Mind Over Matt-er

Matt Thompson made it a third top if the shop 170 finish in the Plymouth City Super League Division A as he bagged that accolade for Steampacket in their 9-2 win over Raffles B.

That effort bettered a 100 from teammate Nick Miller, whilst Wayne Davis fired a 72 combination outshot for the defeated party.

John Mann (30.67) fired a 3-0 singles success in 13, 18, and 18 darts to have by far and away the best average of Octagon's 9-2 Stonehouse derby win over Tradesmans.

The game hotted up from the first doubles game as Rob May fired the first maximum but still fell foul 2-0 to Mann and partner Fred Goldsmith, who added a leg in 23 darts over the 601 distance.

A 22 darter came in the next 2-0 triumph as Alfie Ford and Lee Hellings knitted together well before Neil White and Sean Taylor, who also won a leg in 23 on their way to another unanswered 2-0 win.

Hellings opened the singles phase with a 3-0 win that contained a leg in 13 and a 180 that topped his ton tally up to the twelve mark.

Goldsmith ended as a ten ton hitter after his 3-1 victory, which contained a leg in 18, before White bagged a maximum to help his 3-0 success.

Mann's aforementioned triumph came next, and a 115 finish as well as the game's last 180 contributed to a ton total that ended at fifteen scores.

Both Sean Taylor and Simon Washington ended a 3-1 win for the latter on eleven tons, with a solitary leg for Taylor ending in just 18 darts.

A miraculous twenty ton plusses from Simon Stevenson shifted Legends Lounge B's 8-3 success over King Billy A in the direction of the home team.

Stevenson was one of four 180 hitters for the hosts as Col Maddocks, Dan Maddocks, and Andy Malinowski all fired.

Paul Palmer and Lee Doncaster nailed maximums for the defeated side, whilst at the business end of legs, Stevenson also made headlines.

His 116 checkout that came in a 3-1 singles win proved to be the best checkout of a hotly contested matchup with Palmer's 78 kill taking the bridesmaid position in the finishing stakes.

During Stevenson's aforementioned win, he also managed legs in 14 and 18 darts, and sandwiched between the two was a 16 darter that proved crucial in Col Maddocks' 3-2 win.

Talisman Dan Brazier netted a fifteen ton haul for Ford Inn, which drove their 9-2 home triumph versus Indian Inn A.

Despite ending on the wrong side of a heavy loss, Danny Bull still had time to show his class with thirteen tons, including a 180.

Bull's maxi came in a 3-2 win over Scott Cook, who himself added a 16 darter in one of the two legs he was victorious in.

Bull's teammate and son, Harry Bull, managed a 180 of his own but suffered the opposite fortune in a 3-2 singles loss as Brazier did the damage with two 17 dart legs.

In the very next individual game, Paul Gavican was a 3-0 winner thanks in part to a 112 three dart combination checkout.

Steve Mills added fourteen tons to thirteen more from teammate Paul Hendy during a 7-4 win for Kings Arms B at Fawn A.

Dave Johns was a ten ton hitter, whilst Mills' total was ticked over to that mark with a 120 checkout that was the best of the matchup as Reg Matthews' 108 kill settled for second best.

The 180s in the contest were shared between the two sides as Martyn Down and Mike Trim both added a solitary effort for each of their cohorts.

Glenn Austin's thirteen ton haul was the platform from which Bluebird A's 6-5 win at Legends Lounge A was built.

Ten more ton plusses were added by Glenn Halford whilst Ryan Fuller top scored for the defeated team with ten three figure visits of his own.

Both maximums in the match were put on by the home team as Fuller and Del Bryce both fired three treble visits.

Fuller also showed his class at the business end with a 130 checkout and an 18 darter that both came in a 3-0 individual triumph.

The match result was left at 5-5 after all but one of the games were completed, and the legend that is Tony Teal did not shy away from the responsibility with a 3-0 success.

Eleven tons from Frankie Stout and ten extra by Nathan Langdon got Cherry Tree C over the line with the narrowest of 6-5 wins against their Cherry Tree D team rivals.

After racing into a 2-0 lead, the C team went into the individual phase 3-2 down despite Darren Smith firing the first of four maximums in the final doubles.

Langdon opened up the singles with a 3-0 win that contained an 18 darter, and by the time teammate Dave Hollow added his 17 dart leg to a 3-1 success, it was 4-4 overall.

Both Dave Lee and Dan Jewell put on 180s in their titanic battle that made it 5-4 to the designated hosts with ten ton hitter Lee firing a leg in 17 on his way to success, with Jewell adding a 16 darter in defeat.

Stout swept through his singles to leave the game on a knife-edge, which was settled in a final leg shootout by Smith despite Stan Preen throwing a 180 in riposte during the 3-2 loss.

A 107 checkout and a 180 by Mark Hopkins and Tex Pearce, respectively, were the main highlights of St Levans 8-3 win at Kings Tamerton.