FAWN B made a great recovery when hosting Octagon Social Club in the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League and won the last four singles to prevail by the narrowest of margins. Trailing 5-2, Fred Goldsmith began the revival with a 3-1 victory, aided by a leg in 14 and there were further successes for Robbie Newland (3-0), Dave Hall (3-0) and Dave Jones (3-1) to see the Greenbank side over the line. Octagon’s Alfie Ford gave a good account of himself and was their leading ma

CHERRY Tree picked up their first victory of the new campaign in the Monday Premier League when they defeated Indian Inn B 8-3. The Pennycross side had Steve Barnes (27.83) earning himself the week’s top average when emerging a 3-0 winner in 19, 15 and 20 while John Kemp was a lone winner for Indian, aided by a leg in 15. After two consecutive defeats, Steam Packet A found the winning formula and inflicted on Prince Maurice B an 11-0 whitewash the same winning scoreline that

DEVON will be sending a strong contingent to compete in the BDO Gold Cup at the Magna Centre, Rotherham, at the weekend and the team will include two teenagers who normally compete for Devon Youth. Earning their place by defeating senior Devon A players in the county play-offs were Owen Bates and Kieran Peek, who both compete at Under 18 level in Southern Counties Youth. Kieran, (pictured right), who first started playing darts at 12-years-old, has already experienced some hi

KINGS Tamerton CC remain top of the Plymouth and District Friday League but have had their advantage cut to just two points after winning 8-5 away at The Windmill, in a fixture that saw five maximums recorded. Mark Shears (32.29), for the Leigham side, hit a brace of 180s and he also caught the eye when winning his singles in 31 darts. Royal Naval Arms A consolidated second spot with a 10-3 win over Indian Inn A and have the advantage of a game in hand over the leaders while

PATRIOTS’ unbeaten record continues into their 34th match of the campaign, but the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League leaders were pushed all the way by third-placed Maritime Misfits before winning 6-5. This was yet another fixture portraying the high standards of the league with no fewer than 131 throws of a ton or more recorded. Danny Allen top scored for Maritime with 17 three-figure throws which included three maximums while John Mann (100x20) and Antony Hayman (100x

STEAM Packet B are the early leaders of the Monday Premier League after following up their 10-1 victory on the opening night with another success by the same winning margin against Bluebird A. Alec Turner was a 3-2 winner, aided by a leg in 14, while the solitary point gained by the visitors was an impressive 3-0 success for Rob Thorning (100x14). Indian Inn A are one of only eight teams who have won two matches on the bounce following their 7-4 success away at Octagon B. EXC

PORTERS B went into their final match of the Plymouth City Super League with an unblemished record after 39 matches and it would have been a travesty of justice if they hadn’t completed the campaign undefeated, but Octagon Social Club made them fight every inch of the way in an end-of-season thriller. Octagon led twice after the first three disciplines, only for the hosts to win four on the bounce and lead 5-2. Octagon started their revival when Tony Lamerton defeated Phil St

PLACES remain unaltered at the top of the Plymouth and District Friday League after the leading four teams all won in double figures. Tabletoppers Kings Tamerton CC and second placed Royal Naval Arms A both secured maximum points against The Office and Dinky Diner B respectively while Brewery Tap, in third, were 12-1 winners away at Queens Dock. Steam Packet came away from The Fawn with an 11-2 victory while City Social A took all but one of the 13 points on offer when they v

TWO good performances in the BDDA Harlequin Trophy yesterday, contested at Stafford Rangers Football Club, Stafford, has seen Plymouth’s top disabled darts player move to the top of the wheelchair rankings. Snowy Dyson, who is one of only two bi-lateral, above the knee amputees, in the World Disability Darts Association (WDDA) and the only one in Britain, is now officially the No.1 ranked wheelchair player in the country. He picked up valuable ranking points in the Open categ

OCTAGON Social Club defeated City Social 9-2 in the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League but despite the scoreline, a good standard of darts was portrayed by both teams with nine legs won in 18 or less in the individual phases. Social’s two points came through Maria O’Brien who top scored with 14 ton plus throws and 15-year-old Jordan Grimshaw, who took out a 15-darter before going on to a 3-2 singles victory. Octagon’s Alfie Ford had to bang in two maximums and a checkout