Division 1
It’s pretty much ‘as you were’ at the top of Division 1 after this weeks fixtures as leaders the Ammies and second placed Timperley both recorded 5-2 away wins at Brooklands Tap and Cringlewood respectively, while third placed St John’s moved a point closer to the top two with a 6-1 win at Broadheath Central. The John Alker completed a league double over Victoria Withington with a 5-2 win that gets them some revenge for last weeks cup quarter final defeat, and Wythenshawe CSC gain a narrow 4-3 win over Victoria Burnage securing the match with a win in the final game of the night.
Brooklands Tap 2 vs 5 Ammies Darts
Since their last league game on the 9th October, The Volunteer team have moved venues to the Brooklands Tap.
Gary Williams won the first game at his teams new home with a 3-0 defeat of Scott Livingstone, but Don Cooper levelled the match with a 3-0 win against Ryan Sanders in just his third appearance of the season so far. In game three the Tap’s Toni Williams hit 7 ton-plus scores but ultimately came up short in a deciding leg against Karl Cooper as the Ammies took the lead, but the sides were level again after a solid 3-1 win for Callum Nolan over Pete Watson which featured an 18 darter and a 110 finish for Callum and Pete’s ninth 180 of the season. Ray Dore put the Ammies back in front with a 3-1 win against Niall Willis in game five, and after Paul Devine hit a 16 darter and 71.57 average during a 3-0 win over Ryan Kelly, the Ammies had another win in the bag. The final game was also to go the way of the league leaders as Andy Tuckers 3-0 scoreline over Phil Hazelwood ensured a 5-2 win for the side chasing an eighth consecutive Division 1 title.
Broadheath Central 1 vs 6 St Johns
Broadheath went into this match already one down due to being a player short, which is never the best way to start a game against a side still looking to close the gap to the Ammies at the top of the table, and it was 2-0 after a fine performance from Jez Saunders saw the St Johns man hit a 180, a 17 darter and finish with a 77.07 average after a 3-1 win over Leyton Jackson. It was soon 3-0 overall when Kaine Goldie claimed a 3-0 win over Darren Dobbin, but Brandon Lawley stopped the rot to get the home side on the scoreboard following a 3-0 win against Reece Tyson. Kraig Loose made it 4-1 on the night to wrap it up for St John’s with a 3-0 defeat of JonJo Devon, and further wins for Oliver Clarke (3-0 against Lee Darcey) and Martin Tyson (3-2 against Shane Crellin) ensured an emphatic victory for the Wythenshawe side.
John Alker 5 vs 2 Victoria Withington
These sides met at the Alker just last week in the KO Cup Quarter Final in a match which went the way of the Withington side, but the Alker got some revenge here while claiming a league double over the Vic who they have now beaten home and away.
John Hawken got the home side underway with a 3-1 win against Dave Stanley in game one, and in a cracking game two Ewan Donegan hit 9 ton plus scores while making it 2-0 after coming back from 2-1 down to win 3-2 against ten ton-plus and 72.5 average hitting Terry Jepson. Game 3 also went to a final leg, and also went the way of the Alker as John Greaves got the better of Matt Jepson to make it 3-0 overall, and the Alker sealed the match after a solid 3-0 win for Gaz Brickhill in the fourth game in which he hit an 18 darter and 73.92 average. Sean Edwards pulled one back for the Vic with a 3-0 defeat of Baz Rowland in game five, and after Jack Jarvis won a deciding leg against Mike Nolan, the Vic had two consolation points in the bag. That was to be it for the Vic though, as the final game saw a cracking performance from last seasons Division 3 individuals champion Gaz O’Donnell who hit two 18 dart legs, a 155 finish and an 80.52 average in his 3-0 win over Lewis Holley.
Cringlewood 2 vs 5 Timperley CC
Timperley kept pace with the Ammies this week to remain nine points behind the leaders with an all important head to head between the sides taking place in the next league fixture.
Timperley took control of the game in the early stages as a 3-0 win for Callum Loose in game 1 was followed by 3-1 wins for Andy Broadhurst and Craig Weston, Craig hitting a 134 finish during his win in game three. Phil Lauder made it 3-1 with a deciding leg win over Paddy Clayton in game four, and the gap was reduced to 3-2 after Luke Mulhern’s 3-1 win against Andy Brownhill. There was to be no fairytale comeback for the Cringlewood though as the tie was settled after a quality game six between the home sides Rob Lauder and Andy Pearson of Timperley. Rob was unlucky to be the loser in this one, hitting 9 ton-plus scores, an 18 darter and a 77.61 average which ordinarily would win most games, but he was up against an on-song Andy Pearson who ran out a 3-1 victor with 7 ton-plusses a 16 darter and an 80.61 average. The final game of the night saw another Timperley win and another big average as Gary Sullivan beat Hayley Mulhern 3-0 with 8 ton plusses, a 113 finish and an 80.52 average.
Victoria Burnage 3 vs 4 Wythenshawe CSC
Wythenshawe secured a last game win which positions them fifth in the table level on points with the John Alker in fourth, while The Vic Burnage suffer a third successive home defeat, but still have at least a game in hand on all other teams in the division.
The visitors took a 2-0 lead after Paul Taylor and Jason Grimshaw both recorded 3-0 wins in their games against Ant Hargreaves Jr & Snr respectively, but Pete Evans halved the defecit with a 3-1 defeat of Shane Lowe in the game three. Game four saw Mandy Smith restore the two game cushion for Wythenshawe, making it 3-1 overall with a 3-1 win of her own over Steve Moane to put her side one away from victory, but the Victoria Burnage brought it back to 3-3 after 3-1 wins for Andrew Day and Mick Cooney over John Brown and Dave Peploe. The deciding game of the night saw the home side’s Dylan Wimbury take on Martin Power, and it was the Wythenshawe man who prevailed 3-1 to give his team a 4-3 overall victory on the night.
Division 2
Urmston secured a 6-1 win against the Carters Arms to move top of the Division 2 table, Ashton-on-Mersey drop to second after suffering a second defeat in as many games with a 4-3 loss to the Roebuck, Trafford Social Club get a first win in three matches and put a dent in The Royal Oak’s title ambitions after a 4-3 win in Chorlton, The Melville get a narrow 4-3 win against the Malt Shovels after their opponents turned up a man short, and LMRCA claim a second win of the season with a 4-3 win against St Anthonys.
Melville 4 vs 3 Malt Shovels
The Melville completed a league double over Malt Shovels with this 4-3 win, but it was aided in no small part by the Malts only having six players on the night. In the six games actually played the sides were deadlocked at 3 wins each, but the 3-0 walkover victory ensured that the Melville secured a 4-3 win.
The Malt Shovels got off to a great start despite being effectively one nil down from the off, turning the match on its head to go 3-1 up with wins in each of the first three games for Tay Benjamin, James Lynch and James Roberts. Melville captain Jon Powell pulled one back with 6 ton plusses and an 18 darter in his 3-1 win over 180 hitting Luke Loveitt and when Paul Sambrook beat James Golds by the same scoreline, the sides were level at 3-3. The final game to be played was the sixth of the night, and also went the way of the home team as Gary Brisco claimed a 3-0 win against Simon Leboutiller.
Urmston SC 6 vs 1 Carters Arms
Urmston secured a seventh league win in succession to move above Ashton-on-Mersey to the top of the Division 2 table, with both sides now moving clear of the chasing pack.
In game 1 Urmston’s Stephen Lye maintained his unbeaten record and hit his fourth 180 of the season during a 3-0 win against Anthony Sutton which put his side 1-0 up, before Gavin Halton of the Carters levelled the overall scoreline with a 3-0 win over Dylan Bell. That was to be as good as it got for the Carters, as Urmston would go on to win the remaining games for the loss of only two legs. Luke Lonergan and Gaz Lane both won 3-0 to put Urmston 3-1 up, before Dave Tong won a deciding leg with Bob Mitchell to claim the bonus points for his side. Further wins courtesy of James Heslop and Jacaub Worrall ensured a 6-1 win and an eight point haul for Urmston and sees them move top of the league with six games remaining.
Royal Oak A 3 vs 4 Trafford SC
Royal Oak A suffered a second league defeat in succession to drop to fourth place in the table and ten points off second place, although they still have a game in hand on the sides above them. Trafford secure a first win since September and now lie in fifth place, four points behind the oak and still with an outside chance of promotion themselves.
The opening two games were shared as a 3-2 win for Trafford’s Jordan Fry over Pete Perry, who hit his second 180 of the season in defeat, was followed by a 3-1 win for the Oak’s Steve Lawless against Alex Buckley. In game 3 Shaz Kirby hit a 180 but ultimately came up short in a deciding leg shootout with Andrew Wood who put Trafford back into the lead, and that lead was soon 3-1 after Kyle Wands secured his 13th win from 15 games played in all competitions this season, with a 3-1 defeat of Steven Lee. Andrew Davies ensured the win for Trafford by putting them 4-1 up with a 3-0 win against Jordan Perry in game five, but wins for Tony Kirby and Lee Medd salvaged another couple of league points for The Oak in the final two games with Lee hitting his first 180 of the season.
LMRCA 4 vs 3 St Anthonys
LMRCA couldnt win a game all season but have now made it two league wins in two to move just two points behind their beaten opponents. This was a seventh successive league defeat for the saints who have to go back to the end of August for their last win, a 7-0 humbling of bottom side The Malt Shovels.
LMRCA were quickest out of the blocks and took a 2-0 lead after 3-0 wins for both Tony Spilsbury and Alan Gleave, before a 3-1 win for Joe Davis put them on the brink of victory. They didnt have to wait long to seal the win though, as Ron Cooke’s 3-0 win against Ian Paton saw them 4-0 up after just 4 games played. There was to be no heavy win for the home side though as the saints added respectability to the scoreline and grabbed some valuable league points with wins in each of the remaining games. Shaun Gill was a 3-2 victor against Dave Brooks in game five defying a fantastic 143 finish from Dave in that one, Carl Paton took a 3-0 win over Roy Jervis in game six, and to finish things off Mark Paton secured a 3-1 win over Derek Ostick to make it 4-3 overall.
Ashton-on-Mersey CC 3 vs 4 The Roebuck
A second defeat in as many games sees Ashton drop to second, a point behind new leaders Urmston SC, but still nine points clear of the Roebuck despite having now lost a game more.
Ashton won the first game of the night courtesy of a 3-1 win for Chris Chapman, but the Bucks were soon level after Chris Merriman won a deciding leg with Mike Buckley. The lead would change hands a couple more times as first Will Radcliffe put Ashton back in front with a 3-1 win over Steve Preston, before Hayden Reddy made it 2-2 with a last leg defeat of Andy Kindred. James Compton put Ashton into the lead for a third time with a 3-0 win against Chris Haycock, but the roebuck put a spanner in the works of Ashtons title bid when winning the remaining games, both 3-0 coutesy of Chris Reddy and Rick Kiel.
Division 3
The Broadheath Central Aces move nineteen points clear at the top of Division 3 after a thumping 6-1 win at second placed Bulls Head which rubber-stamped their status as odds-on title favourites. Third placed Sale Excel fall to a 4-3 defeat at home to the Buck Inn-eers, promotion hopefuls the Vine and The Horseshoe both claim 4-3 wins against the Royal Oak and Bent Brook respectively, Old Market Tavern claim back-to-back wins for the first time this season with a 4-3 win against Stretfordians, and The Dog and Partridge secure a 4-3 win at the Jolly Butcher.
Bulls Head 1 vs 6 BHC Aces
In this battle of the first and second placed teams in division 3, BHC Aces took the lead after a 2-0 win for Nigel Beeton against Bo Bowman which featured a 100 finish for Nigel, but the Bulls pulled level after a 2-0 win for Chris Cordingley over Simon Wood. From there on in it was all in favour of the league leaders, as Bob Hilton won 2-1 against Rob Barber with both players hitting a 180, before Darren Wood also won 2-1 against Iain Fish. The last three games were somewhat of a procession for the Aces, as Geoff Talbot hit his fourth 180 of the season in a 2-0 defeat of Alex Rydstrom, before Dave Wood and Andy McCormack also won 2-0 to seal a resounding 6-1 win for the league leaders who are now 19 points clear, and looking like Champions elect.
Sale Excel 3 vs 4 Buck Inn-eers
The Buck Inn made it back to back wins while putting another dent in the Excel’s promotion hopes.
2-0 wins for both George Banner and Josh Craven gave the Bucks a great start and it was soon 3-0 after Declan Law won a deciding leg with Marvin Daniel. The Excel stormed back from 3-0 down to make it 3-3 after wins for Warren McCoubrey, Jimmy Nolan and Peter Sage, which brought it all down to a final game decider between Excels Andy Cheetham and Rick Hindle. Fittingly it went to a deciding leg, and it was Rick Hindle of the Buck Inn-eers who secured the win that gave his side a 3-1 victory overall.
Stretfordians 3 vs 4 Old Market Tavern
The OMT struggled for the first half of this season but have now won 3 of their last 4 games and now have the same points as 11th placed Jolly Butcher.
Angela Haycocks won 2-1 to give the OMT the lead, before Stretfordians powered back with 2-0 wins in each of the next three games via Mark Leather, Jack Newsham and Ryan Tomlinson to lead 3-1. Nathan Potts reduced the deficit to 3-2 with a 2-1 win over Chrissy Thompson, before 2-0 wins for Howard and Richard Haycocks in the last two games completed a classy comeback from the OMT.
Bent Brook 3 vs 4 Horseshoe
In game 1 Horseshoes Karl Jones took on Ken Turnock, and a 2-0 win for Karl put his side into an early lead. Anthony Coleman and Paul Charnock both won 2-0 to turn the game around and give the Brook a 2-1 lead, but the lead was to change hands again aftere a 2-0 win for Horseshoes Oscar Coutts was followed by a 2-1 win for George Moss. Dave Duffy ensured the win for the Horseshoe, making it 4-2 overall when winning game six by 2 legs to 1, but the Brook grabbed an extra point in the final game when Ayla Prest-McAllen ran out a 2-0 victor over Kieran Aherne.
The Vine 4 vs 3 Royal Oak B
The Vine fell 2-0 behind after 2-0 wins for Rob Whiteside and Jack Holt in the first two games of the night, but wins for Adi McCarroll and Josh Bailey soon pulled the score back to 2-2. Pete DeCordova put the Oak back in front with a 2-0 win in game 5, but wins in the final two games for Charlie Sanders ans Dave Goulden ensured the Vine stayed in the promotion battle, only 4 points off seond despite lying in sixth place.
Jolly Butcher 3 vs 4 Dog & Partridge
The Butcher won the opening game after a 2-0 win for Mike Swindells over Tom Spillane, but the Dog were soon level when Derek Winess won by the same scoreline against Chris McGrory. Tracy Wesemeyer then won a deciding leg with Elliot Wynee to put her side back in front, but a 2-1 win for Dave Cook saw the sides level again after 4 games played. The D&P secured a 4-2 lead and the bonus points after winning games five and six courtesy of 2-0 wins for Chris Conduit and Graham Beech, but there was room for a consolation point for the Butcher as Gareth Sullivan won the final game of the night 2-0.
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