Whats on your mind?Worthington’s Sponsored Merthyr & District Darts League 2013/14 Season. Labour Hold Their Nerve To Steel Title While Baili Stall Against The Horse. The final week of League games for the 2013/14 Season of the Worthington’s Sponsored Merthyr & District Darts League provided a tension built finale with fortunes changing hands as nerves played a vital part, form books were ripped up and thrown out the window and the darting gods conspirered to crush hopes and dreams in one dramatic last twist of fate. After a long exciting, hard, dramatic season the league positions were settled, or were they, as drama twists and turns fuelled an unbelievable night of non stop high octane action that makes the sport of darts great and the Merthyr & District Darts League simply the BEST. Merthyr Football Club Seaside “C” 8 v Mount Peasant Inn 1. Having already won a re-arranged match versus Heolgerrig Club earlier in the evening by the same 8-1 score line the Football Club “Seaside” hoped the tide would still flow in their favour in their quest to steal third place from the Grawen Arms but hoping to kick sand in their face were the Mt. Pleasant Inn who were out to end their season with a win following an up and down campaign this time around. The Football Club kicked off by taking the opening pairs game against the throw with Dale Pinch 2x100 & Justin Davies 100,140 overcoming the stiff challenge of Karl Manns 100,140 & D. Phelps for an early lead. The Mt hit back immediately in the second pairs with Derek Dobbins 100 & Bobby Terrett shocking Craig Morgan 100,140 & Steve Thomas 100,116 against the darts to level at one apiece. The last of the pairs games saw another leg go against the darts as Kerry Morgan 2x100 & Jamie Evans 100,140 took the honours to give the hosts a 2-1 lead going into the all important singles matches . Jamie Evans produced the first hold of throw in the first singles game hitting 3x100, 121,2x140 to beat Karl Manns 2x100,140 and increase the lead to 3-1. A second leg “bye” saw the score advance to 4-1 before a young man with a bright future Steve Thomas 5x140 beat D. Phelps 100, 2x140 to make it a comfortable 5-1. Dynamite Dale Pinch 3x100, 140 advanced the score onto 6-1 with a fine win over D. Williams. Grand Finals Singles Semi-Finalists Justin Davies 2x100, 123, 180 warmed up for Fridays event with a great win over Derek Dobbins 125,137 and in the final game of the night Craig Morgan 3x100,132 beat Bobby Terrett 100 against the darts to take the match by an emphatic 8-1 score, and with results elsewhere going their way third place in the league along with it. Lord Raglan “B” 7 v Troedyrhiw Ex Club 2. Troedyrhiw Ex made their final trip of the season and suffered another heavy defeat in a season that they have really struggled to get to grips with their game and be glad to see the back of and will hope to regroup in division two next season. Viv Morgan 3x100 & Brian Roberts took the opening pairs against the darts for the home side with Glen Kitchen & G. Butler100 in action for the visitors. Dean Barnett & Gavin Nicholls 100 apiece made it 2-0 with a hold of throw over veterans Tony Hedges 100 & Graham Price and 3-0 then appeared in the wins column for the Lord with Brian Meek & Gary Hughes taking the darts off Tony Galliers & Gary Champion as the teams headed into the singles battles. The Ex-Terminator Tony Galliers finally got the away side into the game with a fine win over Gary Hughes against the throw in the first singles and then yet another game against the darts saw Viv Morgan 100,122,135,140 beat Gary Champion 2x100,125 to give the home side a healthy 4-1 lead. Dean Barnett has had an excellent season back in the Merthyr League playing for the Lord B and he continued his fine form hitting 3x100,140 in a fine win over the hard to beat Glen Kitchen 100 . G. Butler held throw for a fine win over Gavin Nicholls to reduce the visitors arrears but back came their hosts with Brian Roberts 137 getting the better of Tony Hedges. The final game was a keenly fought encounter with Brian Meek 100,125 just getting the better of Graham Price 2x100,121,135 as the Lord finished with a fine win while the Ex were just glad to wave goodbye to this particular season. Baili-Glas Inn “B” 3 v Horse & Groom 6. The Baili went into this match three points clear of their nearest rivals the defending champions at the Merthyr Labour Club and knew that a steady error free game would see them wrestle away the title and be crowned champions. Sounds easy on paper and in talk but where it matters, on the dartboard, a very different scenario was played out. Pairs semi-finalists at this week’s Grand Finals, Matthew Quinlan & Steve Haman were up first for the Baili but they lost out against the darts to Wayne Titcombe & Steve Colvin and then a double dip hit the home side as Andrew Rough & Mervyn Matthews lost out to Steve Nicholas & Steve Thomas, another pair who will showcase their talents at the Grand Finals as the Horse got a whole neck in front. Former Singles and Pairs Champions Geraint Thomas & Jeff Pearce, who will be out to regain their pairs title at the Grand Finals, were next up for the home side and when they crashed out to Phil Williams & Brian Nicholas the Baili boys knew they were in trouble and needed to get into the game and fast. Jeff Pearce from the Baili held throw over current Summer League Singles Champion Phil Williams to finally get the Baili buzzing but this was reduced quickly to a distant hum as Steve Nicholas warmed up for the Grand Finals with a win over Mervyn Matthews to make it 4-1 in the Horse’s favour as the teams entered the final furlongs of the season. The normally reliable Steve Haman faced Brian Nicholas in the next game and in a closely fought battle the Horse jockey took the game making it 5-1 to the visitors and leave the Baili’s title ambitions relying on results elsewhere. Wayne Titcombe was in fine form for the Horse in the next game scoring a great win over Matthew Quinlan and effectively ending the Baili’s title aspirations for another season. Andrew Rough maintained his never say die never give in attitude in the eighth game to beat Steve Thomas and Baili captain Geraint Thomas did his bit for what was now a lost cause in the final game by beating Steve Colvin against the darts . Guest Keen Bowls Club “A” 5 v Heolgerrig Social Club 4. The Guest “A” bid farewell to their first taste of life at the top table with a hard fought win over the visiting Heolgerrig Social Club who had earlier suffered a crushing defeat at the Football Club C. Mike Evans & Iory Haines 100 apiece held throw to take the opening pairs leg over Mark Virgin & Mike Martin but the home side were quick to reply with A. Benbow & C. Powell 127 getting the better of Trad Davies 2x100 & Meirion Evans. A first break of throw in the final pairs saw Wayne Benbow & Mark Benbow 100 apiece nudge the home side ahead with a fine win over Colin Morgan & Bob Watkins just ahead of the singles battles. Mark Benbow 2x100,140 held throwin the first singles to beat Gary Watkins 100 by a 2-0 margin and increase the lead to 3-1 but back came Heolgerrig through the vastly experienced Iory Haines 2x100,140 who scored a fine 2-0 win over Mike Martin 125. Colin Morgan 2x100 levelled the match beating A. Benbow 2x100,125 but parity was brief as Mark Virgin beat Meirion Evans 140 against the darts to put the Bowls Club back into the lead at 4-3. Wonderful Wayne Benbow 100,139,140 held throw to beat Bob Watkins 2x100 making it 5-3 to the hosts before Trad Davies 100 won the last game of the night for the visitors with a 2-0 win over C. Powell 100. Grawen Arms 4 v Merthyr Labour Club 5. The Labour Club trailed the Baili B by three points going into the final game of the season and could have easily been forgiven for taking their off the ball in this game knowing they had an early start and long trip ahead of them the following day as they travelled up north to play in the final of the prestigious CIU Cup hoping to be the first Merthyr side to lift that title. Wayne Davies & David Rowlands 100 apiece put all thoughts of “tomorrow” out of their heads as they took the first pairs leg over Phil Locke 100,140 & Darren Locke 100 for an early lead but it was soon 1-1 with Peter Locke 100 & Scott Bayliss 140 getting the better of Gareth Dunn 3x100 & Jason Baynham 100. Anthony Carstairs 2x140 & Ron Morgan 140 then gave the Labour Club the upper hand going into the singles with a fine victory over Marcus Davies 2x100 & Wayne Gutty. Peter Locke 6x100,140 levelled the match with victory in the first singles over Kevin Mahoney 2x100 but the Labour lads were quick to regain the lead with David Rowlands 3x100, 140 edging past Phil Locke 2x100,121. Young Scott Bayliss 100,134,137,140,180 who’s had an excellent first season with the Grawen kept up his form with a great win over Anthony Carstairs 100,2x140,180 to level at 3-3 and just as the pressure looked to tell on the faces of the visitors Wayne Davies 2x100, 121 put his side back ahead with a win over Wayne Gutty and in a hard fought eighth game Ron Morgan 100 nipped past Darren Locke to unknowingly for him at the time turn the tables at the top of the league and win the title for the Labour Club. Marcus Davies 2x100 took the final game of the match with victory over Gareth Dunn 100. Division Two. Morlais Tavern “A” 3 v Baili-Glas Inn “A” 8. Missed double after missed double have cost the Baili A dear all season and put them in the pressure situation going into the final game knowing only a big win and results elsewhere going their way would give them any hope of grabbing second spot and promotion back to division one at the first attempt. The missed doubles curse struck again in the first triples as the Baili trio failed to find a double allowing the Morlais to nip in and win the leg with I. Evans 100 finding the target. Terry Morgan 100 & Co suffered in the second game as a good lead disappeared allowing Ian Laing 120 & Ralph Roberts with a 132 out to steal the leg and put the hosts 2-0 ahead. The away side now faced an uphill battle but stuck to their guns with Nigel Meek & Terry Morgan snatching the first pairs over Ian Laing 120 & Jason Gillespie to get the Baili into the game and when Alan Mee 100 & Cled Jones broke the throw of P.Thomas & I. Evans to level at 2-2 hopes rose of a miracle for the Baili. Nigel Bees 125 & Ralph Roberts 2x100 then broke throw in the final pairs beating Andrew Morgan & Tim Charleston to give the home side a 3-2 lead going into the singles. Nigel Meek 100 beat P. Thomas to level the match and with Wayne Smalldon 100 beating Jason Gillespie 100 in the second singles to give the Baili the lead for the first time a fresh step came to the visitors. Alan Mee 2x100 delivered a quick one two over Ian Laing to put the visitors 5-3 ahead and 6-3 then followed with Tiger Terry Morgan 180 beating Ralph Roberts 100,140 in a thriller. Captain Cled 100,117 made it 7-3 with a fine win over I. Evans before Tim Charleston made it six out of six in the singles with victory over Nigel Bees 100 for a superb 8-3 win but ultimately the missed doubles would cost dear as they missed promotion by one point. Aberfan Social “A” 7 v Martyrs Club 4. Both these sides also had an outside chance of promotion but in a cut throat game and with results elsewhere not helping their cause they will again face each other in division two next season. The home side started well taking the first triples against the darts with Warren Rees 100,Ken Davies 140 & Phil Green 140 finding their range as did Matthew Phillips125 & Colin Howe 140 for the visitors. The home side also added the second triples as well with Lloyd Davies 100 & Peter Emmanuel 121 finding the target with Ray Phillips 140, D. Howe125 & Peter Worrell 135 replying for the Martyrs. The home side continued their attack in the opening pairs game with Kevin Downing 100 & Charles Davies 100,104 out beating Peter Worrell & Roy Phillips and 4-0 soon appeared with Warren Rees & Josh O’Keefe holding throw to beat Keith Evans & Alun Pearce. Matthew Phillips & Colin Howe 100 finally got the visitors into the game with a hard fought win over Lloyd Davies & Phil Green 100 to trail by three going into the singles. Peter Worrell 2x100 cut the deficit further with victory over Lloyd Davies in the first singles but the fight back was then cut short as Kevin Downing 100,140 made it 5-2 with victory over Alun Pearce. Colin Howe beat Warren Rees 100 to pull a third leg back for the Martyrs before a fine game from Peter Emmanuel 125 108 out saw him beat Roy Phillips 100,116 to make it 6-3 favour. Matthew Phillips 121,140 beat Charles Davies to earn the away side a fourth point before Ken Davies 100 sealed a fine win for the home side with a win over Keith Evans 140. Division Three. Lantern Inn 8 v Penydarren Social Club “A” 3. The Lantern ended their campaign on a high with a fine win over the visiting Pen A. The home side took the opening triples against the darts with L. Russell 140 leading the charge with G. Jones on target for the Pen and they also took the second game despite J. Sedgemore 100 & Phil Bond 122 finding their range for the visitors. L. Russell 100 & K. James took the first pairs against the darts for the hosts over Michael Bond & R. Beynon and then a good showing from Tracey Goode 82 out & F. Connors saw them beat C. Richards & Johnny Murphy 140 to make it 4-0. Greg Kendall & M. Flarty 2x100 kept the Lanterns light shining as they took the last pairs leg for a 5-0 lead heading into the singles with victory over Phil Bond & Nigel Owen. Johnny Murphy 100,140 finally made a mark for the Pen with victory over L. Russell 100 in the first singles and then a hold of throw from C. Richards 100,140 over Tracey Goode 2x100 in a splendid game saw the Pen gain a second point. Greg Kendall got the home side back on the front foot with a good win over Jonathon Evans and a great 98 out from M. Flarty against Michael Bond saw the home side go 7-2 ahead. K. James 140 beat Nigel Owen 105 to make it 8-1 with R. Beynon claiming the last leg for the visitors with victory over F. Connors. Angel Inn 8 v Aberfan Social Club “B” 3. The Angel made a positive start to the game taking both triples legs with B. Morgan finding a “ton” for the hosts in the second leg. M. Davies & Glen Callan made it 3-0 with victory over Jack Colston & D. Collins 121 in the first pairs before G. Jones & Wyndham Green got the visitors into the game with victory over M. Jones & J. Pugh. G. Hancock & S. Phillips 115 then got the Angel back on track with victory in the last pairs over A. Galliers & B. Williams. A.Galliers159 took the first singles over M. Davies 100 to reduce the arrears to two points and this was cut to just one with Jack Colston getting the better of M. Jones 100. C. John held throw over Des Collins 100 to put the Angel into a 5-3 lead and 6-3 quickly followed with J. Pugh 100 beating Gwyn Jones 2x100. Glen Callan scored a fine win over Wyndham Green to make it 7-3 with B. Morgan then making it eight in beating M. Davies in the final game of the night. Merthyr Football Club “A” 4 v Imperial Hotel 7. Both sides made a steady start to the game by holding their respective throws with Jason Launchbury 2x100 & Anthony Prosser 100 finding the range for the visitors in the first leg and Gavin Moore 125 replying for the hosts. M. Davies 100 found his range for the hosts in the second game with Terry Dowman 100 matching for the Imp. Jason Launchbury 100 & Marsden Evans took the first pairs with a hold of throw over Gavin Moore 140 &Rhys Donovan and further wins for the pairings of Paul Prosser/Alan Hancox & Terry Dowman/John Donovan 100 over Jamie Phillips/M. Davies 100 apiece & L. Randall/J. Moore respectively made it 4-1 to the Imp. The first of the singles legs went the way of the Imp through Jason Launchbury 123 with a good win against the darts over J. Moore before M. Davies 135 pulled a second leg back for the hosts with victory over John Donovan. Marsden Evans made it 6-2 to the Imp edging past Jamie Phillips 140 before the Football Club fought back taking the next two legs through Rhys Donovan and L. Randall with wins over Terry Dowman and Dai Davies respectively. Alan Hancox took the final game of the night for the Imp with victory over Gavin Moore. Division Four. Rose & Crown 9 v Lord Raglan “A” 2. The Rose looked as fresh as a daisy at the end of a long hard season scoring a crushing win over the visiting Lord A as the latter say farewell to division four and prepare for life in division five next term. The Rose took both triples legs with A. Jones 100,2x140 very impressive in the second game. Dai McLoughlin & S. Hughes took the first pairs for a three zip lead for the hosts beating L. Thomas & M. McLoughlin and then further wins for the pairings of Paul O’Dell/Phil Hughes 100 & Alan Evans 100/Steve Evans 2x100 over Kevin Snowden/Dai Davenport & Bryn Lewis/Dai Phillips in that order saw the hosts go 5-0 ahead P. Lewis 100,140 took the first singles to make it 6-0 beating M. McLoughlin and Phil Hughes 2x100 then added another notch to the home sides tally with a fine win over L. Thomas 100. Kevin Snowden then broke the Lord’s duck with a win over S. Hughes 100 and a second point for the visitors quickly followed with Bryn Lewis 101 outscoring Alan Evans. B. Edwards took leg ten for the Rose beating Dai Davenport with Paul O’Dell 100,121 completing the victory in beating Dai Phillips. Winchester Bar 4 v Farmers Arms “B” 7. This win for the Farmers assured their stay in division four next time around following a tough season. The visitors started well taking the opening triples with throw with their talisman Stewart Charleston 100 leading the way. The home side took the second leg despite a good effort from Brian Evans 132 & Neil Williams 121 for the visitors as the sides were level going into the pairs. Stewart Charleston 100,140 & Keith Westcott took the first pairs for the away side beating Johnny Andrews & Paul James and 3-1 then followed with Brian Evans 100 & Neil Roberts 140 overcoming the challenge of Andrew Morgan & I. Peters. T. Williams 2x100 & Eugene Wells then put the brakes on the Farmers roll with a win over J. Edwards & Neil Williams to reduce the arrears heading into the singles. Neil Roberts got the better of Anthony Lennon 140 in the first singles against the throw to make it 4-2 before Stewart Charleston 3x100 beat T. Williams to increase the lead to 5-2. Paul James 2x100 beat Brian Evans to pull a leg back for the hosts before Neil Williams took another point for the Farmers at 6-3 with victory over Andrew Morgan. Eugene Wells 125 beat Keith Westcott in game 10 pulling a fourth point back for the Winch. J. Edwards completed the win for the Farmers beating I. Peters in the final leg. Dynevor Arms 4 v Anchor 7. This was a splendid win for the Anchor as they ended their season on a high note following a campaign of triumph and despair. The visitors took the opening triples leg with throw with the Dyn then hitting back to level by taking the second. G. Davies & Ian Daley held throw to take the first pairs over S. Barnett & M. Williams with B. Edmunds & N. Jones taking the next for the home side beating G. Price & Doug Wills to level the match at 2-2. Matthew Charleston & Roy Evans then put the Anchor into a 3-2 lead going into the singles with victory over K. Lloyd & M. Edwards. M. Edwards squared the contest by taking the first singles over G. Davies but parity was short lived as Ian Daley defeated K. Lloyd to regain the lead and this was increased to 5-3 with G. Price beating B. Edmunds. Matthew Charleston then hit a magnificent 13 dart leg 100,140,41,180,40 out first dart to beat N. Jones and increase the lead to 6-3 before Doug Wills made it 7-3 with victory over M. Williams. S. Barnett took the final game of the match beating Roy Evans in a close battle. Farmers Arms “A” 4 v VNU 7. Two into one would not go with just one of these sides going to make it into division three next time around with the other staying in four. Both sides held throw in the triples legs with K. Howe 2x100 on target for the VNU in the first game , Wayne Morgan 140 & Gary Price 100 replying for the hosts and Steve Darlow 140 finding his feet in the second for the visitors. The VNU claimed all three pairs legs with the duos of Eddie Cunnington 100/Clive Powell,,Steve Darlow/K. Howe & Errold Jones/Mark Hadley gaining victories over John Thomas 100/Dai Jones 125,,Wayne Morgan 135/Gary Price & Mike Terrett/Rhion Evans to take a 4-1 lead going into the singles battles. The home side battled back in the singles legs with fine wins for John Thomas 100, Dai Jones 2x100 and Wayne Morgan with splendid wins over Errold Jones 121,Steve Darlow and Mark Hadley to level the match and set up a very interesting finale. Eddie Cunnington turned the tables with victory over Rhion Evans to edge the VNU back ahead and K. Howe 100 then made it 6-4 beating Gary Price. Clive Powell completed the scoring for the visitors with a hard fought win over Mike Terrett. Division Five. Colliers Cwtch “A” 4 v Cardigan Arms 7. Both triples went with throw with Craig Clayton hitting a 180 for the visitors in the first leg. Mark Edwards 105 & Nathan Price edged the Cardi into a 2-1 lead with victory over Martin Jones & C. Jones but this was short lived as J . Watts & H. Baker nudged past Kevin Cresswell & Connor Clayton to level at 2-2. The final pairs continued the with throw theme with Craig Clayton 2x100 & Steven Hitchings getting the better of G. Jones & B. Lewis to give the visitors a 3-2 lead going into the singles. Craig Clayton made it 4-2 with victory over Martin Jones before J. Watts pulled a leg back with a great win over Nathan Price. G. Jones 100 pulled a fourth leg back for the home side but this unfortunately for them proved to be their last as Steve Hitchings, Kevin Cresswell 120 and Mark Edwards 140 beat R. Davies, B. Lewis and C. Jones to complete a fine 7-4 win. Silver Bullet 7 v Colliers Cwtch “B” 4. Both triples went against the darts with Craig Morgan 100,118 impressing for the home side in the first game. Brian Birch & Neil Winstone took the first pairs against the throw with victory over M. Evans & V. Harding to give the home side a 2-1 lead and further wins for the pairings of Chris Davies/Anthony Morris 100,& Owain Pugh100/Cael Howells over D. Minnett/J. Williams & G. Williams/Ken Gledhill saw the Bullet surge 4-1 ahead. Brian Birch 100 lost out to Ken Gledhill 100 in the first singles as the Cwtch attempted a fight back and this looked like gaining pace with J. Williams beating Anthony Morris to pull back to within a point. Chris Morris stemmed the flow with victory over D. Minnett and Neil Winstone then mde it 6-3 with a hard fouggt win over M. Evans. Chris Davies 100,121 maintained his unbeaten singles record with another victory this time over Vic Harding before G. Williams took the final point of the night for the Cwtch with victory over Mark Birch 120,125 Very Important. This Friday 16th of May sees the Leagues Grand Finals /Presentation Night take place at the Penydarren Social Club. Roll Call for all players is 7-15pm with the action to start a t 7-30pm prompt. ANY players not present at roll-call will be eliminated from the competition. With a few results still to come in it looks very much like there is a tie for second place in division five between the Silver Bullet and the Llwyn-Yr-Eos Inn. If this proves to be the case then the teams will play-off in the Penydarren Club (bar venue) on Friday night with roll call as above
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