We Three Kings Fire Billy To Win

A thoroughly entertaining battle between the two 'Kings' of the Steve Chapman 501 League, King Billy and Kings Arms, saw the former come out 7-4 winners.

Antony Hayman top scored for the successful home side with twelve tons whilst teammates Scott Cook and George Jones added eleven and ten tons respectively.

Paul Palmer and Alec Turner matched Hayman's duodectet of three figure scores for the defeated side to show the match very much wasn't one way traffic.

Five maximums were plundered over the course of the night as both Andrew Cook and Dave Johns netted a brace to sit alongside Jones' solitary effort.

At the business end of legs, Palmer showed his class with an accomplished 3-1 win over Andrew Cook with 13 and 14 darters his best and Hayman bagged himself an 81 out shot.

Despite a decent performance away at Bluebird, Fawn B lost ground in their quest to retain their title after a 9-2 away win.

Fred Goldsmith and Luke Johnson were the duo that brought the heavy artillery as the pair netted twelve tons each in the matchup.

Andy Bates was also influential in the win as he finished his evening on ten ton plusses whilst there was a dusting of magic in the singles phase.

Simon Washington opened the individuals up with a 3-0 win that contained a 17 darter before Alan Masters was a 3-2 winner over Goldsmith thanks to what turned out to be a crucial 156 checkout.

That Masters effort was the highest of the week and season so far and also contributed to an individual ton tally of ten.

Lee Agar was one of two men to nail an 18 dart leg with a solitary effort in a 3-0 win joining John Mann's 18 darter in his success.

Agar contributed heavily to another point won by the Greenbank side as he nailed a 115 three dart combination outshot that secured a 2-1 win in the doubles.

Twelve tons by Tex Pearce did the damage for St Levans as they came away from their trip to Cherry Tree C with a 7-4 win.

Pearce's 16 darter in a 3-0 singles win was the best leg of 501 of the game whilst Lewis Dare was the only recipient of a '180' call after throwing.

Bar Mez were 7-4 winners over Tradesmans, but it was the Tradesmans duo of Lewis Bryne and Andy Waters that did most of the running in the scoring phase.

Byrne fired twelve tons whilst Waters was a ten ton man for the defeated Stonehouse outfit who also had Rob May finishing at the first time of asking from 116.

Other than the match result, the only notable achievement from the Cornwall based team was a Scott Towns maximum.

Mark Hatherley dominated the entirety of Indian Inn's 6-5 win over Fawn A as his eleven ton haul contained what turned out to be a crucial 120 checkout.

That effort came in a 3-2 singles win that came in the eleventh and final rubber of the match with the scores tied at 5-5 going into the tie.

Runaway leaders Cherry Tree B had Mike Whatley bang at it with ten tons to lead the title challengers to a 10-1 win over Beacon Park.

Whatley, however, wasn't the top scoring competitor of the match as Jason Smout put eleven tons onto the scoreboard for the defeated visitors.

Whatley's teammate Jason Pinkerton fired both of the maximums in the contest and narrowly bettered Mark Shears 103 checkout with a 105 combination of his own.

A 3-0 win for Scott Wapshott was accented by a 17 dart leg in a match that leaves the Pennycross outfit eleven points clear of multi-time champions Fawn B.

Tony Tasker rattled in ten tons for Victory A who were 11-0 derby day winners over their stablemates Victory Hammers.

Tasker's teammate Scott Lawrey's 3-0 win saw him claim the least number of darts for the match with a 501 leg in just 17 darts.

Paddy Archibald showed a glimmer of his brilliance with a 111 checkout that was the only effort to better Lee O'Mahony's 100 single visit kill.

Dan Brazier's 134 checkout lit up Cherry Tree A's 8-3 win at Duchy which saw Luke Beard and Rikki Down share the three maximums two to one in Beard's favour.