POISON Ivy will be playing in the premier division of the Devon Super League next season after winning the division one title by nine points, having gone through the season with just one defeat. The team that play out of the Westward Inn at Lee Mill went into their final match of the campaign with all guns blazing and defeated Galaxy (Torquay) 9-0. Tex Pearce (23.60) achieved the opening point after having to go the full seven legs but two 4-0 victories on the bounce from Dav

KEELAN Kay has produced some excellent performances this year, on both the JDC Scott Farms International Tour and the PDC Development Tour and they have not gone unnoticed. Consequently, Keelan has won a new sponsorship deal with Plymouth company MEP Systems. The company are based at Bell Close, Plympton and undertake all aspects of mechanical and electrical engineering works. TOP TEAM: The managing directors of MEP Systems in Plymouth, from left to right: Rob Ward, Jerry Mar

ENGLAND ladies won their fourth title in succession and their seventh in 10 years when the Six Nations Cup 2019 was hosted at De Bonte Wever in Assen, Netherlands, over the weekend. They made a good start when winning both their early matches on the opening day of competition to stake a place in the semi-final. The weekend started though with the Six Nations Charity Singles but no player from the England Ladies’ team made it past the quarter-finals. CHAMPIONS: The all-conquer

SIMON Stevenson was cruelly denied a qualification place in the Austrian Darts Championship, due to be held at the Multiversum, Schwechat, Vienna, from August 30 to September 1, when he was defeated in the deciding leg of the final qualifying round at the Robin Park Tennis Centre, Wigan. The Mirror Man was drawn against Welshman Jamie Lewis in the opening round and despite winning the opening leg in 17, the 27-year-old from Cardigan, went 3-1 up in 13, 13 and 16. But Stevenso

PORTERS and Maritime A both hit the 300-point barrier, but it is the former that are honing-in on the Plymouth City Super League title as they have a nine-point advantage over their rivals with just two weeks of competition remaining. Porters won 9-2 away at Kings Arms A with some outstanding performances, none more so than the 27-dart doubles victory for John Mann and Scott Wapshott, giving them a 37.07 average. Mann was also prominent in the singles when winning 3-0, aided

STEAM Packet B are the new champions of the Monday Premier League. After a season's tussle with their rivals that saw the lead change hands many times, they eventually earned the crown with a match to spare. They achieved a 10-1 success against Bluebird B while title rivals Victory Inn A, who were playing their final match of the season, lost 7-4 away at The Tradesman. Malcolm Johns was prominent for The Tradesman and in winning his singles 3-0, claimed his best game in 15 da

THE England National Championships began last evening at the Bunn Leisure Centre, Selsey, and Glyn Wells gave a good account of himself by winning his way to the last 32 of the England National Men’s Singles from a starting field of 383, including a victory over the 2015 BDO World Champion and current England captain Scott Mitchell. Wells had a tough opener against John Hall but despite being taken the full seven legs, edged the deciding leg to set up a meeting with the 5th s

MARITIME Social Club consolidated second spot in the premier division of the Devon County Super League when they defeated their Plymouth rivals Porters, 6-3. Porters had Lewis Dare (22.71) winning the first point with a 4-2 victory only for John Mann (29.47) (pictured below) to level with a man of the match performance when winning 4-0 in 15, 15, 14, 24, which included an outshot of 120. Phil Stewart (25.01) won 4-2 to edge the hosts back in front but the two sides were all l

THE 10-point difference between the title contenders of the Plymouth City Super League remains the same after Porters and Maritime A both won by the narrowest of margins. Porters edged out Octagon Social Club in a high-scoring encounter that produced 108 throws of a ton or more, including six maximums, two of which were achieved by both Paul Palmer and John Mann. Palmer also caught the eye in a 3-2 singles victory, aided by two 16-darters while Octagon’s Dave Pethick (picture

FOR some sporting champions their reign at the top is often short-lived, but not so for one of the city’s former top lady darts players, Teresa Light (formerly Osborne). She began winning titles in 1986 and carried that form right through to one of her greatest achievements in 2001 when, at the finals and presentation evening of the Courage Ladies’ League, she played in no fewer than five finals and was a winner in all of them. She claimed her first trophy in 1986 when Kings