home win over CBMC-A sees Langley Pints hold on to pole position with eight points from their four games. Second placed Lyndon Old Boys remain second despite having a bye this week, they are on six points from three games.
No change in the top four places in division two, Shirley Misfits holding on to the top Spot although they had a bye this week, they have a single leg of average lead on second placed Arran Way Arrows who won 6-3 at Raven Flights, both of the top two teams have played four games and won them all.
Full Results:Game 5:Premier League:- Kingshurst Labour Club 3 Banbury Club 6 (Kristian Green 180), Raven Arrows 6 Family Tree 3 (Liam Walker 121f), RAFA Arrows 4 Mackadown Sports and Social Club 5 (Ashley Kavanagh 10 darts game), Sheldon Marlborough Arrows 7 RAFA 2, Highwood v Langley Arrows and Dog Inn Nomads v Trident Spears were postponed, Division One:- Langley Flights 8 (Lee Harris 10 darts game) Moseley Rugby Club 1, Hollywood Social Club 6 Sheldon Marlborough Ridge 3, Langley Pints 7 CBMC-A 2, Smithswood Social Club 5 Raven 4, Lyndon Old Boys had a bye, Division Two:- Raven Flights 3 Arran ay Arrows 6, CBMC-Flights 6 Langley Bullets 3, Mackadown Sports and Social Club ‘B’ 3 Yardley District Amateur Darts 6 (Jason Evans 120f), Shirley Misfits v Weir Raven and Hunters Moon v Digby were postponed.
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Game number ten brought about no changes in the top five places in the Kings Norton League with leaders Northfield Darts Club chalking up a 7-0 whitewash at home over Kings Norton Arrows to make it ten straight wins and give them a two points buffer over their nearest rivals Bournbrook who had a 6-1 win at E57 giving them in turn a two points advantage over third in the league Bournville after they won 5-2 at Longbridge.
Only the two maximums in the league this week and they came from K.Foxhall (Kings Norton Ex Serviceman’s Club) and T.Moore (Perfection).
Full ResultsGame 10:- Kings Norton Ex Serviceman’s Club 6 (R.Foxhall 120, D.Windsor 101,125,140, H.Tonks 125, C.Foxhall,100, J.Butcher 140, K.Foxhall 180) Stag and Three Horseshoes 1 (M.McDaid 100,120, L.Tipper 100, J.McDaid 100), Pavillions 3 (M.Beech 100, D.Witcombe 100, C.Davenport 2×100,121, L.Bandy 100,106) Old Court 4 (M.Beech 100, D.Witcombe 100, C.Davenport 2×100,121, L.Bandy 100,106), Longbridge 2 (L.Perkins 100,140, James.Young 3×100, L.Grammell 101, S.Hocknell 102, L,Jorden 3×100,127, M.Malone 119) Bournville 5 (M.Welsh 132, S.Welsh 2×100, M.Collins 100,140, G.Bailes 100, Cmailick 125, P.Garvey 2×100,140), E57 1 (A.Reynolds 100,125, N.Smith 108f,120,125,140, N.Reynolds 100,122,140, G.Williamson 100,132, C.O’Hara 120) Bournbrook 6 (K.Webb 3×100,113,120, T.Cullen 135,140, K.Mason 100f,2×100,138,140,15 darts game, M.Bathurst 100,125, T.Jeffs 100,135), Northfield Darts Club 7 (T.Allen 2×100, L.Fowler 2×100,140, A.Busby 123, W.Ford 3×100, N.Steventon 3×100,120, M.Lloyd 100,135,140,16 darts game, J.Evitts 4×100,120) Kings Norton Arrows 0 (N.Hickey 100, L.Hickey 105, James.Fisher 3×100, C.Strickley 100,125, M.Hanley 100,119), Perfection 3 (P.Taylor 140, T.Moore 2×100,180, M.Cronin 121,133, P.Lilley 100, L.Rooney 2×100,140) Greenlands 4 (J.Downer 100, K.Gayle 128, T.Garfield 121,134,139, R.Waldron 2×100,119, R.Docker 100,121,125,140, A.Deeley 100, B.Andrews 2×100,135), Stirchley v Dingle was postponed, Cock Inn had a bye.
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After only nine games have been played in the Camp Hill League, leaders Wakefield Warriors have a huge six points lead. In the latest round of fixtures Wakefield Warriors won 5-2 at Bull Ring Tavern to make it nine straight wins. Second and third placed GGSB and Wakefield Terriers are both on twelve points, both of them winning 4-3 in turn against Moseley Arms and Cotterills Lane EBAHA Club. Big Bulls Wanderers and Moseley Arms are fourth and fifth respectively and are both on ten points, Big Bulls Wanderers losing 5-2 away to Rosey Mac’s.
Full Results:Game 9:- Rosey Mac’s 5 Big Bulls Wanderers 2, Bull Ring Tavern 2 Wakefield Warriors 5, Wakefield Terriers 4 Cotterills Lane EBAHA Club 3, GGSB 4 Moseley Arms 3,
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On the fixture card for the Four Oaks and District League was the preliminary round of their Prestridge Shield, the biggest win of the round going to Erdington Arrows and Plough and Arrows who in turn had 8-1 wins at Walmley CSC Flights and at home against Beggars Bush. There were five 7-2 winners, Charley’s Flights, Kingstanding Inn Lions, Old Oscott Arrows, Rosey Mac’s Bar and St Thomas Lions, at the expense in turn of Oscott Social Club, Rosey Mac’s, Misfits, Sutton Sharks and Great Barr Social. Bishop Vesey won 6-3 at Sutton Sports and with the same result Old Horns Lions won at Three Tuns. There was 5-4 wins for Boldmere Flyers and Minworth Bulls at Nomads @ Hollyfields and Pint Pot Flights while Heartlands were awarded a 9-0 walkover against Scott Armers and Deer’s Leap had a bye.
Full Results:Prestridge Shield:Preliminary Round:- Charley’s Flights 7 Oscott Social Club 2, Heartlands 9 Scott Armers 0 (match claimed), Kingstanding Inn Lions 7 Rosey Mac’s 2, Misfits 2 Old Oscott Arrows 7, Nomads @ Hollyfields 4 Boldmere Flyers 5, Pint Pot Flights 4 Minworth Bulls 5, Plough and Arrows 8 Beggars Bush 1, Rosey Mac’s Bar 7 Sutton Sharks 2, St Thomas Lions 7 Great Barr Social 2, Sutton Sports 3 Bishop Vesey 6, Three Tuns 3 Old Horns Lions 6, Walmley CSC Flights 1 Erdington Arrows 8, Deer’s Leap had a bye.
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Of the twelve starters in division one of the Sedgley and Gornal Tuesday Night League, only two are able to boast a 100% win record after the opening seven games Chapel House ‘A’ and Old Liberal Club. Chapel House ‘A’s latest 9-0 win at Parkes Hall giving them a perfect fourteen points, as have Old Liberal Club, their 6-3 home win over Wheatsheaf putting them level on points and average with Chapel House ‘A’. Lamp Tavern and Stump are third and fourth and are both on twelve points, Lamp’s most recent fixture seeing them win 7-2 at New Inn and Stump winning 5-4 at Baggeridge Social to leave them four legs of average short of Lamp.
Rising Sun have the top spot in division two, a 5-4 win at Mill giving them a total of ten points from six games and a slight average lead on second placed Swan after they won 7-2 at Chapel House ‘B’. After the top two teams there are three teams all on eight points, Fountain Inn, White Lion and Gospel Oak.
Full Results:Game 7:Division One:- Baggeridge Social 4 Stump 5, Bulls Head 5 Cabin ‘A’ 4, Hilly House ‘A’ 3 Royal 6, New Inn 2 Lamp Tavern 7, Parkes Hall 0 Chapel House ‘A’ 9, Old Liberal Club 6 Wheatsheaf 3, Division Two:- Cabin ‘B’ 3 White Lion 6, Chapel House ‘B’ 2 Swan 7, Gospel Oak 5 Fountain Inn 4, Jolly Crispin 4 Hilly House ‘B’ 5, Mill 4 Rising Sun 5.
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Only average separates the top two teams in the Silver End Sunday Morning League after the openng seventeen games. Dudley Ex Servicean’s Club ‘B’ top the table, their latest 7-2 home win over Red Cow giving them a twenty legs of average lead on second placed High Acres ‘A’ after they had a bye this week, both teams have played seventeen games. Third placed Old Star ‘A’ won the local derby with their ‘B’ side 6-2 to leave them six points short of the two teams above them and six to the good on fourth placed Dudley Sports after they won 6-2 at high Acres ‘B’.
Full Results:Game 17:- Tenth Lock 5 Vine 3, High Acres ‘B’ 2 Dudley Sports 6, Pensnett Liberal Club 3 Glasscutters Arms 5, Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘B’ 7 Red Cow 1, Old Star ‘B’ 2 Old Star ‘A’ 6, Roebuck 3 Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ‘A’ 5, Portway 2 Brier Rose ‘A’ 6, Kingswinford British Legion 2 Brier Rose ‘B’ 6, High Acres ‘A’ and Spring Meadow had a bye.
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A few weeks ago the Stourbridge and District Wednesday Night League played off the first of the semi-finals of their League Cup and Shadow Cup and this week they played the second games which saw Swan win 5-2 in the League Cup over Chop House to set up a final against Raven. In the Shadow Cup, Netherton Conservative Club had already booked their place in the final and their opponents will be Wheatsheaf after they won 5-2 against Fox Inn (Lye).
Full Results:League Cup:Semi-Final:- Swan 5 Chop House 2, Shadow Cup:Semi-Final:- Fox Inn (Lye) 2 Wheatsheaf 5.
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8 Ball and Arrows made it ten wins from eleven games in the Black Country Men’s Super League when they won their home fixture in style, handing out a 5-0 whitewash to their visitors Samba Darts Academy ‘B’. Te win takes the leaders points tally to forty-seven and gives them a lead of six points over their nearest rivals, second placed Hot Shots who had a narrow 3-2 home win over Samba Darts Academy ‘A’ and although six points off the top they do have a game in hand. Third in the league Allen’s Bar were another team to win 5-0, beating Old Crown at home to keep within three points of Hot Shots and having played the same ten games.
Samba Darts Academy ‘B’ are the only team in the league not to have recorded a win so far.
Full Results:Game 10:- Northfield Darts Club 1 Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club 0, Allen’s Bar 5 Old Crown 0, Hot Shots 3 Samba Darts Academy ‘A’ 2, New Inn 4 Double Tops Micro Bar 1, 8 Ball and Arrows 5 Samba Darts Academy ‘B’ 0, Quarry Bank Liberal Club 3 Black Country Arrows Allen’s 2, Black Country Arrows Samba 3 Soccer Zone 2, Townsend ‘A’ 4 Townsend Social 1.
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Two 3-0 wins for Gemma Barrett over Kerry Dutton and Kelly Aston-Fletcher sees her hold on to pole position in the West Midlands Ladies Super League with forty-two points from thirteen games. Second placed Evonne Taylor has only played nine games, the latest of which saw her win 3-0 against Tara Fullwood, leaving her six points behind Barrett with four games in hand. Third placed Kat McLean beat Kerry Dutton 3-0 to put her on the same thirty-six points as Evonne Taylor but from eleven games. Fourth in the league Hannah Davies won 3-0 against Chloe Woodman to leave her one point behind Taylor and McLean from her elven games.
Full Results:Week 9:- Gemma Barrett 3 Kerry Dutton 0, Jadde Wellings 3 Eloise Milburn 2, Julie Emery 3 Sarah Maybury 1, Jackie Trott 3 Claire Hobbs 0, Jacqueline Maiden 3 Lauren Herrington 0, Jacqui Simmons 3 Eloise Milburn 1, Kat McLean 3 Kerry Dutton 0, Gemma Barrett 3 Kelly Aston-Fletcher 0, Evonne Taylor 3 Tara Fullwood 0, Hannah Davies 3 Chloe Woodman 0.
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There were wins for the top two teams in the West Midlands Men’s Super League, leaders Staffordshire Knot winning their home game against Junction ‘B’ 4-0 while second in the league Kings Head win 5-0 at home against Hot Shots, leaving them six points short of Staffordshire Knot. Third placed Dog and Partridge lost further ground, and are now, although having a game in hand, thirty-two points adrift of the leaders after losing 3-2 away to fourth placed Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club.
Full Results:Week 38:- Chase Social 4 Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ 1, Staffordshire Knot 4 Junction ‘B’ 0, Kings Head 5 Hot Shots 0, Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club 3 Dog and Partridge 2, Carrington Club 3 Gate Inn 2, Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’ 3 Landywood 2, Junction ‘A’ 3 Samba Social 2.
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Although there were a dozen outstanding fixtures played in the Amblecote RBL Premier League, there are still a few games remaining, however none of them will affect the top placings, as Jason Lowe has won the title for a second consecutive season with 360 points and Nick Fullwell has finished as runner-up with 320 points. Ian Townsend took thrd place, he amassed 313 points, as did fourth placed Paul Wells.
Full Results:Nick Fullwell 7 Daz Hand 0, Steve Gillam 6 Joe Woodhouse 1, Mark Hopkins 4 Joe Woodhouse 3, Nick Fullwell 7 Stephen Cartwright 0, Andy Vellender 4 Grant Jackson 3, Robbie Hipkiss 4 Grant Jackson 3, Andy Vellender 7 Joe Woodhouse 0, Craig Lowin 7 Stephen Cartwright 0, Craig Lowin 5 Robbie Hipkiss 2, Steve Gillam 4 Mark Hopkins 3, Nick Fullwell 6 Joe Woodhouse 1, Daz Hand 4 Joe Woodhouse 3.
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Scott Baker moved another step nearer the division one title in the Gilbert’s Bar Monday Night Singles League although he was held to a 4-4 draw by fourth placed Olly Garratt, as he is now on 219 points with eight more games to play and second placed Simon Pritchard, who has 216 points only has three remaining fixtures.
In division two, leader Wayne Barrett took his points tally to 264 with a 6-2 win over Tanya Dolman, he now has four games to play. Neville Quinton is second, despite only being one point behind Barrett, he has played thirty-eight games and completed his fixtures. Third in the division Matt Ford beat Lawley Daniel 6-2 to take him up to 231 points and with five more games to play could easily end up in the top two.
Full Results:Game 37:- M.Daniel 1 D.Rich 7. A.Lubkowski 3 A.Davies5, Kev Bate 6 C Jones 2, S Baker 4 O Garratt 4, B.Dolman 7 R.Brown 1, M.Pugh 3 Kev Bate 5, C.Manoila 7 M.Daniel 1, O.Garratt 5 J.Bartolo 3, C.Zambra 5 K.Szabo 3, E.Gripton 2 J.Jones 6, L.Daniel 0 C.Baker 8, W.Barratt 6 T.Dolman 2, Miller Ford 3 D.Showell 5, M.Franks 6 L.Davis 2, A.Warrende 8 C.Davies 0, K.Holyhead 6 C.Hobbs 2, S.Davis 6 Keogh Bate 2, C.Baker 6 M.Franks 2, C.Davies 4 M.Pritchard 4, L.Daniel 2 Matt Ford 6.
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Junction ‘B’ march on in the singles league of the Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League, in their latest fixture they handed their visitors Wheatsheaf a 7-0 whitewash to take their number of points to a perfect sixteen from their eight games. Second placed Dog and Partridge have a similar undefeated record, their most recent fixture seeing them win 5-2 at home over Garden Bar, leaving them nine legs of average short of Junction ‘B’. Third in the league Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’ won their home game against Red Lion 6-1 to give them fourteen points, two behind the top two teams and two ahead of both Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ and New Gate Inn, the two teams played each other with the 4-3 result going to Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’.
In the doubles league, once again it’s Junction ‘B’ that top the table with a perfect sixteen points, and yet again the second place goes to Dog and Partridge, who like the leaders have won all eight games. In the latest round of fixtures Junction ‘B’ won 3-0 against Wheatsheaf and Dog and Partridge won by the same scoreline at home against Garden Bar. With twelve points, four off the top, come Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’, Red Lion ‘B’ and Golden Lion, Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ winning 2-1 at New Gate Inn, Red Lion ‘B’ having a 3-0 home win over Plough and Harrow and Golden Lion winning 2-1 at Triangle.
Full Results:Game 8:Singles League:- Ashmore 4 Junction ‘C’ 3, Bradmore Arms 5 Junction ‘D’ 2, County ‘A’ 4 County ‘B’ 3, Dog and Partridge 5 Garden Bar 2, Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’ 6 Red Lion 1, Junction ‘A’ 6 Castle 1, Junction ‘B’ 7 Wheatsheaf 0, Navigation Inn 1 Angel 6, New Gate Inn 3 Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ 4, Red Lion ‘B’ 5 Plough and Harrow 2, Triangle 4 Golden Lion 3, Doubles League:- Ashmore 3 Junction ‘C’ 0, Bradmore Arms 3 Junction ‘D’ 0, County ‘A’ 1 County ‘B’ 2, Dog and Partridge 3 Garden Bar 0, Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’ 1 Red Lion 2, Junction ‘A’ 1 Castle 2, Junction ‘B’ 3 Wheatsheaf 0, Navigation Inn 2 Angel 1, New Gate Inn 1 Gilbert’s Bar ‘B’ 2, Red Lion ‘B’ 3 Plough and Harrow 0, Triangle 1 Golden Lion 2.
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