Miller Thriller Gives Beacon Hope

Seventeen scores of a ton or more from Nick Miller gave Beacon Park B the platform to claim a 9-2 Steve Chapman 501 League victory against Fawn A.

Nick Bryant provided decent support for Miller with ten ton plusses, with his best effort coming in the form of a maximum.

Mike Trim ended his night on ten tons for the defeated party, whilst other maximums came from Dave Lee and Rob Pomeroy.

Steve Mills' 117 checkout bettered 100 finishes from Lee and Melvyn German, whilst Bryant was a 3-0 winner thanks in part to a pair of 17 darters.

Lee Hellings also had a good singles game with 18 and 16 dart legs, contributing to his 3-0 win, and the difference between Miller and Pomeroy in a 3-2 victory for the former was a 16 darter of his own.

Leaders, Falstaff had Scott Lawrey in good nick as he plundered fifteen scores of a ton or more to lead the team to a 6-5 win at St Levans.

Paul Goundry played a supporting role well and walked away from the oche with eleven three figure visits, whilst Mike and Tex Pearce echoed the away team's achievements.

Tex was the main aggressor with the fifteen ton haul, whilst Mike anchored the hosts' charge with eleven ton plusses.

Lawrey's 180 was the only effort of its kind, and Darren Collis provided a further ten tons to exert himself on the contest.

Collis ticked off one of a trio of three figure outshots with a 126 finish that meant a 120 from Harry MacGregor and a 100 from Mike Pearce had to settle for second and third best.

The quality arrows started from 'game on' call number one of the singles phase as Pearce added a 17 dart leg to his 3-1 victory over Rowe, who put away a leg in 15 darts.

Collis notched legs in 17 and 18 darts to secure a 3-1 success of his own before Lawrey fired 15 and 18 dart legs during a 3-2 loss to Tex Pearce, who nailed what turned out to be a crucial 18 darter.

After the first ten matchups were shared, Tony Tasker held his nerve in the crucial eleventh and deciding rubber with a 3-0 victory.

King Billy's 10-1 win against local rivals Queen & Constitution was built on thirteen tons apiece from Paddy Archibald and Andrew Cook.

Archibald added a 180 to his tally, which was matched by Scott Cook, who reached a ten three figure visit haul of his own.

Lewis Byrne also contributed heavily to the scoreline as he put on a 116 checkout to a dectet of ton plus visits of his own.

Keith Johnson was the only victor for the away team by a 3-2 scoreline, and he ended his night with thirteen ton plusses overall.

Johnson had to work extra hard for his chalk mark as Archibald rattled in a duo of legs in 15 and 17 darts for the two individual points he secured.

Thirteen ton plusses rained down from the arm of Jayden Dodd, but his Octagon team still ended on the wrong side of a 7-4 loss as Cherry Tree C prevailed.

Chris Edgecombe added a solitary 180 for the defeated team, whilst Cameron O'Brien and Kev Lofthouse both fired maximums for the victors.

At the business end, three ton plus checkouts were headlined by Lofthouse's 139 checkout, which bettered a 109 from Edgecombe and a 100 from Alfie Ford.

Despite his glut of three figure visits, and a 17 darter, Dodd succumbed to a 3-1 loss in the individual phase as the hosts rallied from 3-2 down to come out with a healthy victory.

Mark Hatherley's thirteen scores of a ton or more couldn't arrest Indian Inn's slide to an 8-3 loss at the hands of The Lounge.

Rob Newland fired eleven ton plusses, whilst a brace of maximums for Jaden Whitting was added to by another for Phil Evans.

Hatherley's stablemate Ian Heggie added his side's only maxi, whilst Hatherley also helped himself to a 90 checkout.

A thirteen ton haul from Dan Brazier came in a 6-5 loss for Raffles against Tradesmans, which saw Ryan Stubbs win the game in a 3-2 last leg deciding victory.

Maximums were fired nine times in the contest, with two each from Kevin Evans and Lewis Dare being added to by Brazier, Andrew White, Luke Beard, Chris Adams, and Stubbs one time each.

Dare bagged a 17 darter in a 3-2 win, whilst Evans' victory over Brazier by the same scoreline saw Brazier win one leg with a 17 darter of his own.

Duchy Dragons were on the end of a 9-2 loss at Bar Mez, but not before AJ Brunton could reach twelve scores of a ton or more for the defeated team.

Archie Borlase led the charge to victory for the home team as his eleven ton plus tally contained a high checkout of 149.

Jack McMinn bagged a twelve ton total for Fawn B, but still somehow ended on the wrong side of an 8-3 loss as Ford Inn were victorious.

Simon Washington added two 180s to his ten ton total, with teammates Jason Pinkerton and Mike Whatley making it six maxis for the victors with two more each.

Washington helped himself to legs in 16 and 17 darts on his way to a 3-1 win before McMinn got over the line by a 3-1 scoreline, thanks in part to 15 and 16 darters.

Lewis Whitley provided a 121 checkout in a 3-2 loss before Whatley ran out a 3-0 victor with 17 and 16 darters his best.

Fred Goldsmith rounded off the entertaining singles phase with a 3-1 victory that contained a solitary leg ended after throwing 16 darts.

Tony Conn was a twelve ton hitter, and Reg Cornish fired eleven more to lead Legends Lounge A to an 8-3 win over Plymstock Club.

Cornish added two 180s to his ton tally, and also checked 118 and 113 for the best finishes of the matchup overall, and helped himself to a leg in 18 darts during a 3-1 individual triumph.

Other maximums came from teammate Chris Beale and Roger Backway, who put up the away side's only three treble visit.

Backway ended his night on eleven ton plusses overall, whilst James Gibson and Brody Cookson made it for three figure checkouts for the hosts with respective 115 and 113 finishes.

Jack Heath nailed ten tons to the board in an 8-3 loss for Duchy A versus Beacon Park A in a match that saw Callum Phillips add a 17 darter and a 180, whilst Ash Evans checked 116 in a single visit.

The Exchange were 7-4 winners over Legends Lounge B in a match that saw Kieran Harris add two maximums to another by Wayne Davis.

Their teammate James King heard 'game shot' called at the first time of asking from 103, whilst Rikki Eastley and Jack Gilbert teamed well in a 19 dart 601 leg.