KINGS Tamerton Community Centre extended their advantage at the top of the Plymouth and District Friday League to 10 points, after they plundered all of the points from their visit to Royal Naval Arms B. Royal Naval Arms A remain in second spot following a 10-3 victory away at Weston Mill Oak Villa, buoyed by two good performances. Andy Bates was consistent throughout and top scored with 13 throws of a ton or more while Andrew Nation (32.29) (pictured below), won his singles

MARK Shears proved to be the best player when the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League held their end of season play-off for team champions. He reached the semi-final with 3-0 victories over Dan Hill and Paul Gavican while his last four opponent, Scott Hutchinson, was equally impressive when defeating Mark Webber and Pete Holland, also in straight legs. In the other half of the draw, John Mann defeated Dave Algar 3-0 before achieving a 3-1 victory over Scott Lawrey, aided

BROOKSIDE A are now the outright leaders of the Monday Premier League and the only side who can boast an unblemished record. Their opponents Firkin Scholar played better than their league position would suggest though and the Honicknowle side only got home by the odd game in 11, in a fixture that produced five maximum scores. Two of the 180s came from the host’s Jim Orchard who top scored with 19 throws of a ton or more, which included an outshot of 151, which came in a 3-2 d

THROUGHOUT one’s sporting career, there is usually a very special occasion to remember and for one of the most popular darts players within the Plymouth leagues, that occasion came for Tony Turner on Sunday December 7, 1997, when he became only the ninth player in 13 years to win the Champion of Champions. Tony, at 28-years-old, was a late starter, but be began league darts in the 1983-84 season at the City Social, playing in the Plymouth and District Social Clubs League on a

THE Windmill were the biggest winners of the week in the Plymouth and District Friday League and in defeating Royal Naval Arms B 13-0, Steve Marker top scored with 11 ton plus scores which included three 180s. League leaders Kings Tamerton Community Centre secured all but one of the 13 points that were on offer when hosting Pennycross SC but the one point that eluded them was a trebles success for Des Dugdale, Dave Moody and Bob Humphries, in which they threw seven ton plus s

SIX of the seven Plymouth sides were all victorious on the opening night of the new Devon County super league campaign, including reigning champions Maritime, who began the defence of their premier division title with a 6-3 win against Racehorse (Tiverton). New skipper Danny Allen (23.72) opened their account with a 4-1 win, taking the last leg in 18 with a checkout of 106, followed by John Mann, who was making his debut for Maritime. Mann (24.14) emerged a winner in four str

MARITIME and Brookside A are joint leaders of the Monday Premier League after they both won their matches 10-1. The Keyham side defeated Hyde Park Social Club but the one point that eluded them was a doubles victory for Steve Duke and Rick Trinder. Duke (pictured below), also caught the eye in the individual phases when he took Shaun Dring (100x14) to 2-2, before being edged out in the deciding fifth leg. Brookside were winners against Plympton Cons and recorded 59 throws of

ROYAL Naval Arms A remain just behind the Plymouth and District Friday League leaders in second spot, still with a game in hand, after defeating Jolly Miller 8-5, in a fixture that produced six maximum scores. Andy Bates (below) notched two 180s from an 11-ton haul and played his part in a 32-dart doubles victory with Ant Pearn (31.28). Tabletoppers Kings Tamerton Community Centre won 11-2 away at Railway Inn while in a much closer fixture, Brewery Tap B edged out Dinky Diner

THE biggest and most popular darts competition, the one that every darts player in Plymouth and the surrounding areas wants to win, has again been launched for the 34th year. Champion of Champions has helped to raise thousands of pounds over the years for local charities and hopefully this year will be no exception. Benefiting from this year’s competition will be St Luke’s Hospice, which is an independent charity providing specialist care and support to people with progressiv

AFTER nine weeks of competition in the Monday Premier League, no fewer than three teams are sharing the lead on 80 points, four points clear of the chasing pack. Previous table-toppers Steam Packet B were pushed the full distance by Indian Inn A for whom Andrew Nation hit two maximums, but with the score-line evenly poised at 5-5, Quinton Taylor won in three straight legs to preserve Packet’s unbeaten record. Brookside A are now part of the leading trio following a 10-1 victo