MARITIME Social Club consolidated their position at the top of the premier division in the Devon County Super League with victory over Plymouth opponents Porters Patriots. The Keyham side now boast a nine-point advantage and will carry their unbeaten record into the seventh fixture of the campaign when they host second placed Winchester Warriors on Saturday week. Maritime could not have wished for a better start when Scott Hutchinson (27.47) won 4-2 which included a 12-dart l

SIMON Stevenson will take his place amongst the world’s elite players when the Ladbrokes World Series of Darts finals opens on Friday at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow. The Mirrorman produced one of his best performances of the season at the Barnsley Metrodome to qualify for the prestigious tournament which will be televised throughout its entirety by ITV4. After having received a bye at the round of 128 stage, he ousted the 13th ranked world player Robert Thornton 5-3. DONE I

TWO teams lost for the first time in the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League, leaving three with an unbeaten record, just four weeks into a new campaign. The top two sides both won in double figures but it’s Porters Patriots, after an 11-0 whitewash of Cherry Tree, that boast a four-point lead over the chasing pack. They hit no fewer than 62 scores of a ton or more in their demolition of the Pennycross outfit and had five players hitting more than 10 tons each. Maritime M

PLYMOUTH seems to have a rich abundance of emerging youth players as another 15-year-old comes to the fore. Following in the footsteps of his Devon county youth team-mate Keelan Kay, Jordan Grimshaw caught the eye in the Monday Premier League when he achieved the week’s highest checkout. In winning his singles 3-2, which enabled City Social to edge out Brookside B 6-5, Grimshaw finished at the first time of asking from 156, a mark that was not bettered. TOP CHECKOUT: Jordan G

FIFTEEN months after becoming the first Plymouth player to hit the perfect nine-dart game, John Mann came so close to repeating the feat, but in the end had to settle for a win in 10. Playing for Porters A in the Monday Premier League, Mann hit eight perfect darts before wiring double 12. TOP MAN(N): John Mann came very close to achieving another perfect game but had to settle for a win in 10. A tongue-in-cheek moment followed when his opponent, John Cook, then stepped up to

THERE is no change at the top of the Plymouth City Super League table after the leading two sides both won by a 9-2 margin. The Staddy remain top after defeating Kings Arms A with Marc Cresswell recording two maximums while second placed Porters B remain undefeated after beating Compton Social Club, for whom Neil Edwards (100x11) was their only singles winner. Dartsworld Café are seven points off the pace in third but have a game in hand on the two sides above them and were o

KINGS Tamerton CC have lost their place at the top of the Plymouth and District Friday League after they were defeated 8-5 away at The Tradesman, for only their fourth defeat in 39 matches. They now drop down into second place, seven points off the pace, after Porters A took all available points away at Waterloo B to move into pole position. Antony Hayman won in 38 (26.34) and Harry Bull had a solid single’s win which he finished at the first time of asking from 100. Octagon

THERE is little change at the top of the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League after the leading duo both won in double figures. League leaders Porters Patriots inflicted a first defeat on Brookside by a 10-1 margin and showed good form when registering 67 throws of a ton or more. Andy Bates hit no fewer than 18, which included an outshot of 130 and he was well supported by Antony Hayman (100x16). Second placed Maritime Marauders took all 11 points from their fixture agains

THE 13th fixture of the season came close to being very unlucky for unbeaten Monday Premier League leaders Maritime A, but they rallied to come from behind and continue their winning ways. The Keyham side went 2-0 down away at Steam Packet B but with the scoreline evenly poised at 5-5, Dan Scott emerged a 3-0 winner against Quinton Taylor for a win by the narrowest of margins. Scott Hutchinson (100x15) top scored for the winners while for Packet, Neil White caught the eye whe

OCTAGON Social Club halted The Staddy’s progress at the top of the Plymouth City Super League table after they came from behind to edge out the table-toppers 6-5, for only their second defeat of the campaign. Steve Packer added to the cause when taking out a finish of 120 in a 3-2 singles victory while Warren Gordon, for the visitors, secured a leg with a kill of 118, only to be defeated 3-1 by Fred Goldsmith. Porters B will carry their unbeaten record into the 13th match of