JOHNSON'S DOUBLE!

Steve Johnson (White Hart) won both Singles titles at the Brentwood Borough & District finals night. Jamie Manchester (Henderson A) was the unlucky loser in both the division 1 knockout and the All-in-singles knockout. The division 2 singles was won by the Railway ‘B’s Mark Redmond who beat Glynn Lovell (Rising Sun). An all Henderson ‘B’ (or was it Tesco Express!!) division 3 final saw the title won by Mick Whitty, beating Alan Brindley. The pairs were a victory for Peter Tompkins & Simon Pratt (Railway Hotel) a year after tasting defeat in the final. Losing in the final was John & Peter Doherty (Robin Hood). The Mixed Pairs was once again won by Bobby & Hazel Semple (White Horse A) in a close fought contest with Trevor Brogan & Janet Wilson (Bentley A). Mick Harris (Harold Wood NC B) beat Bob Knapp (Spread Eagle) to win the Captains cup; Andrew Westcott (Bentley A) won the Secretaries cup with a 3-1 victory over White Horse ‘B’s Dave Wood. The Harold Wood NC ‘A’ was victorious in the Knockout Cup; beating division 2 champions the Prince of Wales ‘A’ 3-1. The Fours knockout was a win for the Railway Hotel 3-1 against the White Horse ‘A’.

SUPER-LEAGUE

Men’s Section: Thameside are champions with Colchester runners-up. Recent great games have come from: Steve Johnson (Thameside), who Roz Ambrose, Clacton (21.47) winning 3-0 against Debbie Lawson, Witham beat Tony Gardener (Witham) 3-0 with winning legs of 20, 13 & 18 for an average of 29.47; Steve Johnson (Thameside) once again, who beat Keith Ridgeway (Basildon) 3-0 with winning legs of 16, 18 & 18 for an average of 28.90.   Ladies Section: With a fixture to go, it’s either Clacton or Braintree for the title. Recent great games have come from: Viv Dundon, Clacton (26.84) winning 3-0 against Lynne Wood, Witham and Roz Ambrose, Clacton (21.47) winning 3-0 against Debbie Lawson, Witham

TOURNAMENT NEWS IN THE COUNTY

Essex Dart Leagues “Charity Golf Day” on Monday 25^th July at Maylands, Romford. £40 for the day.

Contact Paul Sedge (07808 502385) for details; requires a £10 deposit per player. Open to any player or team that is registered to a dart league in the county. All proceeds going to the “Heart of Darts”.

AROUND THE LEAGUE’S:

Ingatestone & District: Alan Church (White Bear) won the Alfred Candler Memorial Cup with a superb 3-1 victory over Andrew Dawson (Ex-Chequers). The losing semi-finalists were Ashley Evans (Black Bull) and David Deed (Bentley Allstars). The Ron Wood Memorial Cup was won by Angela Chamberlain (Victoria A) who beat Terri Warwick (Oddfellows Arms) 3-2 in a tightly fought match. Terri with partner John Hansell won the Stammers Shield with a 2-0 victory over Brian Morley & Carol Akehurst (Cock Tavern). The pairs final saw an all Rising Sun Dragons affair end with a 3-1 victory for Mark Banham & Darren Blackwood over Mark McGrath & Paul Sedge. The losing semi-finalists were William Robinson & Craig Vickers (Red Beret) and George Dixon & John Wastenage (Crown). The summer league kicked off with a celebratory tournament between the 24 players who’d played in all ten years since it’s forming back in 1993. The six ladies played in a round robin and Dawn Hogan came out on top with her mum Julie Child’s finishing 2^nd. Three groups of six saw each group winner and the best runner-up qualify for the semi-finals. Best runner-up Mel Sylvester beat tournament favourite John Wastenage 2-1, and Andrew Westcott won through to the final beating Mark Robinson 2-0. It was Mel Sylvester who held his nerve in the final leg to clinch victory 3-2.

Harlow Industrial & Business: The league has now finished, with last years Champions, Moot House, retaining the title. Council Club were runners up, with Phoenix in 3^rd place. Moot House, beating White Admiral 7-1 in the final, won the League Cup. The League Plate was won by Phoenix, beating Golden Swift Herberts 7-2 in the final. Gary Barnett (Gate) and Dick Foster (Council Club) shared the "Most Singles Legs Wins" title with 23 wins from 24 matches each. The 180’s trophies and Hi-Checkout trophies are yet to be decided as 6 weeks of open competitions are now starting, however the leaders of these competitions are Peter Brown on 10 maximums and Mick McNally on 8. Peter Brown leads the Hi-Checkout competition with a 170 finish - this can now obviously only be equalled. Lastly, we will be looking for teams to join the league next season. We hope to raise the 13 teams up to approx 20 and get 2 divisions going. We accept men’s, ladies, and mixed teams of all abilities. Any enquiries: hibdldarts@yahoo.co.uk

Ongar & District: The Hutton made up for losing out in the league by beating champions, Red Lion, in the Team 6 Knockout Cup. An all Cock Tavern ‘A’ triples final saw a win for John Wastenage, Simon Love & J Horne against Gary Robinson, Andy Brown & David Brown. Andrew Westcott & Shirley Clarke (Red Lion) retained the Mixed Pairs by beating Gary Bostwick & Kristina Cook (Royal Oak A). The ladies pair’s knockout was won by Denise & Val Robinson (Red Lion) against Lonnie Green & Wendy Spencer (White Horse). Simon Love & John Wastenage against Gary Robinson & David Brown won the men’s pair’s final. Gina Bruce (Cuckoo) won the ladies singles against Marion Crook (Royal Oak B), and Andrew Westcott beat George Reeves (White Horse) to win the men’s singles.

Wickford & District: Chalk n Cheese were 3-2 winners of the 3-man team competition. Chalk n Cheese were Derek Freeman, Paul Everson & Doug Gerrard. The runners-up were Jimmy’s Eagles (Jim Eagleton, Dave Solly & Des Marples). Dean Johns (25.91 average) beat Jim Eagleton 3-0 in the final of the money-in money-out singles competition. The losing semi-finalists were Paul Everson and Paul Doherty, John Stains scored the most 180’s with three and Dean John’s 150 was the top checkout.

Basildon Monday: With all league matches now complete, last years runners up, Vange 'B' have won the league with 55 points, 11 ahead of Bowers 'B' who were second. Bowers 'C' were awarded the wooden spoon with 10 points, just one point behind the Castlemayne who were the spoon holders last year. In the Del Lewis Trophy, the final will be contested between Larry Oxborrow (Bowers 'B') and Steve Johnson (Vange 'B'). We had 51 entries on the night and raised £170 for Cancer Research, so a big thank you to everyone who made the night so successful. The Tartan Trophy final will be between York 'E' and the Albion. Steve Johnson went through the whole league season without dropping a leg until the very last game of the present campaign when he lost 1-2 to Bobby Fagg of Bowers 'T'. Steve also has the highest finish with 167, the least darts finish with an 11-dart leg and the most 180's with seven. Jeff Hawes (Bowers 'B') has hit six so far. 48 players so far with just two-cup competitions still to come have scored a total of 95 maximums.

 What was going on this time last year