MATCH REPORTS

 Tuesday, April 9th, 2024
Bit of a surprise that . . .
Labour have been top of our tree for some weeks now, this week's "victims" were St Thomas B who languish mid-table and went down in the first game but then they took the following five singles to take the points -  then they took two of the  pairs to  finish 7-2 up. While that pleased the home side the visitors  must have wondered what happened as they came off the top spot to be replaced by Whipton B who beat  Heavitree B 9-nil. These two teams play each other next week when the winner takes all! St Tom's Sam Partington started on 114 twice. Whipton B certainly meant business in their match, it ended 9-0 and they didn't lose a leg. Dan Bevan recorded a 180. In the Whipton C match with St Tom A, St Tom went three up before Whipton came back to  3-4 before the final two pairs went to the visitors. Julian Budd had a 101 start, Harry Hoare a 120 start and Alan Curgenven a 111 start for St Tom. In Jubilee's match with West C the home side went 4-0 up before Jake Wreford got one back but it was business as usual until the final pairs. It ended 7-2. W Edworthy recorded a 130 start. Heavitree A had a bit of a romp too at home to St Martins, they went 5-0 up before St Martina got one back, it ended 7-2. Ben Davis got a 9-darter while St Martins'D Watt got a 105 start. Polsloe and Priory recorded a rare win over Whipton A, it went 3-3 in the singles but Polsloe got the next two pairs to take the match 6-3. The visitors' Matt Mann scored a 180 and A Worth started on 100.

Whipton B champions!

What an end to our season, a few weeks back most players would have said the title was Labour's but a defeat last week by St Thomas B and the shoot-out with Whipton B this week finished that. So Dan Bevan's Whipton B take the title and Leigh Bennett's Labour are runners up with St Thomas A taking third spot. The match ended 5-4 and went to four-all and leg-and-leg, couldn't have been tighter. Labour's John Breban got a 180.
Third place went to St Thomas A despite losing their final match 5-4 to Jubilee. Jubilee's Mark Waycott had a 106 start. The Whipton derby ended 8-1 to the C team with Si Holmes getting a 113 out shot and two 13 darts finish; Roman Bilenkjy did a nine-darter.
The match between St Martins and Heavitree B ended with a 6-3 victory for St Martins. Andy Crocker got a 108 start and Sue Horn a 116 start, both for Heavitree B.
The match between West C and St Thomas B ended with a 7-2 win for St Tom. Mark Boyland had a 115 start, Terry Patch a 152 start and C Bates a 120 all for St Tom.
The final match was won by Heavitree A beating Polsloe and Priory 6-3, Andy Newham finished on 141 in his nine-dart leg and Ethan Prout started on 160 for Polsloe.

CUP FINAL
Our Knockout Cup Final was played at Polsloe and Priory CC on Tuesday, April 23 with Labour playing Jubilee.
Labour put on their first player, captain Leigh Bennett, facing Jubilee's Jake Mearns who won 2-0. Second up for Jubilee was Darren Western who lost 2-0 to even it up. Next on for Labour came Aiden Mann who beat Jubilee's Sid Peters who lost 2-1 to Aiden. Next on was John Breban  playing Mark Waycott who lost 2-1 and the score was 3-1 to  Labour. On fourth for Labour was Adrian Hine with Wayne Edworthy facing him, Wayne got the first leg but it was Adrian who got the other two to make it 4-1. So for the final singles game it was Kieran Peek against Tom Horn who lost 2-0 to make the result 5-1 to Labour.