Royal Oak DP set the pace in Division One
ROYAL Oak DP set the early pace in Blue Ball Division One of the Loughborough and District Pubs & Clubs Darts League after their 7-2 win against the Rose and Crown AW last week, but last season’s champions Bottom Railway BA are hot on their heels just two points behind them after an 8-1 win against the Three Crowns Spookies.
The Bull and Bush Lions are third after their narrow 5-4 win against the Royal Oak Shooters and Dave Cox hit a hat-trick of maximums for Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang as they beat the Three Nuns Bluemoon Foxes.
In Wanty’s Division Two both teams that came down from the top flight the Rose and Crown Exiles and Spot On Reds had close 5-4 wins against Fat Sam’s 26er’s and the Spot On Waifs and Strays respectively and they are now the only unbeaten sides left in the division.
In S H Cox Division Three, the Bull & Bush B beat the OEG 5&4’s 6-3 and they lead from Black Swan JS who beat the Beacon 5-4. Duane Etchells hit his second maximum in as many weeks for the Top Railway We’re Frit as they beat the Royal Oak Old Uns 6-3 and Eric Davis hit a maximum for Spot On Guys ‘n’ Gals in their 7-2 win against the Plough B.
In Generous Briton Division Four the top three all won for a second week. Dean Maxwell hit a maximum for the Fennel Street Clubbers as they beat the Tap and Clapper Rojo’s 6-3 and they lead from the Blue Ball Tenner’s who beat Crown GB and the Spot On Foxes who beat the Dewdrop Blues.
Finally in Jim Kidger Division Five, White Hart Stags beat Go Paget 7-2 and they lead the division with the Barrow Cons Convicts who beat the Red Lion Rams 6-3 in second place. The Plough Ernie’s are third after their excellent 8-1 win against the Three Nuns Bad Habits.
The full results for Thursday, October 31 were: Blue Ball Division One: Royal Oak DP 7-2 Rose & Crown AW, Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang (Dave Cox 180 x3) 7-2 Three Nuns Bluemoon Foxes, Spot On Mandem v Ring ‘o’ Bells SH - No game to be re-arranged, Bottom Railway BA 8-1 Three Crowns Spookies, Barrow, Bull & Bush Lions (Dave Sloan 126 Finish) 5-4 Royal Oak Shooters (Rich Page 180, Mark Hammond 137 Finish). Wanty’s Division Two: Rose & Crown Exiles 5-4 Fat Sam’s 26ers, Bell Foundry Blue Army 5-4 Black Swan BWA, Spot On Reds (Steve Dakin 180) 5-4 Spot On Waifs & Strays, Crown Rejects 6-3 Three Nuns Albion (John Robinson 106 Finish), Fat Sam’s Tarts 4-5 Bull & Bush Laughing Boys. S H Cox Division Three: Old English Gentleman 5&4’s 3-6 Bull & Bush B, Black Swan JS 5-4 The Beacon, Plough B 2-7 Spot On Guy ‘n’ Gals (Eric Davis 180), Generous Briton Beer Legs 5-4 Crown Hotel, Top Railway We’re Frit (Duane Etchells 180) 6-3 Royal Oak Old Uns. Generous Briton Division Four: Fennel Street Clubbers (Dean Maxwell 180) 6-3 Tap & Clapper Rojo’s, Three Nuns Right Footers 6-3 Barrow Cons Dis’Con’bobulated, Dewdrop Blues 4-5 Spot On Foxes, Crown GB 3-6 Blue Ball Tenners, The Anchor Hathern 1-8 Windmill Wild Hearts. Jim Kidger Division Five: OEG Luff’s 3-6 Top Railway Laffables, White Hart Stags 7-2 Go Paget, Spot On Bombshells 3-6 Bottom Railway CS, Three Nuns Bad Habits 1-8 Plough Ernie’s, Red Lion Rams 3-6 Barrow Cons Convicts, Windmill CD 4-5 OEG Sambuca’s