Bottom Railway BA open up lead at top of the table

BOTTOM Railway BA beat Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang 8-1 to go back to the top of Blue Ball Division One of the Loughborough and District Pubs & Clubs Darts League last week after the Blue Ball Lions lost 7-2 to Spot On MP.

Andy Hibbert hit two maximums and Chris Peat one for the Bottom Railway as they open up an 11 point lead at the top of the division. Steve Hopkins and Leon Jarram hit maximums for Spot On MP in their win, and Steve joins Andy Hibbert on seven maximums for the season so far. Doug Porter also hit two maximums as his Royal Oak DP side beat the Boat House Tap Tappers 7-2 with Rebecca Barrow hitting her second maximum of the season for the ‘ Tap tappers’, whilst in the local derby Royal Oak Shooters beat the Bluemoon Foxes 8-1.

In Wanty’s Division Two the Spot On Lads have withdrawn from the league so the fixture against them should be considered as another bye for the rest of the season. Tap and Mallet JB remain top despite not playing, with the Three Crowns Ghostbusters moving up to second after their 6-3 win against the Beacon.

In S H Cox Division Three Sam Worthington hit his fourth maximum of the season for the Peacock Rockers as they beat the Three Nuns Exiles 5-4 in the top of the table clash. The win means that the two are now tied for the top position at the half way stage of the season. Pete Brookes hit a maximum for the Black Swan JS as they whitewashed the Three Nuns Albion 9-0 to record the biggest winning margin of the night.

In Generous Briton Division Four Tap and Clapper now lead the division despite losing 5-4 to the Richmond Jukeboxers, but Crown Rejects with the only unbeaten record in the league still intact are only two points behind with two games in hand on the leaders. The Boat Black Pearls beat the Plough B 5-4 in the only other game played in the division.

In Navigation Division Five the Bottom Railway Leftovers beat the Crown Jewels Barrow 6-3 to take over at the top of the division. The Tap and Clapper Rojo’s move up to second place after their 5-4 win against Blue Ball CS with the ‘Jewels‘ now third.

Finally in Jim Kidger Division Six, leaders White Hart Stags beat the Royal Oak Oakers 6-3 and Top Railway One Bad Apple had a 5-4 win against the Three Nuns Bad Habits.

The full results for Thursday, January 4 were: Blue Ball Division One: Royal Oak DP (Doug Porter 180 x2) 7-2 Boat House Tap Tappers (Rebecca Barrow 180), Royal Oak Bluemoon Foxes (Steve Cox 180) 1-8 Royal Oak Shooters, Blue Ball Lions 2-7 Spot On MP (Steve Hopkins 180, Leon Jarram 180), Bottom Railway BA (Andy Hibbert 180x2, Chris Peat 180) 8-1 Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang, Three Nuns Left Footers - Bye. Wanty’s Division Two: The Beacon 3-6 Three Crowns Ghostbusters, Unicorn AW 6-3 Arena Gladiators (Mickey Drew 180), Tap and Mallet JB, Blacksmiths Blue Army & Black Swan Gate Crashers - All Byes. S H Cox Division Three: Spot On Rejects 5-4 Three Nuns Reds, Tap and Mallet CD 3-6 Twelve Degrees 26ers (Stu Brookes 180), Peacock Rockers (Sam Worthington 180) 5-4 Three Nuns Exiles, Three Nuns Albion 0-9 Black Swan JS (Pete Brookes 180), Spot On Guy ‘n’ Gals - Bye. Generous Briton Division Four: Richmond Jukeboxers (Frank Bray 180) 5-4 Tap & Clapper, Plough B 4-5 Boat Inn Black Pearls, OEG Dad’s Army & Peacock Feathers - Bye, Crown Rejects v Dewdrop Blues - No game to be re-arranged. Navigation Division Five: Crown Jewels, Barrow 3-6 Bottom Railway Leftovers, Tap & Clapper Rojo’s 5-4 Blue Ball CS, Windmill Luffs 2-7 Windmill Wild Hearts, Blue Ball B v Plough Ernie’s - Late result, Royal Oak Old Uns - Bye. Jim Kidger Division Six: Three Nuns Bad Habits 4-5 Top Railway One Bad Apple, White Hart Stags 6-3 Royal Oak Oakers, Black Swan B&W (Ryan Thacker 180) 5-4 Crown KM, Arena Savvies v LSU Darts @ Arena - No game to be re-arranged, Blue Ball MS - Bye.