Thursday 28th September 2017
Aces 3-3 Black Eagles
David Belfitt 0-3 Greg Beard
Andy Umney 3-1 Shaun Greenfield
Neil Bradley 0-3 Steve Briggs
Trevor Tye 3-0 Jason Burkhill
Mick Smith 2-3 Trevor Burkhill
Ian Speed 3-0 Owen Cubitt
We kick off week three at the Newbold where the Aces who started the season with a victory took on the defending champions Black Eagles who kicked off with back to back 5-1 wins.
The night starts with "The Titan" Greg Beard in solid form as he took on David Belfitt who had no answer to Beard's high scoring. "The Titan" kicked off with a 21 dart leg, then broke the Belfitt throw with a maximum and a two dart finish to win the leg in 14 darts. Beard finished off the match in 22 to give the Champions an early lead
In game two Andy Umney played some good darts for the Aces against debutant Shaun "Croc" Greenfield, after Umney took the first leg, he then broke "Croc" with a 21 dart leg. Greenfield managed to break back in the third leg but Umney wasn't to be denied as he finished off the match to level the game up.
Steve Briggs for the Black Eagles played a solid set of darts against Neil Bradley. Briggs took out a 19 dart leg, 20 to break throw and a 16 darter to finish it off and put his team back in front.
In the fourth match Trevor Tye stepped up for the Aces against captain Jason Burkhill and he showed consistent darts on his way to a comfortable three leg victory to tie the match at two each with two to play.
The teams were too close to call after four games, In the fifth and decisive match Mick Smith for the home side took on "Turbo" Trevor Burkhill. "Turbo" had the throw but Smith pulled out a 20 dart leg to break to take the lead. Burkhill broke back in the next leg with a maximum then held to go 2-1 up. This time it was Smith's turn to reply back to make the scores level and force a decider which could've gone either way but it was "Turbo" Trev who snatched the win to make it 3-2 to the Black Eagles.
In the decider youngster Owen "Ice" Cubitt stepped up to try and win it for the Black Eagles as he took on Ian Speed. It was Speed who started the better of the two managing to hold throw in the opener, he then continued the form into the next leg where he broke the "Ice" to leave daylight between the two players, and in what was the final leg of the night Speed finished off the youngster to force a draw between the two teams which was a fair result.
Panthers 3-3 Academicals
Gavin Markham 0-3 Ritesh Xiong
Mick Wood 2-3 Ellis Turner
Russ Simons 2-3 Tim Close
John Schultz 3-2 William Pollard
Ryan Goffin 3-1 Greg Batting
Mick Hulley 3-2 Harry Hatter
Over at the Woodbourne, the Panthers entertained the Academicals, both teams got credible results last week and were hoping to keep the form going.
Debutant for the home side Gavin Markham started the night against Ritesh Xiong and he found himself in trouble early on with Xiong taking the first leg. Markham was looking for a response but Xiong broke throw to make it two and he finished off the game with a 19 dart leg to open the scoring for the Uni team.
Another debutant this time for the Academicals was Ellis Turner and she faced Mick Wood, every leg went with throw in the first four games with both players played consistently well. Wood had the darts in the decider but it was Turner who found a way to win and put the Academicals two up.
Panthers were on the back foot two games in and Russ Simons was against the darts against Tim Close and that proved crucial in the end as Close went two up early and registered a 180 and a 16 darter in the process. Simons hit back to make it two each and force another last leg shootout in which Close took it to make it three to the Uni.
Game four saw John Schultz start the Panthers fight back in a tight affair with William Pollard. Both men held throw in the early exchanges which levelled the score at 1-1. Pollard then looked favourite to win it for the Academicals after breaking throw in the third leg, but it wasn't to be for him as Schultz showed his experience to come back and win the match in the final leg to bring the Panthers back into it.
Home captain Ryan "The Manic" Goffin was looking to continue the fight back and he started well against opponent Greg Batting breaking throw but Batting replied with a maximum and a break straight back. Goffin showed his class by hitting back to back 18 dart legs and ton finish to wrap up a 3-1 win to force a decider for his side.
In the finale Harry Hatter playing his maiden game for the visitors looking to secure the win took on Mick Hulley. It was another bruising battle with Hulley having the darts and every leg went with throw which sew Hulley take the win in the final leg of the night to finish off the comeback and give the Panthers an unlikely draw.
Pirates 5-1 Warriors
Ben Chivers 3-0 Nicola Warne
Anne Lofthouse 0-3 Steve Newton
Jordan Chivers 3-1 Paul Brittle
Martin Baugh 3-0 Ian Webster
Andy Friar 3-1 Jodie Bruce
Sie Simmons 3-0 Sandra Webster
Over at Players Bar both teams were looking for the first win of the season as the Pirates faced the Warriors.
The home side started the better of the two as Ben Chivers took a 3-0 win over Nicola Warne to put the Pirates one up.
Warriors fought back in the second game as "Hero" Steve Newton took out Anne Lofthouse without dropping a leg to even the scores up.
Paul Brittle started well against Jordan Chivers in the third game holding throw with a 21 darter to take the lead but Chivers then never let him back in as he took out three legs on the spin to put the Pirates back in front.
In the fourth match saw the Pirates got into their stride as Martin Baugh registered a 3-0 win over Ian Webster to give the Pirates team a bit of breathing space.
The Pirates then wrapped up the win in the fifth game despite Warriors Jodie Bruce taking the first leg on throw, Friar hit back and after breaking throw in the third leg to go 2-1 up he took victory in the fourth to wrap it up for his team.
In the final match Sie Simmons made light work of Sandra Webster as he held throw in the opener, he then broke Webster's throw in the second and Sandra had no answer to Simmons as he finished off the night with a 3-0 win to give the Pirates their first win of the season.
Vulcans 2-4 Wades
Chelsea Woodhead 0-3 Craig Ingram
Steve Whyers 0-3 Lee Siddle
Joe Gregg 0-3 Tom Briggs
Jim Smith 3-2 Simon Sawford
Mick Swift 3-1 Chris Keane
Phil Lambert 1-3 Tom Sawford
In the first match at the Frecheville this season the home side Vulcans took on a Wades team who are looking to build on last weeks first win.
It was the Wades who started the better of the two teams as Craig Ingram took out Chelsea Woodhead without dropping a leg to start us off.
Steve Whyers couldn't get to grips with Lee Siddle as Siddle secured another 3-0 win for the Wades.
With the Wades flying Tom Briggs added the third consecutive 3-0 score line of the night over Joe Gregg to put the Wades 3-0 in front and cruising.
Vulcans fought back in the second part of the match as Jim Smith faced Simon Sawford in a match that went all the way. Smith hit a 21 darter to start the game off to finally put a leg on the board for the Vulcans, Sawford equalised then broke the Smith throw to make it 2-1 but Smith never gave up and after forcing a decider Smith took out the victory double to put the Vulcans on the board and still in with a shout.
It was Mick Swift up next for the Vulcans and he continued the fight back against Chris Keane. Keane set off well holding throw to take the lead but that's as good as it got for him as Swift kicked in after holding his throw to level, Swift then hit an 18 and a 21 dart leg to leave Keane shell shocked and forced the match into a decider to determine the result.
In the deciding game of the night with the Vulcans still in with a chance of a draw despite being 3-0 down. Phil Lambert played young gun Tom "Shooter" Sawford. Lambert started with a hold of throw to go in the lead but Sawford shot back and rattled in a 20, 19 and 21 dart legs, finishing with a 73.85 average to secure the win for him and the Wades.
Wolves 3-3 Hawks
Ash Deaton 1-3 Ben Dulley
Pete Daffin 3-0 Matt Pryor
Dave Cliffe 2-3 Pete Bell
Pat Finney 3-1 Joelle Taylor
John Edwards 0-3 Steve Ewington
Graham Waller 3-1 Laura Taylor
In the final game of the week we head back to the Woodbourne where home side Wolves who had a win and a defeat in the opening two games took on the Hawks who were looking to bounce back from their debut defeat last time out.
The Hawks had a great start with Ben Dulley taking the opening two legs of the night against Ash Deaton. In the third leg Deaton managed a break of throw back to make it 2-1 but Dulley wrapped up the win in four to open the Hawks account for the night.
It was up to the Wolves captain Pete "Super Daff's" Daffin to level up for his side against Matt Pryor and he made light work of his match taking out two 18 dart legs to secure a 3-0 win to level for his team.
In the third game with the scores level, Dave Cliffe and Pete Bell played out a tough five leg match which saw Bell take the first two legs and a 107 finish thrown in for good measure, the game looked all but over but Cliffe fought back with a break in the third and then managing to hold throw to force a fifth leg on which Bell had the darts and took full advantage and held his nerve to secure the win for the Hawks to put his side back in front.
At the halfway stage the Hawks were 2-1 up and looking good as Joelle Taylor faced Wolves Pat Finney in game four. Finney had the darts to start but Taylor set off the better of the two and secured the opening leg. Finney fought back to level then held to put himself in front for the first time but then it got nervy for both players as they both got to a double and as it seemed an age to finish but it was Finney who finished it off with a 98 finish (T20, D19) with two darts to secure the win to level the game up with two to play.
The all important fifth game, John Edwards stepped up for the Wolves against Steve Ewington who looked in good form as he swept aside his opponent without dropping a leg, which put the Hawks on the front foot going into the decider.
In the sixth and deciding match of the night Hawks' Laura Taylor was looking to take victory for her side and she started well taking out the opener against Graham Waller but then Waller got into his stride and after breaking back he took out the remaining legs to wrap up a 3-1 win and rescue a draw for the Wolves.
Pat Finney (Projectdarts Reporter/Media)
No comments:
Post a Comment