Victoria Windows Sponsored Merthyr Summer Darts League 2014 Season. Grawen Off To A Flier In Stunning Win Over Defending Champions In Season Opener. The opening games of the Victoria Windows Sponsored Merthyr Summer Darts League for the 2014 Season got under way with some really exciting games containing the odd shock or two as the double start format proved a bit of a stumbling block for some players. High starts, scoring and finishing were the order of the night as the teams set out on their summer sessions on the dartboard with some red hot tungsten. Section One. Farmers Arms “A” 4 v Farmers Arms “B” 5. These two teams faced each other twice in the “winter league” with the A side coming out on top on both occasions as comfortable winners but this time the B side had their deserved revenge in a hard fought game. Stewart Charleston 100 & Keith Westcott took the first pairs with throw over Wayne Morgan 125 & Steve Hamer and things got even better for the “visitors” with Brian Evans & Neil Roberts beating Rhion Evans & T. Jones. In a keenly fought contest. The final pairs game finally saw the A side break their duck with veteran Dai Jones & G. Price 100 edging past Neil Williams & J. Elliott against the throw to trail by one point going into the singles matches. Stewart Charleston 112 got the B side back in the winning groove with victory over Dai Jones in the opening singles leg to make it 3-1 in their favour but then a break of throw by Wayne Morgan 100 over Brian Evans saw the home side claw back another point. The third singles saw yet another break of throw as Keith Westcott beat Rhion Evans 100 to make it 4-2 in the visitors favour and then the first hold of throw duly brought the fifth point with Neil Roberts beating G. Price to make it 5-2. Steve Hamer held throw for the hosts in game eight to pinch a point back with victory over Neil Williams and the final point of the night also went to the home side with Mike Terrett just getting the better of Mike Lewis. Section Two. Merthyr Football Club “A” 3 v Aberfan Social Club “A” 6. The Aberfan A made the long trip to the Football A and did not get off to a very good start as Matthew Davies 108 away & Jamie Phillips beat Dewi Morris & Phil Green against the darts to give the home side an early lead. Warren Rees 180 & Josh O’Keeffe levelled the match with victory over Lee Morgan & Josh Moore in the second pairs and then a third consecutive break of throw saw Gavin Moore 100, 100 out & Luke Randell beat Lloyd Davies & Gwyn Jones to give the home side a 2-1 ahead of the singles. Matthew Davies scored a superb win over the Legend Ken Davies 140 in the first singles to make it 3-1 to the home side but then they collapsed quicker than the England Cricket Team on a boozy night out as the Aberfan side took the remaining five legs for a stunning win. Warren Rees beat Lee Morgan to pull the visitors back to within a point and Charles Davies 100 took the darts off Luke Randell to level the match at three apiece. Lloyd Davies 139,140 in a 14 dart leg win over Jamie Philips put the away side into the lead for the first time and Peter Emmanuel 120 away then beat Gavin Moore to make it 5-3. Kevin Downing held throw over Mark Evans in the final game to complete the win for for a delighted Aberfan side. Section Three. Colliers Cwtch 1 v Baili-Glas Inn 8. After going through two time zones and two overnight stops the Baili boys finally arrived at the Colliers Cwtch ready to get their 2014 Summer League campaign underway. The visitors started well with Geraint Thomas & Hywel Llewellyn finding the target in a hold of throw to beat B. Lewis & Viv Harding and then a second point soon appeared with Andrew Rough & Drew Bradley breaking the throw of R. Davies & J. Watts. The Baili then made it a clean sweep of the pairs legs with Matthew Quinlan & Tim Charleston holding throw to beat Martin Jones & C. Jones. The “Magician” Matthew Quinlan could not conjure up a win for the Baili in the first singles missing several attempts at a winning double allowing J. Watts to hold throw and steal the leg and a point for the Cwtch. I won my game could then be heard as Andrew “Dangerous” Morgan hit a fine 91 out, 3x17 2x20, in two darts to beat G. Jones making it 4-1 and 5-1 quickly followed with Andrew Rough in fine form to beat Martin Jones. Cled Jones blew hot and cold but still too strong for A. Beck as the visitors increased their lead to 6-1 just before Typhoon Geraint Thomas blew in at storm force ten to make it 7-1 in beating G. Williams. M. Baker put in a very spirited performance for the home side in the final leg but she found Drew Bradley too strong as the Baili recorded a fine 8-1 away win. Section Five. Merthyr Labour Club 2 v Grawen Arms 7. Last season the Merthyr Labour Club won the Victoria Windows Champions of Champions Final with a thrilling 5-4 win over the Horse & Groom in a superb final at the Merthyr Football Club. The two faced each other again, with the Horse now in the guise of the Grawen, in the first game of the season this time around with the visitors gaining handsome revenge for last season as the Champions Crown tilted a little on their heads. Steve Nicholas & Wayne Titcombe got the visitors off to a great start with a fine win over Wayne Davies 100 & Gareth Dunn 110 and then in a stunning second leg Steve Haman 164 out & Marcus Davies beat Ron Morgan & Jason Baynham against the darts to make it 2-0. Phil Williams & Brian Nicholas then made it three zip with a fine win over David Rowlands 123 & Kevin Mahoney as the Grawen took total control of the match ahead of the singles games. Current Summer League Singles Champion Phil Williams 100 away beat Wayne Davies 2x100 against the darts in the first singles to make it 4-0 before Kevin Mahoney 140 beat Brian Nicholas to earn the home side their first point. Steve Nicholas 100 regained the composure for the away side with victory over Ron Morgan 100 making it 5-1 and the excellent Wayne Titcombe 135 then made it 6-1 scoring a fine win over Gareth Dunn 100. Steve Haman 116 away 100 was in a killer mood in beating David Rowlands making it 7-1 with Jason Baynham 100,137 taking the last game for the home side with victory over the unfortunate Mark Virgin. Section Six. VNU 4 v Merthyr Football Club “B” 5. This was an excellent game from start to finish and could have gone either way as the match went right to the wire. Errold Jones 100 & K. Howe took the first game of the match against the darts eating D. James 100 & C. Evans to give the home side an early lead. Simon Marks & S. Davies 140 earned parity with a break over Eddie Cunnington & Clive Powell and then the visitors took the lead with Ian Laing & T. Williams 140 holding throw over G. Elias & S. Randall going into the singles matches. A.Davies increased the Football Clubs lead to 3-1 with a good win over Errold Jones but back came the VNU through K. Howe who beat S. Rees to pull back to within a point. Mark Hadley 2x100 was in great form as he levelled the match in a fine win over T. Laing and the VNU then regained the lead with Eddie Cunnington 2x100 overcoming the challenge of Ian Laing for a 4-3 advantage. T. Williams squared the match at 4-4 beating A. Moule and then in a thrilling and deciding ninth leg Simon Marks 100 edged past D. Clayton 2x100 to win a thrilling match for the Football B. Section Seven. Penydarren Social Club “A” 2 v Merthyr Rugby Club “B” 7. Missed doubles cost the Pen A very dear as they opened their 2014 campaign against the visiting Rugby Club B. Mervyn Hughes & Chris Stansfield got the visitors off to a winning start with victory over C. Richards & Phil Bond with throw and then they took the second pairs with Greg Howells & Jeff Jackson getting the better of G. Jones & P. McCarthy. Chris Price & John Hulbert then made it 3-0 with a hold of throw over Michael Bond & R. Beynon to hold a comfortable lead ahead of the singles. Chris Price added the first singles to the visitors total with victory over R. Beynon and then a hold of throw by the excellent Mervyn Hughes 180 saw the Rugby Club go 5-0 ahead as he beat Michael Bond. Ron Phillips kept the scoreboard ticking along with victory over Jonathon Evans and C. Richards fared no better for the home side as he lost out to Chris Stansfield as the visitors went 7-0 ahead. The postman failed to deliver in the eighth leg as Colin Lloyd lost out to Nigel Owen as the Pen recorded their first win and in the final leg the shutters came down on Ian Evans as Phil Bond took another point for the Pen. Section Eight. Guest Keen Bowls Club “A” 8 v Lord Raglan “B” 1. The Lord B made the trip to the Guest A and found one of the favourites for this years title in tip top form as they suffered a heavy defeat at the start of this years action. Dale Pinch 2x100 & Justin Davies 100 took the opening leg for the hosts taking the throw away from D. Lewis & M. Matthews and 2-0 soon followed with Paul Thomas 2x100 & Scott Bayliss 101 away beating Kieron Meek & Terry Barnett. Dean Barnett & Brian Meek 140 got the Lord up and running in the last pairs with victory over Jamie Evans & Kerry Morgan to trail by one point going into the singles. Jamie Evans 100 took the first singles for the home side beating L. Day and then Kevin Hyde 2x95 scored a fine win over Dean Barnett 100 to make it 4-1 to the Guest. Dale Pinch 100 away, 100 increased the lead with a hold of throw over D. Lewis 100 and another win from newly crowned Winter League Singles Champion Justin Davies 100,131 over Brian Meek saw the score advance to 6-1. Scott Bayliss 100 beat the legendary Terry Barnett 100 to make it 7-1 leaving Paul Thomas 100 to complete the victory with a win over Kieron Meek. Cefn Coed Club 8 v Troedyrhiw Ex Club 1. Troedyrhiw suffered something of a nightmare winter league season and after their first outing of the Summer League they must be wondering what they’ve done to upset the darting gods. Gavin Nicholls 82 away 140 & W. Davies took the opening pairs for the home side beating Glen Kitchen & G. Butler and A. Taylor & A. Powles 108 made it 2-0 with a win over Tony Hedges 140 & Ron Davies. Des Kendry & G. Hughes 100,96 out then made it 3-0 scoring a good win over Tony Galliers 100 & Eddie Jones. Des Kendry 2x100 claimed the first singles for the home side with victory over Tony Galliers 2x100 in a terrific game to make it 4-0 and then another fine performance from Gavin Nicholls 102 away,100 saw him beat Glen Kitchen to make it 5-0. G. Hughes 2x100 added another notch to the home sides total when beating G. Butler 100 before old campaigner Tony Hedges 100 stopped the rot with victory over A. Taylor. W. Davies 109 edged past Ron Davies 180 to make it 7-1 with A. Powles 120 completing the win in beating Eddie Jones 102 away 114, Section Nine. Cyfarthfa Arms 4 v Martyrs Club . This was a hard fought game that saw the visitors start very well and threaten to run away with the match, before the home side , much to their credit, fought back to make the score line a lot more respectable. John Sales & Colin Howe put the visitors ahead with victory over P. Foxhall & Dominic Illari and 2-0 then followed courtesy of Peter Worrell & Ray Phillips. Alun Pearce & Keith Evans then completed the clean sweep of the pairs beating Jarrad Russell & H. Jones. John Sales beat P. Foxhall against the darts in the first singles to make it 4-0 to the Martyrs and when Roy Phillips beat Dominic Illari in the next to make it five zip a total landslide looked on the cards. The Cyfarthfa lads though had other ideas and D. Morley stopped the onslaught with a stunning win over Alun Pearce. Jarred Russell grabbed the hosts a second with an impressive display over Keith Evans and soon they had a third point with H. Jones beating D. Howe. The final leg of the match also went the way of the home side with J. Toye getting the better of Peter Worrell to end a thoroughly entertaining game. Section Four. White Horse 5 v Penydarren Club “B” 4. The (Anchor) White Horse have been busy in the transfer market in the last week signing a few new players to boost their squad and this paid off to good effect in their first outing scoring a splendid win over the fancied Pen B. New recruits Mark Seggerson 108 & Mike Martin took the first pairs for the home side against the darts beating Clive Morgan & Barry Gilby and then a hold of throw from Matthew Charleston & Gareth Price 100 saw them beat Dai Richards & Ray Smith to make it 2-0. Lyndon Price 123 & Steve Smith 100 held throw in the third pairs to beat Roy Evans & M. Evans to get the Pen into the game ahead of the singles. Mark Seggerson beat Lyndon Price in the first singles making it 3-1 to the Horse but Steve Smith pulled the next leg back for the Pen with a good win over Matthew Charleston 140.Mike Martin 100,125 was in fine form in beating Ray Smith to edge the hosts two clear again and Roy Evans 100 then made it 5-2 with victory over Barry Gilby. Dai Richards took leg eight for the Pen in a thrilling tussle with M. Evans 180 and the visitors also claimed the final leg with Clive Morgan 100 getting the better of Chris Carstairs
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