With just one more fixture to play in the Kings Norton League, Northfield have already won the league title as their fifty points is eight more than their nearest rivals Copper Fox but the big question is will Northfield complete the season with an undefeated record as currently they have won all twenty-five of their fixtures and require just one more to make it a clean sweep. The match between Northfield and second placed Copper Fox was postponed, Copper Fox having forty-two points which is enough to ensure they finish as runners-up in the league as they have a six points advantage over third in the table Bournebrook plus a game in hand.
At the other end of the table could it be that Kings Norton Ex Serviceman’s Club will finish their season without a single win. With just two more games remaining they are still without a single point having lost all of their twenty-four games.
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The Sheldon and District Summer League are up to week five and in group one Raven Arrows had a maximum from Jack Alexander and the 6-3 result at Highwood was enough to keep them top of the table with nine points, three more than second and third placed Trident Spears and Langley Arrows. Trident Spears moved up two places in the table following their 6-2 win at Mackadown Sports and Social Club while Langley Arrows game with Brian’s Flights was postponed and they drop from second to third but with a game in hand on both of the two teams above them.
In group two, 180’s from Adam Cooksey and Kristian Green saw Banbury Club continue to lead the field, their 5-3 win at Smithswood Social Club keeping them top on average as second placed RAFA won by the same 5-3 margin at Kingshurst Labour Club to put them level on nine points with Banbury but trailing by three legs of average. The loss for Kingshurst Labour Club leaves them third in the group with six points, three fewer than the two teams above them.
Group three leaders Old Salts Darts were held to a 4-4 draw at home by Sheldon Marlborough Ridge but their eight points keep them top of the group with a three points lead on three chasing teams Raven, Langley Flights and Moseley Rugby Club. Raven were comfortable home winners beating third placed Langley Flights 7-1 leaving Langley with a game in hand on the top two teams. Moseley Rugby Club finished all-square at 4-4 in their home game with bottom of the group Shirley Misfits.
A 4-4 home draw with Maggies was not enough for Station Inn to hold on to pole position in group four, dropping to second place on the same seven points as new Leaders Lyndon Old Boys but trailing by three legs of average after Lyndon won 7-1 away to bottom placed Trident Flights.
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The results for week twenty-four in the Harborne and District league had no bearing on the league table whatsoever with Northfield Conservative Club not only holding on to their number one spot but making it twenty-four straight wins when they won 8-1 playing away against fourth in the league Copper fox ‘M’, A.Sutton hitting a maximum for the Conservative Club and J.Loughran doing the same for Copper Fox. With no results for second and third placed Northfield Darts Club and Copper Fox ‘R’, the former with two games in hand on the leaders have two games in hand and the latter who also have two games in hand are ten points off the top.
Other players to find the three treble twenties this week were D.O’Neill (Cock Inn), D.Windsor and D.McConomy (Lion Bar).
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Week six in the Shirley and District Monday Night League and an 8-1 win at home over Highwood sees Langley ‘A’ top the division one table with ten points and gives them a two points lead on second placed Tippetts Bar who won 6-3 at bottom of the table Cider House. After having a bye this week, third placed Bears have a game in hand on the two teams above them, their eight points two fewer than Langley ‘A’ and the same number as fourth placed Royals whose 6-3 home win over Langley ‘B’ was their seventh game of the season so far.
Division two leaders Banbury are the only team in the league with a 100% win record, they made it five straight wins this week when they won 7-2 away to third place Wharf who are two points behind their opponents but have played one game more than them. Second placed Shirley Misfits have played one game more than Banbury after their latest fixture which saw them win 5-4 at home against Shannons.
There were six maximums scores in the league this week and they came from, Phil Kemp, Mick Bown (Royals), Steve Nixon (Langley ‘A’), Sam Hill (HSCC), Luke Jackson (Saracens Slingers) and Kris Green (Banbury).
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A 4-3 win at Stirchley United kept Northfield Darts Club’s undefeated record intact in division one of the South West Birmingham Clubs League, this being Stirchley’s first defeat of the camapign. With a total of ten points from their five games the leaders have a four points advantage over a chasing pack of three teams, Northfield Conservative Club ‘B’, Stirchley United and Quarry Lane Club. Northfield Conservative Club ‘B’ having a 5-2 win at Quarry Lane Club.
Northfield Darts Club also top the division one pre-match doubles table with sixty-seven points, twenty more than second placed Kings Norton Ex Serviceman’s Club.
After a 6-1 home win over Perfection, Longbridge United remain top of the division two table with eight points and have a lead of two over second in the division West Heath CEM who have a game in hand on the leaders after having a bye this week.
As in the division one tables the same team tops both the divisional and pre-match doubles tables, Longbridge United’s fifty-eight points some sixteen more than second placed Perfection.
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Old Star, after winning 6-2 at home against Union, continue to hold on to their three points lead at the top of the Silver End Sunday Morning League, second placed Dudley Sports ‘A’ keeping in touch with the leaders with a 5-3 away win over fifth in the league Everest Cottage. Third in the table Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club have played thirteen games, one more than the two teams above them after they won their home fixture with Tten Arches 7-1. Tenth Lock’s 5-3 home win over Pensnett Liberal Club ‘A’ leaves them two points behind the Ex Serviceman’s Club in fourth place, but with a game in hand.
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Although Stourbridge FC ‘A’ won 4-3 at home against sixth placed Hollybush in the Stourbridge and District Wednesday Night League it was not enough to keep them top of the table as outright leaders as a 6-1 home win by Chop House over Raven put them level not only on an undefeated six points with Stourbridge FC ‘A’ but also level on average to share the top spot. The defeat sees Raven drop one place to third with ten points, two fewer than the top two teams. After the leading trio come six teams, Beech Tree Miners, Bird In Hand ‘E’, Hollybush, New Inns, Old Liberal Club ‘A’ and Ashwood all on eight points, Beech Tree Miners suffered their second defeat as they went down 4-3 at Wheatsheaf who are nine places and four points behind them in the league table, Bird in Hand ‘E’ also losing 4-3 playing away against New Inns. Old Liberal Club ‘A’ had a 4-3 home win over Swan while Ashwood won their home tie with Brickmakers Arms 5-2.
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Leaders of the Netherton Thursday Night Singles League, Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club, had a tough away game against third in the league British Oak in the latest round of league fixtures but returned on the right side of the 6-3 result to take their number of points to seventy-eight from twenty-six games with one hand firmly on the winners silverware, their hosts having played the same twenty-six games with sixty-six points. Old Liberal Club are second, they were awarded a 9-0 walkover against Cottage Spring who had exited the league, the Liberal Club having six points fewer than Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club and from playing one game more.
The league recorded no fewer than eight maximums this week with Rose and Crown’s R.Cox netting two of them. The other 180’s came from M.Jeffrey, A.O’Driscoll (Netherton Sports and Social Club), J.Poole (British Oak), P.Tonks (Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club ’A’) and A.Galeb, W.Cairns (Townsend Sports and Social Club).
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After beating Hawthorns Tavern ‘B’ 7-2, Wonder have taken their undefeated run in the Rowley Monday Night League to twenty-one games but they only have a lead of two points over reigning champions Bell who had a closer 5-4 win away to seventh in the league Plough and Harrow. After the top two there is a gap of ten points to third and fourth placed Tividale FC and Gate Hangs Well, who in turn accounted for Spring Meadow (6-3) and Hawthorns Tavern ‘A’ (6-3).
Three maximums this week coming from D.Homer (Gate Hangs Well), C.Hardy (Huntingtree) and T.Brennan (Bell), I.Stokes had a 160 break.
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The Stourbridge and District Monday Night League played their Doubles Knockout down to the last sixtenen pairs and making their way through to the next round were, S.Cartwright / J.Thompson, L.Beatrup / Sam Page (Ashwood), L,LDavies / C.Slater (Gate Hangs Well), B.Stevens / N.Gordon (Seven Stars), S.Johnson / T.Safe, A.Marson / G.Marson K.Safe / L/Marson (Gornal British Legion), E.Kiteley / R.Cooper Ten Arches ‘B’), S.Tipper / J.Batham, S.Hall / C.Pickett (Old Liberal Club), M.Williams / C.R.Simpson (Raven ‘A’), A.Gennard / M.Davies (Raven ‘B’), A.Nicholls / R.Riaz (Glasscutters ‘A’), M.Burton / S.Gough (Five Ways), L.Cartwrigh / R.Lawley (Netherton Conservative Club), P.Gill / P.Probert (Glassworks).
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A 7-0 win away against King Arthur saw Allen’s Bar consolidate their pole position in the Hilltop Friendly Tuesday Night League but although they have only lost one of their eighteen games they only have a slender two legs of average lead on second in the table Vine ‘A’ who went level on thirty-four points with Allen’s Bar when they won by the same 7-0 scoreline at Tipton Sports. Making it a trio of 7-0 wins for the top three teams was third placed Cottage Spring who accounted for their visitors, bottom of the table Royal Yeomanry who are still seeking their first points of the season.
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A close 3-2 home win over seventh placed Old Crown has taken leaders of the Black Country Men’s Super League, Allen’s Bar ‘A’ total points from eleven games to forty-three with a lead of six over second in the league Quarry Bank Liberal Club who won by the same 3-2 margin at home against High Acres. Third placed Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club made it ten wins from ten games and remain the only team in the league with a 100% win record, they held on to their number three spot with, again a 3-2 win, their visiting opponents Townsend Social who are fifth in the league with thirty points. Soccer Zone ‘A’ are fourth, they took their number of points to thirty-three with a 5-2 local derby win over their Soccer Zone ‘B’ side.
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A 3-2 home win over Landywood sees Staffordshire Knot remain top of the West Midlands Men’s Super League with second placed Kings Head beating fourth in the league Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club 4-1 at home while third placed Dog and Partridge were 5-0 winners in their home fixture with William Archer.
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Jason Lowe now has a seven point’s lead plus two games in hand at the top of the Amblecote RBL Premier League after winning 6-1 against Tom Gantley and 6-1 against Jon Underhill. Second placed Nick Fullwell beat Michael Harding 7-0 before being held to a close 4-3 victory by Jake Shipley to put him on 290 points, sixteen points more than third in the league Ian Townsend after he beat Trevor Cunningham 5-2 and Mark Nassralla 7-0. Fourth placed Paul Wells has only played forty-three games and has three in hand on both Fullwell and Townsend and one in hand on Lowe. Wells latest games saw him win 7-0 against Matt Halliday and 6-1 against Mark Nassralla to leave him on 272 points, just one short of Townsend.
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The Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League played off the second leg of the preliminary round of their Knockout Cup and winning through to the next round with aggregate wins were Junction ‘B’ who beat Dog and Partridge ‘A’ 10-4, Dog and Partridge ‘B’ with a 9-5 result over Pheasant, Woodfield who accounted for Red Lion with a final score of 11-3 Golden Lion for their 8-6 win against Milestone.
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Finally congratulations to Coventry Parkstone, who last weekend at Bolton became the UKDA National Super League Champion of Champions.
Well done to the entire squad and team manager Neil Pritchard, a fantastic achievement.
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