On the oche to record season’s high of 180s
A SEASON best 17 maximums were recorded across the five divisions of the Loughborough and District Pubs & Clubs Darts League last week.
Steve Hopkins hit a hat trick and Rich Greasley one for the Ring ‘o’ Bells as they lost 5-4 to second place Bull and Bush Lions, whilst Chris Peat hit two for leaders Bottom Railway BA and Luke Askew two for Royal Oak DP in a game just edged 5-4 by the leaders. Dave Cox hit his seventh of the season for Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang as they beat Spot On Mandem 6-3 and Michael Walker hit one for the Three Crowns Spookies as they beat the Three Nuns Bluemoon Foxes 7-2 twice in a night, one a re-arranged game.
In Wanty’s Division Two Paul Waldron hit two maximums for leaders Spot On Waifs & Strays as they beat Black Swan BWA 5-4 but both the Rose & Crown Exiles and Crown Rejects, for whom Steve Burton hit a maximum, won 6-3 to keep the pressure on the leaders. League Chairman Danny Sharpe hit his fourth maximum of the season for the Three Nuns Albion but they were again on the wrong end of a 5-4 defeat, their seventh of the season, this time losing to fellow strugglers Fat Sam’s 26er’s.
In S H Cox Division Three Kev Barnes hit a maximum for the Beacon as they beat the Crown Hotel 7-2, but Bull and Bush B are now only five points behind them with a game in hand after their 9-0 win against the Royal Oak Old Uns.
In Generous Briton Division Four leaders Fennel Street Clubbers now need only six more points from their remaining three games to wrap up the division title after their 8-1 win against the Anchor, Hathern. The Three Nuns Right Footers beat Crown GB 6-3 and Windmill Wild Hearts beat the Dewdrop Blues by the same score in the chase for second place.
Finally in Jim Kidger Division Five Jay Laver hit a maximum for the Top Railway Laffables in their narrow 5-4 loss to leaders Red Lion Rams but the Barrow Convicts, still unbeaten all season, are poised just three points behind them after their 7-2 win against Bottom Railway CS.
The full results for Thursday, February 27 were: Blue Ball Division One: Rose & Crown AW (Duane Freer 180) 3-6 Royal Oak Shooters, Three Nuns Bluemoon Foxes 2-7 Three Crowns Spookies (Michael Walker 180), Barrow, Ring ‘o’ Bells SH (Steve Hopkins 180 x3, Rich Greasley 180) 4-5 Bull & Bush Lions (James Hoult 133 Finish), Royal Oak DP (Luke Askew 180 x2) 4-5 Bottom Railway BA (Chris Peat 180 x2), Barrow Cons Wagg’s Gang (Dave Cox 180) 6-3 Spot On Mandem. Wanty’s Division Two: Fat Sam’s Tarts 3-6 Rose & Crown Exiles, Crown Rejects (Steve Burton 180) 6-3 Bell Foundry Blue Army, Bull & Bush Laughing Boys 3-6 Spot On Reds, Three Nuns Albion (Danny Sharpe 180) 4-5 Fat Sam’s 26ers, Spot On Waifs & Strays (Paul Waldron 180 x2) 5-4 Black Swan BWA. S H Cox Division Three: Bull & Bush B 9-0 Royal Oak Old Uns, The Beacon (Kev Barnes 180) 7-2 Crown Hotel, Spot On Guy ‘n’ Gals 4-5 Top Railway We’re Frit (Duane Etchells 156 Finish), Old English Gentleman 5&4’s 5-4 Generous Briton Beer Legs, Black Swan JS 3-6 Plough BGenerous Briton Division Four: The Anchor Hathern 1-8 Fennel Street Clubbers, Crown GB 3-6 Three Nuns Right Footers, Windmill Wild Hearts (Sean Disney 122 Finish) 6-3 Dewdrop Blues, Blue Ball Tenner’s 4-5 Tap & Clapper Rojo’s, Spot On Foxes v Barrow Cons Dis’Con’bobulated - No game to be re-arranged. Jim Kidger Division Five: Top Railway Laffables (Jay Laver 180) 4-5 Red Lion Rams, Go Paget 0-9 OEG Sambuca’s, Bottom Railway CS 2-7 Barrow Cons Convicts, Plough Ernie’s 2-7 Windmill CD (Paul Edwards 119 Finish), OEG Luff’s 7-2 Three Nuns Bad Habits, White Hart Stags 4-5 Spot On Bombshells