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DARTS
AROUND ESSEX January
2005 First,
a happy and prosperous New Year to all…….. A
Bullseye Charity Night at the Little ‘n’ Large Family Club in
Wickford raised money for the following charities: Little Haven Hospice (£175),
Heart of Darts (£100) and Beach Hut Appeal (£75). Owner
Derek Freeman wishes to express his thanks to Tony Green, the referee, and
to Steve Maish the Professional who managed to stay calm under pressure to
win the money for the chosen charities. Basildon
Monday Darts League - Vange
´B´ are starting to pull away at the top, winning all 13 games so far.
Their nearest rivals are Bowers ´B´, who are a further 7 points
behind. Castlemayne are starting to catch up with Bowers ´C´ at the
bottom, and they are now only 2 points adrift after winning the
bottom of the table clash, 7 - 2.
Steve Johnson (Vange ´B´) has now gone 13 games without dropping a
leg, and in his teams 7 - 3 win over Albion, he hit an Eleven dart leg. So
far, there has been 50 x 180´s scored by 36 players, with Steve
Johnson and Jeff Hawes (Bowers ´B´) hitting four apiece. Pete
Brown of Vange ´B´ has the highest finish with 164. The
Annual Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal Knockout held
SUPER-LEAGUE In
the Men’s section, Harwich are a team on a mission and after recent
results find themselves two points behind the unbeaten Thameside. Joining
Harwich on 14-points is Colchester, Basildon is a further point behind.
Hatfield Peverel are the current leaders of the 1-6-12 league. The top
three in the averages are Barry Adlam, Shaun Walsh and Paul Holloway,
Shaun having the most wins with nine. Steve Johnson has scored the most
180’s (7+1), Mark McGrath and Barry Adlam share top spot in the Tons
table with 110. David Bocking (Chelmsford) has the league highest checkout
with 161. Best games in recent weeks with Mark McGrath (Ingatestone), who
beat Eddie Gosling (Colchester) 3-1 with winning legs of 15, 14 & 18
for an average of 32.06; Kevin Edwards (Colchester), who beat Neil Ayling
(Loughton) 3-0 with winning legs of 15, 19 & 13 for an average of
31.98; Dave Solly (Basildon), who beat James Connall (Witham) 3-1 with
winning legs of 17, 16 & 15 for an average of 31.30; David Bocking
(Chelmsford), who beat John Wastenage (Ingatestone) 3-2 with winning legs
of 19, 15 & 12 for an average of 29.73. The Del Lewis Memorial
competition was won by Thameside ‘B’ (Terry Rose, Ben Adams &
Harry Smith) who beat Colchester ‘B’ (Bryan Willis, Chris Denny &
Dave Gwilliams) 2-0 in the final; Thameside ‘A’ (Barry Adlam, Steve
Johnson & Alan Collins) and Colchester ‘A’ (James Noone, Kevin
Edwards & Andy Cole) were the losing semi-finalists. In
the Ladies section, Braintree has a three point lead over both
Hatfield Peverel and Clacton. The Clacton pairing of Viv Dundon &
Lorraine Jarrold won the Pairs knockout, beating Lynn Kelly & Amanda
Dodd (Braintree). The best game in recent games has come from Sue Nye
(Witham), winning 3-1 against Billy Bones (Hatfield Peverel) with a 21.17
average. TOURNAMENT NEWS IN THE
COUNTY Sunday
30th January: the Wickford Open at the Little ‘n’ Large
Family Club, the Broadway, Wickford. Doors open at 11 am, Toe the Oche at
12:15 pm. £4 entry fee (payable on the day). £600 prize money, please
contact Derek Freeman on 01268 572180 for full details. Sunday
27th February: the Essex Open Championship at Fords Sports
and Social Club, Rush Green Road, Romford. Doors open at 10 am, Toe the
Oche at 11 am. Send £6 entry fee (cheques made payable to “Essex County
Darts Organisation”). Please use official entry form found within this
issue. B.D.O. Grand Prix points awarded. MORE
NEWS
From
Highfield’s: A superb performance from Essex county ‘A’ player
James Noone (27.52) saw win the singles title against John Ferrell (Kent),
winning 4-3. Essex
player, Vincente Clarke’s performance (20.65) gained him a sponsor after
his pulling of a 2-1 win over Simon Hartley (19.12) of Gloucestershire.
Well impressed with Vincent, Norma Self of Ryelands Entertainments,
an ex-Essex county player herself, was quick to offer sponsorship. Ladbroke.com World Championship: Congratulations to Mark Landers who joins the other Essex Men in the battle for the PDC World Championship.
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Both
stars gladly gave their services for the night and had plenty of time for
the crowd for photos and autographs. The event consisted of 13 pairs who
answered two questions in the first round, this was narrowed down to 4
pairs after some very high scores then just 2 pairs remained to compete in
the final they consisted of Paul Everson and Dave Smith the eventual
winners on the night but gallant losing finalist were Debbie Vidgeon and
Lana Manton (who don’t even play darts) it just goes to show you can’t
beat a bit of bully!!!
at the Chelmsford (New London Road) Branch; was won by the Three Wise Men
(Dean Willsher, David Bocking & Simon Whalley) pictured right
who beat the Ex-Chequers pictured below (Andrew Kateley, Andy
Dawson, Mel Sylvester & Lee Holland) 3-0 in a tense final. 
The
losing semi-finalists were “Right Now, On Board 1” (Wendy Johnson,
Yvonne Hall-Wilson & Ryan Tebbutt)
and the “White Bull” (Martin Compton, Robert Tinsley, Alan Green &
Alan Church).
