Northfield made it twenty-five consecutive wins in the Kings Norton League when they won their home fixture with Perfection 5-2, the win taking Northfield’s points tally to fifty with one more game to play, the title already assured as they have an eight points lead on second placed Copper Fox who although they have a game in hand will not be able to catch the champions as they only have two more games to play, however their 4-3 home win over Longbridge has guaranteed them the runners-up spot as they, in turn have an eight points lead on third and fourth placed Bournebrook and Greenlands, there was no result for Bournebrook but Greenlands won 4-3 at home against Bourneville. Without a win in twenty-three games and only three more games to play Kings Norton Ex Serviceman’s Club look all set to take the wooden spoon.
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The top two teams in group one of the Sheldon and District Summer League squared up to each other in week four, leaders Langley Arrows travelling to second placed Raven Arrows. The result was an emphatic 7-1 win for Raven Arrows to not only keep intact their unbeaten run but also see them replaced their opponents at the top of the table with seven points with a single point lead on Langley Arrows who drop to second place, Neil Parsonage and Jake Liggins both hitting a maximum for the winners. A 4-4 draw at Trident Spears was enough for Highwood to hold on to third place with five points, their hosts fourth with four points, Highwood’s Dave Cherry, Chris Darby and Steve Harding all finding the three treble twenties..
A 6-2 home win over EBAHA plus a 180 from Adam Cooksey helped Banbury Club hold on to the top spot in group two, but a 5-3 home win for RAFA against Smithswood Social Club puts them on the same seven points as Banbury and they only trail by three legs of average. Third in the group Kingshurst Labour Club have just one point fewer than the two teams above them after they added a 6-2 win at Hunters Moon to their account.
It was top versus second place in group three, leaders Old Salts Darts travelling to Langley Flights. Both teams recorded a maximum, Darren Tudor for the home side and Danny Chiswell for the away team while the match result ended all-square at 4-4 with Old Salts Darts remaining top with seven points and Langley Flights second on five points. Third in the group Moseley Rugby Club had a 5-3 win at Sheldon Marlborough Ridge to put them on four points.
It’s close at the top of group four with just one point separating the top four teams. Station Inn are in pole position with six points following their 4-4 draw at third in the group Langley Pints whose Luke Jackson scored a maximum. Second, third and fourth placed Lyndon Old Boys, Langley Pints and Sheldon Marlborough Flights are all on five points, Lyndon Old Boys sharing the 4-4 home draw with Sheldon Marlborough Flights.
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The South West Birmingham Clubs League staged the preliminary round of their Bob Price Cup. Second in division one Stirchley United, had a 5-2 home win over fellow division one side Northfield Conservative Club ‘B’, while Quarry Lane Club, who are third in the top division, despite a 152 break and 180 from L.Fox, lost 4-3 at home to Kings Norton Ex Serviceman’s Club who are next to bottom of division one. Bartley Green FC are currently next to bottom of division two but their lowly league placing was brushed aside as they won their home tie with next to bottom of division one Northfield Conservative Club ‘A’ 4-3. The other two games played consisted of all-division two teams with Bournbrook beating E57 5-2 and West Heath CEM winning 4-3 against Perfection. Northfield Darts Club, Longbridge United and Moseley All Services Club all had a bye.
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Martin Cooper with a 3-0 win over Charley Demery and 2-1 success against Matthew Cain consolidated his number one position in the Heartlands Sugardarts M&E Co Double Top League taking his points to fifty-nine from twenty-four games. Second placed Steve Cain didn’t play this week, his fifty-three points from twenty-three games sees him hold on to second place but is now closely followed by Matthew Cain who despite his defeat to Cooper beat Ryan Barritt and Gemma Whatley 3-0 to put him on the same fifty-three points as Steve Cain with a game in hand. Fourth in the league Dylan Bloomer is only one point behind Steve Cain and Matthew Cain but he has played twenty-five games after going down 2-1 to Ryan Cain and winning 2-1 against Alex Downes.
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Week five in the Camp Hill League and from the starting line-up of nine teams only Wakefield Warriors are able to boast a 100% win record. Neither of the top two teams in the league played this week, however Wakefield Warriors hold on to pole position with eight points and Diggity’s Bar remain second with six points. Sheldon Marlborough Devils lose their number three position and drop to fifth with four points the same number as third and sixth placed Clumsy Swan and Shannons Rebels after they lost their home game with Cotterills Lane EBAHA Club 4-3. Clumsy Swan had a 6-1 win at Wakefield Terriers to move them up two places in the table to third on the same six points as Diggity’s Bar. Fourth, fifth and sixth placed Cotterills Lane EBAHA Club, Sheldon Marlborough Devils and Shannons Rebels are all on four points, Shannons Rebels having a bye this week.
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The Netherton Thursday Night 501 League played the first leg of the semi-finals of their Andy Bastable Cup and Shadow Cup this week, in the former Old Liberal Club will take a massive 8-1 result into the second leg with Riddins Tavern both teams having a 180 supplied by K.Barnfield for Riddins and N.Fullwell for Old Liberal. League champions Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club had a narrow 5-4 home win over Townsend Social Club, both teams having everything to play for in the second leg.
In the first leg of the last four of the Shadow Cup, British Oak with a maximum from D.Hand, won 6-3 against Spring Meadow Social, Plough and Harrow going one better with their 7-2 win over Netherton Sports and Social Club.
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Old Star made it ten wins in eleven games in the Silver End Sunday Morning League when they won 6-2 at Old Liberal Club, giving them a three points advantage over their nearest rivals Dudley Sports ‘A’ who in their home tie with third placed Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club were held to a 4-4 draw, the Ex Serviceman’s Club now on twenty-six points from twelve games which is one point fewer than their hosts and from one game more than them. Everest College’s 7-1 win at Pensnett Liberal Club ‘A’ has put them level on points and average with the Ex Serviceman’s Club to see them go joint third.
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It was the preliminary round of the League and Shadow Cups on the fixture card for the Stourbridge and District Wednesday Night League, just the one game in each of the cups. In the league Cup Wheatsheaf lost their home game with Fox Inn (Lye) 4-3 while in the Shadow Cup there was as imilar 4-3 win for Plough over Brickmakers Arms.
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For the Rowley Monday Night League it was the quarter-finals of the Bill Bishop and Challenge Cups week the biggest shock of the Bill Bishop Cup was that of the Wonder, who top the league table and have won all twenty of their games so far, losing 6-3 at home to Gate Hangs Well who are fourth in the league table and are twelve points behind their opponents. No such problem for Bell who are second in the league, they, with a maximum from B.Gillies, won 6-3 at home against Whiteheath Tavern. The remaining two games both finished with close 5-4 results as in turn Hawthorns ‘A’ and Rowley Labour Club accounted for Tividale FC and Snooks.
There were just three games in the Challenge Cup quarter-finals with maximums for four of the six teams. The Hawthorns ‘B’ versus Rowley Bar and Grill and the Tividale Sports versus Huntingtree both finished with a 5-4 result with the win going to Hawthorns ‘B’ and Huntingtree. The 180’s came from N.Marshall (Hawthorns ‘B’), S.Betts (Rowley Bar and Grill, C.Bince (Tividale Sports) and C.Hardy (Huntingtree). In the other game played Vine won 6-3 at Loyal Lodge while Romsley Cricket Club had a bye.
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There was a top of the table clash in the Stourbridge and District Monday Night League this week with leaders Gornal British Legion playing away against second in the league Old Liberal Club. The result was a somewhat surprisingly large 6-1 win for the hosts, which has seen them replace the British Legion in pole position with a total of thirty-eight points, two more than the Legion who slip to second place. A further two points adrift in third place is Ten Arches ‘A’ who held on to their place with a 6-1 win over local rivals Ten Arches ‘B’.
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The Hilltop Friendly Tuesday Night League played their Singles Knockout down to the last sixteen players and making their way into the next round were, M.Ashton, L.Morton, L.Fletcher, C.Dabbs, J.Powell, J.Hall, L.Messer, L.Dabbs, J.Butler, S.Earp, R.Butler, C.Butler, S.Tilly, C.Hadlington, .R.Ockold, R.Green.
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The latest fixtures in the Amblecote RBL Premier League saw no change in the league’s top nine places, Jason Lowe holding on to the number one spot despite not playing this week, Second placed Nick Fullwell reduced the arrears to six points on Lowe with wins over Lee Craig (7-0), and Pete Illic (5-2), however Fullwell has now played two game more than Lowe as has third placed Ian Townsend whose 4-3 defeats to Cayden Smith and Grant Jackson, leave him twenty-three points off the top of the table.
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A straight 5-0 win over Ten Arches ‘A’ keeps Allen’s Bar ‘A’ top of the Black Country Men’s Super League and extends their lead to six points on second placed Quarry Bank Liberal Club who won their home game against Northfield Darts Club 4-1. Third in the league Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club remain the only unbeaten team in the league, their latest 3-2 win over High Acres leaving them three points behind Quarry Bank Liberal Club with a game in hand.
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The remaining outstanding fixtures in the West Midlands Ladies Super League have now all been played off but they had no bearing on the placing’s at the top of the table as Evonne Taylor romped home as champion with an undefeated thirty-four games giving her a total of 136 points, twenty-one more than runner-up Jacqueline Maiden who won the title last season, Kat McLean was third with 112 points.
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Kings Head suffered a 3-2 defeat playing away against Dog and Partridge and as a result have lost pole position in the West Midlands Men’s Super League and drop to second place with 64 points, three fewer than new leaders Staffordshire Know who had a 5-0 home win over Hotshots. All of the top three teams have played seventeen games, third placed Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club keeping within five points of Kings Head with a 4-1 home win over Gilbert’s Bar ‘A’.
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Scott Baker kept his undefeated run intact in division one of the Gilbert’s Bar Monday Night Singles League when he beat third placed Chris Manoila 7-1, the win seeing Baker left with two games in hand on second placed Simon Mountford with a twenty-five points lead, Mountford didn’t play this week.
Division two leader Michael Smith, like Baker hasn’t lost so far making it twenty unbeaten games with an 8-0 success over Warren Bower, second in the division Joe Bartolo has played one game more than Smith and after his 8-0 win over Martin Smith is twenty-seven points short of Michael Smith.
In division three Olly Garratt makes it three divisional leaders not to have lost so far, his latest 5-3 win over Dave Akers giving him a thirty-three points lead over second placed Troy Simmonds who after winning 5-3 against John Bate has a game in hand on Garratt.
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The Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League played the first leg of the preliminary round of their Knockout Cup with Woodfield’s 6-1 win over Red Lion the biggest win of the round. Close behind with 5-3 wins were Junction ‘B’ and Golden Lion ‘A’ who in turn defeated respective opponents Dog and Partridge ‘A’ and Milestone. Dog and Partridge ‘B’ had a narrow 4-3 win at Pheasant.
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