Bottom Railway maintain top spot in Div One
FOUR maximums were scored in the local derby game between the Bull and Bush Lions and the Gatecrashers in Blue Ball Division One of the Loughborough and District Pubs & Clubs Darts League last week.
Paul Hutchins hit one and Tony Spencer his second of the summer season for the ‘Lions’ and Dave Sloan and Steve Burton also with his second of the summer for the ‘Gatecrashers’, as the ‘Lions’ won 6-3 to keep the pressure on leaders Bottom Railway BA, who beat the Royal Oak DP by the same score.
The Three Crowns Ghostbusters won a close game against their nearest neighbours as they beat Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang 5-4, and Mike Pepper hit a maximum for Spot On MP as they beat the Royal Oak Shooters 8-1. Dan Jones and Steve Coltman also hit maximums for the Boat House Tap Tappers as they beat the Tap and Mallet JB 6-3.
In Wanty’s Division Two leaders Unicorn AW beat the Spot On Rejects 8-1, and in a week where all four Bull and Bush teams played at their local venue, second place Bull and Bush made it six wins out of six with a 6-3 win against the Bull and Bush Laughing Boys. To make it worse for the ‘Laughing Boys’ there is also a correction to their result from 31st May where they lost 5-4 to Fat Sam’s 26er’s and did not win 7-2 as reported. As a result and with Fat Sam’s also beating the Three Nuns Right Footers 6-3 this week they move up to third place. John Allenby hit two maximums for the Bell Foundry Blue Army as they beat the Three Nuns Exiles 6-3 and John now joins Ryan Thacker with three maximums for the season so far in the race for the most maximums in the season trophy for division’s two to five.
In S H Cox Division Three, the Spot On Reds also made it six from six as they beat the Plough B 7-2. Crown Court are up to second spot after another big win this time beating Fat Sam’s B 7-2.
In Generous Briton Division Four the Bottom Railway Leftovers are now six points clear at the top of the division after they beat the White Hart Stags 6-3 and second place Top Railway Wansum lost 5-4 to the Peacock Arrows.
Finally in Jim Kidger Division Five the top two both lost 5-4, leaders Generous Briton Luffs losing to Crown KM and second place Tap and Clapper Rojo’s to Black Swan BWA for whom Steve Andrews hit his second maximum of the season. The results mean that the Crown and Black Swan are in joint third and close the gap on the top two. There were also two whitewashes in the division as both the OEG Dad’s Army and Three Nuns Bad Habits won 9-0. The full results for Thursday, June 7 were: Blue Ball Division One: Boat House Tap Tappers (Dan Jones 180, Steve Coltman 180) 6-3 Tap and Mallet JB, Royal Oak Shooters 1-8 Spot On MP (Mike Pepper 180), Bull & Bush Lions (Paul Hutchins 180, Tony Spencer 180) 6-3 Bull & Bush Gate Crashers (Dave Sloan 180, Steve Burton 180), Three Crowns Ghostbusters, Barrow 5-4 Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang, Bottom Railway BA (Chris Peat 180) 6-3 Royal Oak DP. Wanty’s Division Two: Three Nuns Exiles 3-6 Bell Foundry Blue Army (John Allenby 180 x2), Spot On Rejects 1-8 Unicorn AW, Bull & Bush 6-3 Bull & Bush Laughing Boys, Beacon 2-7 Arena Gladiators, Fat Sam’s 26ers 6-3 Three Nuns Right Footers. S H Cox Division Three: Spot On Foxes 2-7 Three Nuns Albion, Dewdrop Blues (Steve Hardy 114 Finish) 3-6 Spot On Guy ‘n’ Gals (Michael Sciepanow 180), Black Swan JS 4-5 Old English Gentleman, Plough B 2-7 Spot On Reds, Crown Court 7-2 Fat Sam’s B. Generous Briton Division Four: Tap and Mallet CD 5-4 Generous Briton So Certs, Fennel Street Black Pearls 6-3 Windmill Wild Hearts, Peacock Arrows (Dave Barber 105 Finish) 5-4 Top Railway U Wansum, Blue Ball CS 2-7 Crown Jewels, Barrow, White Hart Stags 3-6 Bottom Railway Leftovers. Jim Kidger Division Five: Generous Briton Luffs 4-5 Crown KM, Royal Oak Old Uns (Rob Kirk 110 Finish) 7-2 Plough Ernie’s, Tap & Clapper Rojo’s 4-5 Black Swan BWA (Steve Andrews 180), OEG Dad’s Army 9-0 Blue Ball JLA, Three Nuns Bad Habits 9-0 Royal Oak Oakers.