Defending champs ease into next round
THE SECOND round games of the Winter 2017 Kater 4 Knockout cup were played last week in the Loughborough & District Pubs and Clubs Darts League with all the top Division One sides involved winning through.
Last season’s winners Navigation Wagg’s Gang had a comfortable 8-1 win against the Windmill Wild Hearts whilst Mitch Gregory hit his third maximum of the season and a 126 Finish for Spot On MP as they came through a tough game 5-4 against division three side Black swan JS. The Boat House Tap Tappers beat Twelve Degrees 26er’s 7-2, and the Three Nuns Left Footers whitewashed Tap and Mallet CD, both losing sides also from division three.
The biggest upset was Jim Kidger Division Six side Top Railway One Bad Apple’s excellent 6-3 win against the Blacksmiths Blue Army from Division Two, their second higher division scalp so far in the competition.
The full Kater 4 Knockout Cup second round results were: Barrow Cons Club Wagg’s Gang 8-1 Windmill Wild Hearts, Richmond Jukeboxers 4-5 Black Swan Gatecrashers, The Beacon 6-3 Royal Oak Old Un’s, Black Swan JS 4-5 Spot On MP (Mitch Gregory 180 & 126 Finish), Royal Oak DP 5-0 Blue Ball B, Tap & Clapper 8-1 Blue Ball MS, Boat House Tap Tappers (Rebecca Barrow 115 Finish) 7-2 Twelve Degrees 26er’s, Royal Oak Bluemoon Foxes 0-5 Bottom Railway BA, Three Nuns Left Footers (Sam Chouhan 180) 9-0 Tap & Mallet CD, Blacksmiths Blue Army 3-6 Top Railway One Bad Apple (Duane Etchells 180), Plough Ernie’s (Harry Brown 180) 8-1 White Hart Stags
Arena Gladiators v Blue Ball Lions, Blue Ball CS v Bottom Railway Leftovers, OEG Dad’s Army v Peacock Rockers, Unicorn AW v Royal Oak Shooters & Peacock Feathers v Three Crowns Ghostbusters, Barrow - No games, to be re-arranged by Thursday, January 11.
There were three preliminary round games played in the Plate Competition and the results of these were: Boat Inn Black Pearls 2-7 Dewdrop Blues, Windmill Luffs 2-7 Three Nuns Exiles, Royal Oak Oakers v Tap & Mallet JB - No games to be re-arranged by Thursday, January 11.
The third round draw of the Kater 4 Knockout Cup and the first round draw of the Plate Competition will take place on Thursday, January 18, at the Spot On Leisure Club.
The results of league games played on Thursday, December 21 were as follows: Blue Ball Division One: Royal Oak DP - Bye, Three Nuns Left Footers 3-6 Royal Oak Bluemoon Foxes, Boat House Tap Tappers (Dan Jones 180, Rebecca Barrow 111 Finish) 6-3 Blue Ball Lions (Kev Bryan 180), Royal Oak Shooters (Chris Wilson 180) 3-6 Bottom Railway BA (Scott Middleton 112 Finish), Spot On MP 6-3 Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang (Mark Wagg 180 & 170 Finish). Wanty’s Division Two: Three Crowns Ghostbusters (Rich Selby 180, Graham Barker 180) 4-5 Tap and Mallet JB, Arena Gladiators 6-3 The Beacon, Blacksmiths Blue Army - Bye, Unicorn AW - Bye, Black Swan Gate Crashers 1-8 Spot On Lads. S H Cox Division Three: Tap and Mallet CD 4-5 Spot On Rejects, Three Nuns Reds (Ryan Page 180 x2) 3-6 Peacock Rockers, Twelve Degrees 26ers - Bye, Three Nuns Exiles 4-5 Three Nuns.