Red Dragon Sheffield Darts Franchise League (Week 14)
Thursday 17th January 2019
Academicals 3-3 Cutlers
SINGLES
Ritesh Deo 0-3 C. Millson
Jack Lewis 3-2 Darren Daly
Adam Warner 3-1 Sam Bowers
Conall Doughty 3-1 Peter Bell
We start week 14 of the Red Dragon Sheffield Darts Franchise League at the Uni Arms with the Academicals taking on the Cutlers in a mid-table battle.
It was the Cutlers who drew first blood as Millson took out a 20 darter on his way to a win in three over Ritesh Deo.
In a tight second game Academicals Jack Lewis managed to pip Darren Daly in the deciding leg recording a maximum in the process to level the scores.
Academicals took the lead after the third match with Adam Warner hitting a 17 darter which went a long way towards winning in four legs over Sam Bowers.
In the last singles Peter Bell and Conall Doughty went head to head which saw the opening two legs shared but then in the third Doughty went ahead and didn't look back as he fired in a 20 darter to win it in the fourth to make the score 3-1 to the Uni.
PAIRS
Edson/Mike C 0-2 Peter Bell/Sam Bowers
Tom Wright/Stephen G 0-2 Stuart Halliwell/C. Millson
Cutlers fought back in the pairs as Bell and Bowers teamed up to secure a 2-0 win over Edson and Mike C to give them a chance of a draw in which they achieved through Halliwell and Millson who also won in two legs of of darts against Tom Wright and Stephen G to make the final score 3-3.
801 League
Steve Smith/Adam Warner/Conall Doughty 725-801 Darren Daly/Stuart Halliwell/C. Millson
In the 801 league it was the Cutlers celebrating as the team of Daly, Halliwell and Millson secured a 76 points victory over Smith, Warner and Doughty.
Panthers 6-0 Bears
SINGLES
Mick Hulley 3-1 Kelly Burkhill
Pat Meeson 3-1 Brian Jones
Richard Honeyman 3-0 Tracy Bell
Russ Simons 3-0 Adam Chadwick
Next up a Woodbourne derby took place as Panthers who are in the hunt for a top two finish take on a Bears side who are second bottom with the team's above them starting to pull away so they need something from this match.
It didn't start well for the Bears as Mick Hulley put the Panthers ahead with a 3-1 win over Kelly Burkhill.
Woodbourne Landlord Pat Meeson made it two as he played well taking the lead over Brian Jones, after Jones equalised, Meeson went up a gear and stormed to a win in four legs to make it two.
Panthers Richard Honeyman recorded a 21 dart leg on his way to a straight legs win over Bears captain for the night Tracy Bell.
In the final singles, the Panthers secured the victory as Russ Simons took out Adam Chadwick 3-0 hitting another 21 darter for the match.
PAIRS
Chris Keane/Richard Honeyman 2-0 Mick Wood/Pat Finney
Mick Hulley/Russ Simons 2-1 Adam Chadwick/Tracy Bell
It didn't get any better for the Bears in the pairs as Mick Wood and Pat Finney went down in two against Chris Keane and Richard Honeyman and to round off a clean sweep Hulley and Simons won the deciding leg over Chadwick and Bell to give the Panthers the 6-0 win to put them level on points with second placed Railwaymen.
801 League
Chris Keane/Richard Honeyman/Mick Hulley 801-601 Tracy Bell/Pat Finney/Mick Wood
In the triples the Panthers team of Keane, Honeyman and Hulley took the victory by 200 points over Bell, Finney and Wood.
Railwaymen 2-4 Black Eagles
SINGLES
Geoff Higgs 3-2 Jelger Tuinstra
Alan Jackson 0-3 Ryan Goffin
Glen Payne 1-3 Steve Briggs
Gavin Pilling 1-3 John Walton
We're at the Station next as the top two collide with Railwaymen taking on runaway leaders Black Eagles.
It was the home side who took the lead through Geoff Higgs in a thrilling match with Jelger Tuinstra. It started with Higgs taking the first leg with an 18 darter finishing with a 132 finish. Tuinstra replied with an equaliser followed by one of the best legs this season knocking in a 12 dart leg taking out a 155 of his own to take the lead, back came Higgs in the fourth leg knocking in a 19 to force a deciding leg in which Higgs took the victory with an 18 darter to put the Railwaymen in front in a fantastic first match on.
In the second game the Black Eagles hit back through "The Manic" Ryan Goffin as he took out legs of 16 and an 18 darter in a 3-0 win over Alan Jackson to make it 1-1.
Railwaymen's Glen Payne took the lead over Steve Briggs in the next game on but Briggs found his range to hit legs of 18, 20 and another 18 darter to secure the win to make it 2–1 Black Eagles.
In the last singles Gavin Pilling played well in his match with former World Champion John Walton hitting a 19 darter with pulled the scores level but he couldn't keep up the consistency as Walton took out an 18, 16 and then finishing with another 12 darter of the night with a maximum thrown in for good measure to put the leaders 3-1 up.
PAIRS
Geoff Higgs/Alan Jackson 2-1 Jelger Tuinstra/Ryan Goffin
Gavin Pilling/Glen Payne 0-2 Trevor Burkhill/Tom Briggs
In the pairs the Railwaymen gave themselves a glimmer of hope as Higgs and Jackson won the final third leg over Tuinstra and Goffin to force a decider which saw Black Eagles pairing of "Turbo" Trevor Burkhill and Tom Briggs rounded off the win by defeating Pilling and Payne in two to make the final score 4-2 to the Black Eagles.
801 League
Gavin Pilling/Geoff Higgs/Alan Jackson 793-801 John Walton/Trevor Burkhill/Tom Briggs
In the 801 match the Black Eagles team of Walton, Burkhill and Tom Briggs secured an 8 points victory over Pilling, Higgs and Jackson to complete the night.A thrilling way to end the last ever encounter by the two best sides in the league
Wolves 1-5 Aces
SINGLES
M. Bower 1-3 Wes Deane
Pete Daffin 3-0 Trevor Tye
Laura Taylor 2-3 Ian Speed
Kevin Bird 1-3 M. Smith
In the final game of the week we're back at the Woodbourne in a mid-table battle between the Wolves and the Aces with the home side starting 3 points clear of their opponents before tonight's match.
Wolves M. Bower started off the night taking on Wes Deane, it was Deane who started the better taking the first two legs with second finishing on a 19 darter. Bower responded with a 180 giving him an advantage and with it taking the third leg to put him back in the match but it was over in the next leg as Deane took out a 17 darter to put the Aces ahead.
Up next Wolves captain Pete "Super Daff's" Daffin made light work of Trevor Tye securing a 3-0 win finishing with a maximum and a 21 dart leg to win to make the scores one each.
In a back and forth third game Aces Ian Speed took an early 2-0 lead over Laura Taylor who made a good comeback to make it two each forcing a deciding leg and with her form up she looked good for the win but Speed held his nerve to win the decider to put the Aces back ahead.
To round off the singles Wolves Kevin Bird went ahead in his match with Smith but it didn't last long as Smith found his range and took the game in four to make it 3-1 Aces.
PAIRS
Pete Daffin/Laura Taylor 0-2 Wes Deane/M. Smith
M. Bower/Kevin Bird 0-2 Ian Speed/Trevor Tye
In the pairs it was one way traffic as the Aces team of Deane and Smith secured the victory for the team as they won Daffin and Taylor in two legs. In the final pairs Speed and Tye also recorded a 2-0 win over Bower and Bird to make the final score 5-1 Aces which meant they leap-frogged their opponents in the table.
801 League
Forfeit 0-801 Ian Speed/Trevor Tye/M. Smith
Aces won by forfeit
Report by
Pat Finney (Projectdarts Reporter/Media)
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