Victory Not Pearce-d By Tex Tons

Tex Pearce rattled home fifteen ton plusses in the Steve Chapman 501 League but still found himself facing a loss of 8-3 as St Levans were downed by Victory A.

Pearce added one of a trio of 180s his team put onto the scoreboard as Harry MacGregor joined Matt Pearce in achieving that feat.

The latter of those mentioned 180 hitters ended his night on ten ton plusses, whilst Mike Pearce netted a thirteen three figure visits also for the defeated team.

Finishing is always at the heart of winning games of darts, and Scott Lawrey's 103 proved crucial in a 2-1 doubles win when teaming with Kelvin Rowe.

Rowe fell 3-1 to Mike Pearce despite nailing ten tons as Pearce's best leg was a 15 darter to better Rowe's leg in 18.

Darren Collis was a 3-0 winner thanks in part to a leg that ended with a 100 checkout before Tex Pearce nailed a crucial leg in 16 that bested Tony Tasker 3-2, who himself found an 18 darter in the narrow loss.

Luke Johnson led Cherry Tree C's charge with a fourteen ton haul that included a 180 in an 11-0 win over Victory Fireballs.

Johnson was well supported by Nick Bryant, who ended his fruitful night in the scoring phase on eleven scores of a ton or more.

Reg Cornish put up a significant fight for the defeated team with twelve tons, which also included his team's only three treble visit.

Dave Lee rounded off the maximum scoring with one of his own, whilst the best checkout of the matchup was a three dart combination of 124 from the arm of Lee Hellings.

Fourteen tons rained down from the arm of Mike Whatley, but he still found himself on the losing side as King Billy bettered Cherry Tree B 8-3.

Whatley's teammates Mark Shears and Scott Wapshott showed their class with twelve and ten tons, whilst Scott Cook joint top scored for the victors.

Andrew Cook equalled his brother's tally of ton plusses, with the crowning glory of that haul being the only maximum of the contest.

Mark Hatherley's twelve ton haul wasn't enough to arrest Indian Inn's slide to a 6-5 loss at the hands of Tradesmans.

Hatherley's 3-0 individual win was littered with two moments of magic as he fired an 18 dart leg and a checkout of 113 before Rob May saw out the game with a 3-0 success in the final singles rubber that contained a 180.

Tom Full was an eleven ton hitter for Bar Mez, but he saw his side succumb to a 6-5 defeat away at Victory Hammers.

The hat-trick 180s in the game all went the way of the home team as Kieran Harris, James King, and Wayne Davis all fired.

A contest that saw the first seven games decided by a solitary leg deserved to go all the way, and Davis was his team's hero with a 3-2 win in the final singles rubber.

Kev Seal produced the top scoring performance of his talented Fawn B cohort, with his eleven tons helping his team to a 9-2 win at Octagon.

Seal was flanked by ten tons each from Simon Washington and John Mann, whilst the 180s in the game were shared between the two teams as Jack McMinn and Chris Edgecombe both fired.

At the business end of legs, Steve Daley added an 80 checkout to a brace of 17 darters that came in Mann's 3-1 individual triumph.

Cameron O'Brien once again showed why he's such a feared competitor with eleven tons, which led Cherry Tree D to a 7-4 win at Fawn A.

O'Brien's teammate Martin Pearson bagged the only 180 of the contest, whilst legs in 15 and 18 darts were plundered by Dave Barton and Bill Scannell in their respective singles games.

James Farrell was a ten ton hitter for Raffles in an 8-3 win that saw him better Scott Heggie 3-2 despite Heggie firing a 116 checkout.

Dan Brazier was unusually quiet in the scoring phase but more than made up for it with a 90 finish and a leg in 18 darts.

The individual stage was where most of the good moments happened during Kings Arms' 9-2 win at Duchy, who had Courtney Bray firing a 92 checkout in the doubles.

Dave Johns was a 3-0 singles winner thanks in part to a 121 finish and a 180 before Michael Jenkins fell 3-1 to Johns' teammate Paul Palmer despite a 180 from the defeated party.

Martin Key nestled a 118 combination outshot in his 3-0 before Jack Heath and Alec Turner both bagged 180s in a 3-2 win for the latter.

A 113 checkout from Beau Carter added to 180s from Rikki Eastley, Jack Gilbert, and Ryan Stone in a 6-5 win for Carter's Beacon Park at Eastley's The Exchange.