Black Swan BWA are only non Division One side into last eight of Kater 4 Cup

THE third round games of the Kater 4 Knockout Cup and second round games of the Shield Competition were played last week in the Loughborough & District Pubs and Clubs Darts League.

Seven division one sides won through to the quarterfinal stage of the Kater 4 Knockout Cup competition, with only the Black Swan BWA now representing the other four divisions of the league after they beat Fennel Street Black Pearls. In the only all division one tie of the round Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang beat the Bull and Bush Lions 6-3 whilst last season’s winners Bottom Railway BA, Royal Oak Shooters, Boat House Tap Tappers, Spot On MP, Three Crowns Ghostbusters and Bull and Bush Gatecrashers all progressed.

In the second round of the Shield Competition, last season’s winners the Three Nuns Albion beat the Spot On Rejects, and the Three Nuns Exiles beat Crown Court. There were also wins for Fat Sam’s 26er’s, Peacock Arrows, Unicorn AW, Spot On Foxes and Tap and Mallet CD.

The draw for the quarterfinals of the cup competitions will take place on Thursday, August 16, at the Three Nuns, for games to be played on Thursday, August 30. For teams that are no-longer involved with the cup competitions this Thursday is an ideal opportunity to re-arrange league fixtures that need to be played.

The full results of the third round of the Kater 4 Knockout Cup games played on Thursday, August 2 were as follows:

Barrow Cons Club Wagg’s Gang 6-3 Bull & Bush Lions (Kev Bryan 180), Royal Oak Shooters 5-0 Three Nuns Bad Habits, Boat House Tap Tappers (Lyndon Hextall 180) 6-3 Black Swan JS, Bell Foundry Blue Army ( Dave Jamieson 180) 2-7 Spot On MP, Bottom Railway BA 5-1 Three Nuns Right Footers, Three Crowns Ghostbusters, Barrow (Graham Barker 134 Finish) 7-2 Old English Gentleman, Spot On Guys ‘n Gals 2-7 Bull & Bush Gatecrashers, Fennel Street Black Pearls 2-5 Black Swan BWA

The full results of the second round of the Shield Knockout Cup games played on Thursday, August 2 were as follows: Fat Sam’s 26er’s (Stu Brookes 180) 6-3 Royal Oak Oakers, Spot On Rejects 3-6 Three Nuns Albion, Peacock Arrows 5-0 Plough Ernie’s, Three Nuns Exiles 5-4 Crown Court ( Wayne Martin 180, Gary Hodges 180), Unicorn AW 9-0 Crown Jewels Barrow, Spot On Foxes 5-0 OEG Dad’s Army, Tap & Mallet CD 6-3 Blue Ball CS, Blue Ball JLA v Bull & Bush Laughing Boys - No game to be re-arranged

In a re-arranged game in Generous Briton Division Four the Top Railway Wansum beat the leaders Bottom Railway Leftovers 6-3.