Full Steam Ahead For The Railwaymen

Full Steam Ahead For The Railwaymen 

Wolves 1 -5 Aces

Singles

Chris Keane 0-3 Mick Smith Kieran Potts 1-3 Lee Cropper Laura Taylor 1-3 Ian Speed Mick Bower 3-1 Becky Hoyland

Week 10 Is the reverse week with the teams able to size up their opponents from the week before

Headquarters is where we start as The Aces will still be looking to try and go top whilst The Wolves have their own points tally on their minds.

First up was “Crackpot” Chris Keane who was trying to replicate the good run of form his professional doppelganger is having, unfortunately it wasn’t to be as Chris Mason shirt enthusiast Mick Smith (180,16) won 3-0 with a max and 16 dart leg to seal the deal

Kieran Potts was next up against Lee Cropper (20,21) but the result went in favour of the away side courtesy of 20 and 21 dart legs

Laura Taylor succumbed to Ian Speed’s charm and prowess as she lost 3-1

Mick Bower (180,20) made sure he got a point for his side hitting a max and 20 dart leg in his 3-1 win over Becky Hoyland

Pairs

Keane/Bird 0-2 Speed/Smith Bower/Taylor 1-2 Hoyland/Cropper

Keane and Bird had no answers to the questions asked by Speed and Smith as they ren out 2-0 winners

It was a game of dart ja vu as the last pairs was called out as Bower and Taylor took on last weeks foes in Cropper and Hoyland, unfortunately history wasn’t going to repeat itself any further as the away side clinched the 2-1 this time resulting in 5-1 to The Aces

Stallions 1 – 5 Hustlers 

Singles

Wayne Pike 0-3 Paul Harris Sie Simmons 3-1 Carl Farnsworth Anne Simmons 0-3 Bri Jones Martin Baugh 1-3 Adam Chadwick

The Cueball Hustlers were looking to keep momentum going as they take on The Stallions down by The Riverside

Wayne Pike was left floundering as he came out of the wrong side of a 3-0 loss courtesy of Paul Harris

Sie Simmons (15,118c/o) quickly put the hosts on level terms against Carl Farnsworth with a 3-1 victory 15 dart leg and 118 checkout

Anne Simmons fell 3-0 to Bri Jones (20) and last weeks winner Martin Baugh couldn’t replicate his form of last week as he lost out 3-1 to Adam Chadwick

Pairs

Pike/Tunstill 0-2 Harris/Farnsworth A Simmons/Johnson 0-2 Ikin/Jones

Both Pairs resulted in 2-0 wins to the away side with Harris and Farnsworth beating Pike and Tunstill and Ikin and Jones seeing off Anne Simmons and Colin Johnson

Railwaymen 6-0 Warriors

Singles

Geoff Higgs 3-0 Nicola Bruce Pete Bramley 3-0 Ian Webster Ryan Goffin 3-1 Paul Brittle Gav Pilling 3-3 Angie Brittle

An all Rotherham clash as the Railwaymen are looking to gather a full head of steam in the race for the title

Geoff Higgs got the home side to a great start with a 3-0 Victory over Nicola Bruce

Pete Bramley (18,180,116c/o) Saw off “The Wizard” Ian Webster with the same 3-0 scoreline with an 18-dart leg a max and a 116 checkout

Ryan Goffin beat Paul Brittle 3-1 with Brittle taking the first leg before “The Manic” took the next 30

Gav Pilling despatched Angie Brittle 3-0 with a deuce of 21 dart legs to put the home side 4-0 up at the break 

Pairs

Jackson/Higgs 2-0 A Brittle/Bruce Pilling/Bramley 2-0 P Brittle/B Brittle

The pairs both went the way of the Railwaymen via 2-0 victories as Jackson and Higgs took on the lovely ladies of Brittle and Bruce

Pilling and Bramley took on Father and Son of the Brittles to seal all 6 for the Railwaymen

Academicals 1-5 Panthers

Singles

Stephen Godfrey 0-3 Curtis Thorpe Ste Smith 0-3 Dave Cliffe Conal Doughty 0-3 Trevor Burkhill Tom Wright 3-1 Mick Hulley

Off we go to The University Arms as The Academicals hosted The Panthers

Stephen Godfrey was first up for the home side who were looking to overturn last weeks result but he just fell short as Curtis Thorpe 3-0

Ste Smith fell by the same 3-0 scoreline to Dave Cliffe

Conal Doughty was next up against Trevor Burkhill (14,20x2) be he could only watch as Burkhill went 20,14,20 against him although pushing him in every leg

Tom Wright was the only Victor for The Academicals as he beat Mick Hulley (180) 3-1 despite Hulley hitting a max

Pairs

Doughty/Hennessy 0-2 Burkhill/Thorpe Smith/Wright 1-0 Waller/Cliffe

Doughty and Hennessy took on Burkhill and Thorpe but came up against in form duo as they won 2-0

Last up was smith and wright against Waldorf and Statler aka Waller and Cliffe, Wright tried to take his victory into the pairs and nearly did so forcing it into a last leg shootout unfortunately the result went the way of The Panthers

Week ten report by James Thomas