MARITIME Misfits suffered their first defeat of the season when losing 6-5 away at Fawn B in the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League and subsequently have let Porters Patriots open up an eight-point lead at the top of the table. Patriots were in a rich vein of form and put 59 scores of a ton or more on the board before defeating Indian Inn 11-0, dropping just two legs throughout the entire fixture. Antony Hayman (34.16) (pictured) emerged a 3-0 winner in 14, 13 and 17 whi

THE most coveted title for a Plymouth darts player to win is the Champion of Champions crown and the competition is back for an unprecedented 35th year. The competition is fierce, evident in the fact that in the previous 34 years, only 23 players have lifted the famous trophy, the latest being Neil White who defeated the five-time winner Simon Stevenson 5-4 in 2018. This time around White will be hoping to become only the fourth winner to defend the title, following in the fo

OCTAGON Social Club have made an excellent start to their Plymouth City Super League campaign and are in third place despite having played a game less than their rivals. In those three matches they have dropped just two points and showed their superiority once again away at Cherry Tree when they took maximum points and posted four averages above 27.80. Mike Beard (pictured) earned the plaudits when he hit three maximums in a 3-0 singles success, achieving a 31.31 average when

THREE teams lost their undefeated tag in the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League to leave just Porters Patriots and Maritime Misfits with an unblemished record after four weeks of competition and the duo are beginning to open up a significant advantage at the top of the table. League leaders Patriots defeated Brewery Tap 8-3 and once again had John Mann (100x16) as their talisman. He won 3-1 with his best legs being taken in 14 and 15 while for the visitors, a 15-darter w

THE first three weeks of competition in the Monday Premier League have been very competitive and only two points separate the leading six teams. Victory Inn A were one of only two teams to win in double figures and their 10-1 defeat of Plympton Cons has enabled them to move up to joint leaders. Keelan Kay (29.47) produced another vintage performance and won his singles in 14, 18, 19 while Nathan Langdon (100x13) caught the eye for Plympton Cons. Brewery Tap have lost their po

MARITIME made a good start to their new Devon County Super League campaign when they defeated Plymouth rivals Ker St Social Club. The Premier Division champions just two seasons ago led 4-0 through Lewis Dare (23.13), Kieran Burns (25.53), Glyn Wells (26.44) and Danny Allen (23.92) before Kelvin Rowe (22.36 halted the slide. John Mann (29.91) restored Maritime’s four-set advantage with a 4-0 victory and although Ker St won two more through Dave Algar (26.14) and Scott Lawrey

BREWERY Tap took maximum points when hosting St Levan Inn and subsequently have opened up a seven-point advantage at the top of the Plymouth City Super League table. Andy Bates (pictured) was their form player, top scoring with 16 throws of a ton more which included his fourth maximum of the campaign and the week’s highest checkout of 158. Plympton Cons A drop down to third spot after suffering their first defeat despite some very good performances. They trailed Steam Packet

SHANE Havard was in a rich vein of form as he won the final ranking event of the British Disability Darts Association’s 2019 Road to Winmau Tour at The Leigh Academy, Dartford. In the five matches he had to play to win the title, he never dropped a single leg and also threw highest finish with an outshot of 170. On the other hand, his opponent in the final Paul Gelder had to go the full distance in his first two matches before defeating Michael Callaghan 3-1 in the semi-final

MARITIME Misfits consolidated second spot in the Porters Function Room 501 Top 20 League when they won 7-4 away at Brewery Tap with young Frankie Stout (pictured) earning the plaudits. Stout made it three wins from three in this campaign with a 3-1 singles victory that included checkouts of 100 and 111. Kieran Burns (100x16) top scored for Tap but was edged out 3-2 by Dave Matthews who hit two maximums, from a total of nine that were thrown on the night. Porters Patriots have

LAST season’s Monday Premier League champions Steam Packet finally got off the mark after having a bye on the opening week and began the defence of their title with a 10-1 victory against Firkin Scholar. They had Alec Turner top scoring with 12 throws of a ton or more and Luke Johnson (26.84) caught the eye when emerging a 3-0 winner in 17, 18 and 21. The one point that eluded them was claimed by 13-year-old Frankie Stout who recorded an accomplished 3-0 singles victory. Brew