Navigation Wagg’s Gang beat leaders

NAVIGATION Wagg’s Gang beat leaders Bottom Railway BA 5-4 to inflict their first defeat of the season in Blue Ball Division One of the Loughborough and District Pubs and Clubs Darts League.

Dean Maxwell hit a maximum for the Three Nuns Left Footers as they beat second place Spot On MP 5-4, whilst a maximum for Dan Jones and two for Lyndon Hextall for the Navigation Tap Tappers in a 5-4 win against the Blue Ball Lions, move them ahead of Spot On into second place. The Royal Oak Shooters beat the Arena Gladiators 5-4 to conclude a week of close results that saw the top of the division narrow with only five points now separating the top four teams.

In Wanty’s Division Two, Daz Beasley hit a maximum for leaders Brush Club AW as they continued their unbeaten run with a 5-4 win against the Top Railway A. Eric Davis hit two maximums for Spot On Dinosaurs, his third and fourth of the season, as they whitewashed the Tap and Mallet CD to move up to second place, and Spot On Lads are up to third after their 6-3 win against the Spot On Guy ‘n’ Gals.

In S H Cox Division Three, Blacksmiths Blue Army narrowly beat the Three Crowns Barrow in the top of the table clash and Jay Wood hit a maximum for the Three Nuns Exiles as they beat their fellow pub mates Three Nuns Albion 6-3. The results mean that the ‘Blue Army’ stay top but the ‘Exiles’ move ahead of the Three Crowns into second place.

In Generous Briton Division Four, leaders Spot On Rejects had their fifth straight win of the season as they beat the Peacock Feathers 5-4, and the Tap and Clapper remain second after their 5-4 win against Blue Ball B.

In Navigation Division Five, joint leaders Dewdrop Blues were well beaten 7-2 by the Windmill Wild Hearts to hand the initiative to the Swan in the Rushes Black Pearls who had a bye. The Tap and Clapper Bob Bradley’s won 6-3 against the Crown MA and are now up to third in the division.

Finally in Jim Kidger Division Six, the Swan in the Rushes Savvies equalled the highest winning margin of the night with their 9-0 win against the Three Nuns Bad Habits and Top Railway DUI’s go top after their 5-4 win against Shepshed Dynamo B&W, a game that saw Terry Danvers for Top Railway and Dave Unsworth for Dynamo B&W both hit maximums and Top Railway’s Matt Wyles a 108 finish to demonstrate the depth of talent across all six divisions.

The draw for the second round of the Kater 4 Knockout Cup for games to be played on Thursday, June 29 is as follows: Royal Oak Old Un’s v Navigation Wagg’s Gang, Three Nuns Left Footers v Windmill Wild Hearts, Spot On Dinosaurs v Twelve Degrees 26er’s, Tap & Clapper v Shepshed Dynamo Gatecrashers, Blacksmiths Blue Army v Royal Oak Shooters, Black Swan JS v Navigation Tap Tappers, Tap & Mallet CD v Tap & Mallet JB, Brush Club AW v Spot On MP, Three Crowns, Barrow v White Hart Stags, Top Railway A v Three Nuns Albion, Spot On Lads v Generous Briton Dad’s Army, Blue Ball MS v Crown Jewels, Barrow, Generous Briton Griff & Barrett’s Bandits v Beacon Yer Lolly, Bottom Railway BA v Royal Oak DP, Swan in the Rushes Savvies v Plough Ernie’s, Spot On Rejects v Blue Ball CS

There are three preliminary round games to be played in the Plate Knockout Cup on the same night they are:

Spot On Guys ‘n Gals v Swan in the Rushes Black Pearls, Beacon Reds v Blue Ball Lions, Three Nuns Bad Habits v Shepshed Dynamo B&W

The full results for Thursday, June 8 were: Blue Ball Division One: Navigation Wagg’s Gang 5-4 Bottom Railway BA, Royal Oak DP - Bye, Three Nuns Left Footers (Dean Maxwell 180) 5-4 Spot On MP, Blue Ball Lions 4-5 Navigation Tap Tappers (Dan Jones 180, Lyndon Hextall 180 x2), Arena Gladiators 4-5 Royal Oak Shooters. Wanty’s Division Two: Brush Club AW (Daz Beasley 180) 5-4 Top Railway A (Ash Ward 114 Finish), Spot On Dinosaurs (Eric Davis 180 x2) 9-0 Tap and Mallet CD, Spot On Lads (Bill Dukes 180) 6-3 Spot On Guy ‘n’ Gals, Beacon Yer Lolly 6-3 Shepshed Dynamo Gate Crashers, Tap and Mallet JB - Bye. S H Cox Division Three: Three Crowns, Barrow 4-5 Blacksmiths Blue Army (Joe Parkin 104 Finish), Black Swan JS 6-3 Crown Inn Glory, Three Nuns Exiles (Jay Wood 180) 6-3 Three Nuns Albion, Beacon Reds - Bye, Bull & Bush Laughing Boys 5-4 Generous Briton Dad’s Army (Chris Dewick 180). Generous Briton Division Four: Twelve Degrees 26ers - Bye, Crown Rejects 4-5 Plough B (Nathan Bethany 117 Finish), Spot On Rejects 5-4 Peacock Feathers, Tap & Clapper 5-4 Blue Ball B, Griff & Barrett’s GB Bandits - Bye. Navigation Division Five: Dewdrop Blues 2-7 Windmill Wild Hearts (Sean Disney 107 Finish), Generous Briton Luffs (Chris Morris 180) 6-3 Blue Ball CS, Swan in the Rushes Black Pearls - Bye, Crown MA 3-6 Tap & Clapper Bob Bradley’s, White Hart Stags 3-6 Royal Oak Old Uns. Jim Kidger Division Six: Crown Jewels, Barrow - Bye, Blue Ball MS 3-6 Generous Briton Team GB, Swan in the Rushes Savvies 9-0 Three Nuns Bad Habits, Top Railway DUI’s ( Terry Danvers 180, Matt Wyles 108 Finish) 5-4 Shepshed Dynamo B&W (Dave Unsworth 180), Plough Ernie’s - Bye.