WORTHINGTON’S MERTHYR & DISTRICT DARTS LEAGUE

WORTHINGTON’S CUP 1ST ROUND MORLAIS TAVERN ....... 1 GUEST KEEN BOWLS CLUB A ........................... 5

THIS was a keenly fought contest with current Division One leaders the Guest A being given a battle by their Division Three hosts.

The fab four of Andrew Coombs 100, Justin Davies 100, 159, Scott Bayliss 100 and Tex Pearce got the visitors off to a great start with a hold in the fours over S Davies 100, Jimmy Winstone, George Scott and Kevin Hyde 100 but the lead was brief as George Scott 2x140 and Kevin Hyde held the first pairs for the hosts over Justin Davies 100 and Phil Williams 121 to level at one apiece. The second pairs also went with throw as Craig Morgan 2x100 and Jamie Evans 113 beat S Davies 121 and Jimmy Winstone to edge the Guest into a 2-1 lead ahead of the match-deciding singles legs.

The first break of throw of the match came in the first singles with Justin Davies 2x100 beating Jimmy Winstone to further extend the away sides lead and this they then extended to 4-1 with inform Scott Bayliss 2x100, 125 beating S Davies to stand just one point away from the five needed to take their place in the next round. This they duly achieved in the next game with another in-form player, Phil Williams, hitting 2x100, 114 beating George Scott against the throw to steer the Guest safely into the next round.

ABERFAN SOCIAL CLUB A ........................... 2 MERTHYR VALE EX CLUB B (DAGGERS B) ... 5

THE result of any match in whatever competition is always important, but on this occasion the most important thing, and most pleasing thing, was the return to action of the legend Ken Davies for the Social Club.

The Daggers were straight to the point with Lloyd Davies, John Terrett 100, Warren Rees and Karl Manns 121, 104 out holding throw over Ken Davies, Alan Phillips, Arwel Galliers 100 and Wayne Morris for an early lead, and this they doubled in the first pairs with Phil Morris and Nicky Baldwin breaking Wyndham Green and Wayne Morris. The dynamic duo Derek Dobbins 140 and Dai Phelps 125 then made it 3-0 with a hold over Arwel Galliers and Kevin Downing in the final pairs for a seemingly comfortable lead going forward into the singles legs.

The first singles saw a hold for Vic Jones 2x100 over John Terrett to get the home side into the game and then they drew to within a point with Kevin Downing 100 breaking Warren Rees to make the game really exciting. Former Social Club stalwart Lloyd Davies 3x100, 121 then came back to haunt his former club with an outstanding display against Jack “The Lad” Colston 100 to put the Daggers into a 4-2 lead and they sealed victory in the very next game with Derek Dobbins 125 stunning Josh O’Keefe 2x100, 105 with a hold of throw to get through into the next round.

LORD RAGLAN SUPPLEMENTARY CUP 1ST ROUND SILVER BULLET DYNEVOR ARMS .......... 0

THIS local derby proved to be a very successful one for the home side, booking a place in the second round with a convincing 5-0 win over the visiting Dyn.

Brian Birch, Kyle Newton, Sharif Rasul 100 and Steven Walker took the fours leg against the throw with victory over Ashley Mayne 100, W Morgan 100, A James and N Jones and then a hold from M Birch 121 and Steffan Williams over Ashley Mayne 100 and S Barnett saw the home side go 2-0 ahead. The home side then kept the pressure on their visitors with Anthony Morris and Chris Davies 100 beating M Edmunds and B Edmunds against the throw to take a 3-0 lead into the singles legs.

Steffan Williams 140 held throw in the first singles over M Edmunds leaving the Bullet just one point away from the sec- ond round and this they duly achieved in the next game with Chris Davies breaking N Jones 100 in a hard fought game.

HILLS PLYMOUTH CRICKET CLUB ............. 5 PENTREBACH LABOUR CLUB ............................... 3

THIS local derby was a high class encounter which could have gone either way.

Jason Woodford 125, 180, Rhys Lee, Keith Harnedy and Aled Watkins took the opening fours against the darts with a break over Dai Jones 100, 121, L Jones, Colin House and Tony Galliers 100 putting the Crick into an early lead but this was negated in the first pairs with Tony Galliers and Gary Champion 100, 140 beating Jason Woodford and John Harnedy. The break of throw theme continued in the final pairs with Dean Lewis 180, 111 out and Craig Clayton in a 21-dart leg beating Dai Jones 140 and Les Thomas for a 2-1 home lead going into the singles legs.

The first singles saw L Jones 100, beat Jason Woodford 2x100 to level the match at two apiece and then a superb 18-dart leg from Dean Lewis 100, 180 over Tony “The Tiger” Galliers 2x100 edged the home side ahead again at 3-2. Rhys Lee produced the first hold of the match with victory over Gary Champion putting the home side 4-2 ahead but the away side continued to make a game of it with the excellent Dai Jones 100, 2x140 in a 14-dart leg beating Keith Harnedy to trail 4-3. The eighth leg of the match though proved to be the last with John Harnedy holding throw over Les Thomas 140 to take the match 5-3 and with it a place in the second round.