Iron Horse Flights with a 6-2 result have ousted Castle Vale Residents from their perch at the top of division one of the Sheldon and District Summer League and have taken over the number one position with a total of seven points from four games. Castle Vale have dropped to fourth place level on six points with both Pavillions and Langley Hall Sports and Social Arrows but have played one game more than their rivals.
In division two leaders The Harvester were held to a 4-4 draw at home by second in the table The Pirates who with six points are two behind Harvester with a game in hand. A 5-3 win by Holy Souls over Mackadown Social ‘B’ has seen them move up two places to third, three points adrift of Harvester but again with a game in hand.
Highwood KB are the only team in the four divisions to have won all of their fixtures so far, their latest 7-2 win over Crown Arrows taking their unbeaten run to four games and putting them in pole position in division three, however they only have a one point lead over second placed Yardley Ex Colts who won 5-3 at Willclare Sports and Social.
Just one point separates the top two teams in division four Ridgemere Flights taking over the top spot from Highwood Exiles after beating them 7-1, and a similar win by Small Heath Amateur Gardeners at Ridgemere Ladies places them in the number two position with six points, Exiles now in third place are also on six points but they have played one game more than the two teams above them.
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Both group one and two in the South Birmingham League produced a top versus bottom fixture this week and
both of them saw the leaders win 7-1. In group one Coleshill Social won away at The Bell while in group two, Erdington Members Club also won away against The Kingfisher. Both of the winning teams now have a two points lead at the top of the table. Mackadown Social are also two points to the good in group three after they beat The Dog 5-3 to knock their opponents down into third place on two points two behind Banbury Arrows who have taken over in second place following their 7-1 win over Toby Jug.
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Cup week in the Forest of Arden Summer League, the Knockout Cup, but it was not a good week for Highwood as Greville Arms, Riley’s Resurrected, Journeys End and Journeys End Flights all won through to the next round with respective wins over Highwood KB, Highwood Exiles, Highwood Arms and Ivy Leaf.
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A reminder that Riley’s Snooker Bar, Hobs Moat Road, Solihull will be hosting the latest of their Last Sunday of the Month Open’s this coming Sunday and it will carry a guaranteed payout of £110 for the winner, £70 for the runner up and £20 for each of the losing semi finalists based on receiving 25 entries, all for just a £5 entry fee. Entries will be accepted up to 1.30pm on the day.
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Louis Burley has taken over from Kevin Harris at the top of the Winmau Centre Thursday Night Champions League, his 6-1 win over Rob Harris and 5-2 success against Mick O’Neill giving him a total of 105 points from 19 games and nine more than Harris who had similar wins against Chris Fox and Devinder Singh, although Harris now has a game in hand on Burley a 7-0 win would still leave him two short of his rival’s total.
Third in the table Mick Baker who won last season’s contest played just one game in which he beat Simon Meredith 6-1 to leave him three points short of Harris with 93.
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The Harborne League have got their new season underway with a new format this season as they have added a doubles league to their already established singles league.
Early pacesetters in both tables is Weoley Hill Pub who won their singles game against Smethwick Labour Club 5-1 and the doubles 10-6 to put them top of both tables. Weoley Castle WMC share the singles number one spot as they also 5-1 against Avenue Social but its Hillyfields ‘A’ who are second in the doubles table as they had a 9-5 win against their local rivals Hillyfields ‘B’ after losing out in the singles 4-2.
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It’s week one in the Camp Hill’s new season and Holy Gulp kicked off in style as they handed their visitors Emerald Club a 7-0 whitewash to head the table. Newcomers Eagle and Ball and Tyseley WMC also opened up with wins as the former beat New Inns 5-2 and the latter were also 5-2 winners at Wagon and Horses.
Reigning champions Cotterills Lane Club began their defence of the title with a 5-2 win against Hay Mills Club.
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The Winmau Centre Monday Night League are up to week fifteen in their season and last season’s champions 3 Yam Yams and A.Stokie (formerly What Are Thooose) chalked up the week’s biggest win a huge 44-4 against Where’s My Team to give them a fifteen points lead over second placed Is It In who were 42-6 winners against bottom of the table Double Trouble, 3 Yam Yams now looking a good bet to hold on to their title.
Third placed The Outcasts are a further 19 points behind despite recording a 37-11 win over Full Montie
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The Stourbridge and District Monday Night League played off the finals of their doubles knockout and winning the title with a final 2-0 victory over S.Bloomer and B/Fitzgerald were S.Mills and M.Rollinson.
In the quarter and semi final games Mills and Rollinson won both 2-0 first against R.Colly and J.Williams and then accounted for I.Walker and D.J.Hunt jnr, while Bloomer and Fitzgerald won their last eight game against D.Simpson and I.Matther 2-1 and booked their final place with a 2-0 win against R.Hill and C.Fox.
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The Sutton and District League had the semi finals of their Prestridge and Roy Bird Shield’s on their fixture card this week neither of which produced any shock results. In the Prestridge Shield division one leader’s Boldmere St Michaels beat bottom of the division Pint Pot Flights 5-4 while second in the same division The Beehive won by the same margin against next to bottom Red Lion.
The Roy Bird Shield games both finished with 6-3 scorelines St Thomas’s Club, despite a maximum from W.Taylor losing to Golden Hind and Old Oscott Arrows defeated Boot Inn.
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Five of the eight games in week 24 of the Brierley Hill Monday Night League finished with a 6-3 result leaders Dudley Sports ‘C’ being one of those five as they accounted for their visitors Blue Brick who drop one place to sixth in the table. Second placed The Bridge were 7-2 winners at The Swan but remain eight points off the top of the table.
Other 6-3 winners were Dudley Sports ‘A, High Acres, Dudley Sports ‘B’ and Pensnett Liberal Club who in turn beat Roebuck, Bulls Head (Netherton), Old Star and Queens Head.
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The top two teams in the Hilltop Friendly Tuesday Night League Dewdrop and Island Inn were both close 4-3 winners this week Dewdrop holding on to the top spot and their two point’s advantage with their win over Jolly Collier while Island Inn beat New Talbot. Third placed Old Hop Pole had a convincing 6-1 win away to bottom of the table Horseley Tavern to give them 30 points, four short of Dewdrop.
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East Birmingham Allotment Holders Association took their unbeaten run to fourteen games in the Small Heath League with an emphatic 8-1 win at Cob’s Bar to keep them six points ahead of Gulp Tribe in second place who won 7-2 at home against Emerald Club, however the biggest winners of the week were bottom of the table Emerald Flights who chalked up their first victory in fourteen games an amazing 9-0 against next to bottom Moseley All Service.
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The Netherton Thursday Night League were involved in their Andy Bastable Cup in which the results went more or less according to the form book as Bulls Head, Dudley Ex Serviceman’s Club and Dudley Sports each won 6-1 against respective opponents The Crown, The Widders and Fairfield while Delph Bell ‘B’ beat White Horse 5-2.
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There are two unanswered questions in the Stourbridge and District Wednesday Night League the first being will anyone beat leaders Ashwood ‘A’ as their 7-0 win against Ten Arches ‘A’ was their thirteenth consecutive win and secondly will Hollybush get a win as their 7-0 demise away to Ten Arches ‘B’ was their thirteenth successive defeat.
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Staffordshire Knot consolidated their number one position in the Wednesbury and Darlaston Wednesday Night League with a 5-4 win over their nearest rivals Horse and Jockey.
In the local derby between St Mary’s ‘A’ and ‘B’ it was the ‘A’ side who got the 6-3 verdict to leave the ‘B’ firmly rooted at the foot of the table.
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The Wolverhampton Tuesday Night League played their division one Riley’s Cup down to the last four teams and winning through to the semi finals were Jimmy Handley, Matt Campbell, Mark Sullivan, Zach Forrester ((Riley’s ‘D’, Allan Davies, Lee Jordan, Jamie Daly, Tom Fletcher (Roebuck), Dave Lucas, Ryan Bourne, Liam Bolton, Kevin Appleby (Wednesfield FC), Simon Pritchard, Phil Mayo, Kev Read, Matt Smart (Riley’s ‘C’).
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With champions of the West Midlands Men’s Super League Crown ‘A’ having a bye this week runners up Landywood ‘A’ had a 5-0 walkover against Greets Green to put them on 144 points eighteen fewer than Crown. Third and fourth placed Staffordshire Knot and Bridgtown Social in turn also won 5-0 against Cabin and Rowley Bar and Grill to leave Staffordshire just one point ahead of Bridgtown.
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The race for the Tettenhall Wednesday Night League title continues as leaders Cleveland Arms won 5-2 away to Claregate and Whitmore Reans WMC who are just two points behind Cleveland with a game in hand won 6-1 against ECC ‘A’.
Riley’s ‘B’ lost third place to their local rivals Riley’s ‘A’ as they lost their home tie with Moreton 4-3 and the ‘A’ side won 6-1 at Jack’s Bar to put a two points gap between the two teams.
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Prince of Wales ‘A’ with a total of 186 points are winners of the Tamworth League but the runners up spot is still up for grabs as second placed Fox and Dogs have 174 points and third placed Prince of Wales ‘B’ are on 169, with a possible ten points for a win the final games are vital for both
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It is with regret I have to report that Dennis Stokes, a man involved in darts throughout the Midlands and byond including the Warwickshire County Darts Organisation has lost his battle with illness and on Tuesday July 12th sadly passed away.
The funeral will take place on Tuesday 2nd August, 1.00pm at Yardley Crematorium, Yardley Road, B25 8NA followed by refreshments and a buffet at The Crown at Olton, 2 Masons Close, B92 7JE.
There will be no flowers at the request of Dennis but any donations in lieu of flowers will go to the Air Ambulance.
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