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

Panthers Pounce on Academicals

Panthers Pounce on Academicals

Aces 4 -2 Wolves

Singles

Mick Smith 3-0 Kieron Potts Lee Cropper 3- 1 Laura Taylor Iam Speed 0-3 Mick Bower Becky Hoyland 3-0 Kev Bird

Week 9 sees a full fixture list as the sides get back in action after the river don and the floods caused havoc the week before

First of all, we head out to Derbyshire, Newbold to be precise as the Aces look to go top of the league if results go their way.

First up was Mick Smith against Kieron Potts, with Smith getting the win 3-0 putting the hosts one nil up

Lee Cropper (16,20) beat Laura Taylor 3-1 with Cropper taking the first leg in 20 before Taylor equalised, Cropper then took the next to legs and finished the game off with a 16 darter.

Mick Bower (180) made sure the aces didn’t have it all their own way by beating Ian Speed 3-0 with a 180 along the way

Becky Hoyland won 3-0 against Kev Bird meaning the home side were 3-1 up going into the pairs

Pairs

Speed/Tye 2-1 Keane/Bird Hoyland/Cropper 1-2 Bower/Taylor

Both pairs games went all the way as Speed and Tye took on Keane and Bird with the home side coming out on top

While lastly it was a game of mixed doubles as Hoyland and Cropper took on Taylor and Bower with the latter gaining the last point on the board meaning they were crossing the border with 2 points

Hustlers 5 – 1 Stallions 

Singles

Carl Farnsworth 3-0 Colin Johnson Nigel Ikin 3-1 Sie Simmons Lee Cushworth 3-0 Anne Simmons Paul Harris 1-3 Martin Baugh

The Cueball Hustlers were looking to keep top spot in the league as they took on The Riverside Stallions

Carl Farnsworth was first up against Colin Johnson, with Farnsworth taking the victory with a 3-0 whitewash

Nigel Ikin (20,21) Started off with a 21-dart leg against Sie Simmons before Simmons levelled up at 1-1, Ikin then took the next leg in 20 before winning the last Leg to make it 3-1

Lee Cushworth hustled Anne Simmons with a 3-0 win before Martin Baugh (180) got the visitors a point on the board with a 3-1 victory over Paul Harris

Pairs

Harris/Farnsworth 2-0 S Simmons/ A Simmons Cushworth/Ikin 2-1 Johnson/Baugh/Webster

Harris and Farnsworth took the first singles over The Simmons’s 2-0 before Cushwoth and Ikin beat Johnson and Baugh 2-1 to ensure that the Hustlers stay on top for another week at least

Stallions 1-5 Panthers

Singles

Nicola Bruce 0-3 Pete Bramley Paul Brittle 3-2 Alan Jackson Barry Brittle 0-3 Ryan Goffin Ian Webster 0-3 Gav Pilling

A Rotherham derby sees The Warriors take on The Railwaymen

Nicola Bruce was up first against Pete Bramley (19) unfortunately she couldn’t do anything to stop “Perfect Pete” as he came out 3-0 victor and a 19-dart leg on the way

Next up was Paul Brittle (114 c/o) who got the only point on the board against Alan Jackson, after going 2-0 Brittle saw a resurgence from Jackson who levelled it up before Brittle made his throw count and took the last leg to make it 3-2

Ryan Goffin (19,21) saw off Barry Brittle 3-0 with 19 & 21 dart legs giving little Brittle no chance

Gav Pilling also despatched Ian Webster by the same scoreline 3-0 to put the away side 3-1 up at the interval

Pairs

J Bruce/P Brittle 0-2 Higgs/Bramley A Brittle/Webster 0-2 Pilling/Goffin

The pairs both went the way of the Railwaymen via 2-0 victories as Paul Brittle partnered with Jodie Bruce against Higgs and Bramley before sending his wife Angie Brittle out with Ian Webster to try and take on Gav Pilling and Ryan Goffin

Panthers 6-0 Academicals

Singles

Trevor Burkhill 3-0 Conal Doughty Curtis Thorpe 3-2 Nathan Hamsey Mick Hulley 3-1 Jack Lewis Russ Simons 3-0 Adam Warner

It was a case of night school for The Academicals as they had a lesson in darts from The Panthers

Trevor Burkhill (180,14,19,21) Gave Conal Doughty a lesson in how to get an 83+ average with a 180 and 14,19,21 dart legs

Curtis Thorpe came from 2-1 down to win 3-2 against Nathan Hamsey

Mick Hulley (139c/o) won 3-1 over Jack Lewis with a 139 checkout along the way

Russ Simmons (20) won 3-0 against Adam Warner with a 20 darter to take the last leg

Pairs

Waller/Cliffe 2-1 Doughty/Lewis Burkhill/Meeson 2-0 Warner/Hamsey

The Panthers rolled the old boys out to teach the “young uns” a lesson in the pairs as Graham Waller and Dave Cliffe beat Doughty and Lewis 2-1 in the first game.

Trevor Burkhill and Pat “The Decrepit Landlord” Meeson took on Warner and Hamsey coming out with a 2-0 victory and all 6 for The Panthers

Week six report by James Thomas

Warriors Wounded,Aces High

Warriors Wounded, Aces High 

Railwaymen 2 -4 Wombles

Singles

Geoff Higgs 3-0 Steven Caley Steve Brittle 1- 3 Glynn Harris Gav Pilling 1-3 Mick Swift Tom Sawford 3-0 James Thomas

Week 6 brings around the reverse fixture of the week before with teams starting to jostle for position before the first break of the season.

First of all, we head to the station in Rotherham via a blown-out tyre, emergency pick up and a detour round the New York Stadium due to roadworks, where the hosts were looking to overcome their previous defeat at the Woodbourne

It looked to be going to plan from the off as Geoff Higgs quickly ran out 3-0 winner over Steven Caley

Glyn Harris levelled the game up at 1-1 with a 3-1 victory over Steve Brittle (180)

Mick Swift (21) then put the away side Infront by defeating captain Gav Pilling 3 -1

Tom Sawford (17,21) then got the Railwaymen back on track as he despatched James Thomas 3-0 getting revenge on his opponent from last week 

Pairs

Brittle/Higgs 0-2 Caley/Thomas Pilling/Sawford 0-2 Harris/Swift

Unfortunately, the pairs didn’t go as to plan for the railway and their hopes of a victory got derailed as James Thomas checked out 127 in the first leg before Steven Caley checked out 92 in the second leg against Brittle/Higgs

Lastly the pairing of Harris and Swift proved to be too much for Pilling and Sawford (180) despite Shooter hitting a maximum to put the pressure on the double shot of the Wombles.

Aces 6 – 0 Warriors

Singles

Ian Speed 3-0 Nicola Bruce Lee Cropper 3-0 Ian Webster Becky Hoyland 3-1 Paul Brittle Mick Smith 3-0 Barry Brittle 

The Aces dealt the Warriors another 6-0 defeat propelling them up into 3rd position in the league, the winners and losers were: Ian “speedy” Speed beat Nicola Bruce 3-0, Lee Cropper beat Ian

Webster 3-0, Paul Brittle lost 3-1 to Becky Hoyland and Mick Smith (19,118c/o) won 3-0 against Barry Brittle

Pairs

Hoyland/Cropper 2-0 P Brittle/ A Brittle Speed/Smith 2-0 Bruce/Webster

Both Pairs games had a 2-0 score line with the combination of Hoyland/Cropper defeating the brittles and Speed/Smith took care of Webster/Bruce to give the Aces all 6

Stallions 1-5 Panthers

Singles

Colin Johnson 3-1 Dave Cliffe Anne Simmons 0-3 Trevor Burkhill Stuart Tunstill 0-3 Mick Hulley Wayne Pike 1-3 Russ Simmons

The Stallions were looking to put last week’s 6-0 loss behind them and get some points on the board against the panthers.

They achieved this straight away as Colin Johnson beat Dave Cliffe 3-1 to put the hosts in front, unfortunately it was the only point as Trevor Burkhill (15,21x2,106,170c/o) pressed the turbo with a 15 and two 21 dart legs, Burkhill definitely made the most of his time at the riverside by reeling in the big fish a 170 check out against Anne Simmons to win 3-0, Mick Hulley enjoyed the same scoreline against Stuart Tunstill, whilst Russ Simmons(180,21) beat Wayne Pike 3-1 to put the panthers 3-1 up 

Pairs

A Simmons/ S Simmons 1-2 Burkhill Meeson Johnson/Pike 0-2 Waller/Hulley

The stallions weren’t looking to roll over as the Simmons duo came out and took the first leg in the pairs against Burkhill and Meeson who then proved to have too much for the stallions stablemates and won 2-1, in the last game of the evening Johnson and Pike were left floundering at the hands of Waller and Hulley

Wolves 2-4 Hustlers

Singles 

Kieron Potts 0-3 Carl Farnsworth Laura Taylor 0-3 Lee Cushworth Mick Bower 3-0 Paul Harris Ray Grocutt 0-3 Bri Jones

It was a night of maximums as the wolves were looking to avenge their 6-0 defeat from the week before.

Carl Farnsworth (180,21) had other ideas as he beat Kieron Potts with a 180 and a 21 darter along the way

Next up for the home side was Laura Taylor looking to go one better than her result against Lee Cushworth (180x2) but it wasn’t to be as Cushworth won 3-0 hitting a pair of maximums

Mick Bower (19,17) secured the first point on the board for the Wolves has he sent Paul Harris packing with 19 & 17 dart legs

Ray Grocutt (180) hit a max but came up fruitless as Bri Jones (16x2) won 3 -0 with a deuce of 16 dart legs 

Pairs

Bower/Keane 0-2 Cushworth/Jones Bird/Grocutt 2-0 Farnsworth/Harris

Cushworth and Jones ensured that the away side would leave with a victory as they beat Bower and Keane 2-0 but the last game of the evening went to the home side as Bird and Grocutt (180) won by the same 2-0 scoreline against Harris and Farnsworth

Week six report by James Thomas

Panthers Sink Teeth In To Stallions

Panthers Sink Teeth In To Stallions

Panthers 6 -0 Stallions

Singles

Dave Cliffe 3-1 Stewart Tunstill Mick Hulley 3- 2 Colin Johnson Russ Simmons 3-0 Anne Simmons Trevor Burkhill 3-0 Sie Simmons

Week 5 sees a new round of fixtures as teams look to start gathering momentum as the old sports cliché goes. 

First of all, we head to SFL HQ for the Panthers who were looking to bounce back from last week’s defeat and get stuck in to the well-rested stallions

Dave Cliffe came out victorious after winning the first leg before Stewart Tunstill levelled at 1-1, winning by 3 legs to 1 putting the first point on for the panthers

Mick Hulley showed his desire to win by beating Colin Johnson in a last leg shootout following a very spirited comeback from Johnson.

Russ Simmons (21) beat namesake Anne 3-1 with a 21 darter along the way to ensure the panthers had secured the draw at worst case scenario

Trevor Burkhill(180,19x2) was up to his old tricks as he reeled off a max and two 19 dart legs to despatch Sie Simmons 3-0 and put the game past any doubt for the home side

Pairs 

Hulley/Waller 2-0 Pike/Baugh Meeson/Burkhill 2-0 S Simmons/A Simmons

The Panthers continued to show dominance heading into the pairs as Hulley and Waller saw off Pike and Baugh 2-0 whilst Meeson and Burkhill had the perfect 6 in their minds as they beat the Husband and wife partnership of the Simmons resulting in Sie making his own breakfast Friday morning

Warriors 0 – 6 Aces

Singles

Ian Webster 1-3 Ian Speed Angela Brittle 0-3 Mick Smith Barry Brittle 0-3 Lee Cropper Paul Brittle 2-3 Becky Hoyland

The Aces dealt the Warriors a 6-0 defeat the winners and losers were Ian “speedy” Speed beat Ian Webster 3-1, Mick Smith (19,20) beat Angie Brittle 3-0, Barry Brittle lost 3-0 to Lee Cropper (21) and Paul Brittle lost 3-2 in a lest leg shootout to Becky Hoyland (21)

Pairs

Webster/B Brittle 0-2 Speed/Smith P Brittle/A Brittle 0-2 Cropper/Hoyland

Both Pairs games had a 2-0 score line with the combination of Speed/Smith beating Webster/B Brittle and the husband/wife Brittles losing to Cropper and Hoyland

Wombles 4-2 Railwaymen

Singles

Mick Swift 3-0 Geoff Higgs Glynn Harris 3-2 Gav Pilling Steven Caley 1-3 Ryan Goffin James Thomas 3-2 Tom Sawford 

The wombles were looking to put last weeks loss behind them and get back to winning ways against the Railwaymen who was looking to get a head of steam

Mick Swift quickly despatched Geoff Higgs 3-0, Glynn Harris (20) beat Gav Pilling (109) 3-2 in a last leg decider with a 20 Darter, Ryan Goffin (16,19) beat Steven Caley (180,18) 3-1 whilst James Thomas beat Tom Sawford (180) in another deciding leg game.

Pairs

Thomas/Caley 0-2 Higgs/Sawford Swift/Hulley 2-0 Goffin/Jackson

With the game still in the balance Higgs and Sawford beat Thomas and Caley, in the final game Swift and Harris Beat Alan Jackson and Ryan Goffin to give the points to the home side

Hustlers 6-0 Wolves

Singles

Nigel Ikin 3-0 Kev Bird Lee Cushworth 3-2 Laura Taylor Adam Chadwick 3-1 Ray Grocutt Carl Farnsworth 3-1 Mick Bower 

The Hustlers took all 6 against a Wolves side looking to build on their win last week

Nigel Ikin beat Kev Bird 3-0, Lee Cushworth (16,128c/o) won a last leg decider against Laura Taylor 3-2, Adam Chadwick beat Ray Grocutt (180) 3-1 despite Grocutt hitting a 180, Carl Farnswoth (21) beat Mick Bower 3-1 to put the home side 4-0 up at the interval

Pairs

Cushworth/Chadwick 2-0 Chris?/Bowers Farnsworth/Ikin 2-0 Taylor/Grocutt

The pairs both went in the favour of the home side also with Cushworth and Chadwick beating Chis and Bowers, Farnsworth and Ikin took care of Taylor and Grocutt to gain maximum points

Week five report by James Thomas