Mark Shows He's No Flash In The Pan
Mark Hatherley's fourteen ton plus haul during a 6-5 Steve Chapman 501 League win for Indian Inn at Duchy included a 140 checkout and one of the three maximums in the close encounter.
Hatherley's (23.86) scoring was fruitful in the individual phase as he secured an 18 darter on his way to a 3-0 win whilst teammate Dan Wilkinson added a maximum to Jason Bruce's solitary effort for the defeated side.
Scott Lawrey fired an unbeaten thirteen ton plusses to lead Victory A to an 11-0 win during their visit to Greenbank and Fawn A.
Lawrey was supported well by Quinton Taylor who netted himself a ten ton haul whilst Paul Goundry fired a 131 combination out to take the highest checkout honours of this particular contest.
The only moment of magic from the home side came from the arm of Liam Taylor who threw the only maximum of the heaviest of losses.
John Mann added thirteen scores of a ton or more to the scoreboard to lead Fawn B to a 10-1 win when visiting Victory Hammers.
Simon Washington showed moments of his very best form with a 104 checkout coming before he swept his opponent aside with some stylist play in his 3-0 individual triumph.
Legs of 15 and 18 darts were ploughed home and the game's only '180' call of the night went the way of the Devon man in the aforementioned success.
Lee Agar was also a 3-0 winner thanks in part to a leg in 18 before Fred Goldsmith showed his prowess with a 3-0 win that was helped along by 17 and 18 darters of his own.
Tex Pearce top scored with twelve tons but still found himself on the wrong end of a 6-5 defeat as St Levans were downed by King Billy.
Scott Cook narrowly got the better of his two teammates in the scoring stakes during the success as his eleven tons bested ten each by Andrew Cook and Frankie Stout.
Stout and Scott Cook added their names to the 180 row of the result sheet with teammate Antony Hayman making it three maximums for the Devonport outfit.
Mike Pearce put up the away side's only three treble visit whilst Stout made the headlines again at the business end of legs with a 76 checkout.
That effort had to settle for second best for the top checkout of an excellent display between the two teams as Hayman found 104 in a single visit to take that particular honour.
A 10-1 win for former leaders Cherry Tree B in the Cherry Tree derby match success over their D side was dominated by the form of Jason Pinkerton.
Pinkerton added two maximums to his ten ton personal tally whilst Pinkerton's leg in 14 darts came in one of five 3-0 wins for the designated home side for the evening.
Ten tons from Neal Walters couldn't arrest Victory Fireballs slide to a 7-4 defeat against Cherry Tree A who had Luke Beard checking 160 for the best finish of the week.
Beard added one of the four maximums in the match to his heroics as teammate James Ewing fired a brace to go alongside AJ Brunton's solitary effort for the defeated side.
At the business end of legs, James Ewing showed his brilliance with a 16 dart leg that gave one of a trio of chalk marks in a 3-0 individual win.
Paul Palmer added the first of three maximums during the team games of a 6-5 win for Kings Arms at Tradesmans that really sizzled during the individual phase.
A leg in 16 darts helped Lewis Bryne to a 3-0 win before Rob May added a solitary 180 for his team and a 14 dart leg during his 3-1 triumph.
The man that ended up on the wrong side of the defeat, Mark Yeoman, checked his single leg with a brilliant 145 combination out shot.
Palmer made the score 5-5 going into the last game with a 3-0 win that saw him check one leg at the first time of asking from 121.
Dave Johns then took his moment in the spotlight to bring home the success with a 17 darter and a 180 accenting his 3-0 triumph.
Nick Bryant was Cherry Tree C's hero of the hour as he won out 3-1 in the individual phase when going on last during a 6-5 win over Octagon.
Bryant added a 180 and a leg in 18 darts to that success whilst Bryant's teammate Steve Mills made it two maximums for his team to Steve Daley's one for the defeated team.
Bar Mez were 8-3 winners at Ivybridge with Paul Tackle stealing the show at the business end of legs after some excellent play.
Tackle's 122 was the best of four top finishes in the game and he also claimed a 90 that bettered an 87 by teammate Tom Full.
Jason Bowden's 106 combination had to settle for second best to Tackle and Bowden also added the game's only 180 during a 3-1 defeat to Tackle that came with the help of a leg in 18 darts for the victor.
180s by Jack McMinn and Alan Masters gave Bluebird the platform to walk away from their home encounter with Beacon Park with a 7-4 success to their name.
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