Lowdham & District Village Mens Dart League RESULTS March 6
With four matches left in the league The Gedling Club look home and dry with a lead of four points. Two more wins supported by their leg difference will see The Gedling Club retain their title.
At the same time as The Gedling Club were winning in Oxton, second and third placed teams The Calverton Working Men’s Club and The Cross Keys, Burton Joyce also won as well to maintain a modicum of pressure on the current champions.
Result of the week was definitely league newcomers The Cross keys from Burton Joyce who having lost only one game this season, a feat only matched by The Gedling Club, won easily at home against The Old Ship from Lowdham. It was a particularly special win for the Burton Joyce outfit as the new team was formed by a number of ex-Ship players who ‘abandoned’ ship. In doing so they introduced a number of new players to the league, many of whom had never played league darts previously. The team could easily have been closer to The Gedling Club were it not for the new comers drawing eight games and only finding their feet in the second part of the season.
Five teams still remain in the hunt for the silver and bronze places with only two points covering the five.
Week 15 action includes the leaders and second placed CWMC taking on Epperstone and Lowdham respectively in matches they will both expect to win on current form while third placed team, The Keys from Burton Joyce face a tough game at home against a Gleaners ‘A’ team that contains the league’s ‘180’ maestro, Neil Lincoln and who are also currently leading the Captain and Secretary competition.
Calverton’s Neil Lincoln continues to lead the 180 table with four so far while The Rodney’s P Cullen continues to lead the highest finish table with 158.
The Knock Out Cup semi finals will take place on March 27 when Gleaners ‘A’ will play The Green Dragon at the Rodney and The Admiral Rodney will take on The Gedling Club at the CWMC.
Finals & Presentation night is at 7.00pm on Friday April 19 at The Calverton Working Men’s Club.
New players and teams are always welcome and with seven of the ten teams based in the borough it’s a great way to spend your Wednesday evening. If you want to get involved or learn more, you can visit the league Facebook page here .
