The Sheldon and District Summer League had a break from league fixtures this week and played off round one of their Mrs F.Richman Trophy, biggest wins of the round were provided by Sheldon Dukes, Mackadown Social and George V who all won 6-1 against respective opponents Small Heath Amateur Gardeners, Holy Souls and Sheldon Marlborough Arrows.
Sheldon Marlborough Flights, Castle Vale Stadium and Langley Hall Sports and Social Arrows were 5-2 winners in turn at the expense of Sheldon Heath Social, Marston Green Tavern and Langley Hall Sports and Social Arrows.
The Pirates and Crown Arrows progressed to the next round with 4-3 wins against Highwood KB’s and Greville Arms.
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Hillyfields suffered their first defeat in four games in the Kings Norton League when they lost their home tie with Toby Jug ‘A’ 5-2 and as a result drop three places in the table to sixth trailing their victors who are fifth on average.
Court Oak, The Bull, Stirchley United and Kings Norton RBL all kept their unbeaten record intact, Court Oak still leading the field on average after their 5-2 win at West Heath, while second in the table The Bull were also 5-2 winners at Kings Heath. Third placed Stirchley United had a close 4-3 win at home to Rubery RBL and Kings Norton RBL who have only played three games so far were the week’s biggest winners, a 6-1 success at Toby Jug Flights.
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The Punchbowl have gone from second to top of group one in the South Birmingham League after a 6-2 home win over former leaders St John’s who have dropped to third with 10 points, three fewer than Punchbowl. Mackadown Social move up one place to second with 11 points following their massive 8-0 win at The Trident.
In group two St John’s Flights go level on games with leaders Erdington Members Club but trail by two points after a convincing 7-1 win over Smithswood Social.
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It was cup week in the Forest of Arden Summer League, the quarter finals of their Knockout Cup which basically went to plan with Sheldon Marlborough Flights Greville Arrows, Iron Horse and Journeys End all winning through to the semi finals at the expense in turn of Shard End Crown Flights, Chelmsley Town, Greville Arms and Sheldon Marlborough Arrows.
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Two more wins, 5-2 against Tam Singh and 4-3 over Euan McGovern has seen Kevin Harris open up a 14 points lead at the top of the Winmau Thursday Night Champions League at the Winmau Centre in the Wolverhampton Sports Arena. Second placed Kenny West lost ground as he finished on the wrong side of a 5-2 scoreline against Rob Harris but recovered to win 4-3 against Shane Craig to give him a total of 135 points and leave him with a game in hand on Harris.
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The Stourbridge and District Monday Night League staged their doubles knockout and winning the event were Ten Arches duo M.Rollinson and S.Mills who beat V.Mitchell and A.Moreton (Bird ‘A’, Stourbridge) in the final.
Losing semi finalists were J.Batham and M.Pritchard (Cat Inn, Wordsley) and R.Tipper and N.Cooper (Brickmakers Arms).
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Two 2-1 wins over Jim Wickett and Terry Denneny has seen John Green take over the number one spot in the Safe Harbour Double Top League with 18 points from 13 games. Tony Carroll and James Clarke are both just two points off the top both of them having four games in hand on Green plus fourth in the table Dave Pickering on 14 points has also only played nine games.
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Sheldon Marlborough Cricket Club staged their Ladies Darts Night Knockout and the final produced a closely fought contest between Gill Lynch (Crown-Forget-Me-Not) and Debbie Derbyshire (Sheldon Marlborough Arrows) with the former getting the 2-0 verdict to clinch the title and trophy as the winner.
Both of the semi finals were 2-0 Gill beating Deborah Flynn and Debbie wining against Tracey Howard. Losing quarter finalists were Norma Rughani, Sue Cox, Marie Jenkins and Karen Bevington.
The evening raised a terrific amount of £130 which will go to the Edwards Trust.
Gill Lynch (Winner) and Matt Murrin
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Week three in the Kingstanding Double Top League and Will Naylor continues to lead the field. In the latest round of fixtures he beat Barry Stephens 4-1 then followed that with a 4-0 win over Dale Savage but then despite hitting two maximums and recording an eleven darts leg was held to a 3-3 draw by third placed Chris Packer who is six points adrift of Naylor but has four games in hand on him. Second in the table Mike McFall also has games in hand on Naylor he has played 23 as opposed to Naylor’s 25 and is three points behind him.
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The ninth player through to the Riley’s Snooker Bar Solihull Club play-off for the Darts Club Championship which carries a total prize money of £22,000 is Jamie Robinson who beat Will Naylor 4-2 in the final.
Jamie joins Mike Green, Tony Randell, Luis Barberan, Rob Singleton, Wayne Mynard, Dean Sanders, Graham Hall and Tom White and with only three more places to fill time is running out for would be contenders so get along to the Solihull club and get in the next play-off as you have to be in it to win it.
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The Brierley Hill Friday Night League played off the second leg of the semi finals of their League Cup and Netherton Cricket Club came back from 5-4 down in the first leg against Pensnett Liberal Club to win the second leg 7-2 and go through to the final as 11-7 winners. Meeting the cricket club in the final will be Dudley Sports ‘B’ who won both legs against league leaders Miners (Wollescote) 5-4.
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With second in the table Bridge ‘B’ having a bye this week in the Brierley Hill Monday Night League leaders Dudley Sports ‘C’ extended their advantage to six points with an impressive 8-1 win against next to bottom of the table Old Star.
Blue Brick were the only losers in the top seven teams they lost 5-4 at home to Roebuck who are six places and ten points behind them.
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The Netherton Thursday Night League have got their new season underway and the early leaders are Rose and Crown who had an 8-1 home win over The Crown. Three teams White Swan, Fairfield and Bulls Head in turn had 6-3 wins over White Horse, The Widders and Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club.
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East Birmingham Allotment Holders Association doubled their lead at the top of the Small Heath League table to four points when they beat second placed Mitre 7-2, Gulp Tribe won by the same 7-2 at Cob’s Bar putting them level on eight points with Mitre.
Clock Inn won for only the second time in six games when they beat bottom of the table Emerald Flights 6-3.
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With no result in for the Black Horse versus Spring Meadow game in the Halesowen Monday Night Ladies League second placed Park Lane Tavern reduced the arrears on top of the table Spring Meadow to just two points with a game in hand after beating their hosts Haden Cross 4-3.
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Two factors have lead to Brickmakers Arms with a 6-3 win against Chop House going from third to top of the Cradley Tuesday Night League, firstly the result from leaders Crown ‘A’ and Members Club ‘B’ is not in and secondly White Horse, who were second in the table have dropped one place to third following their somewhat surprising 6-3 home defeat by Wheatsheaf who are seventh in the table.
There were six fixtures played in the league this week and strangely all six of them finished with a 6-3 result.
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With only three league fixtures remaining Bulls Head ‘A’ (Polesworth) leaders of division one in the Pip Club League did their title hopes a power of good when they beat their nearest rivals Prince of Wales 5-3 to give them a four points lead and one hand on the champions silverware. Third and fourth placed Birchmoor Club and Tamworth Motor Spares played each other in a game that finished all square at 4-4.
In division two a 14-2 away win over bottom of the table Bulls Head ‘B’ (Polesworth) has seen J W Belgrave seal the divisional title with 52 points, second placed Sports Bar ‘180’ were 12-4 winners against Gate (Amington) giving them 42 points but with only four remaining fixtures they cannot now catch J W Belgrave.
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The teams to win through to the quarter finals of the Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League Division One Riley’s Cup are W.Jones, S.Pinches, D.Williams, R.Morris (Wednesfield FC), J.Mayo, S.Short, S.Gough, P.Lucas (Riley’s ‘C’), S.Guest, M.Dicken, A.Khayat, L.Venes (ECC), K.Wardle, T.Singh, K.Bell, J.Gill (Village Inn), T.Jones, W.Jones, B.Jones, L.Aubrey (Bradmore ‘B’), C.Banks, R.Mattox, J.Newell, S.Maybury (Village Inn), J.Mycock, S.Meredith, C.Taylor, S.Potts (ECC), J.Morris, M.Angell, R.Rutter, A.Singh (Wednesfield FC).
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Tony Randell has taken his unbeaten run in the Crown at Olton Double Top League to nineteen games with two further 3-0 wins over Dave Duncan and Steve Harding giving him a three points lead over second in the table Bob Nixon who also won his games against Alex Edwards and Anthony Daley 3-0. Nixon may be three points adrift but he has played one game less than Randell.
Mark Wall fell further behind the top players as he faultered losing 3-0 to Anthony Daley jnr who is five places and fourteen points behind him.
There was a rare win for Anthony Daley who made it two wins in seventeen when he won 2-1 against Dave Duncan.
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Next to bottom of the table Maypole made it two wins in sixteen games in the Rowley Monday Night League when they won 6-3 away to Leones who are sixth in the table and fourteen points ahead of them.
Leaders Crown (Old Hill) extended their average lead on second placed Springfield Social Club when they won their home tie with Crown (Netherton) 8-1, while Springfield had a narrow 5-4 verdict away to fourth in the table The Bell. Third placed Ex Serviceman’s ‘A’ were also 8-1 winners beating Cottage.
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Ashwood ‘B’ slipped from third to fourth in the Stourbridge and District Wednesday Night League after losing their home game against table toppers Gornal Conservative Club 4-3, Gornal taking their unbeaten run to eleven games and having a two points lead over second placed Ashwood ‘A’ who won 6-1 at The Bell.
Ten Arches ‘B’ are the new team in third place they won 6-1 away to bottom of the table The Leopard who are still without a win so far this season.
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